software vs hardware performance

[michaelmichael]

Hi guys.
Iam sure one or more of you know what to do to increase performance in a game.

I've heard that hardware i.e. the video card will increase performance  more than the software i.e the script embedded in the game . that is where we set thresholdes such as texture, resolution  etc.

does anyone know how to go about doing that. that is let the vedio card do all the work as opposed to letting the cpu do it through the games software??

michaelmichael

thanks