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Nih
02-23-2008, 03:39 PM
Hello :-)

First of all thanks for a great forum, sure has spiced my wowperience! :thumbsup:

To the problem:

When i run, say.. 4 instances of wow (all seperate copies), all on lowest graphic settings, windowed mode, 2 of them get 100fps while the other 2 get 1-5fps. If i enter the task manager, and change the priority of all the wow processes to "Realtime" (highest), i can get it to work with around 50-60fps on each instance. This method is very unstable though, and causes wow/explorer to crash/freeze 95% of the time. Oh, and also I have no addons enable. I use AutoHotKey to broadcast my keystrokes.

Computer specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 3,0Ghz
Memory: 4GB Ram (thinking of getting another 4)
GPU: Asus EN8800GT 512mb
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit (the reason why I might upgrade to 8gbs)

Thanks in advance! :)

/nih
bryanc
02-23-2008, 03:43 PM
Have you tried capping the FPS on them?

/console maxfps <number>
Nih
02-23-2008, 03:46 PM
Have you tried capping the FPS on them?

/console maxfps <number>Will try that! Thanks :)
keyclone
02-23-2008, 03:50 PM
i would agree with bryanc.. you need to put some limits in there.

if my guess is right, your system can push about 200 fps total, which is very nice (all the same res wow screens? any overlapped)

i'll assume no overlap and all the same size, so 200fps for the machine is what you have to work with. in that case, try these on all wows:

/console maxfps 60
/console maxfpsbk 30

that should give you; 30+30+30+60 == 150 at any one time

leaving enough for your browser
Zseth
02-23-2008, 04:28 PM
Why do these guys torment me?
Nih
02-23-2008, 05:35 PM
What people? People with zomgwtfimbaüber computers? :D I just bought it!

...or did you mean something completely different? :S
Xzin
02-23-2008, 08:10 PM
Realtime is meant for well... a single real time task that is mission critical. Putting multiple tasks that aren't mission critical and are built on consumer level gear on a realtime priority setting is asking for trouble. Because they can't be realtime. Setting them to high priority is fine - you might want to try that but I think the fps limiting is going to be your best bet, aside from tinkering with drivers and settings or possibly adding another video card.

What is your CPU use sitting at when all are running? Can you check your GPU load? If it is at 100% then thats clearly the bottleneck.
Nih
02-24-2008, 08:08 AM
i would agree with bryanc.. you need to put some limits in there.

if my guess is right, your system can push about 200 fps total, which is very nice (all the same res wow screens? any overlapped)

i'll assume no overlap and all the same size, so 200fps for the machine is what you have to work with. in that case, try these on all wows:

/console maxfps 60
/console maxfpsbk 30

that should give you; 30+30+30+60 == 150 at any one time

leaving enough for your browser

Great! That worked wonders :D Thanks a bunch :thumbup:


Realtime is meant for well... a single real time task that is mission critical. Putting multiple tasks that aren't mission critical and are built on consumer level gear on a realtime priority setting is asking for trouble. Because they can't be realtime. Setting them to high priority is fine - you might want to try that but I think the fps limiting is going to be your best bet, aside from tinkering with drivers and settings or possibly adding another video card.

What is your CPU use sitting at when all are running? Can you check your GPU load? If it is at 100% then thats clearly the bottleneck.

I am now running 5 clients with 60fps on the main window and 30fps on the clone windows. This at a 65-70-75% CPU load.
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2593/5boxingjf6.th.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5boxingjf6.jpg)
(I can't get Maximizer to work, maybe not 64bit compatible?)

Thanks all for your help! This is such a helpful forum :)
keyclone
02-24-2008, 10:58 AM
wow maximizer or keyclone maximizer?

if keyclone's maximizer isn't working for you, please drop me a PM and i'll see what i can do
Zseth
02-24-2008, 12:37 PM
key clone maximizer is compatible with windows vista 64 bit edition
Nih
02-24-2008, 06:49 PM
key clone maximizer is compatible with windows vista 64 bit edition


wow maximizer or keyclone maximizer?

if keyclone's maximizer isn't working for you, please drop me a PM and i'll see what i can do

Wow maximizer.. :rolleyes:
Bollwerk
02-24-2008, 09:57 PM
I doubt you need more than 4GB of RAM, even if you run 5 instances of WoW.