why does my CPU utilization jump to 100% when I enter the Tribal outfitter in Spore?

It's quite reproducible. I just entered the tribal stage so maybe it's an initialization thing... but has anyone else seen it? Ideas? Yes, I have plenty of memory and disk space, and nothing about the game is slow in other areas.

2008-09-10T21:16:55Z

To the answerer who said the CPU must be weak, then why is the problem only with one area of the game? It's hard to believe just that one screen is CPU intensive... but then again, it goes to 100%.

jtfunkymojo2008-09-10T21:13:40Z

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your cpu must be kinda weak. overclocking it very little won't hurt.