What video card upgrade

[Motzinator]

I have a i5 2.6ghz lynfield, would a gtx 780 or r9 290 even make sense. I want play thief on high settings as well as witcher3 somewhat high, 1920x1200 max.

 

[misterbobby]

280X makes much more overall sense as even that will be held back quite a bit in some games. At least with games like Thief you can use Mantle to help get the most out of the 280X. The 285 will be out in a couple weeks but I think it will only have 2gb of vram which will not even cut it in a couple of games now.

 

[Motzinator]

Anything I buy will have 4gb. I am debating on mb/cpu upgrade, with r9 290 instead

 

[fanboy]

Just understand that the 290 makes a ton of heat and I can deal with CX7950's heat better then a single ref 290 as I have owned both setup's .. 290 is fine single card and I enjoyed mine ..but I like the fact that I run a single R9 280 most of the time and only when I game that 2nd card wakes up (low power state) and offer more performance then the 290 ever did in a game like BF 4.

 

[Suprfire]

Anything I buy will have 4gb. I am debating on mb/cpu upgrade, with r9 290 instead

Think you can push that 750's OC some more? I would definitely upgrade if you can get in on a Microcenter 4690K/Z97 combo deal (if you live near one, or know someone who does)