Best upgrade from Radeon HD 7850

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I've had this GPU for a while, and I was thinking of upgrading. Is it worth upgrading? I don't play the most GPU intensive games, but maybe less bottleneck, I don't know. if I was to upgrade, what would be the best to go with my CPU? My CPU is the AMD FX-8350. Thanks for all the input!

sorry, as juanrdp pointed out, you don't know what games I play. I mostly play CSGO, along with some other games (not too intensive). The one I play the most is probably Tribes Ascend. I play at 1440x900 resolution, most games at the highest setting.
 

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Is it worth upgrading?

Depends, ¿have faster cards? ofc and very good ones like the Gtx 970, but just need to think if you need to expend like 300€ to have more fps in the games you play.

Without knowing the games you play, resolutions, settings, etc... is almost imposible to say if you will get a huge gain for any change.
 
If you are thinking to upgrade anyway, then juice that HD 7850. Mine will do over 1200/1500 with 1.225v applied in Afterburner. If your mobo had better power design then I would say to clock your CPU too, but that's not going to be safe with that 4 phase board.

If overclocking the 7850 still can't keep up, then consider a GTX 970. I'm thinking about that because I want that new Dragon Age game to run max'd out on my 1080p monitor.
 

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I tried OC'ing one time, didn't see too big improvements w/o voltage change. However, it did blue screen CSGO so I moved it back to stock, cause I play CSGO a lot. In regards to the CPU - I'm not touching those overclocking settings with a five foot pole.
 

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