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    Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    Does £420 represent good value for such a powerhouse?
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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    No, because I very recently bought an overclocked 780.

    Interested to see what partner cards come out in due course with better cooling, though. Good competition at the high end once again, now if only the same could be said of processors...

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    The reference cooler is shocking so no, will wait and see if Nvidia will drop the 780 prices because let's be honest in real world performance there is nothing between a 780 and 290x.

    Some places are charging over £500 for a 290x, I find that laughable considering the joke of a cooler it has on it.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    I was really wanting to but the price is way too high for me and also it doesn't have enough of a performance jump over the previous generations top end. I'll maybe get a 280X in 6 months or so just because my current card now (slightly) struggles - occasionally with the newer games.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    no, because it won't fit in my low profile case, and I don't think the 220W TFX PSU will cope

    Not every hardware enthusiast is enthusiastic about pure performance, after all, and not every gamer insists on 60fps with ultra quality at 2560x1440. But to echo previous comments, I think it's worth everyone waiting until the partner-designed version turn up and we see what the architecture can *actually* do...

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    yup mines turning up tommorow

    As soon as I can get a water block for it thats going to be mine as well then we will see what its really capable off!!

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    Quote Originally Posted by scaryjim View Post

    I think it's worth everyone waiting until the partner-designed version turn up and we see what the architecture can *actually* do...
    ...and to see how both red and green prices drop over the next couple of months.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    I'm never going to spend more then £250 on a gpu so unless it goes down a lot I don't think so.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    No. Picked up 2x second hand 7970s for around that price not a few months back, and they give enough grunt for now. I might have considered it later down the line, once the price had gone down, the temps are too high for my liking, especially as I always look to crossfire before a new single card upgrade.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    Not as yet, the card is epic but please AMD let the vendors put their own coolers on. 95°C is way too high, this is just like the nVidia GTX480 was. Too loud and too hot.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    Quote Originally Posted by raven1001 View Post
    The reference cooler is shocking so no, will wait and see if Nvidia will drop the 780 prices because let's be honest in real world performance there is nothing between a 780 and 290x.

    Some places are charging over £500 for a 290x, I find that laughable considering the joke of a cooler it has on it.
    Agreed, plus £500 for any single GPU card is a joke. We have Nvidia to thank for the recent trend in silly money prices I suppose. Also agree with the cooler comment, its all very well saying 'its designed to run hot' but its another thing entirely having to live with it. And for the money the cooling should be much, much better.

    Was hoping to see some decent price drops on the 770 and 780 as I was under the impression the 290X was being released at around £430. Since Scan have it listed at £515 it doesn't look like there's much chance of that :/

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    gonna wait for GTX780ti first and then decide

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    No, no, no. Hell, no. Not a chance. Absolutely not. And NO. With bells on.

    I don't care how good the card is, or what the performance is, I'm not paying that. I'm not paying half of that for a video card. There is nothing I do with a PC that justifies a price like that. If someone gave me a card like that, I'd sell it and use a card at a quarter that price, or less, because I see absolutely no benefit to me in installing it.

    So, erm, that'll be a "no" then.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    Quote Originally Posted by george1979 View Post
    Was hoping to see some decent price drops on the 770 and 780 as I was under the impression the 290X was being released at around £430. Since Scan have it listed at £515 it doesn't look like there's much chance of that :/
    supply and demand, a new gpu and in very limited numbers will always have price gouging by a select few retailers as demand will be initially high. 290x can be pre-ordered for £430.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    Nope, barring a catastrophe I'll be waiting until 4k matures.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying an AMD Radeon R9 290X?

    I've held fire for the 290X but am not interest whilst it is priced near a 780, the UK resellers are taking the rise. Quite prepared to wait for a few months to hopefully see the price nearer £400 with a decent 3rd party cooler solution and then it depends what happens to the pricing of the 780 as I am tempted by the possible benefits of monitors compatible with Nvidia G-Sync.

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