Quote Originally Posted by sunsmountain
Thank God V-Sync can be turned off, that means the CPU-limit on Frames Per Second is out of the window. That means it'll actually pay off to get a fast GPU instead of a fast CPU, which makes sense for games if you think about it.
No, it doesn't make sense.
I had an Athlon 2400+ before with a comparatively fast GPU(6600GT) and with my new processor(E6600) even Gothic 2 got a performance boost, both need to be fast for good performance and don't forget about memory.

Also IIRC VSync forces your graphicscard to put out exactly as many pictures as your monitor displays per second. That means if your monitor runs at 60Hz, you will get a constant 60fps framerate. The problem here is if your graphicscard is too slow and can calculate only 20fps, it will put out 3 times the same picture anyway. I don't know exactly what VSync is good for, but it may fix some bugs with certain graphicscard-monitor combinations.

Concerning bloom, I think this refers to edges of objects where the light(from behind) will fade into the object, though I am unsure about the connection/differences between this and HDR effects(which, to me, seem to do exactly the same thing).