Did you just say something about fanboy excuses...?
HINT: I called 35% nonsense and I named the usual _real_ margin.
So instead of providing any support, you just called my claim "non-sense".
#1) Resolution Perspective - Checking for consistency of performance advantage across many resolutions with and without AA
A
brief summary across most resolutions for 11 games. I averaged every single resolution with and without AA - GTX580 is
36% faster than the HD5870.
If you don't like that website, there is
another popular one which summarized all resolutions for 16 games.
GTX580 = 100 vs. HD5870 = 77.
100/70 gives
30% faster performance on average.
#2) Canned Benches vs. Actual Gameplay Perspective - Some argue that built-in game benchmarks may not be representative of actual gameplay. Fair enough.
Every single benchmark below is a Manually recorded run with videos provided for each game section tested (usually 10 min of gameplay). Results provided at 1920x1080 VHQ - 4AA or 8AA
GTX
480 vs. 5870
1. Test Drive Unlimited 2 = +
39%
2. Two Worlds 2 = +
48%
3. COD : Black Ops = +
25%
4. ArcaniA: Gothic 4 = +
9%
5. Medal of Honor = equal at 62 fps (but GTX480 has a
24% advantage in Minimum framerates)
6. Front Mission Evolved = +
12%
7. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light = +
21%
8. Darksiders = +
40%
10. F1 2010 = - 8%
11. Final Fantasy 14 = +
28%
12. Kane and Linch 2 = - 10%
13. Lost Planet 2 = +
95%
14. Mafia 2 (without PhysX) = +
45%
15. Starcraft 2 = +
14%
16. ArmA 2 = +
19%
17. Ghost Sniper Warrior = +
8%
GTX480 is
22% faster on average than a HD5870 in 17 games.
Although I am not a fan of some of these games, I thought referring to a greater variety of less mainstream titles can provide for an ever wider perspective. Interesting how HD5870 performs
even worse once we start looking at non-mainstream games and when testing is done
manually. I guess it makes sense why HardOCP included F1 2010 into their review - it's one of the
few games remaining where 5870 has any chance at all against the GTX580.
#3) Review Sample Size Perspective - If we accept the possibility that some reviews can be outliers, by averaging as many reviews as possible, we can minimize the chance that any biased review will heavily influence the overall conclusion.
140 Benchmarks across 14 Review Websites:
GTX580 =
38.8% faster than HD5870 overall
GTX580 = 49% faster than HD5870 in DX11 overall
GTX580 = 39.4% faster than HD5870 in DX11 without Hawx 2 and Unigine (2 benches considered "NV biased")
GTX580 =
18.8% faster than GTX480 overall
If you feel these 14 review websites are all biased, feel free to point out the "proper" review website.