Quote Originally Posted by Extelleron View Post
HD 4870 does not have 160SPs. It has 800, just like R600 has 320. They are just different than nVidia's; for one they are clocked much lower.

If HD 3870 has 64SPs, then why do those 64SPs @ 775MHz outperform the 9600GT's 64SPs @ 1.625GHz by a huge margin?
Wrong. You just ate the marketing raw. Does the GTX280 have 480?

800 sounds better than 160, specially if your competitor got 240.

Your 3870 outperform the 9600GT because they are 1:2 SPs and the 3870 are 1:5. So even the doubled clock on 9600GT leaves it around 1:4.

Why you think a 112-128 SP easily beat a 320 SP 3870 card? Even with doubled SP clock it would still be 256 vs 320 at peak.