Quote Originally Posted by Manicdan View Post
its chip size is bigger than the r770, and its on a smaller process, even if its the same exact thing just scaled it should still be 80-120% faster due to how much stuff they can pack into that 300mm2+ chip.

this site has some very basic comparison info for the the 3870 to 4870 jump (just check out the table at the bottom)
http://www.cdrinfo.com/sections/news...x?NewsId=23573
and i like it cause it shows how the size of the 4870 is only 35% bigger, yet offers about double the performance. thats a good jump and hats off to ATI.


Feature-set, bro...

Your over-all point is irrelevant. It offers MORE, it's not going to be better for us because its faster, but because it does more.

You're too caught up in FPS figures and not about how that chip space is being used. If all you want is better FPS, they could push that front very easily. But then games like ARMA II or OFP2 wouldn't have HDR, Bloom, shadows, etc...


A modest 60% increase has never happened so quickly. (less than a year!)

I went from an Radeon X1900XT ~ 8800gts 640mb ~ HD4870 1gig... over a 4year period and each upgrade was only a 25% increase in performance, if that!

Honestly, For $299 and a 60% increase over the $270 HD4870 I bought last October... is fook'ing incredible !!