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Pemalite said:

JEMC said:

I'm not sugesting that they should move to another manufacturer, I'm just saying that TSMC should be more serious and professional and have the things done when they claim they will be.

As for my 5850, I'm really considering getting a new card now as things will go for the worst once the summer ends (real life problems and all that). And I'm currently leaning towards an R9 290, obviously with an aftermarket cooler.

A Radeon R9 290 would be a dramatic upgrade.
You would probably be looking at a 3x performance increase in games and should last you many years. :)

I would personally go for the ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC or MSI Twin Frozr, mostly due to the back plate which prevents the GPU's PCB from "warping" over time.

The Asus is more expensive than the similar offerings from the competition, and gets too close to the prices of a 780 to consider it, and I haven't seen the Twin Frozr.

As my 5850 is a Saphire one and that has served me well, I was considering the Saphire Tri-X

But it may be a bit too long for my case

Otherwise there's the MSI "R9 290 Gaming" (maybe it's the Twin Frozr renamed?) that is shorted and has a backplate

 

@lucidum and picking 2x780Ti for the cheap: I wonder what you do understand "for the cheap"