Hello, I wnat to know if my CPU is bottlenecking with my GPU. I have Intel® Pentium® Processor G620 (3M Cache, 2.60 GHz) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 550ti, i was playing call of duty black ops in windowed mode at high settings and my cpu usage was 100% (Both cores) and GPU usage was just around 40 to 50% and i was having a laggy gameplay, is my CPU holding back my GPU or is it just the way it is (I don't know much about this stuff).
or should i upgrade my CPU, I am not a hardcore gamer i just play games for fun i don't want to play games at Ultra high settings I am ok with high or medium graphics i am on a tight budget so i was thinking about getting a core i5-2310 bcoz its a quad core but its really hard for me to afford it at this time so i then think about buying core i3-2100 its a dual core but it support hyperthreading so it would work like a quad core (or wouldn't it) does game take advantage of HT ? Will it be worth an upgrade or should i buy i5 i am so confused i mean if i3 would do the job so why go for i5, I play most of the modern games out there (don't really worry about the graphics though i am fine with getting good fps at any graphics possible) so what would you guys suggest.
i really really appreciate any help
thanks in advance
or should i upgrade my CPU, I am not a hardcore gamer i just play games for fun i don't want to play games at Ultra high settings I am ok with high or medium graphics i am on a tight budget so i was thinking about getting a core i5-2310 bcoz its a quad core but its really hard for me to afford it at this time so i then think about buying core i3-2100 its a dual core but it support hyperthreading so it would work like a quad core (or wouldn't it) does game take advantage of HT ? Will it be worth an upgrade or should i buy i5 i am so confused i mean if i3 would do the job so why go for i5, I play most of the modern games out there (don't really worry about the graphics though i am fine with getting good fps at any graphics possible) so what would you guys suggest.
i really really appreciate any help
thanks in advance