RMA'ing my old and getting a New GPU help

[TheReven]

So I just RMA'd my r9 290 xfx reference they don't have a replacement so full refund all 320 which is pretty nice since the cards have dropped alot but now I am stuck with what to go with as my setup is red and black and all cards seem to be blue and yellow but if I'm going to get a big performance increase with them I am not to bothered also Id like to put a bit of extra cash in a maybe get a  290x what would you go suggest 

 

Will it be worth it?

 

Will I get a bigger performance increase? 

Should I get a new card? 

 

I had planned to crossfire the 290 sometime next year so theres that too

 

let me know what you guys think thanks

 

specs are in my signature

[dragoon20005]

get this

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g

 

its MSI red/black

 

will be similar to your 290 or slightly faster and close to the 290X performance

 

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1059?vs=1355

[TheReven]

get this

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g

 

its MSI red/black

 

will be similar to your 290 or slightly faster and close to the 290X performance

 

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1059?vs=1355

 

I didn't really fancy going with a nvidia card as I have AMD cpu and AMD cards seen to run better and visa versa 

[dragoon20005]

I didn't really fancy going with a nvidia card as I have AMD cpu and AMD cards seen to run better and visa versa 

that's not true mate

 

the only thing that might bottleneck the GPU is a really low end CPU

 

Intel can work with AMD cards no problems

 

AMD CPU can work with nVidia cards

 

the FX8350 should still be good for 1 to 2 more years before you need to change your CPU and mobo

[asim1999]

yeah 970 is the best bang-for-buck high end card out right now

[asim1999]

Get Asus Strix or MSI Twin Frozr for the black and red theme