Upgrade from dual core to quad?

[kingv]

I just started a second WoW account today and want to dual box. I have read and have used keyclone with the 2 accounts and it works great. Though I am getting kinda low fps, about 25 in Elywyn Forest, my settings are all turned down. I am currently running Vista Ultimate 32bit on an AMD dual core 4850 at 2750 mhz, 3 gb ram and a 9800GT. Running 1 WoW i get great fps and no lag except in Dal, but when I run 2 the fps drops greatly. I have checked ram usage and its low, like 1.5gb used but my cpu usage is at 95% with the 2 running. Should I buy a new CPU? I was thinking about the AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition 64bit Quad Core. Would this help at all? Thanks in advance.

[Clone]

I havent used the same processor as yours but I did have a AMD 2.83ghz processor and I managed to overclock it to about 3ghz comfortably. I think the problem would be solved if you put all your video settings down though apart from the ones you need most (on the main). I used to 5 box on my Amd system before getting a quad. Even with the quad core though I still have all my clones set to a max of 15fps and I have every video setting on minimum.

[Smoooth]

I have a AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Quadcore and I run 10 accounts with it. I'm pretty sure you should be able to run at least 2 with that 2.6GHz cpu you mentioned. I'm guessing it would be able to handle 5 with lower video settings.

[kingv]

Thanks for the replies, today it seemed to be alright but the cpu is still running between 95-100%. What could I do to lower this? My graphics in game are set to minimum and my 2 windows are run at 800x600 resolution.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Thanks for the replies, today it seemed to be alright but the cpu is still running between 95-100%. What could I do to lower this? My graphics in game are set to minimum and my 2 windows are run at 800x600 resolution.Definitely something hokey going on there. Lots of addons, maybe? Bad ones like QuestHelper or other memory hogs? Some other process sucking up CPU?

For a frame of reference, my 2nd box runs 4 WoWs at 800x600 each, graphics details all off except middle of the slider on distance, and the active WoW sits at 60fps all the time (except Dalaran/Zangarmarsh). This is an Intel Core2Duo 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM and an 8600GT/256MB.

Try doing a:

console set MAXFPSBK 15

and see if that speeds up the main window. Still, with only two and a 9800GT + dual core, you should definitely not be getting sucktastic FPS like that.