Quote Originally Posted by Caveman787 View Post

How come everyones on the gtx260 bandwagon now? The 4870 performs just as good as the gtx260 and for a cheaper price.
Because they've bought the hype once again, as usual.

Here's a review that's tested both since Cat. 8.12's. IOW, the 4870 & 260 are about as equal as you're gonna get. General conclusion is:

...From the performance aspect, ATI made some nice improvements with their 8.12 driver, and they're reflected here. Although the HD 4870 1GB didn't manage to overtake NVIDIA in every test, they did catch up in some, and even overtook in a couple. Those couple being Crysis Warhead and Fallout 3. We also saw some great performance in non-holiday titles as well, which included S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and Unreal Tournament III. In fact, we found that ATI performed better on all the non-holiday titles used here.

To fine-tune our results a little bit more, let's take our highest-available resolution for each game, 2560x1600. This resolution is the most intensive available right now, and as a result, it's a good one to see where one GPU excels over another. If we take a look at performance data at that resolution for each game (1920x1200 for Dead Space), we see that ATI performed the best in four titles (Crysis Warhead, Fallout 3, Clear Sky and UT III), while NVIDIA lead the other four (Call of Duty: WaW, Dead Space, Far Cry 2 and Left 4 Dead). From that standpoint, the cards appear to be almost identical, each having their own set of games in which they excel....
So I'd say pick the one that works best with the games you play most, and quit worrying about it.