Heavy load on my cpu when gaming

when i play modern games on my pc the cpu is always maxed out. i was wondering if there was a solution like a new cpu or maybe swapping graphics cards?


specs

amd atholon ii 640 propus at stock clock cooled by an h50

asus asus m5a97 evo mobo

10 gigs of 1600mhz ram( 8 of which is corsair vengeance)

1gb gt 520 graphics

500w cooler master psu

any advice would be great i have a budget of 150-175

Now if your CPU would have been a core ii x 2 I would have said need to up date your CPU. But your CPU is a ii x 4, so it isn't your CPU. It could be your graphics card (GPU).

But I wood look at the games you play some use more CPU than GPU. How are you monitoring your CPU usage anyway? But if you want to up grade with your budget I would look at the 6870, 6850, 6770.

These cards are example only to help you see what is out there for your set up. How ever I don't think you have a good PSU but it will do for the type of cards that is listed. Good luck to ya

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im running dual monitors my desktop extension has the cpu monitor and gpu monitor
and i play gta4 alot and i get a heavy load on the cpu. and i do wanna upgrade to a 6000 series gpu so that works