The ATI Radeon 5XXX Thread

[Lightman]

I don't think an HD5870 is going to be faster than a GTX295 on average - perhaps only in a few instances. Computerbase.de has some average performance ratings of the cards relative to the GTX295 based on averages from all the listed benchmarks. I expect 5870 to be 95-98% and 5850 to be 80-85% of a GTX295's overall performance (at this resolution). Less than one week away!

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I think equaling GTX295 shouldn't be a problem for 5870 specced as rumor says. Remember that for the first time in recent ATi history we are getting not only 2xShader count, 2xRBE but also 2xROP. All this on one die instead of 2 dies. On top of that better scheduler plus other tweaks will mean much better scaling compared to older 4870X2 (no CF overhead). The only limiting factor can be memory bandwidth in some cases.

I'm looking forward to these new cards!


EDIT:
sayya you're typing too fast! We made same point in two different ways and two different posts :p