WoW graphics

Hey i was just wondering about my WoW graphic settings. Im not very good with computers but WoW seems to have the same graphic requirements as CounterStrike Source which i can easily run on max settings. The things is i can only run WoW on medium/high settings with a max FPS of 35 and 15 in crowded and large areas. Im confused as to why i cant run it on max settings, is it because its such a large game?

My computer is a M1530 with 2.0Ghz, 2G RAM and an 8600M GT DDR3.

Any help appreciated

 

Max settings in wow is tough for computers because 1) theres so many objects in the game, and 2) max settings makes you able to see halfway across a region and thats a LOT to have rendered all at the same time..

 

My AW m15x runs it fine (a)

/me runs.

yeah but either way laptops are always going to struggle to keep up with computers when it comes to gaming. So what looks easy for a desktop is going to be **** sight harder for the equivalent laptop..

 

just run it at med settings and be happy

 

You can max out wow on that system, its pretty easy to run, maybe a huge raid or something may slow you down, but just try lowering the resolution.

 

Or just unsubscribe from WoW and be even happier!

 

My laptop runs it ~40fps in Shatt.

 

WoW is not that graphic intensive a game last I checked. A 8600M GT GDDR3 should be able to max it out most of the stuff, most of the time without many problems. What resolution are you trying to run it at?

Also, the fact that you mention areas with large amounts of people might also limit the game, not just in terms of graphics, but general game lag. WoW operates not only on graphics, but since it is an online game, it also operates on internet connections. I mean, even my desktop lags on WC3 if the internet connection is bad lol

 

WoW is relatively graphics intensive.. and they just did a huge update to the engine for more shadows and better graphics...

 

lol no


feel free to max everything out at max resolution.

i play wow on a 8600m gt with 60fps+

 

yeah dude i played wow on a 1680x1050 resolution on everything maxed out with an x800xt platinum and the only lag was in huge raids (like 40+) in full action which doesn't really happen anymore from what I know (quit right before BC came out), so yeah you should be able to rock out with your socks out...

 

driver update maybe?

 

apparently you don't know what maxing is please gain more basic knowledge before making such a sad comment.

Even the 8800m GTX struggles to really MAX wow when u r at places with many people.

Dont quote me on this because you will only fail.

 

WoW is an online game and therefore does not only depend on GPU for maxing the game's visuals without lag. Granted, the more clogged the screen is and the more clogged the server is, the higher the chances of image lag and such can occur.

I'd say try toning down the resolution to see if you can exchange that for the details. Perhaps turn off some of the more useless features such as shadows or the like.

 

With the recent Patch 3.0, it is no longer viable to play WoW at max settings with the 8600m GT, it wasn't even viable before the patch.

I recommend setting the game to run at your native resolution, taking Antialiasing (under multisampling) down to a maximum 2x, tweaking draw distance down, and finally turning shadows down.

I can run with all graphical elements maxed out in Shattrath (except 1x antialiasing) at about 15FPS, by turning shadows off, I get 30FPS, setting them at a midpoint gets me around 24FPS.

This is all while running on an 8600m GT GDDR3.

 

When I first got my laptop (prior to the 3.0 update) I went into WoW and put everything on high with my 8800m gtx.. I was getting 25-30fps.

That guy that says he gets 60fps solid with an 8600m gt doesn't know what he's talking about..

 

well, obviously if you have 400 people on the screen it will lag no matter what,

but in a 25 man raid you can easily max it out, i know this for a fact as i did it regularly.

 

Not sure about the update but it ran very smooth for me on my 8600gt with a E6600 and now it maxes out easy on my new G50V with a 9700GT and its about as fast as a overclocked 8600GT. No 60+fps but it stays above 30 at all times.

 

Wow ran fine on my old go 7200...which is a pretty low end card.

 

Yeah ran fine on my Go7200 aswell, medium settings 40-70fps

It would dip down to 25-30fps on crowded towns.

Then the GPU died a months later lol.

 

forget about max the wow settings with a 8600m gt,
once 24bit color 8x multisample is turned on, u will be watching ur toon in slow motions. if all settings maxed, vsync with triple buffering, high video, etc, u may see single digit fps near bank, ah.

 

Which tells you how unoptimized the WOW engine is. Pathetic...

 

I think a large portion of the argument here is that everybody may have a slightly skewed idea of what "maxed out is"

For one person it means 800x600 with all the sliders turned to the max settings

Then the next person it means 1920x1200 with 16x AA and 16x AF forced in the video card control panel.

So its important to add what settings you used exactly when documenting your performance.

The game ran "maxed out" for me on my 8600gt fine but I forget my exact settings.

I know all in game settings were at there highest, AF was maxed out but I usually only use 2x AA and I dont even remember an AA setting in WoW.

Res was 1680x1050, if I find i have lag in a game I drop down to 1280x800ish

 

The new shadows kill FPS in WoW. Maxed shadows turn the game into a slide show for me at 1280x800. This is on a ddr3 8600m gt. turn off the nice shadows and it should run fine.

 

Sad thing is thats a common trend in some games, and shadows make very little visual differnece in games.

I remember when F.E.A.R. was new and killing everybodies PC and the first major FPS killer we found was the soft shadows option, that alone was a bigger impact that AA + AF combined and it actually made the game look worse to some people.

I can play fear maxed out now on my new desktop (and I mean 1920x1080, all in game options maxed, all visual details on, maxed AA & AF) so I am happy. Older cards seem to have more trouble with the shadows than the new ones do.

Any resources to show the old & new shadows side by side? I would really like to see it.

 

I don't play WoW, but the 8600M GT is a pretty good video card, should be able to play it with very high settings even with high resolution. I have the DDR2 and I'm playing all the new games with medium-high graphics / high resolution.

 

Would I be able to play at the highest settings with 1280 x 800 and my 9600M GT card without it getting too hot?
Despite not having the battery in or playing any longer than 5 hours, would it just be safer to play with med settings?

I bought WoW and TBC over the weekend so as soon as my patch downloads are done (maybe by wednesday? lol) then I can look into starting with the right settings.

 

I am playing WoW in max settings, but I have 1280x800 2x multisample, and the shadows are in the medium (sometimes medium-high) and it runs 55-60fps. It is true the new patch made the game more demanding. When I play battleground I prefer to put 1x multisample as it drops down to 35-40 fps. But I have to say my 8600M GT 256MB DDR2 is overclocked and has a 3Dmark06 score around 4220. Check in nvidia control panel if you've put AA or AF because if you do that's probably the reason you have low fps for DDR3 card. Btw I am using 178.24 drivers. I have also enable the triple buffering which gives you some fps and disable the input lag as it eats many fps and it doesn't make any difference to me. Even on a battery I am not changing the settings and I can easily play for 1 hour although the fps drop down to 25 fps. Pay in mind some areas are more graphics demanding than others. For example, Ashenvale is more demanding than Barrens (it can be a ~15 fps difference for me). Your problem can be a drivers version or settings in the nvidia control panel. I hope that helps