rops are fine. ATi didnt increase rops from 16 since r420.modern games use much more shading and texturing.
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This is what I got with a 5870. Not sure if this is considered good or not ]
thanks a lot. i got some interesting results.

to see the difference you need to magnify the detail. the image on the right is enlarged 700%. from left to right the order is HD5870, GTX260, ALU 16x, ALU 512x. you can see that nvidia is closer to the perfect ALU filter. when you get to more extreme angles (where it approaches gray) ATi is slightly better. these differences are small but noticeable and if you are an image quality junky like me it is important.