Are you running ATI 5870, 6870 or Nvidia 460?

[klem]

Originally Posted by Triggaaar

The 6970 will definitely outperfrom the 5870. It should be more expensive than the 480. It should be as quick or faster, as well as newer, cooler, quieter, use less power etc, so if the 480 is out of your budget, the 6970 will be - look at the 6950 instead.

Thanks Triggaaar,
I had in mind one of the two lower 69xx's.
http://img.hexus.net/v2/pmason/amd/6900/roadmap-2.jpg

The 6950 should outperform the 5870, as should any of the 69's, and comes with the new bells and whistles. The 6950 and 6970 look like having 2Gb RAM - but then the 6000 series are supposed to be cheaper to manufacture than 5000s. I would expect the 6990 to be near or perhaps more expensive than the 580 (I'm scared to look!) as it should outperform the 5970 but is cheaper to manufacture (?) but I'm not sure about the 6950/6970 over the 480GTX (£300 - £400 with 1.5Gb RAM, unless you mean the 480 price will get pushed down).

For comparison, the 6870 is cheaper than it's rivals 5850 and 5870 (about £185/195 vs £180/250 vs £250/300). So I would hope the 6950 will sit around or below the 5870 price, and the 6970... ????


Anyway if I can afford the 6970 I'll get it, otherwise the 6950.