On my PC (C2D 3.0Ghz, GeForce 8800GTS 640MB, under Vista SP1).
Fullscreen / Windowed
DX7: 336 / 312
DX9: 370 / 150 (!)
OGL: 365 / 360
Quite possibly. About a year ago I built a new PC, but kept the graphics card (the GeForece 8800GTS 640MB used here), and the performance boost I got was about 2.5 to 3 times what it was previously. The CPU and the GPU have to be matched so that the CPU can feed the GPU fast enough for it to live to it's full potential.
Fullscreen / Windowed
DX7: 336 / 312
DX9: 370 / 150 (!)
OGL: 365 / 360
Wonder if my P4 3.2GHz (single core) CPU could be bottlenecking somehow?
Quite possibly. About a year ago I built a new PC, but kept the graphics card (the GeForece 8800GTS 640MB used here), and the performance boost I got was about 2.5 to 3 times what it was previously. The CPU and the GPU have to be matched so that the CPU can feed the GPU fast enough for it to live to it's full potential.