HD5870 and HD5850 Reviews

[saaya]

ok, i just read the hwcanucks review...
hes using vista 64 sp1 instead of vista 32bit sp2 that tpu uses... and hes at 4g while tpu is at 3.8g for their i7 setups...
im a bit confused how far their numbers are from each other, so i assume 32bit vs 64bit makes quite a diference?
canucks has the 4870 and 295 performing worse than single gpu cards in quite some scenarios, and has the 4870x2 beating the 295 while on tpu the 295 is clearly ahead in almost every bench...

another weird thing, canucks has a 5870 beat a 4870x2 in quite some situations as well...
very weird... ill never understand how reviews can end up with numbers that are that far from each other using the same hw...
dont get me wrong, im not saying any numbers are fake, it must be diferent windows and driver config...

just finished the canucks review... i dont see the 5870 having constantly higher min fps than other cards... but in 2 or 3 scenarios yes...
no major improvement though imo...

it seems to make a huge diference what review you read!
definately check out several reviews!!!
hwcanucks draws a much more positive picture than tpu for example!