AMD drops pricing on Radeon 7000 products

The battle for Xmas sales is hotting up overall, but the surprising news from the channel is just how well received the AMD move to ‘R9′ was. While new products were introduced, a quick look at several BIOS dates/product IDs showed that some were simple refreshes. But it seems to have worked. Which has caused an issue. KitGuru checks for cuts.

[Phoenix76]

That's handy, my ageing hd3870 is on it last legs now lol

[wtopez]

Oh boy. It's always great when an upgrade just obliterates what you had before. Hopefully a 7970 at $240?

[Magicite]

that would be mad! my gtx680 still easy runs everything maxed.

[GroundZeroesBob]

You will see a massive difference moving from a 3870 to a 7000 series. Enjoy.

[Sarcasm]

lol wow you do need an upgrade.

[urwifeminder]

Nice I run 2x factory overclocked 7850s so far smashes everything I need will update maybe in two years.

[Nocando]

Running the same setup, I know its N4G but I find the disagrees perplexing.

[ABizzel1]

n4g people don't know any better.

I'm using an 7870GHz, I might sell it and upgrade to a 7970, 7970GHz, or Xfire. I don't mind Xfire, but I definitely prefer a single GPU.

[wtopez]

I think it'd be better to wait for the non-reference cooler R9 290. Non X variant. Price to performance ratio is considerably better than a jump from 7870 to 7970. Or at least that's what many benchmarks around the net suggest.

[ABizzel1]

Xfire it is, newegg has a 7870 GHz on sale for $130, and a bunch of other incredible deals on GPUs.

No R9 series, but

760: $200 + 2 games
680: $280 after rebate + 2 games
670: $200 after rebate + 2 games
660: $145 after rebate + 2 games

[piffyd]

hopefully this means that gtx 780i I have been keeping watch on comes down to $550 or so

that way I can trade in my gtx 680 and get 500 bucks and only need to spend $50 to upgrade to that sexy beast!

[VanDamme]

You talking about trading up or selling your card?

[piffyd]

got a 3 year warranty and buy my cards at best buy

*its overheating.......

[MadLad]

I don't think anyone is going to pay $500 for a 680 at this point.
There's no reason to. You can get a more powerful card for cheaper at this point new.

Ah.
NVM

[VanDamme]

That's why I was asking... a 770 goes for $300-$380

[Sarcasm]

Yeah I found some 680s for as low as $250 on craigslist.

[PS4OUR]

Oh god, i want that R9 290 in my PC.

[ABizzel1]

You would be better off waiting and upgrading your PC in the next 2 - 3 years. The Maxwell and Volta GPU's are going to be beastly, and AMD is going to have to answer them.

The R9 290X will be mid-range when Maxwell drops, and low when Volta drops. But it should still do 1080p @ 60fps no problem.

[PS4OUR]

yeah thanks for the heads up. i forgot about maxwell and volta lol

[IaMs12]

oh man of course a good 6 months after i bought my HD 7950 for $330. Haha oh well you can never keep up, maybe ill just have to buy a 2nd to crossfire them then.