Oh man show me something that proves I'm wrong.
Is English your first language? Do you realize you contradicted yourself with that last statement? "Uses less energy, but has more power" can you not realize that % of energy used is dependent on % of power consumed?
That's what you think. 5870 beats 480 in some games AND benchmarks, like Crysis.
Do people still seriously use Crysis as a testing ground for benchmarks? It is proven that Crysis prefers ATI cards over nVidia cards (1) and that the reason for card's difficulty with Crysis is its poor optimization (2).
Did you just completely ignore my benchmark post (probably also all my other posts)? It's not something I
think, it's something I
know.
Actually I tested Forcewares from 80 to 190, try Google for what I told ya too. And if you read the Forcewares release notes you will see lots of not fixed problems that comes from Forcewares like 160 and are still in 190.
Strangely enough the rest of the nVidia owners seem to disagree with you on the shoddy drivers issue pertaining to that specific component. It seems to me all you did was use Windows to browse through the driver folders and find an arbitrary part that has nothing to do with the BSODs you are receiving.
Man, seriously, I'm talking about GPUs for gaming, not professional graphics cards, for that ATI has the FirePro series.
You said the best "card" period. 5970 is two 5870s. If you want a single-card performance/ratio and not Crossfired dual GPUs, then look at the 480 which is currently in the lead for that market.
Honestly you're comparing two cards to one card and saying SEE I TOLD YOU in terms of performance.
Man seriously, I would recommend you pay more attention to other people's posts in the future.