WoW fps

solidare · Post by **solidare** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:08 pm

Hi, I recently got a new computer and its better than the one I used before but I don't see such a big improvement in my world of warcraft playing...

my comp has 2038 ram, 256mb vid, and intel core duo 1.86GHz

and im constantly playing between ~15-20 fps and sometimes less in raids, im pretty sure there is something wrong, if anyone could tell me why or help me fix it, it would be much appreciated, thank you

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:55 pm

What video card is it?

solidare · Post by **solidare** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:15 pm

i use a toshiba laptop running windows vista, and its an intel video card i think

also, mistake on the memory of the video card, its not 256mb its 224mb

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:29 pm

as YOS said..you need to figure out what video card you have exactly...cause right now the whole situation or problem your having is with video capabilties.

solidare · Post by **solidare** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:26 pm

Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile Report

is that what u guys need to know?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:45 pm

solidare wrote:Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile Report

is that what u guys need to know?

the vid card isn't exactly good enough to play the game without noticable lag.. might look at a vid card upgrade in the future like a Nvidia or ATI card.

solidare · Post by **solidare** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:13 am

i see, i could probably get another video card soon... but am i able to change video cards on a laptop? and also, i heard a guy say something about 'building a bridge' between two video cards, if anyone knows how to do that i would like to know, thanks again

striker8000 · Post by **striker8000** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:09 pm

laptops...
no upgrade paths, especially for critical components.

I would look at memory upgrades only, it's guaranteed that the laptop mobo has a proprietary port for a special graphics card

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:46 am

For the week I was into playing WoW I had it running on my laptop @ 1280x800, with all the settings at either low or medium. This gives you a clear UI though it lacks eye candy. This was on an older Pentium M 1.73GHz / GMA900. I imagine you have the GMA950 so it should be slightly better. Mess around with the quality settings and see what you can do.

Also, WoW is very CPU dependant, so make sure your CPU isn't scaling back for some reason when you're playing. That would kill performance.