Not fast enough for WoW

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Hi,

I upgraded my spec this summer, but unfortunately it's just still not fast enough for World of Warcraft :/ Any ideas on what I should upgrade to make it finally play the game decently?
Spec is (I built it myself!):
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
RAM: DDR2 PC2-6400 4094MB RAM
HDD: 500 GB Raid 0 (2x 250GB)
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4870
Monitor: Dell 2005FPW
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech G5
Mousemat: Steelseries Gamepad
Headset: Fatality Gaming Headset
Case: Silverstone Temjin
OS: Windows Vista™ Business
I think it might either be the mouse or the mousemat, but either way its not running WoW much faster than my previous spec, and considering it's all I ever hope to play I'm stumped. Any help will be appreciated.

edit: I even tried overclocking but it makes the ram hot and it wasn't worth it
 
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Rage 450, ok. Can you link me? Does ocuk sell it, and is it easy to fit to my mouse?
My current mousemat wasn't the easiest mat to fit on the mouse so I'd like an easier one next time
 
If I format though it'll delete my WoW character. You do realise this means Id lose my level 80 mage right?
Plus Crysis is soooo badly programmed don't even get me started!
I had to upgrade as my previous spec was a measly C2D e6600 and nvidia 7600GT -how is that supposed to run WoW, the only game I play?...
 
Erm, firstly I'll say again Crysis is awfully programmed.
And secondly, if my previous rig ran WoW fine then why would I upgrade? Ask yourself that.
Any helpful suggestions?
 
I think it was a C2D e6400 actually, so that explains it. No way am I putting up with a system that can only get 60fps out of WoW :s
For some reason my current system is stuck at the same number. Its probably the mouse like I said because logitech's software slows down the graphics card as it has to process the extra dpi.
No crysis is awful :s
 
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Erm ok. I doubt what you say, since I'm pretty sure an i7 920 with 3x nvidia 280s in SLI and ddr3 1600mhz would run WoW faster than this. Just wanted to know if theres anything short of another upgrade I can do.
As I said I tried overclocking but it made my ram hot and made no difference.
I'm not sure about reformatting, since PC world probably won't do it for me since I built it

edit: how do I make my xfire sig smaller?
 
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No game requirements are just minimum, for decent performance you need way higher than what it says, clearly. And no, the i7 setup would run it faster. Just badly programmed games like crysis making you think otherwise. Trust me.
 
Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if Crysis needed a flux capacitor just to display the menu, its that badly programmed. I told you don't get me started.
 
Hmm, from what I've read it doesn't use more than 2 cores and that's a quad so it shouldn't be necessary.
Would I need a new MB for that ram?
 
How do I turn of vsync? I'll give it a go, but doubt it'll do anything tbh. Vsync is another thing that Crysis inflicted upon this world and as such is badly programmed.
 
VaderDSL said:
Crysis didn't invent this :confused: have a read of this

There should be a setting in your ATI catalyst control centre, assuming you actually installed ATI drivers.
Click to expand...

Thanks I'll try that, it also explains how my mouse has been slowing things down! Since this works over an RGB interface, or as us Night Elves call it, arr-gee-beee! ;)
 
Tried that but still doesn't go below 60fps. May have to upgrade it to the g9, although I'll try vsync but I'm pretty sure it's the mouse.
LOL!! 1GB of ram and ultra high settings on crysis? Crysis is so badly programmed that nobody for the next 20 years will be able to run the menu on crysis, let alone high settings! Don't even get mar started!!! har har
 
Should I change my 4870 to a 280? Would that help? I tried using a different network cable and it's still at 60fps. Maybe the 280 could handle my mouse, as it's supposed to be better at gaming and I have a gaming mouse
 
Well my mouse has 2000-DPI, so ideally my GPU would have 2000 stream processors so each precision dot could be handled seperately. I'm told it should run on a 4870 though, since the clock is fast enough to run 2 or 3 dots per stream processor almost simultaneously. Maybe more speed is required though, I'm just concerned as the 280 has less stream processors and that's obviously quite essential in what kind of periferals I can use.
I will be changing my mouse though, look at this baby
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...me=SteelSeries World of Warcraft Gaming Mouse
 
Ok I think some of you took what I said the wrong way. I'm not trying to upset or offend anyone, I just need some advice on what to upgrade to get a little extra performance out of WoW.
Thanks for the comments on vsync, I now understand why I only got 60 frames, and realise that my PC is fast enough to play WoW.
However, the minimum frame rate must be kinda low since it is sometimes jumpy. Any advice on how to reduce this jumpyness? It shouldn't be jumpy as it's not like I'm playing Crysis...
 
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