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okay thanks for all your great help and advice!

Okay, any other suggestions? Will the Radeon R9 290 or 290X be able to handle the usage i have described above? Also is the rest of my setup compatible with the graphics cards that are listed?

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: The closer the better, i hope to purchase within 10 days BUDGET RANGE: USD 400$ After Rebates (may be willing to stretch and extra $50) USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Intense Gaming (Max graphics @ 1080p) FPS, RTS, MMORPG, RPG games such as Battlefield series...

Recently i have been doing research on new and good current GPUs (especially radeon) and looking more into VRAM (GDDR5). I have seen many articles reviewing the performance of the R9 290 and 290x both with 4GB of GDDR5. I was wondering if all 4GB of VRAM is necessary for gaming at 1080p ion...