7950 Good for Rendering than Nvidia's?

[rp_dxn]

Hello guys, im planning to upgrade my video card. In my work, i use applications like Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4d, considering AutoCaD and 3ds MAX. Wont do video editing but will consider later maybe using Adobe Premiere and After Effects.

The only games i will be playing are Starcraft 2 series, racing games. BF3 and COD campaign only.

My current pc specs:
CPU: i7 3770 (non-k)
Mobo: H77M-D3H
Ram: 16GB
PSU 650w

I am having a hard time deciding which card to choose. 7950, 660 or 660ti. i have read a lot of reviews about the 3 cards but tempt to check on 7950 more. Does 7950 does a great job on 3D Rendering and Graphics designs? Will it have any advantage over nvidia's when it comes to video editing? Thank guys.

 

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I use a 7950 for my work, Cinema 4D - After Effects - Moderate gaming, it works great but I haven't had a 660/660ti to compare it too...

 

[bryonhowley]

Really ether card would work good for what you need. I tend to lean more to AMD/ATI cards but just like CPU's that is more of a personal choose anymore than anything. Out of the three rigs I have a FX-8120 with a Crossfire Sapphire HD 7950 a FX-8350 with a Crossfire Sapphire HD 7970 and a i5 3570k with a SLI Gigabyte GTX 670. Out of the three I prefer the two FX rigs. I use Photoshop quite abit as well as Blender and a few other apps and they all perform very well on my AMD/ATI rigs.

Some have said that AMD/ATI does not work well on ATI GPU's but that has not been my experience with my rigs. All in all you can't go wrong with a 7950. If you do choose to go with AMD/ATI I would suggest getting a Sapphire from the many AMD/ATI cards I have had Sapphire seems to be the best.