Sapphire R9 280x Toxic availability

[Wort]

Hi.

I was wondering where could I order Sapphire R9 280x Toxic? I was searching on few websites but they're out of stock, not just Toxic one, they're out of ANY R9 280x. I mean, what is going on? They do have plenty of GTX 770 in stock, but no R9 280x.

Do you guys know for any website that might have R9 280x in stock and they ship to Europe?

 

[ihog]

Bitcoin mining is best done with AMD cards, so miners scooped up an assload of them. Now, the supply is low, demand is high, and prices are high.

Frankly, the high price of the 280X makes it not worth it over a 770.

 

[Wort]

Bitcoin mining is best done with AMD cards, so miners scooped up an assload of them. Now, the supply is low, demand is high, and prices are high.

Frankly, the high price of the 280X makes it not worth it over a 770.

I was thinking about getting 770 yes, but I've read 280x has new technology that will be available in near future that will increase your fps by x % (I forgot the name of the technology)

 

[ihog]

Mantle. And I wouldn't put money on Mantle coming though, personally.

 

[Embra]

Mantle. And I wouldn't put money on Mantle coming though, personally.

Really?
http://www.techpowerup.com/196794/amd-catalyst-14-1-beta-to-include-mantle-and-trueaudio-runtimes.html

 

[ihog]

It's up in the air, in my opinion. If I was in the market for a graphics card right now, Mantle would not sway my decision.

 

[TriBeard]

I bought an R9 290 recently, partly due to mantle, but mostly due to it being a sweet deal at 389. I found it for that in the middle of them selling online for 500+ at a Microcenter. It wasn't even listed on their website, but they had 2 of them, and some 290x's in a glass case that they had just gotten on a shipment. I would definitely recommend you trying to see if there is a retailer of that sort near you (fry's, microcenter, etc) and try your luck there, as they might have some floating around. Otherwise, hopefully stock for those cards comes back soon. They offer great performance for the price if you can find them, and find them somewhere that doesn't want way more than they're worth for them.

 

[Wort]

Unfortunately, Microcenter and Fry's are both located in USA, and I don't think they ship to Slovenia. Does anyone recommend any European website (like computeruniverse or harwareverstand)?