seems an insane price for the card as other models seem to be around £170 atm. despite RX480 coming out this is still good value for money for people on a slightly smaller budget
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jimbo001 to callagc
29 Jul 1610#9
720 videos at once? probably not
rev6
29 Jul 168#25
"Old GPU but an OK deal" is trolling... Are you being serious?
Most of the time a second hand purchase will get you more for your money, that's why people buy second hand. That's common sense, not trolling.
The 290X is near 3 years old. In the land of GPU's, that's pretty old.
rev6
29 Jul 165#19
Well because comparing a second hand GPU to a brand new GPU is always going to get you more FPS per £ :stuck_out_tongue:
Gkains
29 Jul 165#2
Of course, RX 470 is coming out 'soon'. AMD released a 'expected August 4th' for that, and 'expected August 8th' for the RX 460. Price and performance remain unknown, but the specs of RX470 are very close to RX480 but the rumour was $150 vs $199 for RX480 (both for 4GB), so around £150 making this probably not that great value.
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spain
29 Jul 16#1
agreed, for those that can't afford the slightly more expensive 480 4GB this is a great price and gaming card.
fishmaster to spain
29 Jul 16#10
What? The RX 480 is not slightly more expensive and if it was you'd definitely get the RX480. Is this thread setup for misinformation?
Gkains
29 Jul 165#2
Of course, RX 470 is coming out 'soon'. AMD released a 'expected August 4th' for that, and 'expected August 8th' for the RX 460. Price and performance remain unknown, but the specs of RX470 are very close to RX480 but the rumour was $150 vs $199 for RX480 (both for 4GB), so around £150 making this probably not that great value.
I'm wondering why the RX480 is being mentioned at all? The performance of this card is not in the same league as the RX480. This is cheaper because it's not got the performance of a higher end card (the RX480 being mid range in reality).
dragoncurt
29 Jul 162#11
I won a R9 290x for £133 from ebay. What a deal :smiley:
rev6 to dragoncurt
29 Jul 161#14
Old GPU now. But yeah, ok deal.
SonicMR2
29 Jul 16#12
Yep! Thought it was a clearance offer. Obviously not, may have been a misprice?
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Most of the time a second hand purchase will get you more for your money, that's why people buy second hand. That's common sense, not trolling.
The 290X is near 3 years old. In the land of GPU's, that's pretty old.
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/10530/amd-announces-radeon-rx-470-rx-460-specifications-shipping-in-early-august
They will start shipping from the 4th of August, not sure how quick the UK retailers will get them in.
If you can wait, this will go even further, or you can pick up a next gen budget range card for the same price.
Don't rush for this card.
Also, remember, if you have a lower end processor, something less than an i5 2500k, there is a good chance this card will bottleneck your CPU.
This one?:
http://www.ebuyer.com/738887-asus-strix-r9-390x-gaming-8gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-3x-displayport-pci-e-strixr9390xdc3oc8gd5