Looking to upgrade my GPU!

[MvDRelentless00]

Hello all,

I built a PC on the recommendations of some of you fine gentlemen about two years ago. The system has been fantastic to date, knocking most of what I throw at it out of the park, but I am primarily playing more graphically demanding games than I was before, which is leading to lowered FPS or toned down settings.

My build was as follows:
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
CP-470-IN
MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Bitfenix Colossus Venom Green LED Big Tower Windowed Case - Black
CA-007-BX
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
MB-438-GI
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)
SW-165-MS
Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail
HD-035-TS
TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01)
MY-052-TG
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply
CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse
Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler
Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM

Now, I was looking at upgrading to maybe a R9 390X? I have some questions before I dive straight in though:
Is the GPU the only thing letting my rig down?
Should I throw another 8Gb of RAM at the system?
With my power supply be adequate for a R9 390X? I have read that they run hot and use a lot of power, but that isnt too much of an issue.
Should I be upgrading now or waiting until later in 2016 when we may see some new GPUs hit the market?
Any recommendations for other cards?



Thanks a lot!

 

[Terrorfirmer]

8GB of ram is still plenty, and the rest of your system is perfectly sound for a 390X. The 280X is the only bottleneck.

As for waiting.....that's the big question right now, and no real answer!

 

[meldarthx]

One your PSU is fine for 390X as its a superflow

Two - if you're looking 390 would most likely be better buy right now; it won't cost as much as 390; can put that money towards new GC later this year.

Polaris is around the corner and Pascal is a big unknown; but they're most likely 3rd/4th quarter or small and big pascal looking 2017.

Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 have been shown off; AMD has already said they will be out before back to school releases......so that's from now until june/july......so you can either wait or grab a short term upgrade for now......