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[Fudzilla] Radeon R9 R290X aims at $549

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smithkt said:
You are not the one who is confused. 😉

Typical 780 (not factory OC versions) price before tax: 625-650
Rumored 290X price before tax: 549

Not sure how that site and cloudfire can come to any other conclusions.
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Selective hearing. It goes both ways though. We will know soon enough.
 
smithkt said:
You are not the one who is confused. 😉

Typical 780 (not factory OC versions) price before tax: 625-650
Rumored 290X price before tax: 549

Not sure how that site and cloudfire can come to any other conclusions.
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Or Cloudfire lives in Europe and assumed that taxes are included in the list price like they are there.
 
BallaTheFeared said:
Based on what? The 550-600 7970 did poorly, is AMD assuming the price hike shock is over now and hiking it further will be fine?
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Should have clarified, I think they can sell the quantities they will have at launch, which I think will be somewhat low. It is close enough in performance to Titan and far enough away from the 780 (going by preliminary leaks) to price it at $649 and still sell. That is my opinion. I personally wouldn't buy one at $649 but with 3 7950s, I think I'm good for a while anyway.
 
If this is true I may think of selling my 7950 and getting this. I was thinking about getting a second 7950, but they are around $300 now( at least mine is...).
 
I wouldn't want the bf4 edition anyway. I dunno $600 is a bit steep but I had no issues getting the card I have now at the time. Maybe time to sell it now.
 
ShintaiDK said:
No, its roughly 575$.
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500e = 375-400e without the 20-25% tax.

375e = $515
400e = $550

So the $500-$550 is definitely plausible. Generally prices are $500 = 500e once the exchange rates and the taxes are used.

Anyways I wouldn't say it "will" be $500 based on that but I suspect it could be since the prices are usually around $1=1e in reality.
 
tviceman said:
So it sounds like $599 then. GTX780/GTX770 price drops incoming.
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Don't think so. My take is 550$. Think that the small market of high-end cards was covered by the last 8 mo by Titan and 5 mo by GTX 780. Even if this card is at or slightly above Titan levels, which by all accounts appears to be and has more than 10% over the 780, it is not a justifiable upgrade. Furthermore Nvidia announced the 780Ti which is an unknown now but might put on hold new buyers. So $550 will shake things up at the top and would be the wisest decision.
 
wand3r3r said:
500e = 375-400e without the 20-25% tax.

375e = $515
400e = $550

So the $500-$550 is definitely plausible. Generally prices are $500 = 500e once the exchange rates and the taxes are used.

Anyways I wouldn't say it "will" be $500 based on that but I suspect it could be since the prices are usually around $1=1e in reality.
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You need to get your school money back. 😛
400+25% is 500. Meaning even with 25% VAT like in Denmark, its not gonna be lower than 400€(~550$). 500€ with 20% VAT would be ~417€(~575$).
VAT in France is 19.6%.
 
Vesku said:
Pretty sure he was referring to the US vs Europe price differential. That tech products often end up with VAT in € being roughly the same actual number (XYZ €) as the pre-tax $ price in the US ($ XYZ).
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Thats pretty much a myth. Prices are directly the same. Simply with VAT added.
 
IF R9 290X is selling for $499, then there is something seriously wrong with the prices Nvidia charge for GTX 780. lol

R9 290X beats 780 by almost 20% and they will sell it for $150 below? How does that even make sense?

But I don`t trust those silly frenchies. We are almost at 24th now and truth will be revealed
 
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Cloudfire777 said:
IF R9 290X is selling for $499, then there is something seriously wrong with the prices Nvidia charge for GTX 780. lol

R9 290X beats 780 by almost 20% and they will sell it for $150 below? How does that even make sense?

But I don`t trust those silly frenchies. We are almost at 24th now and truth will be revealed
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If it's 500 I'll order one tomorrow lol and sell my card I have now
 
Cloudfire777 said:
IF R9 290X is selling for $499, then there is something seriously wrong with the prices Nvidia charge for GTX 780. lol

R9 290X beats 780 by almost 20% and they will sell it for $150 below? How does that even make sense?

But I don`t trust those silly frenchies. We are almost at 24th now and truth will be revealed
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JHH did look a bit uncomfortable while holding that 780 Ti... The "silly frenchies" may be in the know.
 
sze5003 said:
If it's 500 I'll order one tomorrow lol and sell my card I have now
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It will be one fine upgrade. Thats for sure

Vesku said:
JHH did look a bit uncomfortable while holding that 780 Ti... The "silly frenchies" may be in the know.
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I don`t even understand how he could stand there so proud showing a card thats looking to only have 192 cores more. Smiling and everything knowing he will get desperate people to dish out extra dough only to beat the other cards by a lousy 5-10% margin.
It was pathetic

Meh, 28nm is saturated beyond boredom. Time to bring in the new generation
 
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