Any way to increase CPU performance WITHOUT overclocking?

[atibingler]

Hey forum

So I have a problem: bought a new motherboard but only now realized that there is no option to increase core voltage on this piece of junk.

That means I'm stuck on stock speeds on my i5-2500k. These speeds are not enough for games like Witcher 3 on Ultra 1440p (i have 980ti). I get annoying stutter and Afterburner tells me CPU usage is at around 100%.

So is there any way to increase CPU performance for gaming without overclocking?

Thanks alot for answers

 

[turkey3_scratch]

No.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Not that I can think of, at least nothing that will noticeably increase performance. What motherboard do you have? If you are on windows 7 I have heard unparking the cores can somtimes add performance however I wouldn't count on it doing anything, I linked an article below on it if you want to check it out.

http://www.coderbag.com/programming-c/disable-cpu-core-parking-utility

 

[atibingler]

Will try unparking, thx. Running Win 7 64 bit.

Motherboard is like Asrock H61M-DGS 2.0 if i remember correctly.

Thanks for answers. I sort of already have accepted my fate. Its a nightmare D;

 

[Diddly]

You will be able to oveclock the CPU a bit before it requires a voltage increase. Try a little overclocking first. You could try upgrading the RAM to a higher speed with lower latencies. Perhaps using an SSD will improve things too.

 

[atibingler]

Mmm i can try oc'ing memory and installing a game or two on my boot drive ssd. Thanks.

And yea and i am able to overclock cpu from 3.3 to 3.7 without the need of voltage increase. But really i need more than that

 

[hang-the-9]

Mmm i can try oc'ing memory and installing a game or two on my boot drive ssd. Thanks.

And yea and i am able to overclock cpu from 3.3 to 3.7 without the need of voltage increase. But really i need more than that

Get a faster CPU or drop settings, no need to run it on Ultra if your CPU can't handle the setting the way you want it to.