Quote Originally Posted by Chrono Detector View Post
Interesting review, shows that if you overclock a 5870 it will perform quite close to the 69xx. Meaning that the 69xx cards are a disappointment in performance.
Or that the 58xx's have been heavily optimized over their life time

Look at 5870 scores at release (they trailed the 4870X2 in a lot of cases) and where they are today (no competition at all whose faster, the 5870 even nips on the 480 in certain cases)