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Originally Posted by Zero82z  What do you mean by "whereas the current 5970 utilizes only a 5850+5870 GPU mixture"? The 5970 does use two full RV870 dies with 1600 shaders. They're just clocked lower than standard 5870 speeds. |
Exactly.
The current 5970 has the same shaders as the 5870; 1,600, and has the speeds of the 5850 at 725MHz/4GHz, 128GB/s transfer.
So basically it is a 5850 with improved shaders, whereas this new sapphire 4GB card has full dual 5870 cores with full shaders and the 120MHz/800Mhz speed improvement.
I will put this explanation in the article for better comparison.