My 3dmark dropped 1600 points in 1 month with no hardware changes

[Varsh]

Same, whatever it is then, lets leave it at that
/me puts out a hand to shake.

 

[emjem]

FPS beyond 25/30 or whatever you like to believe, isn't important relative to what the eye can or can not see. But rather it's a measurement of how fast the system is at processing data. And I think it is safe to say that the faster a system is the better it is for competitive game play.