Quote Originally Posted by orangekiwii View Post
If gtx480 does in fact more or less equal 5870, then theres no reason to buy any card from this generation as simply put its just not a big enough step up in performance on any level.
This is specially true for me. My 295 is faster than a 5870 at all levels, and drivers apart, (because CCC is a real PITA), if the 480 doesn't beat my 295 by a considerable margin there's no reason for me to change video card to a 480.

I want a bit more of juice than the 295 can deliver and the logical step would be a 5970 in case the 480 fails to impress. Thing is... The software sucks to be real honest about CCC, when will ATI deliver simple stuff like game profiles, i've been asking for this forever

I need AA8x for Crysis, but then i want to force AA16x in older games. Some games i want them with Vsync, some others i have to disable it (video card fails to deliver constant 60+fps) and i want all of this to be automatic when i start the game like nVidia drivers do.

I really like the 5970, don't get me wrong, but i always feel that something's missing when i use my other PC with the 4870x2 in it, this keeps me away from ATI for now