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    Windows vista + World of warcraft?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by paymon, Jan 24, 2008.

  1. paymon

    paymon Notebook Consultant

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    hey, so ive noticed pretty bad fps when playing this game. when walking around ill have about 50-65 fps, but when in a raid, i play with about 7(during a encounter) - 22fps, (not in bg's tho, im ok in them). what should i do? maybe its vista?
     
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    zipx2k5 Notebook Consultant

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    I play WoW in Vista just fine...constant 60fps almost everywhere. Sometimes slows down to 50-45fps in cities depending on my internet connection but other than that it runs fine. Haven't raided on it yet but I can't imagine the framerate would drop terribly since it does well when a ton of people are in Ironforge or Stormwind.

    I will say that I have played sometimes where the framerate struggled to go up to 30fps, but I realized this was because power saver mode was on without my knowledge.

    I would try updating your video drivers and windows updates.
     
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    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Steady 59-60 at all times. In raid, it drops to around 40. I run all high 1280x800, so I don't run it at crazy resolutions.
     
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    KernalPanic White Knight

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    An 8700GT eats WoW for breakfast at stock speeds at 1440x900 with 2x AA and everything and the kitchen sink on. I cannot imagine a 7950GTX having any issue with WoW in Vista even at 1920x1200.

    Vista is 5-10% slower than XP in general provided you patch and get drivers that are recent.

    It isn't Vista... it might be bad drivers, lack of patching, or perhaps power miser malfunction.
     
    KernalPanic, Jan 24, 2008
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    how would i fix the power issue?
     
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    im at the max resolution but see no different change in fps when dropping to the lowest resolution
     
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    which graphics card driver are you using??
     
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    nVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX
     
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    Nuta Notebook Consultant

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    I meant driver. right-click ur desktop>personalize>display settings>advanced settings. Under adapter tab there is properties, click it. then click the driver tab. and tell me what it says beside "Driver Version"
     
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    7.15.11.6904
     
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    anything i can do?
     
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    hmm.....ur drivers pretty updated.....do you use Vsync and triple buffering ??
     
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    Do you run mods? Some mods can cause behavior like this. Do you see the same slow down in high population cities vs. raids? If it is raid only I'd check your raid mods for age and versions.

    You may also want to wipe your mods and reinstall. As painful as that can be, a corrupt file buried in one mod can be the culprit.
     
    mthomas768, Jan 25, 2008
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    i just 'disabled' all my addons (well, played on a alt withought them) and have the same fps
     
    paymon, Jan 25, 2008
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