Not fast enough for WoW

Craig321 · 26 Nov 2008 at 00:50

Lukazoid said:
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?

No, but you'll need 8GB of it. WoW will use at least 7

fini · 26 Nov 2008 at 00:54

Speed said:
Laptops go faster if you unplug them do they?

Actually that's true for macbooks!

FACT!

macbooks throttle excessively when plugged in with the battery also removed due to inadequate power supplies - and have done so for a couple of years now.

Lukazoid · 26 Nov 2008 at 00:56

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.

Speed · 26 Nov 2008 at 00:59

fini said:
Actually that's true for macbooks! FACT!

macbooks throttle excessively when plugged in with the battery also removed due to inadequate power supplies - and have done so for a couple of years now.

Craig321 · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:00

Lukazoid said:
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.

Go to where your WoW is installed, go into the Data folder, select Common.mpq, hold down shift and press delete. That should turn vsync off. Make sure you click yes to that Vista dialogue box that comes up.

Speed · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:01

Lukazoid said:
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.

Crysis invented VSync! :eek:

*NEWS FLASH*..... straight from the horses.... you know what!

Lukazoid · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:02

Erm no, stop trying to sabotage my pc! Anyone else?

Kanifee · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:02

Lukazoid said:
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.

Yeh god knows how cod2 got it, damn activision, shouldnt be long before the time police will be knocking on there door for temporal violations.

Oh by the way, you cany never have enough ram, that and as many cores as you can get, WOW criples so many machines these day you just cant be too carefull!!!!

Craig321 · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:03

Lukazoid said:
Erm no, stop trying to sabotage my pc! Anyone else?

Huh? I know what I'm talking about, that's how you turn vsync off.

VaderDSL · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:03

Lukazoid said:
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.

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.

J.B · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:03

Your best bet is to speak to a member called dvdbunny, he's a guru on gaming specs.

Sounds like an ID10T error, unlucky.

Craig321 · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:05

J.B said:
Sounds like an ID10T error, unlucky.

I get that error every time I start my computer up, along with a load of these porn websites that come up every time I open a web page for some reason.

Damn Vista, not sure how Microsoft got away with putting pop-ups on when you start Internet Explorer.

Kanifee · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:07

Craig321 said:
I get that error every time I start my computer up, along with a load of these porn websites that come up every time I open a web page for some reason.

Damn Vista, not sure how Microsoft got away with putting pop-ups on when you start Internet Explorer.

I know, i keep getting dodgy porn sites ive never seen before, god knows how they got there ive only ever been on the overclockers site, i havnt got phone numbers for any other websites!!!!!

napalm666 · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:08

if you have played wow to get to 80. you seem to know about bad coding in games you must realise they got options and menus in too

i got same sorta spec with 2gig ram 4850 card graphics full no vsync etc on 720p hd 550fps in sunken temple and around 300+fps at 1440x900 same place

so troll your char?

Lukazoid · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:10

VaderDSL said:
Crysis didn't invent this have a read of this

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

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!

J.B · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:10

On a serious note, I can see this being a "I've got 1GB of RAM, can I unlock ultra high settings on crysis?" all over again!

It's only page 2 but Im voting for this to be archived!

Kanifee · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:12

Lukazoid said:
arr-gee-beee!

Damn man, why didnt you say so sooner, all this could have been cleared up along time ago!!!!

Craig321 · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:12

Lukazoid said:
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!

Try moving your mouse slower. It should make the game lag less because then your computer won't have to process so many mouse signals to the game.

Speed · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:16

What you need is water cooling, just poor some water into your case, making sure to cover your CPU and GPU, that will cool things down and make it run 100x's faster. Maybe you will even get a spot on The Darwin Awards! :cool:

Lukazoid · 26 Nov 2008 at 01:16

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