Quote Originally Posted by weston View Post
no, water cooling is pretty likely to get over 1000Mhz core which is (1000/850*100% = 117%) basically 15% performance boost once it's all said and done. Air cooling usually maxes out at 925-950 depending on fan speeds.



I think it's really funny that Charlie has ended up being one of the most reliable sources of info on fermi, and that is not good news for nVidia. If the 480 is 10% faster than the 5870, that will be a complete failure in my opinion. 8 months late, cut down shaders, lower clock speeds, cut down DP performance, heat issues, do I need to go on?
Certain custom 5870's have been hitting 1150mhz on air...