Jarnold
09-03-2008, 11:42 AM
Machine spec:
HP HDX - T9300 DualCore
3GB Ram
Vista
512MB 8800GTS Nvidia
Typically I run 2 instances of wow and just alt-tab between them. When I decided to try to multi-box, I ran 5 instances (because I have 5 account) and logged in to all of them at the same time. The normal framerate being in the 70s, and with 5 it was in the 30s. Using keyclone's max frames to 5 on backgrounds I am able to get full framerate on the active window even with 5 instances of wow running.
However, everything goes to crap when I invite another instance to my party. The machine goes to 100% processor and I get less than 1 FPS and get all kinds of artifacting in the windows. It doesn't recover until ALL windows are closed, then I can launch all 5 again and get full framerate. If I have 2 WOWs running, I can invite the other and there is no visible loss of framerate or processor, but when I have 3 running and I do my first invite, it all goes south.
It happens right when the invite prompt pops up, even before I have accepted it. Becuase of this I thought it might be related to the sound card. I did all I could in wow by unchecking the master "enable sound" checkbox on all instances.
Things I've tried: No Addons, all video settings and minimum, 800x600, all different directories for the launched windows. No Keyclone running, no maximizer, sound disabled. I get the same exact results if I launch all 5 from the same directory with all my addons, through keyclone and using maximizer.
HP HDX - T9300 DualCore
3GB Ram
Vista
512MB 8800GTS Nvidia
Typically I run 2 instances of wow and just alt-tab between them. When I decided to try to multi-box, I ran 5 instances (because I have 5 account) and logged in to all of them at the same time. The normal framerate being in the 70s, and with 5 it was in the 30s. Using keyclone's max frames to 5 on backgrounds I am able to get full framerate on the active window even with 5 instances of wow running.
However, everything goes to crap when I invite another instance to my party. The machine goes to 100% processor and I get less than 1 FPS and get all kinds of artifacting in the windows. It doesn't recover until ALL windows are closed, then I can launch all 5 again and get full framerate. If I have 2 WOWs running, I can invite the other and there is no visible loss of framerate or processor, but when I have 3 running and I do my first invite, it all goes south.
It happens right when the invite prompt pops up, even before I have accepted it. Becuase of this I thought it might be related to the sound card. I did all I could in wow by unchecking the master "enable sound" checkbox on all instances.
Things I've tried: No Addons, all video settings and minimum, 800x600, all different directories for the launched windows. No Keyclone running, no maximizer, sound disabled. I get the same exact results if I launch all 5 from the same directory with all my addons, through keyclone and using maximizer.