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    Periodic Pauses While Playing World of Warcraft

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Orochimaru, Sep 13, 2007.

  1. Orochimaru

    Orochimaru Notebook Consultant

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    'ello -

    WoW runs fine for the most part (130+ fps) but every so often (like a few seconds) I'll get a brief pause while in combat then it resumes normally. Why is this?
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 13, 2007
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    Lag? when in combat there is likely more demand from your video card. what setting are you running in wow

    Could this be caused by an insuffeciant amount of RAM? are you running vista?
     
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  3. Orochimaru

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    Everything on medium settings, with the most recent lv2go drivers
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 13, 2007
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    What drivers are you running? I have found that any of the newer drivers actually Kill WoW Performance in comparison with the STOCK drivers that come with your dell.

    I get 40-150fps with stock drivers (full settings and it runs super super smooth) .. with 163.44 I get 25-50....with lag hitches like you said

    163.44 might be good for bioshock, but for some reason the stock drivers are very very good at running WoW.
     
    bmorlok, Sep 13, 2007
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  5. Orochimaru

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    I am running XP, 1 GB RAM.. I went from stock to the 163.44 drivers from laptopvideo2go
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 13, 2007
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    Put the stock back on. They are WAY better for WoW than the 163.44. I get much higher and smoother framerates with them.
     
    bmorlok, Sep 13, 2007
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    Really? So just use stock drivers from february? do you happen to know the driver # for that?
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 13, 2007
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    WoW is horrible with 1GB of RAM. Going to 2GB will fix that.
     
    ocellaris, Sep 13, 2007
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    bmorlak - which stock drivers are you referring to (driver #)

    ocellaris - I played on another laptop with 512 mb ram and an ATI RADEON 9000 and I didnt have these pausing issues. 1024 x 768 was the resolution

    I'm now running in 1280x800 W with 1 gb and a clean install of xp
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 13, 2007
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    I am at work so I can't say... After trying the 163.44 drivers I loaded the ones that come on the Dell driver disk (You should have one with your laptop). Load the ones from there and they work a lot better for WoW.
     
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  11. Orochimaru

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    ok

    well im going to try the 163.67 drivers first, then ill go back to stock. if anyone has anymore comments or suggestions i'd appreciate it. ty
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 13, 2007
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    BTW you should be able to play at 1440x900 on max with the stock ones.
     
    bmorlok, Sep 13, 2007
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    Did Wow requirements change when the expansion came out?

    I haven't played in about a year, but sometimes I would play on my 1 Ghz, 768 MB ram, Geforce 3 ti 200, and it ran fine on medium settings...no lag problems, etc....
     
    oresteez, Sep 13, 2007
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    Your definition of horrible must be different than mine.
     
    Thibault, Sep 13, 2007
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    The burning crusade definately has higher detail/more polygons per "virtual" square meter I would say. The zones definately push your PC harder than the original areas.
     
    bmorlok, Sep 13, 2007
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