3dm01 is very cpu intensive, far cry is more video card intensive.

I see that too. 3dm01 is probably not a good benchmark
when trying to eval upgrades. I hope to be able to get
a gross measurement that points to doing a gaming
upgrade that doesn't cost a fortune, and still doesn't get
the job done. I built my AMD system for about $650
total. It holds its own with $2000 computers, because
they simply did not realize what was needed, and went
out and bought a Dell and started tacking in "options".

johns