Nvida/Intel vs AMD for Graphic work and Gaming

[Admiral Teddy]

Hey community!
I was wondering between the Nvidia/Intel combo and AMD PCs which are best for graphic work (that includes 3D rendering) as well as gaming.

I've never had an AMD piece and it's always been that alien thing for me that I didn't like to jump on.
I'm going to build a new PC very soon and I'd like to know feedback from people who use it like I plan to use mine.
Adobe CC, CAD and generally any game engine that I can use.
I plan to both do heavy gaming and heavy digital art/game design/concept art and item creation for games like Dota 2 and ect.

Which of the 2 functions better overall if price is not taken into account?

 

[Gaidax]

Depends on the $$ you are ready to spare. If you have a lot of it - then Nvidia should win.

I'd say overall - AMD is better across the board until like $650, after that Nvidia does better. Of course it is very general... How much $$ are you planning to dump into GPU?

 

[Drew010]

It would depend on whether you are doing processes that benefit greater from CUDA specific cores, or if they just need simply raw parallel GPU computer power. Nvidia has the CUDA application as well as great driver support, whereas AMD has the raw power.

 

[iceclock]

whats your budget?