is this normal?

[pike8]

hello everybody, i'm new to this forum.

yesterday i bought some new components, here is the old and the new configuration:

MB Asrock DUALSATA sck.939 ---> MB Gigabyte P35-S3G
Athlon 64 3200+ ---> Intel Core2Duo E8500
2GB DDR400 Kingston ---> 2GB DDRII 800 OCZ Platinum
HDD Hitachi DeskStar 160GB SATAII ---> HDD Hitachi DeskStar 160GB SATAII
GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 ---> GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 (HD4850 soon)
PSU Sharkoon SHA450-8P 450W ---> PSU Sharkoon SHA450-8P 450W

to be honest, it's not as fast as i expected... was i just expecting too much?

few things i've noticed:
- crysis loads much faster than before, but at all high except shaders and postprocessing that are on medium, i get around 12 FPS; all medium - 18-20 FPS;
- it takes windows to load same as before, if not a few seconds longer.

so, is there any program that i could run, it tests the components and their performance, overall system performance, i get the report, paste it here, and you tell me if everything works as it should?

[daniel90]

the4re isnt too much of a difference between both configerations to be honest with you, if you add another 2GB RAM you will see a Massive difference

and as for Crysis.. LOL not many systems can run that unless its a very high end machine! you would need a graphic card upgrade for that also.