price of used 290(x)s after 480 comes out?

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rumor has it the 480 will rival the 290 in pure power and slaughter it in temps/efficiency. My reference 290x is lonely and I was wondering what people this the GPU's price will come down to? Or just temped on buying 2x480's for 400 bucks.
 
just get 480.

2 480 probably use same power as 1 overclocked 290x and will be twice as fast.

290 and 290X will definately be under $200. I predict $140 for 290 and $160 for 290X
 
Dan said:
rumor has it the 480 will rival the 290 in pure power and slaughter it in temps/efficiency. My reference 290x is lonely and I was wondering what people this the GPU's price will come down to? Or just temped on buying 2x480's for 400 bucks.
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I'd either sell the 290x right now and then upgrade later or buy a 290x after the 480 comes out. Maximize your value, but I'd prefer the RX 480 route because reference 290x in Crossfire are very hot and loud.
 
hmmm..

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In all honesty, the 290x is about 13-15% slower than the 390X.
The performance of the 480 is unknown, but will be less than the 390X (based on released hardware specs).

If performance of the 480 < 290X by 10-15%, then 290x used prices may be ~$160-180
If performance of the 480 > 290X by a little, then used prices should drop below $150
 
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If I had a choice between a 290x for $150 and a 480 for $199, assuming the 480 is just as fast or faster than the 290x, I would go with the newer architecture 100% of the time. The 480 has H.265 hardware encoding and decoding just for starters.
 
I only gave $265 for my 290x new (Tri X New Edition) and it will be hard for the 480 to slaughter it in temps as it ides at 38c and VRM 1 and 2 41c .. games at 60c with 100% clocks (1020/1350) so I plan to keep it , but I will buy CX 480.
 
crazycrave said:
I only gave $265 for my 290x new (Tri X New Edition) and it will be hard for the 480 to slaughter it in temps as it ides at 38c and VRM 1 and 2 41c .. games at 60c with 100% clocks (1020/1350) so I plan to keep it , but I will buy CX 480.
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I got the launch version at 1040/1300 idles little higher 43C gpu 37C VRM. And in a way getting 2 RX 480 prolly has the same power usage as single R9 290X. I'm defiantly waiting for Vega ;)
 
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