Yeah I wary of that too, having the numbers go up that much reeks of marketeer fluff.

If I was to compare numbers for highend Radeon versus Geforce cards at the outlet I currently work at, it certainly has worked with the the stupid loudmouth pseudo-enthusiast set. You know the kind that is so sure they know EVERYTHING and preach aloud about their superb parts selection, but yet there they are; paying someone else through the nose to fix some infantile problem for them. Its always about shader numbers with them and they buy alot of high end stock.