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    G73 performance with WoW

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by stevenjii, Jul 3, 2010.

  1. stevenjii

    stevenjii Notebook Geek

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    I was wondering what FPS you guys get with everything maxed in Dalaran. I seem to only get a 30 FPS :[.
     
    stevenjii, Jul 3, 2010
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    stevenjii, Jul 3, 2010
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    HeavenCry Notebook Virtuoso

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    Use the search function BeforE posting a new thread like this please.
     
    HeavenCry, Jul 3, 2010
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  4. stevenjii

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    Yeah, sorry about that. I actually did use search but I couldn't find, but found it via google!
     
    stevenjii, Jul 3, 2010
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    Haha, WoW is a strange one man. It has never been optimized in the last 5 years, and doesn't know how to utilize newer hardware. Its not the G73's fault, its Blizzards.
     
    ConXept, Jul 3, 2010
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    30 FPS is higher than anything I ever got. My old laptop was trash.
     
    TarlaPaN, Jul 3, 2010
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    The FPS is like "WOW"
     
    tse_man_hei, Jul 3, 2010
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    I dont have any issues with FPS in WoW personally.... I have seen up to over 400 FpS registering in areas and when in raids usually 50-60 minimum 10 and 25 man...
     
    l3g4cy99, Jul 3, 2010
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    Yeah, NWN2 has the same problem. Some areas it doesn't matter what hardware you use, video or otherwise, you're only getting 14 fps. meh.
     
    Chastity, Jul 3, 2010
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    well. . . they unlocked it for multi core processors, but that's about it.

    One thing to remember about WoW video settings is that Vsync/triple buffering will cap your rates to 60 max. In Dalaran on a busy night I'd drop down to about 21-23 FPS in crowded areas, but anywhere else it'd bounce between 45 and 60 [with shadows maxed]

    25 mans up to Putricide it pays to keep shadows at half or a little lower [Mostly for Marrowgar, something about Bonestorm the 5870 did NOT like] but at those settings it was still @ 45-60 depending on where/when. There may have been a few occasional lower spikes, but not enough to degrade gameplay enough for me to look for it.

    This is with all other settings maxed btw [death effects off. WHY you get a decent frame boost with death effect off I have no clue. . . but you do]
     
    mindinversion, Jul 3, 2010
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  11. stevenjii

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    Wow 400 FPS really? I have yet to see that... where did you get that?
     
    stevenjii, Jul 4, 2010
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