Quote Originally Posted by ATI_fanboi_Xoulz
you'll probably be able to pick up a HD4870 1gig with aftermarket cooling and a slight overclock that actually outperforms the GTX280
Clearly you are an AMD stockholder. Uttering speculation like its fact. Where are you pulling that out of? The GTX280 has at least as much overclocking headroom as a HD4870. A single HD4870 isn't going to beat it no matter how much you cool it. But maybe if you repeat your speculations enough some people will believe you. It might beat a GTX260 though. Although I doubt it because it looks like the GTX260 has a lot more overclocking headroom than the HD4870. I think if you overclock both cards you will find that the GTX260 clearly beats the HD4870 in most benchmarks due to the additional headroom. And for only $50 more than a 1 gig HD4870. Although that is just MSRP. Post rebate street prices will tell the real story. At stock the two cards are about equal, but fully overclocked (and maybe volt modded) on water I think the GTX260 would waste the HD4870. Of course that's just more speculation.