What a Dilemma

[squidgyb]

Hmm, That doesn't prove much, tbh. With a quad core, windows would be sharing some of the work by default anyways, but seeing that one core running >90% tells me that it could well be the issue.

It's up to you really, mate - if you're willing to risk-it-for-a-biscuit, overclocking almost certainly would help - the other options are to buy a faster CPU or upgrade to Win 7.

The rest of the rig is definitely up to the task imo.

If you do decide to OC - read that beginners guide. Then read it again. Probably best to do it a third time before you even get into the BIOS. A friend who knows what he's doing on hand to help would be good - but as long as you take it slowly and try to learn rather than blindly follow instructions, you should be fine

Feel free to PM me if you need any help, whichever way you go.

[scissorss]

Couldn't help but notice the clouds rendered in your low fps shot. Have you tried disabling them? They seem to be pretty demanding for my rig at least.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Not sure what I can add to help but my CPU is similar to your except I've overclocked my CPU, but you however have a much better graphics card.

Over all I'm getting reasonable results with my PC. The only big difference is that your using Vista. I managed to get a cheep Windows 7 upgrade deal through my work and have never looked back. Windows Vista is an abomination! Irt's slow and horrible.

Hope you get your issues sorted out