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Monday, June 2, 2014

[Rant] Prices of R9 290 are dropping but it is a good time to buy one?

 
The prices of the Radeon R9 290 with custom coolers have dropped below the $500 mark in Japan. Still I believe that is a steep price to pay. So I might stick with the new plans after all. That is, to wait till the GeForce GTX 880 comes out. But I am afraid that I won't be able to afford one. I might have to go down a notch - that is the GTX 870.

If the R9 290 cards with custom coolers were available for less than $500 at launch, I probably would have gone for it. But those cards have been available for more than 6 months and it won't be long before we see the next big thing from either company, right?

On the other hand, people seem to be selling their Radeon cards for dirt cheap on eBay. Maybe I should grab one of them? Not sure if I want to take that risk though. Those cards could be hammered to death - figuratively speaking. Even if that is not the case, I won't get a warranty. Nah! Buying local is better.

Come on NVidia. Release the darn cards!


P.S.
In fact, the price of the cheapest R9 290 card with a custom cooler dropped to $380 mark yesterday. I almost bought it even though the brand is a local one. But then I figured I would ideally need a card with a reference cooler because of the plans to build a SFF PC.

 

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