Dual core performance improvements for latest nvidia drivers (81.26)

[CraigRT]

That is freaking awesome.

I cant wait to get my X2 later on down the road.. I gotta keep m 3500 for a while, I just got it recently

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
No offense, but I think the answer is obvious. If a video card is CPU limited, then a faster CPU will increase performance. Likewise, if a system is GPU limited, then putting in a faster CPU will be negligable for performance.

Not so obvious.

Originally posted by: blurredvision
There is a lot better discussion on this in the Video and CPU forums, but here's what I've gotten out of it. With what nVidia is doing with their drivers is basically taking the vertex processsing load off of the GPU and puts it onto the second CPU core that is basically doing nothing while you're gaming. With the second core doing the job just fine, this allows your GPU to do other things faster, without being loaded down with so much.

This only is worthwhile, however, if you are GPU limited in games. If it's your CPU that's holding you down in framerates, then this will do nothing for you (which hopefully at the moment is not the case).