Quote Originally Posted by Solus Corvus View Post
I was basing my estimates on a full 512 shader gpu at rumored target clocks. If GTX480 is indeed cut down or with significantly lower clocks then I'd estimate even lower. As for beating a 5970, you can believe that if you like but I doubt it. Even Nvidia's estimates, with full shaders and target clocks, was 40% faster then 5870. That's not enough to match 5970.
40% faster than 5870 is exactly where the 5970 is, lol