
Originally Posted by
Mad Pistol
Barts seems to be the best bits from 58xx and 57xx range of cards with extra tessellation performance and a couple extra features. The result is a 6870 that falls squarely between the 5850 and 5870 performance wise on a smaller chip, which results in lower production costs. If AMD has been able to refine the architecture this much over the previous generation, Cayman is going to be powerful, and Antilles is going to be a monster. AMD shouldn't have to break the 300watt standard to hit their target performance range.
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