How well should this card be performing?

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by Kastang, Feb 9, 2007.

  1. Kastang

    Kastang Geek Trainee

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    This question is mostly directed twords World of Warcraft. When playing any other game, CS, CS:S, CZ, DoD:S, basicially every Steam game, I have no choppyness at all - I did the Video stress test on CSS, and most of the settings are all set on high.

    When playing WoW, it is a different story - I get maybe 20-30 FPS while fighting a mob, 35 FPS while flying anywhere, and 50ish while staring at a wall.

    I have Omega Drivers installed, and the newest dX version installed.

    My Computer Specs are:

    VisionTek Radeon x1600
    Dual 2.13GHz (E6400) Conroe CPU
    2GB DDRII (PC 5300) RAM
    500W PSU
    320GB WD SATA Drive

    Is the FPS normal to what I should be getting for WoW, The reason I am asking is because of the great FPS I get while playing Steam games.
     
  2. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    There is nothing wrong with those Frame Rates, i think that its slightly lower in WoW due to large area and large amounts of people like when you were fighting the mob.
     
  3. Exfoliate

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    The reason every steam game runs really well is due to you haveing a radeon card which the source engine is optimized to take advantage of. WoW is a little more friendly with nVidia cards.
     
  4. Kastang

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    Thanks for the information - After a few hours of tweaking with the settings in WoW I am happy to say that I am now getting a steady 50+ FPS. I found that the biggest FPS killer was the terrian distance, which does make sence. I have most of my other settings on high, and Terrain around 1/3.
     
  5. Exfoliate

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    Glad you found a sweet spot, granted it lessens the sense of scale but it's better to have a smooth frame rate then all the bells and whistles.
     

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