so i bought my 8800GT 512 meg card last week and got my new PSU, a Enermax Noisetaker 485 watt with dual 12v rails with 22amps on each 12v rail meaning i have 44amps total, so from what i understand plenty of juice. When i am playing games liek CoD4 at 1680x1050 im running flawlessly and im getting mad fps in upwards of 80-90fps even during intense fights. now when i play wow and im in one of the main cities my fps drops to around 30fps. when im cruisin around doin my dailies and stuff im usually around 55-60 fps but most times right at 60fps (i have vertical sync on btw). but then when im raiding in Black Temple i am getting frams as low as 13 fps. this is odd and kinda bugs me cuz my x1600 was getting 30 in black temple during raids. idk it just doesnt make sense, anyone have any ideas?
also how much should i overclock my card to? or if i even need to. and also this card is runnin kinda hot, i was playin wow and the temp was at 62C but then when i run CoD4 im at like 66C, i have the fan cranked up to 100% and everything its odd
also how much should i overclock my card to? or if i even need to. and also this card is runnin kinda hot, i was playin wow and the temp was at 62C but then when i run CoD4 im at like 66C, i have the fan cranked up to 100% and everything its odd
66 degrees C under load isn't too bad for graphics card. Gpu is supposed to run hotter than cpu. You should be able to reliably oc a typical 8800gt to 700mhz without stability problems. Keep an eye on temperature though. It's supposed to be able to handle up to 110 degrees C, but you shouldn't allow it to go above 80.
Still, oc probably won't help with the WoW problem. WoW is not very demanding, so it can't be hardware related.
Here's my config : E6750@3200MHz, 8800GT OC@650MHz and 4GB Patriot 800MHz, Corsair PSU, etc.
Wow is always at 60 FPS rez: 1920 x 1200... alll highest settings on both the game and nVidia drivers.
My 2 cents....
Depend on which addons your running not the game itself. Questhelper like addons use WAY TOO much ressources. Remove and verify. Sometimes it also depend on the group youre in. I;ve seen this with old version of CTRaid
Have you considered your internet connection?
I know recently in my area ISPs have been starting to limit bandwidth, its a fairly new thing...
So maybe your home network or internet connection is the problem? I have an 8800GTS and I get a constant 60fps (I believe this is the cap) no matter where I am in game, I have a cable internet connection.
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Have you considered your internet connection? I know recently in my area ISPs have been starting to limit bandwidth, its a fairly new thing... So maybe your home network or internet connection is the problem? I have an 8800GTS and I get a constant 60fps (I believe this is the cap) no matter where I am, I have a cable internet connection.
Would internet lag actually affect fps? Wouldn't it just get "stuck" while maintaining normal fps?
It doesn't affect FPS that way, why would WoW be different?
so i bought my 8800GT 512 meg card last week and got my new PSU, a Enermax Noisetaker 485 watt with dual 12v rails with 22amps on each 12v rail meaning i have 44amps total, so from what i understand plenty of juice. When i am playing games liek CoD4 at 1680x1050 im running flawlessly and im getting mad fps in upwards of 80-90fps even during intense fights. now when i play wow and im in one of the main cities my fps drops to around 30fps. when im cruisin around doin my dailies and stuff im usually around 55-60 fps but most times right at 60fps (i have vertical sync on btw). but then when im raiding in Black Temple i am getting frams as low as 13 fps. this is odd and kinda bugs me cuz my x1600 was getting 30 in black temple during raids. idk it just doesnt make sense, anyone have any ideas?
You can probably raise your fps by turning down special effects, when you are playing with a lot of players at once on the screen animating characters and abilities plus the enemy abilities it will probably tax your video card a lot.
Dagger is right, its more than likely software optimization - the game is probably not optimized for that kind of load at max settings; maybe the next expansion of your game will help they might update the graphics engine for modern hardware at that time, you never know.
I completely disagree with anyone saying that WoW's graphics are taxing the videocard. I have a 8800GS, and played WoW at over 100 FPS... In all honesty, I can't remember a time, ever, that the game ran at lower than 60FPS.
A few friends of mine had this sort of problem, and it turned out to be addons. In a raiding situation, things like threat meters, damage meters, and so on can gobble up all your memory... and then the FPS takes a dive. The most blatant example I saw of an addon crushing performance, was when a friend playing WoW on a cheap laptop with intel graphics and 2GB of RAM, tried using QuestHelper. He went from like 30FPS on low settings, to a 10 FPS slide show.
So, if I were you, I'd check to see if any of the addons I have are more prone to being memory hungry, and try disabling a few. I highly doubt that WoW's old effects are taxing your 8 series Nvidia.
