Vista hates me... and WoW

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Tyrael

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I recently built a decent rig. Here are the specs:

MSI P9N Diamond Mobo
Intel Q6700 Quad Core @ 2.66 (Not overclocked)
2x2048 Corsair Dual Channel DDR2 6400
WD 250GB Sata
nVidia 8500GT 512MB
Vista Ultimate x64 with SP1
on board audio - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

Overall the thing flies in most aspects. Rendering graphics in photoshop, and most software design suites (been using eclipse for small projects lately).

Where my system comes to its knees is when i try and play World of Warcraft. I get about 100fps for a random amount of time (as much as 20 minutes), and then it drops to an unplayable 3-10fps. I have updated to the latest Signed Drivers 175.16 by nvidia, I have tried the unsigned 175.75, I have updated my bios (which were causing a memory issue before), I have updated my sound drivers which i know... creative is not the best choice... but its onboard... I'm out of ideas...

I would appreciate any help. Also i have looked at the gaming patches thread, and all of them that i thought sounded like my problems, said that they did not apply to my system.

Thanks in advance,

Ryan
 

My Computer

System One

Sorry, but I'm trying to find the specs of your motherboard. Are you sure it is spelled correctly? I can't find any information on that board. MSI's website goes up to only P7N. As for the audio, are you saying that the onboard audio is the Sound Blaster, or are you using the onboard instead of the Sound Blaster?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E6750 @ 3.2GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus P5K-e/Wifi-AP
    Memory
    4x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    PNY 8800GT @ 675/1675/950
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 220WM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500GB WD SATA II 500GB Seagate SATA II
    PSU
    700W OCZ GameXStream
    Case
    Cooler Master Centurion 5
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    ~3Mb
Have you tried tweaking your wow settings? Right click the wow icon and hit "Run as Administrator" it fixed my problems.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Phenom 9600
    Memory
    4GB Corsair XMS Platinum
    Graphics card(s)
    4x Sapphire 9800gt
    Hard Drives
    5x 74GB raptor
Not 100% sure but it could be something to do with the sound. Will try and look around and find a direct link as I do remember there being a problem for a lot of people.

Also have a look in the tech forums for WoW as a large amount of people are having a hard time with 8 series cards. Blizz cant pin the problem down atm as not every card is affected. Not sure which server your on but the posts are in the Euro forums.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q6600
    Motherboard
    erm it's square ;)
    Memory
    4gb
    Graphics card(s)
    1gb 8800GT
i know if you have a laptop and you set the power settings to power saver instead of high performance, you get the same problem. Sometimes the machine screams, then it just slows down.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell vostro 1500
    CPU
    core duo 1.6
    Memory
    4gb + 1gb turbocache
    Graphics card(s)
    8600m GT 256mb
    Sound Card
    Onboard Sigmatel
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
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