Quote Originally Posted by Macadamia View Post
Fillrate, Z and tex (it still strains the units, just not as much to give G94 a lead). I think RV770 addressed that.

There's no competition that G80+'s shaders are more efficient, but R600+'s limited components gave its shaders too much of a bad name.
Yes RV770 will benefit if those areas are improved. However, my point was that even if you isolate the shaders R6xx's performance falls short of its potential. So RV770 will certainly benefit from shader improvements as well.

Check the perlin noise test in Vantage - it's pretty much a pure math test and the architectures are in a dead heat.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles3/video/vantage2.html

Also, take a look at the geometry shader heavy particle simulation test. This is supposedly a strong suit of the R6xx architecture yet it falls way behind. Just pointing out that you shouldn't get too caught up in marketing or theoretical numbers.....

Having said that, I fully expect HD4870 to be a more compelling option that HD3870 was. The pricing alone belies that possibility.