GTX260/280 Specs.

[veedubfreak]

Apok, you are missing the point there. The shaders they are using are 50% more powerful. Add to that the card has twice as many shaders.

 

[gurusan]

Hmm? no no. The shaders are not 50% more powerful. The statement says shader performance is improved 50% by doubling the shaders.

 

[Apokalipse]

Hmm? no no. The shaders are not 50% more powerful. The statement says shader performance is improved 50% by doubling the shaders.

yeah, that's what I got...
"· 2nd gen. Unified architecture delivers 50% more gaming performance over 1st gen. through 240 shader processors"

 

[alexsabree]

That 50% more powerful twice this and double that always confuses me. I think it would be a lot easier if they just compared everything like this=

HD3870
1.0 (reference)
HD4870
1.5 the performance of (reference)