What is the best graphics card for my situation?

Fisheth

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Hey guys, I've decided the time has come to upgrade to a new graphics card (Either this or next month, depending on stuff)

I'm currently using a Sapphire 6850, but looking to upgrade to something that can handle games at 1080p at 60FPS or around 40/60 depending on the game.

Specs for my current system

AMD 8350
Asrock Extreme 4 990 Motherboard
8GB Kingston Hyper X Beast Ram at 1866
Sapphire 6850
XFX 650 PSU.

Currently at a budget at around £200/£300 I'm in the UK so we kinda get shafted on prices a bit.

I was considering the R280, but isn't that just a rebadged 7970? If so, what makes it better then a 7970?
 

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Fisheth

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Kamen_BG

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Yes.
The 280X is the better card.
No doubt.
But getting a card that's only 20something % slower and comes with two games for free, for only half the price is a pretty damn good deal.
 

Fisheth

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Yeah, agreed. Just curious, my budget is much bigger then the card in question and I'm wanting to expand to a multi-monitor set up, would I need a completely different card or not?