Upgrade from HD 7950 to R9 380/GTX 960 or save money for GTX 970/R9 390

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I own HD 7950 for about two months,graphics cards is awesome but I find hard to run GTA 5 at V.High settings 1050p without fps drops in heavy vegetation areas.

I was thinking about upgrading to R9 380 or GTX 960 because they are newer,newer technologies integrated and also as I see on YouTube they perform very well at 1080p resolutiong maintaning 60 fps Very High settings with decent CPU.

Currently I have i5 3470 3.2 GHz,2x4 GB DDR3 ram and MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III overclocked.

I was checking difference between R9 380 ( I consider buying because its cheaper than GTX 960 ) and in terms of hardware configuration they are pretty same ( HD 7950 has 3 gigs in "basic" version and 384 bit bus ).

GTX 960 is pretty same perfomance and catery as R9 380 and I would like to ask if it would bring any noticeable perfomance bump ?

This is R9 380 GPU-Z

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This is my HD 7950 overclocked

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So to summarize,I play currently on 1050p resolution but I consider buying in close future an 1080p monitor or even 1440p monitor,should I buy R9 380/GTX 960 or save money for R9 390/GTX 970 ?

And what is difference between R9 380 and HD 7950 other than newer GCN and other stuff,no hardware changes ?


 
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Martell1977
The 7950 was rebranded to a R9 280, then they refined the 280's architecture to create the R9 285. The 285 was rebranded and overclocked into the 380. While there should be a small performance increase, I don't think it justifies the cost. The GTX 960 is a a bit slower overall than the 380 so that's not an upgrade.

IMO, your best bet would be to get a R9 390 or GTX 970 if you are looking for a noticeable performance increase. Personally, went with the R9 390, but that's because I tend to have my GPU's until I have a good reason to replace them and since the 390 and 970 are so similar in performance, the 8gb of VRAM on the 390 should help with longevity and was one of the deciding factors for me.
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The 7950 was rebranded to a R9 280, then they refined the 280's architecture to create the R9 285. The 285 was rebranded and overclocked into the 380. While there should be a small performance increase, I don't think it justifies the cost. The GTX 960 is a a bit slower overall than the 380 so that's not an upgrade.

IMO, your best bet would be to get a R9 390 or GTX 970 if you are looking for a noticeable performance increase. Personally, went with the R9 390, but that's because I tend to have my GPU's until I have a good reason to replace them and since the 390 and 970 are so similar in performance, the 8gb of VRAM on the 390 should help with longevity and was one of the deciding factors for me.
 
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Without knowing your setup, it's hard to give much of an answer. Can you rig handle a power thirsty card like the R9 390? What about your monitor? Do you intend on moving up to 4K gaming? If you plan on purchasing a new monitor any time in the near future, you will want to take that into consideration when buying a new graphic card. As for me, I chose a 2k monitor with G-Sync, which means I'm pretty much stuck with Nvidia. Apart from that congrats on your excellent results with your HD7950.
 
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