Go with the r9 280x it's better then 760 and worse then 770 so it's in the middle, if you already have an 7970 then go crossfire, but if this is you first amd card then go r9 290 it's currently then best price/performance card, especially when amc released the driver which increased the performance for the 290, that was done to because nvidia dropped they're prices so amd responded back.