World of Warcraft - System Performance

FPS Issue

Posted Nov 02, 2008 by Eagle_Eye

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I recently acquired a debuff on my World of Warcraft's perfomance...

All of a sudden, my frame rates started to drop from a stable 60 to anything from 15 to 50.  Sometimes it'll be a stable 15-25 and other times it'll be a stable 40-45.

(Yes, yes.  I know enviroment plays a factor in your frame rates, I'm giving a aproximate)

My Computer's Specifications

  • Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 CPUs)
  • 2048MB Corsair 800Mhz RAM, Dual Channel Interleaved
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
    PCI Express
    512MB
    256-bit
  • SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [E880]
  • Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
  • Asus P5K Motherboard
  • World of Warcraft Screen Resolution: 1600x1050

(I do know that the new shadow changes with the latest, 3.0 patch has a effect on your performance.)

Performance Settings (Experimentation in hopes of resolving my problem)

  • Low
    I would still not get a stable 60 FPS, or even a 60, as a matter of fact.

  • Medium
    FPS ranging from 25 to 50

  • High
    FPS ranging from 20 to 40

  • Highest
    FPS ranging from 15 to 35

  • Highest (Shadows on lowest)
    FPS ranging from 20 to 40

Now... the strange thing is, I have always got a stable 55-60 FPS on Highest setting previously - I'm unsure when it all went bad.

I tried lowering my computer's overall temperatures (with a successful 10-15 Celcius drop from 55 to 40-45)
My GPU is currently averaging 40-50 Celcius.

Even with my attempts of lowering my computer's temperature, my FPS ceased to return to normal.

Now...  I am thinking of formatting my system and install the latest drivers.
But before I do that, I was hoping I would get some good advice before last-resorting to the more... drastic steps.

 

 

 

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  • over1seer said 
    Mon, Nov 3 2008 12:49 PM ()

    I had a memory leak problem after the last patch, WoW ate 99% of system perfomance, try to type "/console maxfpsbk 0" in game at least this helped to me I have a very weak PC so when I asked how to solve my problem on forums all ppl just say that I have weak PC and thats all, but this isnt a problem, 3.0 patch brings memory leak on some computers depends of configuration

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  • Gamashinoch said 
    Mon, Nov 3 2008 7:26 AM ()

    I should of also mentioned Blizzard tweaked (AKA improved) game visuals. So everyones PC is gonna see a drop in performance. Just look at the WoTLK recommended specs vs TBC ones. TBC-->WoTLK 800MHz P3-->dual core 1gb ram-->1gb ram FX5700-->7600 or better A member of my guild just upgraded from 2gb to 3 with XP and noticed a difference.

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  • Gamashinoch said 
    Mon, Nov 3 2008 7:05 AM ()

    Addons aren't the problem so long as you aren't running 100 of them. Two problems i can see are your resolution and 2gb of RAM. I jumped from 2gb of ram to 4gb (mind you I'm running Vista) and noticed quite the difference. 1st thing i'd try for sure is to update your videocard drivers. For your card/windows 178.24 are the latest "release" version. Also you don't need to format to do that.

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  • IRID1UM said 
    Mon, Nov 3 2008 6:54 AM ()

    Have you tried playing without addons? If an addon is causing many errors it may affect performance. Temperature is no factor here, GPUs go as high as 100°C before they downlock and to reach that something must be very wrong. Between 45 and 99°C there is no difference other than noise level. Btw, I think the max view distance got increased with the patch, so the new maximum setting also has a higher view distance, which would cause more GPU stress.

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  • Gristadar said 
    Sun, Nov 2 2008 3:04 PM ()

    had this same thing happened to me right after the patch, and think that was the cause

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