Quote Originally Posted by Truckchase! View Post
Keep in mind that 4870's default clock is 20% higher than the 50s... Thoughts?
In some situations as you mentioned the memory bandwidth comes into play and you see those huge performance gaps between it and the HD4850. However, we have to remember that an increase of 20% in the core speed does not equate a 20% increase in performance. That is why I think the bandwidth comes into play more than we may have originally thought since this card beats the HD4850 by 20% AND MORE in many cases.