DuronBurgerMan
[H]ard|Gawd
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I'm coming in with a 5 year old R9 290. Built a new 8700K system earlier this year, and got an Acer Predator monitor (Gsync) a few months back in anticipation of a GPU upgrade, knowing AMD would not be competitive in the high end segment.
After much flip flopping, I ended up pre-ordering a 2080 last night. It will be a massive upgrade (I also got my wife's approval, lol) so the price doesn't bother me as much as it did at first. Something else that added to the value equation were the bundles offered by Newegg. There was an EVGA GTX 2080 with an 860Evo 1Tb ssd for $900, "saving" $50. There were other bundles too, so it is possible to find a 'deal' if you're interested in one of these cards.
290 -> 2080 is definitely worth it.