Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 290 $389.3 Delivered @ShoppingExpress eBay

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bentan77 on 15/09/2014 - 15:04 ebay.com.au (898 clicks)
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Rarely are video cards on sale, cheapest on staticice shows up as $440 without delivery

If for some reason you don't like shopping express there's 2 other stores that have it for the same price:
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Factory overclocked versions (1040 Mhz vs 947 Mhz) for $398.65 delivered
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  aeon05 on 15/09/2014 - 16:10

  +1

  Great videocard, Own one myself.

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  vid_ghost on 15/09/2014 - 16:12

  -3

  wont bother with Graphics cards until they have new 20nm chips out! WE have been stuck on 28nm for SOOO long now its silly

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    FabMan on 15/09/2014 - 16:24

    Since DirectX versions take so long, probably a good idea to wait till Dx12 cards are about as well.

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      bentan77 on 15/09/2014 - 16:30

      +1

      The current gen cards are supposed to support DX12 (or partial support?), if you want to wait for the next generation of Radeons you'd be waiting a while. Nvidia is supposed to be releasing their 900 series in a couple days however.

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        camelthief on 15/09/2014 - 16:36

        +1

        Well Nvidia 9xx series is unlikely to be 20nm and probably just a rebrand/slight improvement of current generation.

        Apparently Apple took most of the 20nm capacity so it is unlikely that 20nm GPUs will be available in volume till late next year. Damn Apple!

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        bentan77 on 15/09/2014 - 16:46

        Mid and high end 9xx should all be new and even if they don't do 20nm chips, they'll still be 50-100% more power efficient than Kepler and GCN cards.

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        yacman on 16/09/2014 - 09:18

        @bentan77: So to summerise there is no need to hold off say another month for a GPU upgrade because no new models or versions are coming out worth buying or that will at least push the price of these down?

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        bentan77 on 16/09/2014 - 12:27

        @yacman:
        AMD: No new cards for a while except maybe a slower 285X
        Nvidia: New cards in a few days to a few weeks
        Price drops: Maybe but I doubt it would be enough to make a $400 290 look bad

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        yacman on 16/09/2014 - 14:36

        @bentan77: Thanks for your input, I have been out of the loop big time with this stuff, now to decide if I try find another manufacturer since some people mention the Gigabyte can be loud :(

        Any recommendations?

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        bentan77 on 16/09/2014 - 19:21

        @yacman: If you want the quiet I would just avoid Radeons. Most of the quieter ones will cost more, just get a 970/980, they should be pretty close in performance and use about half the power.

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  FaultyGolem on 15/09/2014 - 17:23

  More interesting if it was the Sapphire Tri-X, the Gigabyte 290 is apparently pretty loud.

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  umoddbro on 15/09/2014 - 17:30

  +1

  GTX 780 or this?

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    Callison on 15/09/2014 - 17:37

    This for for higher resolution monitors or wanting to crossfire any two AMD cards, over buying the same card compared to NVIDIA, which will save you in the future. :)

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      br3ttles on 15/09/2014 - 19:35

      That was my thought when I recently bought the 780Ti. Planning on adding another (SLI) in 2-3 years. Just hoping the new 9xx's arn't 20nm or I may have made a poor choice.

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    MaxximusD on 15/09/2014 - 23:40

    Leaked information seems to be consistent that the 980 performance to be announced on the 24th this month, outperforms a 780ti by 10%, with a lower TDP (780s 250W vs 980s 180W) at the same price point of 780 on release. If you can hold out for longer, you could save yourself some disappointment. It won't hurt.

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  Tuba on 15/09/2014 - 17:42

  I do not game, I dont edit video, I do want a decent video card for a occasional gaming (not even once a month, but when I do, I go at it for days), I do play movies sometimes too… I guess Id like it to play tomorrows games too, you never know.

  so what card do i want? I have a $70 piece of crap now. I ask because sometimes Ive read a particular 280 is better than a particular 290, or whatever. I dont really understand it all but assume there are differences in release dates.

  Do I want this card? AMD x6 Black, Gigabyte UD3 I think, 16g Corsair 1866 ramm (wizz bang looking things), Antec 620w, LG 27" IPS (a tad glitchy when scrolling but I think might be graphics, but unsure)…I built it myself.

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    biozet on 16/09/2014 - 08:27

    try for last season's/years model which often are on the clearance lists at msy etc.

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  Slakemoth on 15/09/2014 - 18:05

  Thanks so much for posting this, over the weekend I spent ages trying to find a good deal on a new 290, these new price drops are exactly what I was after.

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  phor8 on 15/09/2014 - 18:19

  +2

  damn, i got a r9 290x from msy for 469 just last week, i probably would have gone for this instead.
  also for anyone looking at the second hand cards to compare price with this, you have to be aware that the cards would have most likely been from out of a bitcoin miner after getting thrashed.

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    Slakemoth on 15/09/2014 - 19:51

    +1

    +1 this. It pays to check out what else the seller is selling, I checked out one guy who didn't give any details about the card just that it was second hand, and he was selling a Butterfly Labs bitcoin miner, nooooooooooope.

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  OzzyBrak on 15/09/2014 - 18:20

  -2

  just a touch cheaper than an entire ps4.

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    MA TT on 15/09/2014 - 18:24

    I'd still prefer just the card to look at then the ps4 though.

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  TheChorizo on 15/09/2014 - 19:17

  Dnno if anyone really cares, but the picture of the ports on the card on the shopping express listing shows it having 2 x DVI-I ports, when they are actually DVI-D

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  djpro on 15/09/2014 - 19:44

  http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gigabyte-AMD-Radeon-R9-290-1040-M…

  whats the difference? slightly higher mhz?

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    miloaissatu on 15/09/2014 - 20:02

    yeah, just different clock speed.

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  miloaissatu on 15/09/2014 - 20:01

  argh, so tempted but i won't bite this time.. if this was the sapphire tri-x i would have, for the supposedly lower noise and temps

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  danielh on 15/09/2014 - 21:30

  +2

  Thanks. Just got one for myself. Now to just go and buy a new Power supply, new motherboard… to go with it. :-)

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  djpro on 15/09/2014 - 21:43

  which should i get OC or non OC version?

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    tyler.durden on 16/09/2014 - 07:10

    OC

    if you dont oc yourself

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  MaxximusD on 15/09/2014 - 23:35

  AMD are anticipating the release of the 980 series cards, I expect other retailers to follow.

  http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-290x-receiving-price-cuts-…