Quote Originally Posted by perkam View Post
Why would ati go through the trouble of changing the architecture JUST to add 160 SPs ?

I'm hoping for at least 1,120 SPs, as that goes a long way in justifying a $100 premium over the current 1GB 4870 card.

Perkam
I dunno, i just thought ATi will try to keep their winning formula, making a small and efficient GPU chip, 1120 SP 55 nm chip doesn't seem to oblige with that paradigm.