Just bought my new pc XD

well first off, before saying my new pc specs, here are my prehistoric one lol

p4p800-e deluxe

p4 3.0ghz

ati x800pro

2g corsair xms550

i could run dod:source all max at 20fps

now here comes my monster wich only costs me 800$ can.

msi p45 neo-f 1600fsb

intel core2duo 3.16ghz

saphire HD4850 512meg

2go DDR2 800fsb

now instead of 20 i have 150fps !!!! and with same settings i noticed the graphics are a lot better, and i can also play crysis on 1280res with all ultra high (winXP tweak) with average 25fps wich is very good in my opinion (of course i could play only high with 40fps but meh ultrahigh is so much better)

anyway is it normal to be able to play wich such graphics with this configuration ? I really never taught i would have such a huge performance gain especially that i payed only 800 and my pc is like 2x better than my friends wich costs him 1500$ lol

p.s. DualCore is SO much better than QUADcore for gaming :P

thx for the replys i shall post pics in a couple days and i dont have anything agaisnt quad just that everyone keep telling me quad is a lot better but my 800$ pc pwns my friends quad wich sots him a lot more than mine :P

quad is for the future and dual is for the present in my opinion

Nice... Always fun junking an old computer = P btw, what do you have against Quads? Can't wait for nehalemMunkyman587

Hes jealous he doesent have one. And in a couple years itll be fun seeing my 4 x 2.x ghz whoop his 2x 3 ghz.

800 to run crysis on ultra? i must say thats pretty tempting, but i'd rather stick to the 360:)tim22000

nice, most of us use computers for more than just games. Btw, I also have had an xbox 360 since launch.

[QUOTE="Munkyman587"]Nice... Always fun junking an old computer = P btw, what do you have against Quads? Can't wait for nehalemHelbrec

Hes jealous he doesent have one. And in a couple years itll be fun seeing my 4 x 2.x ghz whoop his 2x 3 ghz.

im far from jealous i didnt want a quadcore

p.s. quadcore does not mean 4x the number of ghz its only quad core or a single ghz chip...so quad 2.4 is still 2.4ghz...quad 2.4 is worst than dual 3.2

btw...why my friend has quadcore 2.4, 4g ram ddr2 800 and ati hd3870x2 with only 30fps on HIGH and me i have a dualcore3.2, 2g ram dd2 800 and ati hd4850x2 and can run ULTRA high with 25-30 ?

his gpu is better, he as more ram and by everybody's logic is cpu is better so he should have a lot more better performance than me no ?