I am looking into building my first gaming pc and I wanted to know all of my options so I wanted to know what an AMD equivalent gpu to the nvidia gtx 760 or if I should just stick to the nvidia
The 7950 is the equivalent. Amd did not rebrand it so no GPU in the r9 series is equal to the 760. The 760 is about 15% more powerful at stock speeds than a r9 270x and about 15% slower than a 280x.
I think the 270X is the closest competition that AMD has at that price point, but I think it is a little slower. The old AMD 7870 might be closer. The 280X is supposed to compete with the 770.
The 7950 is the equivalent. Amd did not rebrand it so no GPU in the r9 series is equal to the 760. The 760 is about 15% more powerful at stock speeds than a r9 270x and about 15% slower than a 280x.