The R9 290 is a rare card; it competes well against higher-priced NVIDIA and AMD offerings (including the mighty R9 290X) while selling for just $399. Does that sound like a near-perfect approach? You bet!
AMD’s R9 290X 4GB is finally here. This card has been designed to compete directly against NVIDIA’s GTX 780 and TITAN but there’s one major surprise in this launch: a price of just $549.
AMD has officially put their R9-290X + Battlefield 4 bundle up for pre-order, but there’s a catch: you’ll need to bite the bullet and take a risk. By this point we all know that AMD’s R9-290X could very well be gunning for NVIDIA’s TITAN but no small amount of secrecy surrounds a number of its [...]