News AMD R9 and R7 series graphics cards announced

AMD has taken the wraps off its latest graphics cards, including the R9 290X.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/09/25/amd-r9-and-r7-series-graphics-cards-announc/1

 

Go get em AMD!
... and first

 

My wallet is going to flinch when it hears the prices.

 

In a table on GD Nerdy's Story, it was speculated to be 599$ for the R9 290X. Might force nVidia down in it's prices.

Yummy, GTX780 at 450€.

 

So.. length?

 

I'm really hoping mantle takes off and replaces direct x

 

R9 280X looks the most promising at $299, given that we might be able to buy two of these at the price of one R9 290X!!!!!

And if the 290X is 30-34% faster than the GTX 780 and 10% faster than the Titan, the WORST a 280X can be is in par of the 770!!!! With that price, is stealing!

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R7-250 shouldn't be a dual-slot-design, but single-slot. The pricetag is pretty nice for a 7750-succesor tho and slightly cheaper.

 

I'm curious if their tests were 100% accurate.

 

I hope it had a slight edge on a GTX 770. Price wars here we come

 

6800 firestrike is bang on the money for a 7970 ghz or so

 

I might have to upgrade to the R9 280X for that price.
1. I should see a decent jump in graphics over my 5870

2. It should take part of the cpu load away using it's new sound processor - increasing my cpu's (AMD1100T) useful life span.

Of course i'll be waiting for a bit-tech review and to see some benchmark results first !

 

Jeez, each time I'm pretty certain about what to buy ... their's a new annoucement . Those new card looks gorgeous, but what I like more is that new API. Planning a developpement + gaming system and learning a new API could occupy my spare time .

Return of the Glide ? What openGL should be ? I hope that Mantle will be used and not end like PhysX. With that and SteamOS around the corner, I hope gaming on Linux will increase.

 

Any ideas what the difference between the 290 and the 290x are?

 

no idea, but it has 2x 6 pins while both 280X and 290X have 6 + 8 pins. Prolly higher freq ?

 

I can see my two 7970's going for sale soon. Looking forward to seeing the price of the 290x

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I have been with Nvidia for around 4 generations now which is the longest I've ever stuck with 1 brand but it looks like I will be switching over very soon. Get out those benchmarks!

 

What only holds me from changing py PC now is : Will SteamOS be more nVidia or AMD oriented ?

 

I wonder what the pricing is for the 290X. Has it been hinted at or even announced? The 280X is an awesome price too.

 

thats what im waiting for! 7970 sales