Macbook World of Warcraft Lag

Hey all,

Was not sure whether to post here or games forums so here goes.

I have the 2009 Macbook White with specs:

2.0ghz
4gig DDR2
120gig hd
9400m

I notice when playing that my framerates were fine playing WOW and the Burning Crusade Expansion. I mean like 30-40 on average with dips to mid 20's in Shattrath the Burning Crusade city.

I loaded up the Lich King expansion and have been experiencing horrible graphics lag. Weird this is it doesn't seem to be in areas I would see as taxing. Running up to a village persay. Running around an open field with few bad guys etc.

Any fellow Macbookers with the 9400m having trouble in the Lich King expansion?

I have looked all over the web, and the people with the Unibody model with same stats except they use DDR3 ram seem to be fine. From what i've read people say the difference between the two rams should not give me this kind of performance hit.

So i'm open to tricks, tips, anything as for my guy to level he has to atleast see the enemy before they kill me. LOL

 

Wrath of the Lich King has implemented new 3D Detailed Shadow and shading capabilities which are very taxing even for some of the better gaming laptops. so try turning down some of the shading options in the graphics.

 

I'm not too familiar with WoW, but I do know that Anti-Aliasing, Shadows, and Shaders can take a real toll on your GPU, causing it to bog down quite often. Make sure that AA is on low, because that would be a big cause in loading down your graphics. Shadows and Shaders also put a big strain on the GPU.

 

Exactly. Under your graphic settings turn shadows down to the lowest level. After I did this my fps returned to normal.

 

also try dropping the view distance down. I find this also makes a huge difference in FPS in WOW.