I'm buying a GPU upgrade. Recommendations? [Done! Giveaway inside.]

GTX970. Just wait a little more if you don`t have all money for it right now.
OR you can get R9 280X if manage to find it in your shops

After reconsideration (yet again), I'm thinking about getting the R9 280x. XFX provide lifetime warranty for them, which is a big plus for me. Any thoughts on the matter? Considering my current CPU, and the uncertainty of an upgrade anytime soon, should I go for the R9 200 series or 300?

Radeon R9 380X

Due to nVidia's general douchebaggery, I will never, ever, use or recommend anything from them.

I would wait for the new generation of GPUs. You just have to endure a few more months.

If you're buying a card "now", an ATI card might be worth considering, as they seem to be more forwards compatible with the next version of DirectX. That said, it might also be worth waiting for nvidia to release their new line of cards, they're due to be out soon, and that should take care of the forwards compatibility issues, and it looks like it will be a big performance bump.

I would go for R9 380 4gb version or 380x, I have lost all faith in Nvidia. I have a R9 390 and it is the best card I have ever bought, thank god I didn't go with the GTX970.

As always, I recommend checking with Logical Increments as the first place for information on new computer parts. It's the most comprehensive and in-depth list I've ever encountered on the topic, so useful part suggestions are likely to be found there.

I'd recommend saving up to get a better card a little later than buy something worse now. I have the same CPU (i5 750 2.66GHz), and last year bought this GTX 970. It's a higher end 970 with factory overclocking that makes it almost as fast as a stock 980.

I thought I was going to need to build a new machine for GTA V, but after the GPU upgrade and overclocking the CPU to 3.8GHz and it handles GTA V almost maxed out. I paid $330 USD for it on sale, the lowest I see it now is $325 USD. If you can catch one on sale it might be closer to your price range.

Still rocking with my gtx 580 ...it's on par with a 950 but when i over clock it well it's 45-55 FPS in witcher 3 at 1080p with mixed medium/high settings ....but yeah the 1.5GB of Vram is a downer lol should have got a 3GB version ...but for you i'd say get a 750Ti the are cheap and fairly ofay for gaming

XFX R9 280x is nice performer. Its performance somewhere between R9 380 and R9 390. Basically, between GTX 960 and GTX 970.Depends on games of course. So its still nice GPU.

P.S. I have R9 280 and play most games with no problem at all in 1080p. Of course, sometimes I turn off ultra settings and/or AA:) BUT most games runs high settings just fine

Asus Strix Nvidia GTX 960 4gb

GTX960

get the new 3dfx Voodoo2

Forget what everyone here says, just get the biggest and most expensive one, duh.

You can trust me, i'm a professional

I went all out and got the R9 380x. Overkill? Maybe. :P