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Radeon R9 290X Priced at $729.99 on Newegg.com

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US retailer Newegg.com leaked pricing of its reference design Radeon R9 290X graphics cards. An MSI-branded reference-design card got its own store page with its pricing redacted, but Newegg did a sloppy job at that. On close inspection of the HTML code of the page, we discovered the pricing value intended for that page to be US $729.99 (excl. taxes). Given that Newegg.com tends to add $10 to $30 on MSRP, pricing of the R9 290X is likely to have been set at $699 (excl. taxes).



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FAQ #1: But it says "Battlefield 4 included," so this must be the costlier BF4 Edition?
Ans: No. BF4 Edition is a different SKU, which includes BF4 Premium key. BF4 (standard edition) is set to be already part of a Never Settle bundle that R9 290 series owners will be eligible for.
 
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BF4 (standard edition) is set to be already part of a Never Settle bundle that R9 290 series owners will be eligible for.

I reckon all new R9 (or maybe even R7) cards will have BF4 available through Never Settle? Seeing all the marketing from AMD about how they optimized BF4 for AMD, etc.
I for one would be pissed if it wasn't the case.
 
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BAHAHA, I chuckled at all the AMD fanboys who thought these cards would be selling at $599 and 'utterly destroy Nvidia'.
 
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BAHAHA, I chuckled at all the AMD fanboys who thought these cards would be selling at $599 and 'utterly destroy Nvidia'.

Calling another a fanboy, it just makes you the opposite fanboy. ;)
 
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BAHAHA, I chuckled at all the AMD fanboys who thought these cards would be selling at $599 and 'utterly destroy Nvidia'.

If it's priced similar to the GTX 780 and is faster it's a win. And it's the way of things.
 
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Maybe its first day prices and they will go down in a week or two as usual.
 
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Not surprised. I wonder how much truth there was to that report I read that the BF4 Edition is part of a very limited sales run. If so, you don't have much time to wait for prices to drop...
 
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as usual of course.. launch price.... sooner price will fall... but how soon?
 
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Disappointed if this is actual list price on day one. I would have purchased at $599. Right now I have 15% off a new EVGA Classified GTX 780 HydroCopper, brings the price to $705 inc tax and shipping. Somehow seeing leaked specs and comparisons to the Titan I imagine that the performance will be about the same as an overclocked GTX 780. It would have been nice to have the R9 at $599 with a copy of BF4 thrown in. Well a guy can dream can't he?
 
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I was unable to find any reference to price in the code just now!
 
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Uh guys these are pre orders not day one prices because the NDA doesn't even lift until the 15th and so newegg is obviously trying to cash in all the people who want to get the card asap also this might be the BF4 edition and as such definitely doesn't the same price as the card on day one.
BTW new egg just tore down all the prices and you can't buy the card
 

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Disappointed if this is actual list price on day one. I would have purchased at $599. Right now I have 15% off a new EVGA Classified GTX 780 HydroCopper, brings the price to $705 inc tax and shipping. Somehow seeing leaked specs and comparisons to the Titan I imagine that the performance will be about the same as an overclocked GTX 780. It would have been nice to have the R9 at $599 with a copy of BF4 thrown in. Well a guy can dream can't he?

BF4 thrown in, o please you make it sound like it's a free game haha..


I'll wait till prices drop even to the point the coupons expire as BF4 is not my kinda game.

Anyways too expensive even with no added tax from egg so i will just play the waiting game. How ever i tell ya what it bee a XFX with a lifetime warranty and no very sad MSI with 1 year and Sapphire with it''s low 2.
 
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BF4 thrown in, o please you make it sound like it's a free game haha..


I'll wait till prices drop even to the point the coupons expire as BF4 is not my kinda game.

Anyways too expensive even with no added tax from egg so i will just play the waiting game. How ever i tell ya what it bee a XFX with a lifetime warranty and no very sad MSI with 1 year and Sapphire with it''s low 2.

Guess I can wait a little longer, sold my SLI setup so that I could buy a single card this time round. I have until the 10 Oct to use my 15% discount with EVGA, so perhaps some more information on the R9 will surface.

Warranty sucks...
 
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By some kind of logic, implying somebody is anything, with a derrogatory implication, then you yourself are considered to be of opposite standing.
 
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wow....


that cheap huh???

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If it's priced similar to the GTX 780 and is faster it's a win. And it's the way of things.

I don't think so. It's five months since the 780 is out, overclocked versions which are faste r than Titan can be had for 670$ and they also bundle a $50 game. The price bar for best in line has been raised to ridiculous levels and AMD is just happy to play along. So now everytime a card is faster than the previous generation you add 150$ on top? Maxwell will follow next year and what? Another hundred on top? Wait, maybe a fully enabled GK110 will hit the market sooner bundled with a game for a hundred more.
 
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AMD. You kinda suck.

Time to work on other projects for me. Console + GTA V, here I come. Heh heh.
 
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