Need GPU upgrade help >.<

[Mubox]

I don't think I said a computer will run 60 FPS in Dalaran.
I know some people get that in some areas of Dal.

But the particle density sucks there, and you frequently get 20-30 FPS, even with very top-end systems.

On 3.3 patch day Bonechewer instances went down (all of them) and I got ported into Dal, my effects are set to high except for texture filtering and shadows. There were several dozen (uncountable) number of people who got ported into Dal just like me. FPS was 59/60fps. i7-975, 1gb nV 260m GTX, 4 other clients were running at the time, they were ported into Shatt. Top end systems shouldn't struggle in Dal at all, though if all 5 of my toons ported into Dal i'd probably have noticed a more significant drop.

I play windowed mode, maximized to 1920x1200, 32bpp.

For the OP, I previously ran a core2 2ghz, 4gb ram, w/ and nV 8900m 512MB. A full AV would drop my FPS to 6fps (with all toons present, effects on all set to lowest, playing at 1024x768), I blame this entirely on the GPU as CPU use appeared the same. The 8900 series (and prior) were excellent for 'their time' but are 'fairly low-end' compared to what is currently available from nV/ATI (as usual for gfx tech).

You know what would really benefit all of these performance threads is if someone could update the wiki with a breakdown of all current graphics options (available from blizz UI, e.g. nothing specific to the console) and what each option depends on. For example, particle density is CPU heavy, whereas shadow detail is GPU heavy. Something like this may help people diagnose what they need to updgrade in their particular rig.. for example, if sliding particle density down doesn't really seem to help then it may not be a CPU issue, or as another example, if reducing model detail doesn't affect FPS but a reduction of texture detail drastically improves performance, it may be time to find a gfx card (and perhaps also a mobo/cpu) with a higher bus xfer rate, as this is something that depends on the bus bandwidth and clock rate of both the mobo/cpu and the gfx card moreso than the number crunching power of either the CPU or GPU.

Just a thought.

[zenga]

This might sound very weird, but yesterday i bought a new keyboard (logitech G11). And it looks like wow is running so much smoother now (mainlu during big encounters). Haven't changed anything on my computers end nor on my wow settings. At first i thought i was hallucinating, but i read a bit about the keyboard and i saw similar things. According to 1 user it's because the keyboard can handle more concurrent keypresses than a regular keyboard. It saved me from buying a new gpu.

I have no objective numbers as proof though, it's just what i've seen with my eyes. Might be worth a try though if you can get your hands on it before you decide to upgrade.

[alcattle]

First a gaming NIC now keyboards tuned for gamers, and only 3x as much for that 10%.
Sorry, I am VERY skepical about KB improving game play. Your system seemed like it would be fine to 5box WoW, better than mine. Like people said, a minor thing like a driver or BIOS tweak maybe

[Moddersunited]

Sadly I built this rig for multiboxing, I had an extra 4 gigabytes of ram and the quadcore overnight shipped the day wrath launched >.< and I boxed for maybe a week in wrath v.v It might be the way i'm setting everything up, and I'm pretty sure i need to update my gpu, I'll check the perf monitor once i get all my accounts back up i suppose, I've got about 300 bucks to spend if that, but I want to be able to box again, I think im missing it a little too much,

I also changed the registry for my power usage, that might be a big step to overcoming my issue as well, but i just cant handle 12 FPS its disgusting thanks for the help all

[Shodokan]

Sadly I built this rig for multiboxing, I had an extra 4 gigabytes of ram and the quadcore overnight shipped the day wrath launched >.< and I boxed for maybe a week in wrath v.v It might be the way i'm setting everything up, and I'm pretty sure i need to update my gpu, I'll check the perf monitor once i get all my accounts back up i suppose, I've got about 300 bucks to spend if that, but I want to be able to box again, I think im missing it a little too much,

I also changed the registry for my power usage, that might be a big step to overcoming my issue as well, but i just cant handle 12 FPS its disgusting thanks for the help all

Make 4-5 trial accounts, run to org, get someone to port you to dal, test your fps

tada.

[Svpernova09]

Make 4-5 trial accounts, run to org, get someone to port you to dal, test your fps

tada.

Trial accounts can't get to Dalaran, since you need the Wrath Expansion. Please stop posting misinformation before someone thinks you actually know what your talking about.

[Fursphere]

Make 4-5 trial accounts, run to org, get someone to port you to dal, test your fps

tada.

You sure have learn a lot about multiboxing in 6 days!

/sarcasm off

Please stop posting things that you know nothing about. As super has pointed out, trial accounts can't go to Dalaran. If you actually played WoW, you'd know this. Stop trolling and go away.

[Sajuuk]

You sure have learn a lot about multiboxing in 6 days!

/sarcasm off

Please stop posting things that you know nothing about. As super has pointed out, trial accounts can't go to Dalaran. If you actually played WoW, you'd know this. Stop trolling and go away.

Don't forget to repay daddykun.

[Vecter]

You sure have learn a lot about multiboxing in 6 days!

/sarcasm off

Please stop posting things that you know nothing about. As super has pointed out, trial accounts can't go to Dalaran. If you actually played WoW, you'd know this. Stop trolling and go away.

Svper = Batman
Fursphere = Robin

Evil has no chance!

hahahahhaha

[Redbeard]

Im reporting this thread, youre all trolling. I vote that all LOB members be removed from the boards immediately.

/hides sig