Low FPS? Try this

[Sentox]

I dont get it, i just formattet my pc and there is pretty much only WoW on it
My comp specs :
E6600 Dualcore Processor
ATI Radeon x900 256mb Graphics card
3 G RAM
About 180 G hard drive 10000rpm
iam running XP and have about 31mib use from addons

And i dont even come close to 60 FPS, in a 25man raid i have like 10 fps all lowest settings.

when i got the PC we where in naxx, i could run full settings in all and even fraps with out lag.

what have i done worng?

[Deathelf]

if you have low fps when playing wow.. then its time to get a new computer/upgrade. (50-60 fps is usually the standard for wow)

i have 9-12 FPS almost all of the time, yet no lag. I dont use sound on the comp i play WoW on and im thinking of takin my sound card out all together. I have no intention of getting a new computer at all

at least not at the moment... other things id rather have

[Deathelf]

I dont get it, i just formattet my pc and there is pretty much only WoW on it
My comp specs :
E6600 Dualcore Processor
ATI Radeon x900 256mb Graphics card
3 G RAM
About 180 G hard drive 10000rpm
iam running XP and have about 31mib use from addons

And i dont even come close to 60 FPS, in a 25man raid i have like 10 fps all lowest settings.

when i got the PC we where in naxx, i could run full settings in all and even fraps with out lag.

what have i done worng?

What sound card?
(sorry for double post)

[Haaskis]

No that wasnt around the best around 2 years ago...

Mines 2 and a half years old, and beats your spec hands down in every area. And i considered mine a bargain buy.

My spec:

Amd athlon 3800+
Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 256mb
1gb ram.

Bout all that matters


But yea itl still run wow pretty awesome. But nothing compared to my grand sony laptop that runs 4 gliding wow's at full gfx no problem.

What the hell you are saying? My Radeon 9800 Pro from around 4 years ago is almost similar in performance than your 6600GT.

(Currently using 7600GS with AMD Athlon 2100+ and 1gb ram. Works well!)

If your FPS is low with minimum settings, go out and buy new computer.

[Deathelf]

What the hell you are saying? My Radeon 9800 Pro from around 4 years ago is almost similar in performance than your 6600GT.

(Currently using 7600GS with AMD Athlon 2100+ and 1gb ram. Works well!)

If your FPS is low with minimum settings, go out and buy new computer.

Caues everyone has the money to buy a new comp when their FPS gets low

[Sentox]

What sound card?
(sorry for double post)

i have a Asus P2LD2 motherbord, use the sound card from that does that matter?

feel free to post me private message if you can help me!

[Windsaiyen]

I currently use an M2010 from dell, and with WoW cap on, it caps me at 60FPS.

However, when I turn it off, I run 90-115's FPS (Really no need to run that high, since 60 is plenty enough, and 115 is just causing my vid card to work more than it needs to.)

I found that the WMP trick works, but mainly just on loading screens. Deals with it loading commonly used sound drivers/files already needed by wow.

BTW, SS for the FPS:



Full high Settings. Also a good thing sometimes is to turn Vsync off. It can sometimes give a + FPS boost, or a - fps drop, but it's always worth a shot

[joshman408]

instead of buying a new comp, ust angle your view down so the fps goes down. its as simple as that

[acolyte]

"ATI Radeon x900" Are you sure about the graphics card? I can't find any product specs anywhere for current or discontinued products from ATI. At any rate, your graphics card sounds like you weakest component, I would recommend the new 8800 GT's great bang for your buck. Until then if you want to post your video settings we can try and tweak it some.

[Citruz]

"ATI Radeon x900" Are you sure about the graphics card? I can't find any product specs anywhere for current or discontinued products from ATI. At any rate, your graphics card sounds like you weakest component, I would recommend the new 8800 GT's great bang for your buck. Until then if you want to post your video settings we can try and tweak it some.

I have the Nvidia 8800GT 512 mb, and it has really boosted my fps from about 30-50 fps out questing to around 100+ fps constantly (both compared to eachother in windowed mode).
The only weakspot is in cities like Shattrath, where I sometimes even go down to 10 fps, which is not what I thought the 8800GT would do.

This low fps in cities could have something to do with my RAM aswell, since I only run at 1GB at the moment, since one of my RAM's broke some time ago.


Anyway, the looking down thing does work, but it's really common sense and doesn't need an own thread for it IMO. :wave:

[NoVa)Ulqiora]

This is actually a tip I am using myself..Its common sense really , as you said in your post.

Given to the fact that I have 15 fps max ( yeah , my pc is crappy -.- ) I am always looking down :/.

Good post :-)

[Aneubarlorey]

The reason why you have fps problem with looking forwards,
could be that you need to update your graphic card driver,
or maybe your graphic card is completely shit and cannot take the polygons in far-watch,
therefore I would advice you to buy and new Graphic card if this problem bugs you.

[wowpanda]

WOW doesn't require expensive hardware. I got a AMD 64 X2 4000 with 1G ram, and a 2 year old graphics card did pretty well.

[wowpanda]

PS the dual core does help for some reason. A friend's computer with the same settings but single core (and his graphic card is better, a 7600gt I think) still feels sloppy.

[wabkia]

The WMP trick is confirmed by me (win xp, C2D E6300) went from 25-35 fps in org to 35-45, and in the ah from 55-60 to 65-75