Single-core to Dual-core

[Slav4o177]

Hi everyone ! Last day i did a test and i saw that my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU (not 100% sure if thats a bottleneck)
I did test at 2 games and the games show me the same results. The CPU usage was 100% but the GPU only 20%.
My components are :
CPU - Pentium4 531 HT (I know its old but who cares)
GPU - GeForce 210 512m (Its trash but does the job)
So my question is: If i change the CPU form single-core to dual-core will it bottleneck the GPU again ?

 

[Wayfall]

What are you even using the system for.. that system is ancient, basically obsolete...

You should really save up and get a new MOBO, go for an i3 dual core or an i5 quad core (depending on how much you multitask) and then get a low-mid tier GPU (depending on what games you play)

You have a CPU with one core! CPU's can have 8+ cores now, 4 cores (Quad core) being the most commonly used type of CPU)

 

[Wolfshadw]

Technically, your CPU is the bottleneck, but that is the least of your worries (I really do hate that term).

Anyway, yes. If you upgrade your system to a dual-core processor, you will experience better performance in applications that can utilize more than one CPU core.

-Wolf sends

 

[spdragoo]

What motherboard do you have? While it's very old now (that CPU is a Socket 775 model, which puts it 4 generations back from Skylake), if your board could handle a Core 2 Duo or even a Core 2 Quad/Extreme, you would see some major performance improvements.

 

[geofelt]

It depends on the game.
Some games are single threaded
A dual core will not help there.
Some games, like civ2.42 will run 100% because of poor coding, but the game will not be cpu limited.

In general, a dual core will be a good upgrade for everything.

If your game performance is not satisfactory, you need to undertake to find out what the problem is before you fix it.