GTX 780 and 770 get price drop in wake of AMD 290X release, 780 Ti gets release date

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You could fry an egg on AMD's Radeon R9 290X chip and it gobbles up power like a volt-starved Pikachu, but its speedy performance has forced Nvidia's hand - find out why in our 290X review . AnandTech report that they're dropping the price of the GTX 780 by $150 to $500, and the price of the 770 by $70 to $330. The former just undercuts AMD's new flagship GPU, and the latter puts the 770 in a competitive range with the AMD 280X.

The graphics card wars are set to intensify with the release of the next generation of consoles, and AMD still have their " Mantle " API, which they claim will mean performance boosts for console-PC ports. We'll believe that when we see it, though.

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