getting 10fps with World of Warcraft with my Radeon 9550 :(

[stevenazari]

Guys Im not sure why Im getting this, but I was having problems installing the graphics card,

I had to set the aperture size to 256 even though its only a 128mb card :S

When Im playing wow the frame rate variest depending on what Im looking at :S no idea how to resolve - I've tweaked around in the settings of wow but to no prevail :S

 

[MetalX]

Can you post your other system specs like CPU and memory and everything you know? We might be able to help you if you do.

 

[stevenazari]

sure spec is in my profile too.

Intel Pentium 4 2.8
2GB Corsair DDR RAM
120GB IDE Hard Drive
Sound Blaster X-Fi
2MB Broadband over wireless network (average ping of 86)

I used systemrequirementslab.com to check if my would be fine, it said my gfx card is fine on 1 page and checking the failed it said my gfx card wasnt good enough :S so it kinda contradicts itself.....

 

[korrupt]

Did you say you just started playing WoW when it happened? or have you played WoW before with good fps?

Regards,

Korrupt

 

[stevenazari]

I've been playing wow for a while now, just never had a good fps....

Im now using this radeon 9550 because it is better than my old Nvidia 440 mx but Im getting the same crappy results....

 

[Rayss523]

did you uninstall the old video drives and then install the new ones?

 

[NFSFAN]

Maybe your Radeon 9550 can't handle WOW. Try a GeForce 6600 GT or Radeon 800 GTO

 

[stevenazari]

its ok now turns out turning everything on full power worsen's performance (stupid me for forgetting that) but yeah works fine now - 50fps average

 

[Cgf]

How do you take things everything off of full power?

 

[stevenazari]

if your using ati's catalyst you go through the 3d settings, alot of "application controlled" just check that or turn the settings DOWN

 

[SNGX1275]

How do you take things everything off of full power?

I'm sure he meant having all the settings on high. I've not played that game but I bet there are anti aliasing settings, and detail settings, resolution setting, and stuff like that. Having those all turned up really taxes the card.