It would appear it is not the processor that is the issue, while one is running around 90% the other core isnt excessively high. And this computer was given to me, im more or less just trying to get it working better than how it was given to me and be able to play games, and by far it is running better. I myself would like to have a quad core, and i agree that would probably improve performance.
I have also checked and manually installed all drivers for the GPU, each one is running the correct version. I appreciate your input and i have found it pretty helpful. You have given me a couple idea, and im going to try and tinker with it.
I have checked the hard drive and it is almost completely empty, save for a few game files and system files. otherwise no other personal affects are on it and nothing is corrupt. I will be putting in another 4 GB of RAM, and also putting in another 500 GB hard drive as slave. I am thinking of changing the processor out as well. Thank you.