Want to increase you're in-game FPS?

[Falkor]

This is just 2 things I've done which have made a big difference to my FPS.

1) Disable or reduce the size of you're windows paging file.
The windows paging file uses you're hard disk as a kinda of virtual memory for reading and writing data during game play. Wow is very hard disk intensive and having to use the same hard disk to read and write virtual memory + load in game objects and items can cause you're FPS to suffer.
By simple removing OR limiting you're paging file in windows to Lower(256) Upper(256) you "MAY" notice a FPS increase depending on you're hardware.
"PLEASE NOTE: I don't advise you try this on systems with less then 2GB memory for Windows XP or 3GB memory for vista"


2) Have windows media player open while you are playing Wow.
Now you're properly going to say "hold on a minute, its not Aprils fools day yet..." well this is actually a documented fact that windows media player can help to increase you're FPS by up to double what you're currently getting.
Again this is all hardware dependant and I do not guarantee an FPS increase.

Here's a link to more information as to "How" this helps: Wikipedia

and a snippet of the brief overview:

“Multimedia Class Scheduler Service (MMCSS) is a Windows service that boosts the CPU as well as I/O priority of a thread. It allows an application to get prioritized access to CPU for time-sensitive processing (such as multimedia applications) as well as prioritized disc access to ensure that the process is not starved of data to process. The MMCSS service monitors the CPU load and dynamically adjusts priority so that the application can use as much CPU time as possible without denying CPU to lower priority applications.”

Any questions or comments please let me know

[kadaan]

I am in-game FPS?







Sorry, couldn't resist :D

[Falkor]

I am in-game FPS?







Sorry, couldn't resist

I like to fully define my posts in order to stop the trolls from questioning the context in which the post was made

eg. Will this increase my windows fps?

[Ticks]

1) Disable or reduce the size of you're windows paging file.
The windows paging file uses you're hard disk as a kinda of virtual memory for reading and writing data during game play. Wow is very hard disk intensive and having to use the same hard disk to read and write virtual memory + load in game objects and items can cause you're FPS to suffer.
By simple removing OR limiting you're paging file in windows to Lower(256) Upper(256) you "MAY" notice a FPS increase depending on you're hardware.
"PLEASE NOTE: I don't advise you try this on systems with less then 2GB memory for Windows XP or 3GB memory for vista"

This is bad advice. You should learn how the Windows OS works before you give out advice.

[Basilikos]

I also am curious why you think disabling the page file would help performance. If you are actually using the page file, meaning you are swapping, and you disable it, things are going to start crashing, no? I think a better solution is to have the swap file and the wow directory (or any other disk intensive application directory, actually) on separate disks.

This. Like Bob said, if you're paging, you need the page file or worse things happen to your computer. If you're having trouble with framerates due to paging, upgrade your RAM.

[Falkor]

1) Disable or reduce the size of you're windows paging file.
The windows paging file uses you're hard disk as a kinda of virtual memory for reading and writing data during game play. Wow is very hard disk intensive and having to use the same hard disk to read and write virtual memory + load in game objects and items can cause you're FPS to suffer.
By simple removing OR limiting you're paging file in windows to Lower(256) Upper(256) you "MAY" notice a FPS increase depending on you're hardware.
"PLEASE NOTE: I don't advise you try this on systems with less then 2GB memory for Windows XP or 3GB memory for vista"

This is bad advice. You should learn how the Windows OS works before you give out advice.

I have to disagree 102% with you on this.
I'm a network engineer that works on windows servers and desktops all day long and have been for the past 6years.
Removing the page file completely I agree can cause some issues with certain applications, but limiting the page file size and stopping it from dynamically increasing DOES help you're system as a whole provided you have enough physical memory to cope.
I have done this on serveral gaming computers and laptops now all of which are running perfectly fine with no errors what so ever.
My work laptop running vista has no page file what so ever and 4GB of ram which I use on a daily basis with no issues, in fact vista is slightly faster in loading applications and games.....

Posting this is bad advice and not backing up you're statement is useless.
If you have a valid reason please reply with a constructive comment and I'll be happy to listen / discuss.

[Falkor]

I also am curious why you think disabling the page file would help performance. If you are actually using the page file, meaning you are swapping, and you disable it, things are going to start crashing, no? I think a better solution is to have the swap file and the wow directory (or any other disk intensive application directory, actually) on separate disks.

This. Like Bob said, if you're paging, you need the page file or worse things happen to your computer. If you're having trouble with framerates due to paging, upgrade your RAM.

Upgrading you're ram does not help you're paging
You're paging file is a allocation of virtual memory that use's you're hard disk rather then you're physical ram.

[Kaynin]

Paging rocks on cheap-ass low ram computers, and can improve 'desktop' performance by miles, but isn't needed with sufficient ram. In my experience at least.

Fun fact, media player screws up my performance. I often enjoy having it play songs in the background and it really hammers my performance for some reason. (Or maybe I should just open and not play songs?)

[Falkor]

but isn't needed with sufficient ram.

As per my first post ^At least someone else knows what I'm talking about

[Falkor]

Fun fact, media player screws up my performance. I often enjoy having it play songs in the background and it really hammers my performance for some reason. (Or maybe I should just open and not play songs?)

Do you run a multi-core computer? From current research it would appear this only effects multi-core systems and in particular AMD processors.