Upgrading from GTX 570, budget ~400$

[Spectalecy]

Hey folks !
I am looking to buy a new graphic card as some awesome new games are coming out such as the Witcher 3, Star Citizen (eventually) and many more demanding games..

I currently have the GTX 570 and it lately started to become "old" in terms of modern gaming and maxed-out graphics settings..

I've seen the "Best of the month" list here and the Radeon 290X seems to be the solution ?
Though my question is, how much of a bottle-net, if any, will be caused due to my ~2 years old system, and if I should actually go for the 290X at all ?

A CPU-Z (with deleted non required info I guess) with all the required info is attached for your convinience..

Thank you all !

Spoiler

CPU-Z TXT Report
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Binaries
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CPU-Z version 1.71.0.x64

Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 2
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 4
-- Core 3
-- Thread 0 6

Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 3.223 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i5 2500K
Codename Sandy Bridge
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1155 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.A.7
Extended CPUID 6.2A
Core Stepping D2
Technology 32 nm
TDP Limit 95.0 Watts
Tjmax 98.0 °C
Core Speed 1599.6 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 16.0 x 100.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3300 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 6 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes


Turbo Mode supported, disabled
Max non-turbo ratio 33x
Max turbo ratio 59x
Max efficiency ratio 16x
Min Power 60 Watts
O/C bins unlimited
Ratio 1 core 59x
Ratio 2 cores 59x
Ratio 3 cores 59x
Ratio 4 cores 59x
TSC 3300.1 MHz
APERF 3100.1 MHz
MPERF 3300.0 MHz


Chipset
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Northbridge Intel Sandy Bridge rev. 09
Southbridge Intel P67 rev. B3
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 8 GBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 799.9 MHz (1:6)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Command Rate (CR) 2T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED10000
MCHBAR I/O Size 19456
MCHBAR registers


Storage
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Drive 0
Device Path \\?\ide#diskwdc_wd1002faex-00y9a0___________________05.01d05#5&20f0fb49&0&0.0.0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Type Fixed
Name WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0
Capacity 931.5 GB
SMART Support Yes

USB Devices
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USB Device Generic USB Hub, class=0x09, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x8087, product=0x0024
USB Device Generic USB Hub, class=0x09, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x8087, product=0x0024
USB Device USB Composite Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x045E, product=0x00B0
USB Device USB Composite Device, class=0x00, subclass=0x00, vendor=0x1532, product=0x002F

Graphics
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Number of adapters 1

Graphic APIs
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API NVIDIA I/O
API NVIDIA NVAPI

Display Adapters
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Display adapter 0
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Board Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Revision A1
Codename GF110
Technology 40 nm
Memory size 1280 MB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1043)
Model ID 0x1086 (0x8387)
Performance Level Default
Core clock 50.5 MHz
Shader clock 101.0 MHz
Memory clock 135.0 MHz
Performance Level 2D Desktop
Core clock 405.0 MHz
Shader clock 810.0 MHz
Memory clock 324.0 MHz
Performance Level Unknown
Core clock 745.0 MHz
Shader clock 1490.0 MHz
Memory clock 1900.0 MHz

Win32_VideoController AdapterRAM = 0x50000000 (1342177280)
Win32_VideoController DriverVersion = 9.18.13.4411
Win32_VideoController DriverDate = 09/13/2014

Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
DirectX Version 11.0

 

[frag06]

The 290X is obsolete. The 970 is the best you can buy for ~$350, and it wins hands down in price to performance.

Your processor shouldn't bottleneck a 970.

 

[spentshells]

On that budget its 970 time, but if your not looking to break the bank, maybe a 770 or 280x, they should almost double your performance depending on the game

 

[Spectalecy]

Another question, is there any way I can use the GTX 570 to add power to the system after install lets say the GTX 970 ?

 

[frag06]

You can use it as a dedicated PhysX card, but it's up to you to decide whether or not that is worth the extra power and heat.

 

[Spectalecy]

I'll probably sell it to a friend or something, since I don't have any more space on my MOBO without blocking the air flow as the 570 is a 3 slot card and very long, not to mention the 970 probably is not smaller ?
Anyway, I currently have a chieftec PSU (Can't find info about it's W) which worked for the 570. do I need to change it in order to use the 970 ?
Once again, I thank you all for the help =] !

 

[Spectalecy]

I thank you all for your kind help !
I chose the "solution" by how much it influenced my thinking as all of your answers were helpful..
This is now solved and I will most likely get the GTX 970.

P.S. : Will it do with my current Motherboard ? Asus P67 new revision B3 Sabertooth