No cash for quadro/firepro: Which one GPU for ~300$?

[dream3]

Hello!

Im an aspiring digital artist and im building a new pc.

I dont have enough money for any decent firepro or quadro GPUs.

So, what do you guys think about these 3 GPUs for about 300$?

ATI 7870
ATI 7950
NVIDIA 660 TI

Or any other you might suggest too!

Ill be working with zbrush, 3ds max, maya, photoshop mostly!

 

[scibuff]

Out of those three, 7950 is the best card. If you had a few extra $, GTX 670 is worth considering, but close to that price is also the 7970 then.

 

[dream3]

Nah unfortunately I dont have that extra 100$ atm.

So that CUDA vs OpenCl/GL thing is not imporant anymore? Cause I heard lots of folks talking about that in some forums.

 

[wingman99]

+1 the ATI 7950 is the best one.

If your going to use programs that support CUDA go with GTX 660TI

 

[Knufire]

At least for Adobe, CS6 technically had equal support for both...but it seems like CUDA And NVIDIA still works better. I'd go for a 660Ti or 670 for your uses.

 

[dream3]

But do CUDA's benefits so much over ATI's extra 1gb from 7950?

Cause remember that 7950 has 3gb while 660 ti 2gb.

 

[Knufire]

Does vRAM help a lot in Photoshop? At least in gaming, 2GB is enough for single monitor, but i don't know how intensive Photoshop is on it.