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 Post subject: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 20 Jun 2015 22:52 
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Okay, I'm posting this here because I am wanting to upgrade my graphics card and have been eyeing the 390 since release... until I saw this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 38566&SID=

The rebate and the promo brings the price down to $276, which is impressive.

I took a look at raw numbers, FLOPs / stream processors / other shit and this was better than the 390 in every aspect.

Coming from a 270X both will be great improvement of performance, but which one would be better? I won't benefit from 8GB VRAM as much as the better performance that the 290X will provide.

Any thoughts? I'm leaning towards this 290X card.

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 21 Jun 2015 11:00 
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It's not $276 any more :(

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 21 Jun 2015 11:27 
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Still $276. It doesn't include the rebate on the price listed.

$400 - $60 off - $30 rebate - 10% off = $276

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 22 Jun 2015 01:21 
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Just bought it. Totally worth the price tag.

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 22 Jun 2015 16:53 
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if only their drivers were better, and worked better for GO

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 22 Jun 2015 17:18 
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AMD?

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 22 Jun 2015 19:54 
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ati

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 24 Jun 2015 11:59 
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Both are the same company.

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 24 Jun 2015 16:22 
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ATI the name was kept from up to 2010 and now has been retired, so I guess newcomers to the tech field are unaware of the ATI moniker.

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 Post subject: Re: 290X for $276?!
PostPosted: 24 Jun 2015 20:18 
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ATI was its own brand/name and was bought/renamed in 2010.

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