Quote Originally Posted by Calmatory View Post
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????