From the research i have done, it seems that the 290x's preformance is a tad bit higher than the 780. I'm concerned, though, as i keep seeing complaints about the temperature of the 290x.
I will be pairing this card with:
850w power,
16 gb RAM,
i7-3770k CPU
Asus P8Z77-VLK MOBO
I'm looking for...