Quote Originally Posted by cegras View Post
I don't think the 3dmark was very diagnostic of 68xx performance at all.
It wasn't as bad as one would think though, atleast for the 6870.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1455/9/

A hair below the gtx 470 and slightly above the 5850 is where I would put the speed of a 6870.

The 6850 is an anomaly however, which I can imagine will change with future drivers.