AMD's Radeon HD 6870 benchmarked? (updated more screens)

[Calmatory]

Bigger resolution doesn't mean more triangles to be processed, unless it affects FOV. It means more pixels to be processed though, so with AA and AF will play bigger role since they are processed per-pixel so there is more processing going on. Higher resolution also stressees TMUs and ROPs more, since they handle texture mapping and pixel handling.

[Manicdan]

Bigger resolution doesn't mean more triangles to be processed, unless it affects FOV.

since they are different aspects it can be worse or better, does 16:9 show more or less than 16:10 in unigine? this in theory could help the 6800 if less polygons are shown, but more pixels are used

[Sn0wm@n]

Bigger resolution doesn't mean more triangles to be processed, unless it affects FOV. It means more pixels to be processed though, so with AA and AF will play bigger role since they are processed per-pixel so there is more processing going on. Higher resolution also stressees TMUs and ROPs more, since they handle texture mapping and pixel handling.

thanks for the exaplaination .. so basicly the ati gpu was stressed more and it still pulled more frames in a benchmark that they had troubles with the 5K series .... so can we safely say that this isnt just a mild refresh bringing good gains????

[Calmatory]

thanks for the exaplaination .. so basicly the ati gpu was stressed more and it still pulled more frames in a benchmark that they had troubles with the 5K series .... so can we safely say that this isnt just a mild refresh bringing good gains????

Most probably yes. However, considering that we don't know the resolution impact for sure, and it is far from sure that these benches are actually valid, I'd hold my breath for now.