R9 290X Pricing and Availability
Pricing
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
The cheapest GTX780s as of 24-October 2013:
Region | Board | Local Price | Converted Price | Source |
Australia | Gainward GTX 780 | AUD $699 | AUD $699 | statice.com.au |
United States | ZOTAC GTX 780 | USD $625 | AUD $651 | pcpartpicker.com newegg.com |
United Kingdom | ZOTAC GTX 780 | GBP £503 | AUD $844 | scan.co.uk |
Europe | ZOTAC GTX 780 | EUR €526 | AUD $725 | geizhals.at |
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Suggested Retailer Pricing for both US and AU was only provided at the last minute. AMD has been holding this close to their chest and was not received until embargo lift time
For the 290X, limited Australian channel pricing is available at launch as of 24 and 27th October:
Region | Board | Local Price | Converted Price | Source |
Australia | PowerColor R9 290X Sapphire R9 290X Battlefield 4 edition |
AUD $659 AUD $699 |
AUD $659 AUD $699 |
statice.com.au |
United States | Sapphire R9 290X Battlefield 4 edition | USD $579 | AUD $603 | newegg.com |
United Kingdom | MSI/XFX/ASUS R9 290X | GBP £485 | AUD $818 | scan.co.uk |
Europe | MSI R9 290X | EUR €526 | AUD $757 | geizhals.at |
Availability
Availability in distribution channel, e-tail and retail of 290X should be first week of November.
Due to selective sampling, extremely limited availably and tight deadlines we are unable to source a review sample to perform our own testing although we had full access to all information and data regarding the new GPUs under AMD and Add in Board Partner embargo. We have even heard numbers for the special Battlefield 4 edition cards (via pre-order) were as low as 8000 units.
Discussions with Add in Board Partners pre-launch revealed that stocks of cards at launch time are extremely limited, to such a degree that these firms are not sampling boards to media in some regions especially since 290Xs will be reference cards initially.