Upgrade from a 760?

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I have a 2560x1080 monitor and I'm looking to upgrade to Team Red, especially given that I have a FreeSync monitor (LG 34UM67 - or something like that). I'm just sick of NVidia's anti-consumer and anti-competitive antics, otherwise I would be enjoying adaptive-sync now without the need to upgrade. Without it, GTA is reaming my 2GB 760. Anywho, before I rant about how NV won't support FreeSync but is already using eDP standards for Mobile G-Sync and how utter BS that is, I was really hoping for a Tonga XT card (or R9 380X) but it doesn't seem like AMD is going to target that segment unless NVidia releases some sort of "960-Ti"

So, the question is: R9 380, or R9 290/390? I think I'm going to need a minimum of 4GB GPU memory. Or wait a bit longer and hope AMD releases a R9 380X? I also feel a compulsive need to have something newer than GCN 1.1, so someone please slap me with some reasoning.

If you must know for games, the most demanding I play is GTA V, but also have Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3, Skyrim (modded to Oblivion, excuse the pun),and I am very interested in Fallout 4 as well as Killing Floor 2. I'm very into open-world games, mods, and RPGs that are not jRPGs (ie Fallout 3, Jade Empire, KoTOR, Mass Effect, Dragon Age Origins, etc). I have a little bit of everything with my Steam Library over 80 games, and a respectable library over at GoG. Lately I've been playing some older games, such as Deus Ex Invisible War (terrible consolitis, but works ultra-wide, and has nice texture pack) so the upgrade isn't urgent, but would like to upgrade while my monitor is still shiny. Again, someone slap me with some reasoning.

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I'm currently running a 4GB 760 because I planned to SLI two of them... Before they went out of stock everywhere. So I'm in a similar situation where my 760 is fine for 1080p but in a year games will start eating the 760 and if I get a 1440p monitor during black Friday? Hahaha no

My plan is to go with a 970. I don't care for the team AMD vs NVIDIA BS because the GTX series has and still does suit my needs perfectly. But I understand why you want to avoid supporting NVIDIA and if that's the case, I'd say wait for the new 300 series card. I could be wrong, but last i heard there will be a new release. As for the cards available right now, I'm afraid I don't have expert knowledge but I see the 380 suggested a lot.

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just get a 390 and be a happy camper for the next 2-3 years.

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TLDR properly sorry :(

got cash breh ? buy a r9 fury x :P, anyways my suggestion would be if u can wait for a little longer for r9 Fury or R9 Nano maybe, the reason im not recommending r9 300 series is they are still 1.1 gcn(exception being 380) unless u dont give a crap about those kinds of stuff that is apart from that if you are going to buy a 300 series gpu go for r9 290/390, i mean come on..... the value is over like 9000 man!