Quote Originally Posted by Mr.BSEL View Post
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.
Well, at 2560x1600 with max eye candy maybe HD 4870 does offer over twice the performance of 3870 but theres one other important thing, is the game playable?