Quote Originally Posted by blindbox View Post
I always thought that AMD had some secret drivers lying around because the shader scaling from 7870 to 7970 is horrible. 60% more shaders for 20% more performance.

Though since it didn't appear with GTX 680's release, sounds unlikely. All hail price drops, though I won't be buying anything this round.
About 50% more shader power and 50% more bandwith wich translates into 20% more performance. That chip is seriously bottleneck somewhere.