Upgrade from dual core to quad?

[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.