World of Warcraft Issue - Low FPS With GeForce 8800

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I have a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 and I just installed it and after I installed WoW on Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit it was running 35FPS or less at 1280x1024 resolution. Then, when I changed it to my resolution of 1680x1050 it went down to 20FPS or less causing lag.

The motherboard has onboard video but I don't think that would be the issue since Windows Vista sees the 8800 in the experience test.

Any help would be great and I will answer any questions.

Other Specs:

CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad Core

RAM: 8GB DDR2 800

HDD: 300GB Western Digital 10000RPM

22" Gateway Monitor 1680x1050

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I have a resolution of 1024x768, and have WoW in windowed mode for 9xxX7xx (one of the widescreen settings), and I get about 20 frames on an FX 5200.

Try playing in windowed mode for a lower resolution and see if that helps.

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Colin.B

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Higher resolution = lower FPS

Solution lower game graphics settings or buy a better card.

With that card though he shouldn't be having those problems, should he?

A friend of mine plays on an 8800GS 340 at 1400x900 or whatever resolution and gets between 50-75 FPS, everything maxed.

I get 25-35 on my 6800GT at those resolutions.

I'm also using Vista 64.

How much memory do you have and what background tasks are running? Anything new since installing this card?

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in addition to Lord Night's 1st post, turn off Aero, how much ram do you have and what's your cpu?

Aero turns itself off when full-screen apps are running.

I have a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 and I just installed it and after I installed WoW on Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit it was running 35FPS or less at 1280x1024 resolution. Then, when I changed it to my resolution of 1680x1050 it went down to 20FPS or less causing lag.

The motherboard has onboard video but I don't think that would be the issue since Windows Vista sees the 8800 in the experience test.

Any help would be great and I will answer any questions.

Out of curiosity, are you running any addons, and is one of them QuestHelper?

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Got an 8800, running 1920x1200 in Vista 64 Bit, full AA and effects at 100+ FPS - So there's nothing wrong with the card.

Ditto, I can even attest that a 8800 GTX can run the game at 3840*1024 with a Matrox Triple Head 2 go setup flawlessly with all settings but AA at the max (just tested it for kicks)

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RAM issue IMO, I run WoW with tons of addons, ag_unitframes, raid stuff, SCT, Prat, Quartz, Recount etc etc etc, everything maxed except for the AA which is @ 2x instead of 4, and the less I can get is 50fps at Orgrimmar, Ironforge or Shat right after raid hours when everyone hearths gets in front of the bank chatting and getting new enchants on their new pieces LOL

I'd recommend at least 2GB to run Wow smoothly or lower every graphic detail on the game, you can play at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 if all the graphic details are on minimum =b specially terrain distance

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With that card though he shouldn't be having those problems, should he?

A friend of mine plays on an 8800GS 340 at 1400x900 or whatever resolution and gets between 50-75 FPS, everything maxed.

I get 25-35 on my 6800GT at those resolutions.

I'm also using Vista 64.

How much memory do you have and what background tasks are running? Anything new since installing this card?

So World of Warcraft is not graphic intense to be running this low? Guess maybe its the PSU then?

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I run WoW with tons of addons, ag_unitframes, raid stuff, SCT, Prat, Quartz, Recount etc etc etc, everything maxed except for the AA which is @ 2x instead of 4, and the less I can get is 50fps at Orgrimmar, Ironforge or Shat right after raid hours when everyone hearths gets in front of the bank chatting and getting new enchants on their new pieces LOL

I was going to ask what all that meant, but instead: :laugh: :whistle:

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