wraggster
October 5th, 2013, 10:28
AMD’s upcoming high-end Radeon R9 290X graphics card looks like it will cost more than initially expected.
Upon its reveal last month it was being reported that the card would retail for $599 (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/amd-reveals-new-r9-and-r7-gpus-including-potential-titan-killer-the-r9-290x/0121688) – or around the same price as Nvidia’s GTX 780. However, TechSpot (http://www.techspot.com/news/54229-pre-orders-begin-for-amd-radeon-r9-290x-likely-priced-at-699.html) reports that the first prices to appear online for the GPU are coming in at around $699.
Which is still less than a GTX Titan, of course.
A release date of October 31st is also being speculated.
On the other side of the GPU divide, Nvidia is believed to be about to lift the lid on its R7-rivalling GTX 750 Ti.
Fudzilla (http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/32727-nvidia-counters-r7-with-gtx-750-ti?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) reports that the GPU is built on a revised GK106 core and has a base clock of 1033MHz, boosting to 1098MHz. A 256-bit memory bus is welcome, however.
Rumours are also doing the rounds that Nvidia will shortly reveal the GTX 770 Ti, though this is not confirmed.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/radeon-r9-290x-to-cost-more-than-expected-nvidia-gtx-750-ti-rumoured/0122174
Upon its reveal last month it was being reported that the card would retail for $599 (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/amd-reveals-new-r9-and-r7-gpus-including-potential-titan-killer-the-r9-290x/0121688) – or around the same price as Nvidia’s GTX 780. However, TechSpot (http://www.techspot.com/news/54229-pre-orders-begin-for-amd-radeon-r9-290x-likely-priced-at-699.html) reports that the first prices to appear online for the GPU are coming in at around $699.
Which is still less than a GTX Titan, of course.
A release date of October 31st is also being speculated.
On the other side of the GPU divide, Nvidia is believed to be about to lift the lid on its R7-rivalling GTX 750 Ti.
Fudzilla (http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/32727-nvidia-counters-r7-with-gtx-750-ti?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) reports that the GPU is built on a revised GK106 core and has a base clock of 1033MHz, boosting to 1098MHz. A 256-bit memory bus is welcome, however.
Rumours are also doing the rounds that Nvidia will shortly reveal the GTX 770 Ti, though this is not confirmed.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/radeon-r9-290x-to-cost-more-than-expected-nvidia-gtx-750-ti-rumoured/0122174