WoW stuttering at Ultra settings

Kurisu Makise · 26 Dec 2011 at 19:17

hi there, im not really sure why im getting a lot of stuttering in WoW. i can run games like BFBC2, Crysis 2, L4D2, Fallout NV, Dirt 3 and MOH all at the highest settings 1080p at 50+ Fps

i thought it could be 512mb of memory on my graphics card but it doesnt make other games stutter that look a hell of a lot better. i can only run this game at fair to get a decent 70 fps, anyone know why this is?

Kurisu Makise · 26 Dec 2011 at 19:19

sig isnt showing so here are my specs

Core i7 920 @ 3.6Ghz - 6GB Patriot Viper II - ATi Radeon 4770 - Msi Big Bang X-Power - Coolermaster GX750w

smogsy · 26 Dec 2011 at 19:30

its CPU Biased for one & you will see bad fps no matter what rig in big cities.

even when i was running 570GTX 1.2GB & [email protected]. i could run ultra but low fps... even in lich king 280GTX SLI low fps in big cities out in the open 100+

where do you mean, in terms of low fps everywhere or certain places?

Jolteh · 26 Dec 2011 at 19:34

Some of the graphics options in WoW, particularly stuff like Shadows and Sunshafts are pretty taxing on a graphics card. I'd suggest turning these down or off and you'll see a decent improvement.

Kurisu Makise · 26 Dec 2011 at 19:36

smogsy said:
its CPU Biased for one & you will see bad fps no matter what rig in big cities.

even when i was running 570GTX 1.2GB & [email protected]. i could run ultra but low fps... even in lich king 280GTX SLI low fps in big cities out in the open 100+

where do you mean, in terms of low fps everywhere or certain places?

its stuttering everywhere. i just thought it was a Vram bottleneck or something

Kurisu Makise · 26 Dec 2011 at 19:48

Jolteh said:
Some of the graphics options in WoW, particularly stuff like Shadows and Sunshafts are pretty taxing on a graphics card. I'd suggest turning these down or off and you'll see a decent improvement.

thanks, put them both on low and shot up to 50fps

only having one more problem now

i changed the resolution a couple of days ago and then changed it back to 1080p but its locked at 50hz and had a black boarder. not sure what i did wrong there?

NeoReloaded · 26 Dec 2011 at 20:11

Usually stuttering is linked to RAM! Sure your not a man(stick) down?

Kurisu Makise · 26 Dec 2011 at 20:48

nope all 6 gigs working fine

Malevolence · 26 Dec 2011 at 21:51

It's not an addon causing it is it? I remember when 4.1 was released, it caused me no end of problems thanks to Quest Helper having an issue with the new Battle Log reporting system. With QH running the game would drop down to <2fps anywhere near combat (me, AI or other player's duelling) if I disabled QH and the game was silky smooth at >60fps again.

Jolteh · 27 Dec 2011 at 03:58

Samsara said:
thanks, put them both on low and shot up to 50fps

only having one more problem now

i changed the resolution a couple of days ago and then changed it back to 1080p but its locked at 50hz and had a black boarder. not sure what i did wrong there?

If it's fixed on 50fps max, then disable v-sync and it'll increase to it's natural limit.

Also re the black border: try swapping for full screen, to full screen windowed and see if that resolves it.

will13 · 27 Dec 2011 at 04:07

Whats your memory usage?, also are you using any addons if so are they up to date, just I was getting less then 3fps once cause of my addons being out of date

Sin_Chase · 27 Dec 2011 at 05:55

Try without addons enabled.

Many are VERY badly coded and rape CPU cycles.