The score in Sysmark2000 and thus the performance of current office applications improves with faster processors and faster hard drives. The graphics-card has today no influence on those results.
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The result is quite surprising: At 1024x768, the frame rates remain the same once a Pentium III runs at 733 MHz. Only the faster graphics card will enable higher frame rates.
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
