Insane lag, Only recently started happening

Hello
I recently upgraded my computer, Before the upgrade i could run 3 copies of wow with minimal lag(Using dual screens)
since the upgrade I cannot run the 3 without it being totally unplayable, The 3 screens seem to have graphical glitches happening, and insane lag, I checked task manager, only around 50% utilization,
Could this be i have gone from running 1 copy of wow on a single monitor and the 2 smaller view ports on a second monitor, To all 3 on a single monitor
I would be grateful for any help

I had
2.5ghz dual core
8600gts
2gb ram

I have now
2.33ghz quad
9800gtx+
2gb ram

Here is a screenshot of my task manager with the 3 ports open
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When I Only have two open its all fine and dandy

I can't tell from your screen shot. But all of my PC's have taken a hit in the FPS department recently. And that's with no changes (other than the patch). :S

What kind of MB do you have? Any other PCI cards installed?

As a simple test, try installing your old videocard. You mentioned you have a 9800GTX+. Are you running SLI? This new videocard uses more physical memory space than your old one.

3 boxing w/ 2GB of RAM will cause you to lag a bit when hitting your swap file. Did this lag start happening after the expansion? The expansion may be using more RAM, so 2GB may not be enough anymore.

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Could this be i have gone from running 1 copy of wow on a single monitor and the 2 smaller view ports on a second monitor, To all 3 on a single monitor
I would be grateful for any help

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This is probably not the case. Running all 3 instances on a single monitor is easier on your videocard.

I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4P, no other pci cards installed, Nor is the 9800gtx+ in sli (I dont have that much money :S )
I dont even have wotlk yet, so thats not the cause,

Ok... this might be out of line but I am throwing this out there anyway.

The last time I experienced insane lag playing WoW, Blizzard was running a client side security routine that was disk and CPU intensive. I am leaving out the specifics as to what Blizzard was doing while they where beating up our disks and eating CPU.

-j

Hrmmm,
Im not sure how that would affect 3 coppies over 2.

put the old vid card back in. does that fix your lag?

Nope, Just makes everything chuck a hissy fit due to different drivers

Hello again,
I am now basicly getting a messgae saying that my video card drivers cannot be found and that i should check that i have dx 9c installed,
Might this be a driver related issue after all?

Fixed it, YAY,
It was Bloom efects, without them on i get 30 fps on all screens