Lag problem

[MiRai]

I tried to lower the resolution.The only problem is that I use the accounts for farming. I need to keep environment detail and view distance high to be able to see far while flying

Just to be clear, video settings do not affect the draw distance of players, NPCs, or anything else you can interact with. If you're using the lowest possible view distance, then it may be difficult to see the node from the absolute furthest distance, but it does not affect the "radar" on your minimap.

I was wondering, if I want to increase the resolution/graphics, I would need to upgrade the GPU ?

You would need to monitor you hardware to know the answer to that.

[astalicia]

Just to be clear, video settings do not affect the draw distance of players, NPCs, or anything else you can interact with. If you're using the lowest possible view distance, then it may be difficult to see the node from the absolute furthest distance, but it does not affect the "radar" on your minimap.


You would need to monitor you hardware to know the answer to that.

Oh, I didn't know. Thanks for telling me. I'll lower the view distance a bit and try the radar and routes.



I made some tests with Open Hardware Monitor.

The CPU is running at 90% in 1080 with recommended settings (7). I can't even open the .exe if I'm trying this with 4k graphics, but that isn't too bad. The GPU core is at 45%. Is the RAM the load memory ? It's at 81%.

I tried multiple settings out of curiosity, and it seems that even with 1080 resolution, graphics set to 1, and some sort of view distance, I am still getting some lag. It isn't too bad though, the game is now much more playable.

Ideally, I'd love to play with better graphics though. I'm currently playing with graphics set to 1080 resolution, quality to 1 and view distance to 4 on main, view distance on 1 for the alts.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Oh, I didn't know. Thanks for telling me. I'll lower the view distance a bit and try the radar and routes.



I made some tests with Open Hardware Monitor.

The CPU is running at 90% in 1080 with recommended settings (7). I can't even open the .exe if I'm trying this with 4k graphics, but that isn't too bad. The GPU core is at 45%. Is the RAM the load memory ? It's at 81%.

I tried multiple settings out of curiosity, and it seems that even with 1080 resolution, graphics set to 1, and some sort of view distance, I am still getting some lag. It isn't too bad though, the game is now much more playable.

Ideally, I'd love to play with better graphics though. I'm currently playing with graphics set to 1080 resolution, quality to 1 and view distance to 4 on main, view distance on 1 for the alts.

Are you using a slot swap macro to dynamically adjust your graphics settings? Most of the notes in this thread should work the same in classic (I've not had to modify mine that I recall).