Comments on: Craptastic FPS http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/ World of Warcraft helpful tips and tricks from a grrl gamer. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:14:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jezrael http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1110 Jezrael Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:15:28 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1110 I've done some googling around and it seems that on the official forums there have been a few complaints of decreased FPS post 2.4. I've done the scan thing using my antivirus and spyware progs. Next step will be a defrag but I did find this page with some steps to take from blue which I'll probably try a few of. Maybe this could help you Mystic if you haven't seen it already: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=174615578&sid=1 I’ve done some googling around and it seems that on the official forums there have been a few complaints of decreased FPS post 2.4. I’ve done the scan thing using my antivirus and spyware progs. Next step will be a defrag but I did find this page with some steps to take from blue which I’ll probably try a few of. Maybe this could help you Mystic if you haven’t seen it already: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=174615578&sid=1

]]> By: isaacquotien http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1107 isaacquotien Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:54:24 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1107 check to see if you have other programs running in the background taking up cpu time. do a virus scan.....there maybe some kind of program that is running your cpu at full speed. I had that happen....one day......things are running slow on my computer.....wow fps is terrible......i looked and my cpu was running at 95-100% all the time. I found it was a corrupted HP printer driver of all things....at least when i disable that driver......it dropped to 45-50% cpu time.......couldnt ever figure out the rest.....had to end up reformating and starting over.........worked great after that. another thought.......be sure to defrag your harddrive....again anything that takes up CPU time is gonna impact your FPS in wow. especially with your setup listed.....you should be doin just fine. Hope that helps. check to see if you have other programs running in the background taking up cpu time.

do a virus scan…..there maybe some kind of program that is running your cpu at full speed. I had that happen….one day……things are running slow on my computer…..wow fps is terrible……i looked and my cpu was running at 95-100% all the time. I found it was a corrupted HP printer driver of all things….at least when i disable that driver……it dropped to 45-50% cpu time…….couldnt ever figure out the rest…..had to end up reformating and starting over………worked great after that.

another thought…….be sure to defrag your harddrive….again anything that takes up CPU time is gonna impact your FPS in wow. especially with your setup listed…..you should be doin just fine.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Jezrael http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1104 Jezrael Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:42:32 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1104 I'm an Aussie playing on Feathermoon so my latency is pretty godawful anyway. FTW I recently set up a utility provided by my ISP that lets me route my packets more directly via their service therefore reducing my latency (all legit and checked out with Blizzard) I went from 400-600ms to around 250ms. Therefore I don't *think* improving latency is going to improve FPS. It is my understanding that the 2 are not really related. But like I said above hardware is not my forte *grin* I may well check out the utility that Doomy recommended and see whether that does make any difference so thanks for the linkage. I’m an Aussie playing on Feathermoon so my latency is pretty godawful anyway. FTW I recently set up a utility provided by my ISP that lets me route my packets more directly via their service therefore reducing my latency (all legit and checked out with Blizzard) I went from 400-600ms to around 250ms.

Therefore I don’t *think* improving latency is going to improve FPS. It is my understanding that the 2 are not really related. But like I said above hardware is not my forte *grin* I may well check out the utility that Doomy recommended and see whether that does make any difference so thanks for the linkage.

]]> By: HolyWarrior http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1102 HolyWarrior Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:45:20 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1102 I know that's latency and not FPS, but you never know... I know that’s latency and not FPS, but you never know…

]]> By: HolyWarrior http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1101 HolyWarrior Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:43:27 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1101 Check the post on my blog entitled <a href='http://heal-stab-dot.blogspot.com/2008/03/doomilias-is-genius.html' rel="nofollow">Doomilias is a Genius</a> regarding the changes Blizzard made that may be effecting/affecting your FPS Check the post on my blog entitled Doomilias is a Genius regarding the changes Blizzard made that may be effecting/affecting your FPS

]]> By: Jezrael http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1100 Jezrael Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:40:23 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1100 I've had similiar problems too. My FPS recently went from an 'ok but not great' level of about 22-25 FPS in raids and places like Shatt to a lousy 6-8 FPS. I too thought it was mod related and tried turning off all of mods to no avail. Therefore I recently purchased a new video card and this has improved matters quite a bit. I also have the check box in video options within the game checked that adjusts the quality of the image dynamically to improve frame rates. I forget what the actual name of it is. I also have spell detail set about medium. FWIW I am running: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ ASUS K8N-SLI mobo 2GB DDR RAM nVidia Geforce 9600 GT (512mb DDR) So actually less powerful than your box. I'm beginning to wonder if something changed in terms of the graphics rendering engine thingy in the last patch since I only noticed the decrease in FPS post 2.4 I'm no hardware guru though so I have no idea. Hope you get your graphic woes sorted! I’ve had similiar problems too. My FPS recently went from an ‘ok but not great’ level of about 22-25 FPS in raids and places like Shatt to a lousy 6-8 FPS. I too thought it was mod related and tried turning off all of mods to no avail. Therefore I recently purchased a new video card and this has improved matters quite a bit. I also have the check box in video options within the game checked that adjusts the quality of the image dynamically to improve frame rates. I forget what the actual name of it is. I also have spell detail set about medium.

FWIW I am running:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
ASUS K8N-SLI mobo
2GB DDR RAM
nVidia Geforce 9600 GT (512mb DDR)

So actually less powerful than your box. I’m beginning to wonder if something changed in terms of the graphics rendering engine thingy in the last patch since I only noticed the decrease in FPS post 2.4

I’m no hardware guru though so I have no idea. Hope you get your graphic woes sorted!

]]> By: Rohan http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1098 Rohan Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:19:13 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1098 It might be a problem with your motherboard or RAM. Try downloading a memory checker and seeing if your RAM is okay. It might be a problem with your motherboard or RAM. Try downloading a memory checker and seeing if your RAM is okay.

]]> By: Durathor http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1097 Durathor Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:57:03 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1097 How much RAM do you have is another good question I guess. 1GB is the minimum I'd use for WoW, 2GB preferred. How much RAM do you have is another good question I guess. 1GB is the minimum I’d use for WoW, 2GB preferred.

]]> By: Durathor http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1096 Durathor Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:54:34 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1096 ah ok. The Guild Event Manager addon. I guess that isn't the problem then... ah ok. The Guild Event Manager addon. I guess that isn’t the problem then…

]]> By: Nibuca http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1095 Nibuca Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:33:38 +0000 http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2008/04/25/craptastic-fps/#comment-1095 ... what's GEM? … what’s GEM?

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