WoW + Vista Ult 64x Framerates are horrible...

I have an 880GT (not the GTS) but I am not on a mac and I was getting uneven
framerates, ~20-40 in normal areas with the highest setting and 1600x1200
24bit8x. However in Dalaran and Shatt I got about 5fps - completely
unplayable. I had to move down to "Medium" settings to get things to even
out (40-70fps) and Dalaran is still terrible (about 15fps) and I get out of
there as fast as I can. The "Shadows" setting seems to be a real hog, try
setting it off, things are not as nice lookingbut I would rather have less
shadows and more draw-distance!

Mark


"digiegg" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hey guys,
> Kind of upset here at the performance of WoW.
> I have a pretty nice set up. I had XP64 before and WoW ran flawlessly.
> Here's my setup.
>
> Mac Pro 3.2ghz 8 Core.
> 8800GTS (Latest nvidia driver installed) 180.48
> WD 300GB VelociRaptor HD.
> Vista Ultimate 64bit. SP1
>
> I honestly don't think I should be having any problems with lag at the
> highest setting with this set up.
> It must be the Vista Ultimate 64bit that's causing the lag some how...
> I did try out an older driver for the video card and it's still the
> same...
> I have Aero turned off and optimized Vista also.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> --
> digiegg

What would be a DX 10 setting?
what should i turn off in wow to get it working as DX9

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digiegg

digiegg;920406 Wrote:

> What would be a DX 10 setting?
> what should i turn off in wow to get it working as DX9?

You need to switch of some of the eye candy, as suggested by Mark.
You could also try a beta Driver. I have an 8800Gt (overclocked) and
it runs fine with settings maxed out.


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NormCameron

have you got Anti-aliasing running as well? if your running the game at
high resolutions, theres no real need for anti-aliasing to be enabled.
also texture filtering on high settings can slow down the game as well,
i suggest you turn these settings to how i have them in the NV control
panel. See attached Image


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MrNeeds

Probed by admins!

Click on the Scales if i've Helped you

NormCameron;920443 Wrote:

> > digiegg;920406 Wrote:
> > What would be a DX 10 setting?
> > what should i turn off in wow to get it working as DX9?> >

>
>
> You need to switch of some of the eye candy, as suggested by Mark.
> You could also try a beta Driver. I have an 8800Gt (overclocked) and
> it runs fine with settings maxed out.

what are these eyecandies?
also did you see a big difference comparing to new driver vs beta?


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digiegg

NormCameron;920443 Wrote:

> > digiegg;920406 Wrote:
> > What would be a DX 10 setting?
> > what should i turn off in wow to get it working as DX9?> >

>
>
> You need to switch of some of the eye candy, as suggested by Mark.
> You could also try a beta Driver. I have an 8800Gt (overclocked) and
> it runs fine with settings maxed out.

what are these eyecandies?
also did you see a big difference comparing to new driver vs beta?


--
digiegg

The last big patch upped the graphics in WoW quite a bit. Scale back
shadowing and view distance may help (shadows are actually quite heavy and
do impact performance a lot, so scale them down a bit). Northrend is even
heavier than the rest of WoW.

The DirectX10, 9 stuff is completely unrelated.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"digiegg" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hey guys,
> Kind of upset here at the performance of WoW.
> I have a pretty nice set up. I had XP64 before and WoW ran flawlessly.
> Here's my setup.
>
> Mac Pro 3.2ghz 8 Core.
> 8800GTS (Latest nvidia driver installed) 180.48
> WD 300GB VelociRaptor HD.
> Vista Ultimate 64bit. SP1
>
> I honestly don't think I should be having any problems with lag at the
> highest setting with this set up.
> It must be the Vista Ultimate 64bit that's causing the lag some how...
> I did try out an older driver for the video card and it's still the
> same...
> I have Aero turned off and optimized Vista also.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

The last big patch upped the graphics in WoW quite a bit. Scale back
shadowing and view distance may help (shadows are actually quite heavy and
do impact performance a lot, so scale them down a bit). Northrend is even
heavier than the rest of WoW.

The DirectX10, 9 stuff is completely unrelated.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"digiegg" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hey guys,
> Kind of upset here at the performance of WoW.
> I have a pretty nice set up. I had XP64 before and WoW ran flawlessly.
> Here's my setup.
>
> Mac Pro 3.2ghz 8 Core.
> 8800GTS (Latest nvidia driver installed) 180.48
> WD 300GB VelociRaptor HD.
> Vista Ultimate 64bit. SP1
>
> I honestly don't think I should be having any problems with lag at the
> highest setting with this set up.
> It must be the Vista Ultimate 64bit that's causing the lag some how...
> I did try out an older driver for the video card and it's still the
> same...
> I have Aero turned off and optimized Vista also.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?