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Seems like Pccasegear is having a sale on their XFX R9 290 series cards. Both are listed as pre-order with stock expected to be delivered tomorrow. Standard Startrack shipping is the cheapest option at $15, bringing the totals to $414 and $564 respectively. Next cheapest 290 on SI is $449 (GB WF3) and 290X is $579 (MSI REF).
Both these cards are based on the reference design (with reference clocks) with the aftermarket Double Dissipation cooler fitted. The 290 is definitely a great price. The Double dissipation cooler is supposed to be one of the quietest around, but a little on the hot side. Both come with a copy of BF4.
I have an XFX 290 Ref and I haven't had any issues with it. The performance is seriously extreme and it has overclocked well.
Just noticed there are some others:
290 DD Black edition $100 off - $449
290X Reference $100 off - $499
290X DD Black edition $100 off - $569
and there's even some Gigabyte ones but the savings aren't great.
I noticed most of the stock r9 290 cards went off the AMD list for the past few months. Interestingly I just sent a 290 back that had black screening and that was sent to manufacturer. I wouldn't be surprised if this is some new revised batch coming through, and I'll more than likely get a double-dissipation unit when my RMA comes back.
AMD never admitted to a wide issue with the cards black screening, but would obviously be a big setback for them too - a flagship product needing callbacks/rma, so perhaps the manufacturers are now pushing the fixed units through on the low.
Well, lets hope they fixed it up, but these prices are quite nice.