So my system will be 4 years old this month and the only upgrade I've done in that time is going from 4GB to 8GB of memory. I've been thinking about upgrading my graphics card for a while now, I currently have a HD 5850 and I'm looking at picking up one of these R9 280x (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-m...048-streams-hd) over the holidays or in the new year, it seems to fit the bill pretty well for what I'm after, top end of my price range, I think it'll be ok in my current system/my PSU should be ok with it (current specs below to make sure), etc. My worry is, is it worth getting though? Most of the reading I've done on it points out how it's basically a cheaper, rebranded 7970 GE, so is it worth picking up what's really an "older" card, or waiting/looking for something newer?
Current system:
MB: MSI P55 - GD65
CPU: Intel i7 860 OC'd to 3.8
GPU: 1GB HD 5850
PSU: 650w Corsair HX series
RAM: 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1600 MHz
OS: Win 7 64bit
Plus a 128GB SSD and 1TB HDD
Thanks for any input.