Quote Originally Posted by god_43 View Post
..maybe i missed something? but the new cards from ati....well they suck? except for 2 benchmarks, they are slower than the 5800 series by like 10-15%? i don't see why everyone is praising them so much?
They are the successors to the 5700 series. The naming scheme was shifted to make room for more midrange cards. The 6970 will be the successor to the 5870.