I know it's not much, but I recently broke 5k artifact free by overclocking my 9500np->softmod->9700 to 310/310... and my friend with 9600xt is at about 3.5k and my friend with 2.8C@3.4Ghz, who I bought a 9800pro aiw for, is at about 6k. Kinda puts things into perspective, no?