Metro: Last Light
“Metro: Last Light (formerly Metro 2034) is a first-person shooter and horror video game developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released in May 2013. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world and features a mixture of action-oriented and stealth gameplay. The game exists in the universe of the novel, Metro 2033, and its sequels, written by Russian author, Dmitry Glukhovsky, but does not follow any direct storylines from the books. Metro:Last Light takes place one year after the events of Metro 2033, proceeding from the canonical ending from the novel, ending where Artyom chose to call down the missile strike on the Dark Ones.Metro: Last Light features technology which boasts of lighting effects and improved physics claimed to set a new graphical benchmark on the PC and consoles.” From Wikipedia.org.
I have to ask myself, has amd shot themselves, and the 260x by releasing the 265 ?……probably, buying an overclocked 260x for the same price as a stock 265 will never make sense, seeing as they cost the same, but the 265 is around 35% faster.
Yes I agree, I think AMD have priced a lot of the R7 series way too close for comfort. But I guess from a consumer standpoint the more options the better right?
Edit: also I think a lot of the problem is when AMD reduced the R7 260X MSRP down from $140 to $120 a lot of retailers didn’t drop prices in response. Then when the R7 265 came out you find a lot of R7 260Xs with a similar price. But if you can pick up a decent R7 260X for $120 then that’s 20% cheaper for a card that is 20-25% slower so in my opinion that’s a decent deal.
uk prices seem to have lowered somewhat, a 2gb overclocked 260x is around the £100 mark, the 1gb version around £89 and the 265 2gb around £115-120 mark, however, there are bargains to be had, this sapphire 2gb 265 is only £99…I think the 260x 2gb needs to be sold around the £79.99 mark, cause retailers here will sell loads of these 265’s at this price…. http://www.pixmania.co.uk/graphics-card/sapphire-technology-r7-265-2-gb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card/22080933-a.html?ectrans=1&gclid=CKKS-d3k8b0CFYbMtAodg1AAwA#merch=1&srcid=11270&nopopup=1
$119 in GBP is £72, add VAT it should be £86. As far as I am concerned prices have not fallen enough, the MSRP of $140 is still present because $140 is £100~ inc VAT. Nvidia’s GTX 750 Ti can be had for £100 so there are no reasons to buy the R7 260X for that reason. Also, don’t trust pixmania with your money, they are a dodgy as f**k retailer.
ah yes, pixmania do have a habit of advertising goods they dont stock…..but yes, the 260x needs to around the £80-85 mark.
Notice in the OC page that you said the GTX 750Ti was an OC card?