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Older GPU price points after 970/980 release?

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Older GPU price points after 970/980 release?

So with the release of the 970/980 few months ago and the 970 being a top tier price/performance card, I was wondering what some of the last gen "mid/high" end cards should be worth now, or at least what price someone should be looking for if they can't afford the 970.

I'm just curious and I think some others are as well, can any tech savvy people fill in the blanks?
Assume the lower VRam models if applicable.
gtx 770
gtx 760
r9 280x/280
r9 270x/270

Can also include other cards that might be relevant to this list.

I don't play high end games so the 970 seems like a waste for me to buy now but I'll probably pick one up when there is a decent sale whenever that happens. Or I might pick up one of the above cards if there is like a super sale since it will most likely meet my needs. Else I will probably wait for the elusive gtx 960... whenever that is...
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Still looking for opinions, I guess I'll post what I think would be a good price to buy is

gtx 770 - I feel like the current price of these are too close to the 970 so unless its around $240 or under I'd say it's a pretty good price.
gtx 760 - Saw one at NCIX for Black Friday at I think $179.99 after rebate, pretty good but by the time I saw it, it was OOS. If another one pops up for around the same price without the rebate, that would be nice.

r9 280x/280 - I guess for these 2 it's kind of comparable to the 770/760 but maybe slightly lower in terms of cost, I remember seeing some deals for a 280 last month but I was hesitant at the time to pull the trigger.

r9 270x/270 - I feel like these should be priced like the 750ti at around $150-160 before rebate since it wouldn't make sense to have them cost similar to the above, again there was a deal for this few weeks ago but I think I'd prefer a more powerful card.
If one goes on sale with an attractive price I might just get it and recycle it to my cousin when I upgrade

TLDR: what I think
770 ~$240
280x ~$220
760 ~180
270x ~$160
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I think you might as well just get the 970... Anything under 780 is not as good as a 970 basically at least that's what I have came to conclude lol.
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The 270 is about 130 at this point. The 3xx is much faster than the 2xx series. 270 is likely the new low end now.

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