Quote Originally Posted by Lanek View Post
Why will you upgrade from 5870 to 6870 ? Offcourse it will be a downgrade ......if you want upgrade from the 5870, you will choose the 6950-6970 or even the 6990 .... It was same for 4870-4890 owners... outside DX11 they was no interest to buy a 5770 for replace the 4870 ... in general the new lower cards ( who is the 6850-6870 ) are rarely faster of the Top cards of the old series, but in general equal them..
If the 6870 ends up performing the same as the 5870 but offers lower power consumption as a feature it is a side grade.