Nvidia or AMD Upgrade?

[ExoSuitOne]

I'm planning on upgrading my graphics card. I'm currently between an EVGA GeForce GT 740 4GB GDDR5 and a MSI R7 370 GAMING 4G Graphics Card. The price difference between the two does not concern me, just the performance. I was gonna wait for the new Pascal GPUs, but it is way more GPU than I need, and way out of my price range. I'm also uo for any other suggestions that you all my have, but I'm not willing to go too much higher than the MSI R7. Thanks for any help or suggestions! Also, I have the MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard. It's all red and black themed.

 

[William Henrickson]

$170 USD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $174.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-23 03:07 EDT-0400

Power supply?

I can deal with 40-50 fps no problem. I've been using a 1gb Nvidia GeForce GT 420M for the last several years on my laptop with a 1st gen core i3 processor (let that sink in for a moment). My main concerns are this: I've only ever used Nvidia and intel, ever. I recently did a budget build with an MSI 970 Gaming Mobo with an AMD FX 4350 unlocked black edition processor. I have 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM.

You will easily hit 60 FPS at 2560x1440 even, in Skyrim. At 1080p, with mods, you'll still hit 60 FPS, I'm sure.

The R9 380 is currently the best price/performance card on the market in the US.

This right here, excellent price deal and the best performance you can get at that price point.

Don't know whats up with the guy above recommending a GTX 950 at $175, thats insane, I just bought an EVGA one thats slightly slower for $120. Either way its nowhere the performance of a GTX 960 or R9 380.

I'm sure you can find a better price, its a reseller on newegg it defaults to for some reason.

 

[Guest]

I bought the 280X when the price was 300$.The price now is very low,but it does its job extremely well.I cant play witcher 3 at almost full settings.I highly recommend it

 

[Plumboby]

go for an antec teir 1 or 2 650 wat psu so u have some buffer depending if u go sli or cross fire antecs a wicked brand suiting amd intel set ups they have great warranties & customer services

 

[ExoSuitOne]

I have decided to go with the GTX 960. It gives me the power I need at a price I can afford.

Thank you all for weighing in on this. I really appreciate it!