Newegg's Bundling Dirt Rally with All Radeon R9 Graphics Cards, GTA V with Select Car

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Heads up for anyone in need of a graphics card upgrade -- Newegg is giving bundling game codes for Dirt Rally with any Radeon R9 Series graphics card. In addition, select cards also come with a code for Grand Theft Auto V. There doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason as to which cards come with two game codes versus one game code, so be sure to look at your options carefully.
For example, Sapphire's high-dollar Radeon R9 295x2 ($600 after $20 mail-in-rebate) only comes with Dirt Rally, whereas Sapphire's Tri-X OC Radeon R9 290X ($300 after $20 mail-in-rebate) comes with codes for both games.
The least expensive options that come with Dirt Rally are Gigabyte's Radeon R9 270 2GB and PowerColor's TurboDuo AXR9 270 2GB, both of which are priced at $130 after a $20 mail-in-rebate. And if you're interested in both titles, the least expensive option is Sapphire's Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X 3GB for $210 after mail-in-rebate.
Despite Newegg's promotional claim on Twitter, we found some R9 cards that apparently got overlooked. For example, there's no mention of Dirt Rally or Grand Theft Auto V for VisionTek's Radeon R9 270X 2GB ($200) or PowerColor's TurboDuo AXR9 280 3GB ($160 after $20 mail-in-rebate). Both are shipped and sold by Newegg and neither is an open-box item, so we're not sure why they slipped through the cracks. There could be others (we only scanned a few pages), so shop carefully.
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