FPS fluctuates all the time depending on number of objects, number of players, overall activity etc,. Things absolutely slow down when dropping down onto Berlin with 15 flak batteries spread out on 5 towers and a handful of aerial adversaries chasing each others' butt.
The statement is that, for me, it's still playable and smooth with frames over 30 even under historically stressfull conditions. Maximum frames are irrelevent IMO. Minimum and average frames are the only things that really matter and when my average frames, at my settings, stay in the high ~70's without vsync and at ~58 with vsync getting new hardware to get an extra 10 frames in a group of games that already looks stunning is a waste. I don't do it for a living, but I allot funds monthly because fiddling with pc's IS a hobby of mine that is important, but I don't "play" 3DMark.
When there are a couple games that will benefit from the new hardware, I'll be cruising through newegg on the double first in line to grab it...and the price will be lower.
07-17-2008, 02:58 PM
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