Quote Originally Posted by Vardant View Post
Last time HD 4870 and HD 4870 X2 were reviewed using Cat. 9.5, the difference was 46% on average. That should be around a year after the initial release, so plenty of time.
I don't doubt, that HD 5970 is doing better now, but across many games in different resolutions and settings, the average won't be much better. Definitely not good enough to justify going dual GPU.
How about we wait for some reviews.

I don't really agree with your method to average a range of resolutions and settings. I don't buy an expensive graphics card to run a range of resolutions - I buy it to run high resolution and high settings. When I'm looking at averages I'm looking at a certain resolution and quality or higher because I'm not going to be running lower. For the same reason I look at which games scale with which architecture (ati or nvidia) and compare to the games I play. The resolutions I use and games I play may not be what someone else uses. And it's ok, we can all make a rational choice for our individual needs.