Radeon R7 250X availability?

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I'm interested in the Radeon R7 250X which was supposedly released three days ago, but I'm not seeing it online. Does anyone know of a source? Also I'm using two monitors which are connected via DVI. If I get the 250X I'll have to use the VGA port on the card for one monitor. Is that likely to effect image quality? Is there any downside? TIA
 

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Is that likely to effect image quality?

I have an R7 240x and have two monitors, one through DVI-D and the other through VGA -- and the VGA-driven monitor has the same picture quality as the other monitor.
 

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I do the same with one of my PCs and the quality is the same on both monitors.

@ OP:

Here you go:

Newegg.com - Radeon R7 250X

Thanks for the Newegg link. That's the first unit that's clearly the right thing. Unfortunately at $120 it's too close to the 260X. The 250X was announced as a <$100 card. This one on Amazon is the right price but it's not clear it's the right part - the packaging says 250 not 250X in the screenshots:

Amazon.com: Diamond Radeon R7-250X Boost Overclocked 1GB DDR5 PCIE: Computers & Accessories

I expect more of them will be showing up soon.

Edit: Here's another one at a better price...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121853
 
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Newegg must have just added the ASUS card. There was only the XFX card when I posted the link. It's good to see that more are coming out.

I don't think that Amazon card is the 250X. Unless they're using old graphics, nothing has an "X" on it.
 

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XFX Radeon R9 280 Double D Black Edition
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