Quote Originally Posted by mAJORD View Post
Casual gamers.. Kids, etc, don't need to run native Res to play games.

I can tell you first hand they don't care.. I've set up BFBC2 on a HD5570 @ 1368 Res on a 1080 23" Monitor.. The non native Res softens everything a bit of course, but in a game it's not a bad effect.. And quite a playable Framerate on this particular game.
true, but if you can choose, for about the same price, between native res and lower res, dont tell me people still dont care or even go for the lower res

Quote Originally Posted by Olivon View Post
No. According to Anand, scores was done without Turbo :
that doesnt necessarily mean it was done without turbo...
just cause cpuz or other apps dont detect that the cpu turbos up, doesnt mean it doesnt turbo up...

it does sound odd... if the 880 was really running at 3.33-3.73, which is 7.5%-20.5% faster, and the 3.1sb part was still 10-15% faster, then that would mean an ipc boost of 17.5-35.5%... and that DOES sound too good to be true... i mean really...

IF its true, then wow... sb will really be a big step ahead... but i find that hard to believe...

Quote Originally Posted by JumpingJack View Post
10-15%, on average, where have I seen that estimate before???
in an old post of mine where i posted that imo even a 10-15% ipc boost of sb wouldnt be enough to make an upgrade worth it for most people?