The Hawaii-based graphics cards and new Tahiti chips start exerting pressure

Sep 27, 2013 13:19 GMT  ·  By

Now that Advanced Micro Devices has launched its R9 and R7 graphics cards, NVIDIA might have to adjust its own card lineup.

However, it doesn't have any cards of its own coming out in the near future, save for whatever custom boards its partners come up with.

That means that cutting the prices on its existing GeForce series might be the only viable course of action. Otherwise, the Hawaii- and Tahiti XTX-powered AMD boards will steal their customers.

From the weakest to the second best (Radeon R9 280X), the AMD cards are priced at $89 / €66 to $299 / €221.

Sadly, the Radeon R9 290X hasn't been priced (though we suspect it will be $600 / €441 - €600).

For those who want to know the exact tags of the R9 280X, R9 270X, R9 260X and R7 250, they are $299 / €299, $199 / €199, $139 / €139 and under $89 / €89.