Quote Originally Posted by LiquidReactor View Post
Just 1.6 times faster then 1.0*HD 4870? So much for the 1600 shaders rumour...and I doubt 5870 is going to be able to surpass HD 4870x2 at high res with high levels of AA.
Rv870 probably will still have 1600 shaders but that doesn't mean it will offer double the performance cause no drivers are perfect.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=35

I posted that a week ago.