Quote Originally Posted by Oztopher View Post
Take into account that the 6870 is only an inch away from the 5870, with only 1120 SP's. A 6950 with (supposedly) 1536 SP's is going to beat the 5870 by a bit, which puts it in 480 territory.

edit: zerazax pretty much beat me to it.
Actually, the HD 5870 is ~ 30% slower than the GTX 480 on average at 1920 x 1200 / 4xAA. Meanwhile, the HD 6870 is usually ~15-20% slower (average again) than the HD 5870.

The needed 40-50% improvement over the HD 6870 to hit GTX 480 territory is a huge jump no matter which way you look at it.