I play World of Warcraft, and I am having an issue with my framerate dropping like a rock whenever I engage an enemy. The problem is this: I average around 30-40 fps while running around capital cities, battlegrounds (while remaining out of combat), etc. I stood in a capital while a 40 man multiboxer was in the middle of town slaying people, and had absolutely no framerate issues until I tried to join in the fray. Whenever I enter combat, my framerate drops to around two fps, or in some cases less, and I am stuck staring at a frozen screen for 10 to 15 seconds, at which point the fps goes up to something like 3 or 5 for the remainder of combat.
My computer settings are so:
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT
Processor: Intel Core2 duo T6400 at 2.00Ghz (not overclocked)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit
RAM: 4 GB
Internet download speed (tested on speedtest.net) 12.00 mbps average
Internet upload speed (tested on speedtest.net) 1.9 mbps average
My WoW settings are so:
V-Sync: off
Multisampling: x1
Shadow Quality: low
Liquid Detail: fair
Sunshafts: disabled
Particle Density: fair
SSAO: disabled
Texture Resolution: good
Texture Filtering: 2x anisotropic
Projected Textures: enabled
View Distance: fair
Environment Detail: fair
Ground Clutter: low
Triple Buffering: disables
Reduce Imput Lag: disabled
Hardware Cursor: enabled
Graphics API: DirectX 9
Additional Notes: This is a recurring problem for all other online games I play (such as League of Legends, DragonNest, Team Fortress 2, etc), but I am primarily concerned with fixing it in World of Warcraft.
Yes my drivers are up to date.
No I do not run superfluous programs in the background, save for Ventrilo or Skype.
No I do not have malware/viruses/rootkits on my computer (all scans with MalwareBytes, Microsoft Security Essentials and TDSSkiller came back clean)
No I do not have fragmented files (ran the cmd prompt command that checks for it, it came back clean)
There are no errors in my event viewer that could be consuming CPU time that could otherwise be dedicated to my games.
Thank you for your time and help.
My computer settings are so:
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT
Processor: Intel Core2 duo T6400 at 2.00Ghz (not overclocked)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit
RAM: 4 GB
Internet download speed (tested on speedtest.net) 12.00 mbps average
Internet upload speed (tested on speedtest.net) 1.9 mbps average
My WoW settings are so:
V-Sync: off
Multisampling: x1
Shadow Quality: low
Liquid Detail: fair
Sunshafts: disabled
Particle Density: fair
SSAO: disabled
Texture Resolution: good
Texture Filtering: 2x anisotropic
Projected Textures: enabled
View Distance: fair
Environment Detail: fair
Ground Clutter: low
Triple Buffering: disables
Reduce Imput Lag: disabled
Hardware Cursor: enabled
Graphics API: DirectX 9
Additional Notes: This is a recurring problem for all other online games I play (such as League of Legends, DragonNest, Team Fortress 2, etc), but I am primarily concerned with fixing it in World of Warcraft.
Yes my drivers are up to date.
No I do not run superfluous programs in the background, save for Ventrilo or Skype.
No I do not have malware/viruses/rootkits on my computer (all scans with MalwareBytes, Microsoft Security Essentials and TDSSkiller came back clean)
No I do not have fragmented files (ran the cmd prompt command that checks for it, it came back clean)
There are no errors in my event viewer that could be consuming CPU time that could otherwise be dedicated to my games.
Thank you for your time and help.