Starting to get CPU bottlenecked.

Pete.Dakota

Pete.Dakota

Pete.Dakota

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I recently picked up Dirt 2 and Bad Company 2 and am noticing a lot of bottlenecking on the CPU.

Q8300 @ 2.5ghz
3GB DDR2
5770

I can run both games on high settings at 1920x1200, or at low, but the frame rate stays roughly the same. My monitoring gadgets on my other screen give a clear picture of what's happening: the GPU can run maximum settings in BC2 and work at around 85-90%, but all four CPU cores are maxxed out. If I turn the settings to lowest, the GPU eases down to about 35%, but the CPU is still at 100% and the frame rate stays where it was.

Aside from the obvious 'get a better CPU', 'overclock', options, what can be done to alleviate a game's CPU load? If anything..
 
Problem is my current mobo doesn't allow overclocking. It's just some budget board from a cannibalised store-bought rig. Might pay the odd £40 for a decent enough board that'll allow to me OC.
 
May as well ask while I'm here. What's the difference between 775 G31, G41, P43 and P45. Which one will work with my Q8600? The Gs seem so much cheaper.
 
What's the difference between the Asus P5Q Pro Turbo and Deluxe? Found them on a competitor site and they're almost the same price. But can't work out the difference.
 
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