Quote Originally Posted by Monstru View Post
Because the 5850's GPU does less operations/second compared to a Cypress. Imagine that HD 5970's GPU's can process more data then 5850's GPU, but the bandwidth is not enough to insure an optimum flow of data. Now, I am not a programmer, but what does that lead us to?
I don't think we are talking about the same thing.

This card is supposedly = 2x HD 5870 cores underclocked to HD 5850 specs.

Bandwidth (on paper) should therefore be ~ the same as two HD 5850 1GB cards.

Therefore this card should = 2x HD 5850 (+/-). However, in higher resolutions in DX10 games, it looks to be getting spanked by two HD 5850 cards.

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As for "driver issues", I don't play along with that. In newer games, sure. However, we are talking about HawX DX10 and Far Cry 2 DX10...two games that were released months and months and months ago. If ATI is having "driver issues", that is simply an embarrassment of epic proportions.