I have an R9 290 card. When I'm in Dalaran for example, FPS go down to around 40.
OK, I know what you are thinking, my GPU is not powerful enough... But I'm getting very suspicious at this (screenshot from MSI Afterburner):
If it's crawling I would expect the GPU usage % to be at 100%, but it's not like that, at all. It's like it's refusing to use all of the GPU power for some reason.
And yes, temperatures are OK (around 60 degrees), it's not throttling or anything...
Can you guys think of something?
Edit: CPU is not the bottleneck.
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Low FPS, low GPU usage %, low temperature.
Edited: August 19, 2015
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Single thread issues.
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And that's all? Nothing to do?
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o/
I can think of a few reasons >
First would be wrong WoW settings like the following
Options/Multisampling > this one should be between disabled or x2 max on low computers otherwise your fps will be dead, as for your PC the GPU is better than mine thus you should not have any problems with x2 or x4 ( I recommend don't set x8 )
side note: I got x2 for fluent fps in AV for example with many players/spells at once but I can x4 too just don't feel like it.
Options/Advanced > select Graphics API to dx11 if not already your GPU has dx12 support so no reason to keep it lower
Options/Network > untick Enable IPv6 when available if you do not have IPv6 from your ISP.
side note: most people don't have it so I recommend it off it will fk your connection otherwise
If you say the CPU is ok then faulty hardware is not the case so no more writing here :P
That's all that comes to mind and another side note: my GPU is nvidia gtx 560ti and i can run WoW MoP on ultra with a few exceptions, a friend of mine has this problem too but with the CPU not using it fully might be a thing with amd not sure tho so don't jump to conclusions ^.^ hope it helps
Edit: curious what's your CPU?
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nothing unusual for old games, btw dual cores runs smooth for wow as long as its fast. Vheck if any of your cpu cores hits full load (not overall cpu load)
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I have multisampling at 8x, I'll tune it down. I have everything maxed out, except shadows, which I have off.
Rest of options are not available for WoTLK. My graphics API (gxApi) is D3D9Ex, but I see no differences between that, D3D9 and OpenGL.
CPU is i7 4790K.
I'll check if one of the eight CPU cores is maxed out.
Thanks.
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Oh yeah I play on Frostwolf MoP so it has different settings should of asked first what expansion mb. Play with x4 it should be ok if still not to your liking stay at x2 less than that you will notice quality decrease all around best is x4 imo.
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MoP works well... Even with higher settings... So I guess that you guys are right and the game is just old.
One can only pray for a source code leak of the 3.3.5a client or something so it can be updated by the community o:-)
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Funny how the more powerful PC builds cant handle low graphic games life is strange ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Yep, especially taking into account WoTLK is the only game I actually play.
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Sooo yeah, one of the eight CPU cores is at 100%... This makes me wonder... Wasn't this a problem in ****ing 2010, when 3.3.5 came out? Nobody ever complained?
On the other hand, decreasing subsampling did nothing. Even disabling it did nothing.
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Try disabling hyperthreading in bios.
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I paid like 50€ more for an i7 instead of an i5, I'm not going to purposedly cripple it to be honest, but thanks
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That might be what lets it only use half of the core not whole core to 100% and slows it down. Even if you are not planning to leave it disabled you can still try to disable it and see if that's what causes the problem.
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Shouldn`t do anything.
It`s the single thread that`s the issue, there`s nothing you can really do, other than improving your net`s quality (which is your weakest link, probably).
