If we assume a constant but small time for GPU rendering, but a varying delay for CPU rendering, GPU time is meaningless with low FPS but becomes increasingly meaningful with higher FPS.
Intel Core i5 (stock everything, planning to get a Corsair H50 water cooler and AC MX-5 thermal paste then OC to 3.8GHz) ATI Radeon HD 4890 (Stock cooling, OC core to 895 and mem to 995, planning to get another one of these cards for £80 and CrossFire them)
My system runs at about 20-40, in idle play, severe drops when in combat (no idea why, might be something to do with tracers or something?).
Would cost me about £130 to upgrade my system as mentioned. But as it stands, my desktop can run pretty much all current generation games stable 60fps, only NS2 is sub-par (and Crysis 2 on max, though I hate that game anyway so it doesn't matter).
I love how these super dooper high end 2011 PC's struggle with NS. My mid-range PC I built in 2009 is crippled by it... like many others, who people refuse to believe it's the software makers fault. As if. Wake up you fanboys.
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Of course it's the software makers "fault", though I'm not going to rage about it - developing software is trial and error - even professional game studios will have software that works but performs terribly, it's the process of refining the code so it runs very fast by the time a consumer gets their mittens on it that we are witnessing.
So I guess I don't "blame" them or anything, it is what it is.
If your machine runs current gen games fluidly, then I see no point in considering an upgrade for the time being. Save your money or buy something else. Beer maybe?
<!--quoteo(post=1854395:date=Jun 19 2011, 04:05 AM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Jun 19 2011, 04:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1854395"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I love how these super dooper high end 2011 PC's struggle with NS. My mid-range PC I built in 2009 is crippled by it... like many others, who people refuse to believe it's the software makers fault. As if. Wake up you fanboys.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Isn't it your fault for using unreleased software that, by definition, is unfinished and then being upset about it being unfinished?
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If we assume a constant but small time for GPU rendering, but a varying delay for CPU rendering, GPU time is meaningless with low FPS but becomes increasingly meaningful with higher FPS.
Intel Core i5 (stock everything, planning to get a Corsair H50 water cooler and AC MX-5 thermal paste then OC to 3.8GHz)
ATI Radeon HD 4890 (Stock cooling, OC core to 895 and mem to 995, planning to get another one of these cards for £80 and CrossFire them)
My system runs at about 20-40, in idle play, severe drops when in combat (no idea why, might be something to do with tracers or something?).
Would cost me about £130 to upgrade my system as mentioned. But as it stands, my desktop can run pretty much all current generation games stable 60fps, only NS2 is sub-par (and Crysis 2 on max, though I hate that game anyway so it doesn't matter).
Of course it's the software makers "fault", though I'm not going to rage about it - developing software is trial and error - even professional game studios will have software that works but performs terribly, it's the process of refining the code so it runs very fast by the time a consumer gets their mittens on it that we are witnessing.
So I guess I don't "blame" them or anything, it is what it is.
Isn't it your fault for using unreleased software that, by definition, is unfinished and then being upset about it being unfinished?