Problem with World of Warcraft

My very first suspect is "unnecessary software" that can use resources. Have you gone into msconfig? Try disabling your autovirus as it might be scanning every little file before allowing access to it (through WoW)

Just out of curiosity, how much RAM do you have?

-Doc

When you installed the new Xtreme video card driver, did you uninstall the old drivers first, reboot and then install the new drivers?

I've been playing WoW without any problems on my 9300 since I got it way back in April.

Here is the contents of my config.wtf file that show what kinds of settings I'm currently running at. One thing I just thought off.. some of the WoW mods greatly reduce the fps of the game. If you have a lot of mods installed I'd try running the game without any, then add them in one by one to see which ones take up more power. Let us know if this helps!


SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET gxResolution "1920x1200"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET fullAlpha "1"
SET lodDist "100.000000"
SET SmallCull "0.010000"
SET DistCull "500.000000"
SET trilinear "1"
SET frillDensity "48"
SET farclip "477"
SET specular "1"
SET pixelShaders "1"
SET particleDensity "1.000000"
SET unitDrawDist "300.000000"
SET movie "0"
SET realmName "Stonemaul"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET cameraDistanceLast "24.000000"
SET cameraPitchLast "34.400064"
SET shadowLevel "0"
SET alphaLevel "0"
SET anisotropic "8"
SET Gamma "0.900000"
SET MusicVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET SoundVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET MasterVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET uiScale "1"
SET mouseSpeed "1.5"
SET cameraPitchMoveSpeed "90"
SET cameraYawMoveSpeed "180"
SET cameraPitchSmoothSpeed "45"
SET cameraYawSmoothSpeed "180"
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "2"
SET ChatBubbles "0"
SET assistAttack "1"
SET doodadAnim "0"
SET PetNamePlates "1"
SET profanityFilter "0"
SET PetMeleeDamage "0"
SET PetSpellDamage "0"
SET M2UsePixelShaders "1"
SET guildMemberNotify "1"
SET minimapInsideZoom "0"
SET gameTip "15"
SET minimapZoom "5"
SET checkAddonVersion "0"

something is definitely wrong.

I can run 1920x1200 with EVERYTHING set to high (Every single option turned to high) with my XPS Geforce 6800 ultra 1 gig ram.

No lag in IF or in 40 man raid. Smooth as silk.

turning on auctioneer w/ the enhtooltip mod was very costly in terms of fps for me. it would go from 45ish fps in IF in front of the bank to around 15 (for about a sec while it searches) and then go back up to 45, everytime i mouse over an item.

so i only turn it on when i'm logging on my trader alt.

I have had problems with WoW as well on my XPS-2, same on my friend's - who has a similar system. There's no problem with the framerate but it lags every few seconds. This is due to the slow 5400-rpm hard drive. When I hook up my USB-2 external HD and play wow from there it runs SO much better =) so try running it from an external HD

Do you have any antivirus software running?

What about your connection? mabye you have some packet loss? I mean are you playing on a German server or one out in the US.

Hey, I am playing WoW on a french server, (NOT a Blizzard server) and I a have a problem with the connection. I have something like an 8mb/s connection and still I always have a horrible ping. Is it maybe because of the wireless or could it be the server too? Also does anyone know how to send stuff to another character? I REALLY need a way to do that.

cheers

I have a sager 9680 and just got a comprable 9300 on it's way. (selling the sager cause it's outta warrenty and I am living abroad for a year and don't wanna break it over seas and have no warrenty )
And with the 6800 and 1gig I play Dungeons and Dragons Online Full Rez and graphics perfectly fine. I agree that a full reformat and then updated drivers will do ya good.