Upgrading my ASUS HD 6850, any suggestions?

[Cheenki]

Hey guys,
I'm looking to upgrade my current GPU: ASUS HD 6850 but i'm on a budget of around $300 (AUD) I'd like to be set for the future upcoming games, preferably would like to be able to play at highest settings on a 1920x1080 resolution. Please link Australian sites if possible !

Current Specs:
CPU: Amd Phenom ii x4 955 (BE) 4.00ghz
RAM:Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 4GB DDR3 x2 = 8GB
SSD: Samsung Pro 256gb
HDD: 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3
GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
PSU: Seasonic M12II 520W

 

[NiCoM]

The R9 280 is probably the fastest you'll get for your money, and yes it does run ultra in almost every game.
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=615250

From the Nvidia site of things you have the GTX760, it's not as fast as the R9 280, but it's still a good card.

And for the psu i think the M12II should be fine for this setup, so no need for a upgrade. 😉

 

[Cheenki]

The R9 280 is probably the fastest you'll get for your money, and yes it does run ultra in almost every game.
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=615250

From the Nvidia site of things you have the GTX760, it's not as fast as the R9 280, but it's still a good card.

And for the psu i think the M12II should be fine for this setup, so no need for a upgrade. 😉

Thanks for the reply

But just wondering, is there much difference between the R9 280 and the R9 280X?

 

[NiCoM]

The R9 280 is probably the fastest you'll get for your money, and yes it does run ultra in almost every game.
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=615250

From the Nvidia site of things you have the GTX760, it's not as fast as the R9 280, but it's still a good card.

And for the psu i think the M12II should be fine for this setup, so no need for a upgrade. 😉

Thanks for the reply

But just wondering, is there much difference between the R9 280 and the R9 280X?

The non-x is the same card as the x, probably just the lower end of the chips that they then slapped a lower clock on. It should be pretty similar in speeds, non-x cards from AMD are very good price/performance cards.

If you overclock this it would probably hit R9 280X speeds pretty easily.