Terrible Performance with new PC and Vista 64

[torytrae]

Hi everyone,

i am new to 5-Boxing and decided to do it on one System. I started out on a Dual Core AMD with 2 GB RAM and a 6800 Geforce. I had a main window with 1200 and 4 windows with 800 Resolution and it worked ok for the first 15 Levels of my toons. I decided to upgrade and got a new PC this weekend:

QuadCore Intel Q6600 with 8 GB RAM, SATA Raid, 8800 GTX 768 MB card and Vista Ultimate 64 Bit ... and it runs sooo slow i could cry. If i open just one WoW it is fine, but if i open all of them - fps on main window drops below 20 ... so its even more slow than the old system! Duh ... so what to do? Is it because of Vista?!

[Chorizotarian]

Try turning off v-sync in WoW and re-enabling it through the nVidia control panel. Here is a list of other tips I compiled for someone else with similar issues:
[MultiBox] Vista 64 issues with jerky gameplay

Good luck!

[Fear The Wrath]

i had the same problem.. i was doing better on my brothers dualcore 32bit XP 2gb ram than i was on my brand new quadcore 64bit vista 4gb ram.... but ill try this i ended up just switching back to 32bit xp things are working well. 32bit vista works well too i just like xp more:/

[Anozireth]

Have you set the processor affinity to use all 4 cores? If you don't, WoW will only use the first two, which would make it quite a bit slower than it could be.

[pinotnoir]

I have the same problem and I dont think I should. Its strange if I put two wows on my 3rd monitor it lags hard. Even running 3 wows on my vista64 it lags. My xp was much smoother. I have a Core 2 Duo 6600 ,4gig ram, and two video cards with vista 64. I just broke down and ordered 8gigs of ram, another video card, and a quad 6600 hoping it fixes the lag. Right now I hate doing 5 because its around 10fps. Not sure whats going on. I really hope the new hardware makes it smooth. I am leveling my 4 guys so I split the cores for the 4 wows. I also run two wows one on each of my hard drives.

[torytrae]

Thx for the answers
The processor affinity? Is it a WoW Setting somewhere or system setting? Usually games (like UT3 - which is running in 1900x1200 max details fast like lightning) use all 4 cores as i can see in the display of my G15 Keyboard.

Well the problem is the multi-windowing i guess. As soon as i run just one window, its relative fast with around 80 fps, for every window i open it drops about 20 fps on the main window - with 20 fps left if all 5 windows are open. Main window 1600x1200 and 4 x 800x600 minimum settings. On the 800ish windows i get 50 fps each so it mostly influences the main window ... btw no difference if i use one monitor or both - and on my old pc, it was running much smoother - so i guess its really a OS or driver-issue and for sure not a hardware issue.

I think i will skip Vista 64 for WoW (as long as its not even supported by Blizzard, duh) and will make a new partition and use a 32 Bit OS instead. Now i like Vista - should i stay safe and put XP there or try Vista 32 Bit?! I hate not to use 8 GB Ram and fall back to like 3-4 in 32 Bit .. .but for WoW i have no choise.

[drlittle]

I'm unable even to get it to start multi-boxing on vista perhaps its my incompetence of this sort of software but It won't do anything it's kind of frustrateing....

[Hiarcs]

Right now i am currently running a 710 xps system from dell with a 256 vid card. it has 4 gigs of ram and vista 32 bit. I have a dual monitor setup where the main monitor is the 30 inch at 2500x1600 rez and the second is a 19 inch that can do 1900 rez. The most i can get at a decent fps is 3 boxing. Keeping in mind the main is not being played in window mode maximized but full mode. I can get in the 30 fps rage. anymore and it drops below 30 and i would just rather not play. When i play one acct i can get 50-60 fps no problem in full mode.

In another week i should be getting my new computer which will be a quad core 3.0 ghz with the new nano technology with 4 gigs of ram and vista 64 bit. After reading this thread i am starting to worry a little now rofl. But the computer is coming with 2 8800 GTX cards at 768 MB so i figure i will run 4 monitors. The main will be the 30 inch at 2500 rez. and the other 4 clone accts will be on either the 19 inch monitor all minimaximized. Or split them up where 2 will be on one and the other two will each have a monitor.. What i really want is to be able to play in maximized window mode and get around 50 fps so i can multitask really fast onto the other 3 monitors for accepting and turning in quests and looting or if gankage happens. So i will definately let u guys know how it goes with the new system and if vista 64 is the problem cause this new system is suppose to be way faster than the quad core i am running now. if it get worse then it has to be related to vista 64bit

[keyclone]

@drlittle

if you are using keyclone, please drop me a note and i'll see what i can do (sometimes talking helps... vent or pots line will work)
no worries.. we'll get you up and running asap

talk to you soon,

Rob

[Sam DeathWalker]

I gave up on Vista....

You will be gobsmacked when you find out what is loading and running on your system, even when NO applications are running.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx

Ya ALL THAT listed is in memory, and some running.