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Title: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: missalaire on Fri, 15 May 2015, 22:18:13
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00HWSATI6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Ordered one for roughly $130 shipped to the US. We'll see if they reject the order.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Hak Foo on Fri, 15 May 2015, 23:00:07
... aaaaannnnd it's gone.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Fri, 15 May 2015, 23:25:47
What was shipping to the US?

I've got a 7870 in mine atm.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: missalaire on Fri, 15 May 2015, 23:32:20
Quote from: Hak Foo on Fri, 15 May 2015, 23:00:07
... aaaaannnnd it's gone.

Really? Still letting me add to cart and go through checkout.

Quote from: False_Dmitry_II on Fri, 15 May 2015, 23:25:47
What was shipping to the US?

I've got a 7870 in mine atm.

£14.65 shipping for me to the US. My total came out to £80.00.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 16 May 2015, 00:52:26
I did it. I figure, fastest single card pre-DirectX12.

When I went to checkout it fell to 60-something pounds, and then same shipping. I got teh same exact total.

I guess we'll see if they honor these or cancel them all and refund the money.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: byker on Sat, 16 May 2015, 01:07:21
Thanks for the great deal, I ordered one.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Keyzus on Sat, 16 May 2015, 01:58:43
WOW! What an amazing deal! Thanks missalaire.  :thumb:

Just bought one, and was considering buying a second one.

Amazon US price is $322. Next lowest price I could find was $295 from Newegg.

I've heard great things about Amazon honoring prices when they've made mistakes in the past. So I hope it goes through.

How'd you find out about this deal?

Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: feizor on Sat, 16 May 2015, 02:26:23
great price, I ordered two. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: fanpeople on Sat, 16 May 2015, 02:52:05
I just placed an order for 3 of these things.... now to wait 1-2 months according to their delivery time
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Keyzus on Sat, 16 May 2015, 03:07:53
Did you guys select standard or priority shipping?

I picked standard and it says it'll ship in 3 1/2 - 5 weeks.

I really should buy a second one though, since it's only another $110. Especially when I can probably sell my current 7950 for around that much.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Keyzus on Sat, 16 May 2015, 04:43:16
So I've been checking out reviews, trying to talk myself out of ordering a second one.

But after reading a few I want a second one even more. It seems almost universally praised.

Thermals are great so it runs cool and quiet. It has a lifetime warranty on parts and labor.

Plus it looks fvckin awesome, just look at this thing.

It's got a classy subtle non-gamer look with a satin black finish, chrome details and a light up XFX logo.

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Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 16 May 2015, 05:12:47
I suppose its too bad that they've pulled the amazon listing entirely then.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: missalaire on Sat, 16 May 2015, 09:06:40
Seems like a few people on /r/buildapcsales spoke to Amazon UK reps and this is what they got:

(http://i.imgur.com/jy71OAQ.jpg)
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: absyrd on Sat, 16 May 2015, 09:15:48
Wow. Congrats to you guys. Back when I used to frequent PC forums, I always missed these (and more often than not, orders got cancelled).

Best of luck!
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Keyzus on Sat, 16 May 2015, 10:22:15
Quote from: missalaire on Sat, 16 May 2015, 09:06:40
Seems like a few people on /r/buildapcsales spoke to Amazon UK reps and this is what they got:

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/jy71OAQ.jpg)


Yes! Amazon is the best!

So you went back before it was taken down and ordered another?

Now I'm really gonna regret not ordering 2.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Zeroo on Sat, 16 May 2015, 11:21:12
Wish I had seen this earlier, would've picked 1 up for sure.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: missalaire on Sat, 16 May 2015, 16:35:02
Quote from: Keyzus on Sat, 16 May 2015, 10:22:15
Quote from: missalaire on Sat, 16 May 2015, 09:06:40
Seems like a few people on /r/buildapcsales spoke to Amazon UK reps and this is what they got:

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/jy71OAQ.jpg)


Yes! Amazon is the best!

So you went back before it was taken down and ordered another?

Now I'm really gonna regret not ordering 2.

I didn't because I currently have a Gigabyte R9 290 being RMA'd so just got one of the XFX.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Vanilla on Sat, 16 May 2015, 19:02:52
I managed to pick up one. Cheers!

I'm not too big of a fan for AMD's drivers however... the definition of seamless driver updates = nvidia drivers.
Clicking that purchase button gave me flashbacks to my 4870 days and how dodgy driver installs would throw my computer into a BSOD boot loop AUGH!
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sun, 17 May 2015, 18:37:43
Quote from: Vanilla on Sat, 16 May 2015, 19:02:52
I managed to pick up one. Cheers!

I'm not too big of a fan for AMD's drivers however... the definition of seamless driver updates = nvidia drivers.
Clicking that purchase button gave me flashbacks to my 4870 days and how dodgy driver installs would throw my computer into a BSOD boot loop AUGH!

That seems to vary from person to person. I've never had a single problem with either. On the other hand there were plenty of horror stories more recent than that where their nvidia cards physically destroyed themselves because of drivers.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Vanilla on Sun, 17 May 2015, 22:19:42
Quote from: False_Dmitry_II on Sun, 17 May 2015, 18:37:43
Quote from: Vanilla on Sat, 16 May 2015, 19:02:52
I managed to pick up one. Cheers!

I'm not too big of a fan for AMD's drivers however... the definition of seamless driver updates = nvidia drivers.
Clicking that purchase button gave me flashbacks to my 4870 days and how dodgy driver installs would throw my computer into a BSOD boot loop AUGH!

That seems to vary from person to person. I've never had a single problem with either. On the other hand there were plenty of horror stories more recent than that where their nvidia cards physically destroyed themselves because of drivers.

My friend lost his GTX580 to this. Supposedly it made it run hotter causing the vram to go bad.
He searched it up and told me that 580's were dropping left and right after more recent updates.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sun, 17 May 2015, 23:34:38
I don't know about you, but I'd think possibly having to install windows again is better than the prospect of losing a card.

Actually that wasn't even the incident I was talking about, the one I was talking about involved discrete graphics on gaming laptops; I type on my gaming laptop with a 780M.
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: missalaire on Mon, 18 May 2015, 03:52:09
GG rekt, it was still worth a try though.

"Hello,

The price for 'XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - Black' (ASIN: B00HWSATI6) was displayed incorrectly when you placed your order.

Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.

In our Conditions of Use and Sale (see http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=1040616), we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation.

Your order has now been cancelled. If you still want to purchase this item, please place a new order which will be charged at the correct price, when we dispatch it to you.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope to see you again soon.

Regards,

Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk

Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that can't accept incoming e-mail. Please don't reply to this message."
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: fanpeople on Mon, 18 May 2015, 04:14:13
Yup Amazon Piked it.

Mother of peal.

Thought they would bail, was too good to be true. They probably were going to loose too much money with the number of people. I wonder if they would have honoured it if only a few people tried to buy?
Title: Re: XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Edition Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5) - £78.42
Post by: Vanilla on Mon, 18 May 2015, 11:47:08
Same here :(