Quote Originally Posted by onethreehill View Post
Comparison Revisited, Methods Refined: Nvidia GeForce GTX 480/470 vs. ATI Radeon HD 5870/5850
http://www.techspot.com/news/39178-c...5870-5850.html
If their numbers are accurate, by my score the 480 is marginally-significantly faster than 5870, but 470 is not significantly faster than 5850.

Very little significant performance advantage means the lower power, cost, and noise are significant advantages for AMD.