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r/wow•
osomm

WoW weird performance on rather a decent machine

Question

Hey all! I'd like to get your opinion on the case I got. I'm running the following setup:

  • i7 8700K OC'ed to 5GHz (1.3v)
  • 16GB 3600MHz DDR4
  • Z370 Aorus Gaming 7
  • RX 6900 XT (Sapphire Nitro+SE)
  • Gigabyte 1000W PSU (Gold+)
  • 1440p 144Hz monitor

On the attached screenshot, in the upper right corner, you can see my GPU at 28% and CPU at 44% yet I'm only at 102 FPS. There are areas where I'm getting 200+ fps, but there are loads of examples where my hardware has a huge amount of headroom yet the FPS is low - as, on the screenshot, GPU core is at 1146 MHz but should be able to jump to over 2500 MHz.

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https://preview.redd.it/floecjz614081.jpg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc97b47b3c2d366dc4ea3b0c792cec7f06c28001

Looking for your opinions!

Posted Nov 17, 2021, 7:41 AM UTC

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jazmaj•

you could build a nasa computer and the game would still run like dogshit. the game engine doesn't know how to properly utilize modern hardware

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azelot7ui•

Try disabling hyperthreading, it usually helps with old games like wow that are bound to a couple of cores. If it works but you dont want to constantly switch for WOW, consider setting the targeting parameter or making a .bat script to set affinity to physical cores only.

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osommOP•

Will test it out, thanks for the tip!

Edit: Tested both HT on/off - no real difference in FPS :/

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dieterdanger:alliance::paladin: •

Do you use DirectX 12?

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osommOP•

Yep, I have DX12 set in the settings.

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Vinthar•

Wow is cpu bound to 2 cores and it doesn't rly utilise the second one very well. All addons put additional strain ot top of that. Just ctrl+f to see your fps the ctrl+z to hide your ui and be amazed at the fps you gain just by hiding your ui.

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osommOP•

Yep, I'm aware of the impact of addons and especially WA's - been running profiler a couple of times to check it, but they have rather a marginal impact on my end.

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Sephurik:horde::mage: •

Check to see if you have XMP enabled in your BIOS, or check with CPU-z or something. If XMP is enabled, CPU-z should report the RAM clock at 1800.

RAM speed is actually a pretty big deal for WoW, people tend to forget about it though, and XMP is pretty common to forget as well.

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osommOP•

It's enabled, CPU-z say's it is running at 1800.

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Sephurik:horde::mage: •

Only other thing I can think of is maybe render scale being wack, but really at least in the screencap you provided is a place where I would expect to have fps tank. It will always chug in an area with a lot of players.

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osommOP•

Yep, that's why I thought GV is a good spot when everyone picks their items in the morning. GPU usage increases when I set scaling to 200% - but it only results in higher temps and fans getting louder.

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Firefox72:x-blueheart:•

A 2004 engine would do that yes.

It is what it is. There is a reason even most modern PC's melt in some raid encounters. The game's engine is just a relic of the past and even though Blizzard made great strides in recent times with DX12 implementation and other optimizations. It will never be perfect due to the age.

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Djeff_•

Is it still downloading in the background? Heard that issue was hurting a lot of people.

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Hawlk:hunter: •

raytracing on or off?

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osommOP•

Off - with On FPS go down to ~ 60ish :)

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