R9 280x or R9 290 to last 4+ years

[D_A]

I need help deciding which GPU to buy so i can play games at ultra now and mid/high couple of years latter. I will be gaming on single 1080p monitor and probably wont upgrade to 1440p for couple of years. Also i don't plan on overclocking GPU. Right now i have GTS 450 which sucks, most of newer games run at 720p at low/off details.

My specs are:
FX-6300@ 4.5Ghz 1.38v stable ( Socter~52C, core~42C couple of hours load)
ASUS M5A99X Evo r2.0
Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo ( push/pull with 2xArctic F12 pwm)
Patriot Viper 3 black mamba 2x4gb 1866Mhz
HItachi 500GB HDD (couple years old)
Samsung 840 pro 128gb SSD
ASUS optical drive
Thermaltake Versa II case with 3 exhaust fans (2xtop and back) and 4 intake fans (2xfront, side and bottom)
Thermaltake SPS-630M 630W semi modular PSU
Windows 8.1 pro 64bit

Most of the components were bought back in February and i cannot change any of them (already changed MB from MSI -G46)

I do not play MMOs ( maybe a little bit for couple of weeks WoW, StarWars... ), multiplayer FPS such as BF3/4 , CoD (only SP), Skyrim ...

What i would like to play is DA:I, Witcher2/3, thief, AC4, WatchDogs, Star Citizen, Mass Effect, Dark Souls II, starcraft ...
There are quite a few games, but i can only buy the ones i really like.

Thank you in advance

 

[azzazel_99]

if you are wanting 4 years out of a gpu and it be able to keep up with the games as they release i'd say a 780ti or 290x now then another next year to crossfire or sli. If this years releases are any indication of what the future games are going to be like you're gonna want to grab a pretty strong card now then pair it up with another next year or the year after. Just my opinion.

 

[nddz]

im actually worried if someone gets a r9 290x because buying 290 will freak you up , the heat and the noise will eventually make you hate and return the product just go with nvidia

 

[D_A]

290x is too much for me.

While i prefer Nvidia i decided to go with AMD this time. By the time im able to get the GPU i hope there will be some non-reference 290 if i go with that one.

 

[jaguarskx]

Considering I am using a Radeon HD 5850 that is now just a few months past 4 years old I can pretty much still play games on high or a mix of medium & high settings @ 1920x1200 resolution. It wasn't the fastest card in that generation (the HD 5970 was), it was actually the 4th most powerful card in that generation and it's still capable of playing games. So it is very possible to get 4+ years out of a R9 280x as long as medium settings in the future is fine for you.