yujie900 wrote:Which is the purpose of this thread, and why I beg god for mercy.
Considering the relative ignorance that the thread title and premise displays, I would reign in the hate and discontent - specifically your response to karambaitos...
He brings up several points that you clearly were not aware of/or failed to mention as a caveat to your (very valid) statement that GPU is not the end all be all of performance - specifically that you doubled RAM speed, as well as overall MB BUS speed, a modern MB is going to have completely different BIOS enhancements and an entirely different chipset, you did not include your hard disk speed (even if it is the same disk, good information to have for a valid comparison - loading textures, etc, from disk, and background disk I/O can have serious impact on any program), you went from Intel to AMD on the CPU, and the absence of motherboard specs is a huge void in making any kind of scientific conclusion as to system performance gains. (i.e., it's not ALL in the CPU)
Again, your assertion is quite valid in that many people do overlook the most important component of the machine since CPUs don't come with flames and racing stripes with Duke Nukem jumping out of the box cover to come pwn your face. But, someone who is likely to make the mistake of upgrading their GPU and neglecting to also upgrade an old processor is by definition too ignorant to read "It's all in the CPU" and automatically understand that they also need to purchase a new MB, as well as double their RAM speed and capacity. If someone simply purchases a higher class CPU that is compatible with the rest of their system as-is, they should not expect the same results that you experienced by replacing your entire system save for the GPU.
karambaitos was simply being helpful in pointing these things out, and for some bizarre reason your ego was apparently bruised in the process. While his comment on you moving from dual-core to quad-core was implied by your own post, He does point out the importance of higher speed RAM, and his thoughts on modern games possibly being more CPU dependent due to console development trends is pretty interesting.
Lastly, and most significantly, you did not mention operating system changes. One would assume at the very least you did a fresh install of the same OS as the previous computer (and subsequently re-installed BF2, PR, PB, etc). Is that the case? Are you/were you running 32 or 64 bit? I assume that you are at the very least running x64 on the new rig, as you have north of 3GB of RAM on the new board.
Simply reinstalling BF2/PR/PB from scratch on the exact same rig can turn the game from a slideshow into more than playable (Just ran through this with a clan mate last night, and he's night and day on improvement in game). A fresh OS install, on an average home machine (i.e., tons of games, apps, hidden spyware, etc), nets a performance improvement on a curve that scales with time. The longer someone has spent slapping fixes, patches, reghacks, installing and uninstalling today's ever bloating games, the greater the performance increase they can expect to see with a full wipe. It also usually means they end up upgrading tons of drivers, install previously missed system updates, etc.
All in all, a good post, and a very thoughtful and valuable piece of information that can certainly help someone from making a tragic mistake... as no one wants to get home with their new UberXYX9000.01GTXPROFOXFIRESLY FTW Edition $300 GPU and get marginal (or even worse) performance. There are just some other very high impact components you've added that should be highlighted with the same importance as the CPU to give the reader the full story, which I am sure is your intention as you've gone out of your way to help fellow gamers get the most bang for their buck.
Nice rig, btw... congrats
R my average fps ingame was around 40-50 fps maxed settings 8xAA, medium texture
