so ur saying its the cpu? and the v card should be fine? bc i was thinking bout buyuing a new cpu. i just wanted to no if that was the problem. but wat does cpu have to do with the video settings? thnks for the reply. and im running the resolution on 1280x1224.
The thing you have to keep in mind about gaming on a PC: it isn’t like the game only runs on the vid card. Your CPU speed matters too. Celerons are usually budget oriented systems, or stuff for home offices. They really aren’t built with gaming in mind, though they can do it in a pinch. Plus that CPU is like 2 years old and wasn’t that zippy when it first came out.
I see you have two gigs of ram… what OS are you using? If you’re on Vista, you should really use 3 or more for gaming.
nah im on xp. hate vista lol. so i guess i should jjust buy a new cpu. hopefully that will fix the problem. thnks for the advice. i was gona buy a hole new motherboard if i didt get any info lol
You’ll probably need to buy a new motherboard anyway. Core 2 duo and Celerons don’t use the same CPU slot type.
It specifically states that the Core2 Duo is supported on that board. It uses a LGA 775 socket, which is actually the same as a Core 2 Quad as well. The board has PCI express slots, including an x16 slot for a video card.
There’s nothing wrong with Celerons. They have 1/2 the cache as Pentiums and that’s about the only difference. WoW dosen’t care what chip is in there as long as you aren’t trying to multi task apps or have < 1gig memory installed.
That card far exceeds the requirements for WoW. I can attest that it runs nicely on as low as a passively-cooled X1300PRO 256MB with 2GB system RAM because I used to play WoW at full settings on that. And that’s with a 2.2 GHZ single core Athlon. If you can’t get decent frame-rates, you need to look at your software. There’s probably something running causing it to run poorly.
Does the game stutter and run really choppy, or is it just not running max frames as you’d like it to? Is this during raids, or just normal play?
Celerons are really quite slow compared to what’s available. Comparing them to P4s is all well and good, but the core 2 duo speed CPUs are standard now.
Yes. Since cache is the most efficient speed boost you can get on any PC device, celerons get beat by pentiums. But for real-world, non-benchmark performance it really doesn’t matter. Basically, what I’m saying is that there’s no reason to go out and buy a new processor just to gain 10 more FPS in WoW. Especially when you already have a 3GHZ processor. That’s pretty damn fast.
Another thing to address, and I’d assume you to be somewhat computer literate, since you installed a new video card and power supply, but sometimes you can never be too entirely sure.
First on the list is that your monitor is plugged into the new video card, and you aren’t accidentally still plugged into the old in-built video. Also did you disable the old in-built video to make the new video card the default.
And usually this is a minor thing, but 7 out of 10 times it helps crucially, is updating your graphics drivers. Updated drivers can offer improved performance and less bugs.
It should also be stated that unlike the Pentium Core 2 Duo and Althon X2 series of CPUs, the Celeron D is NOT a dual core processor. (stated from Intel’s own website ( http://www.intel.com/products/processor/Celeron_d/ )
blazeu25 PC having only a single-core CPU which means it isn’t suited for multi-tasking or multiple processes.
Any sort of CPU upgrade especially to a Core 2 DUO will offer a tremendous increase in performance.
And it needs to be said that clock speed isn’t everything, a 3Ghz single core GPU still won’t be as fast as a 2 Ghz dual core CPU. You also need to consider cache and memory bus speed into the equation.
But yes that any sort of CPU upgrade will be a huge advantage to blazeu25 at this point
I know the Celeron D isn’t dual core. I just personally wouldn’t upgrade my CPU just to squeeze a few FPS out of one game.
But anyway.
I may have a solution to part of your problem. You should turn off a feature called “Vertical Syncing.” I’ve read a lot about it causing FPS problems in WoW. Google your video card and vertical syncing to get info on disabling it. I really hope that helps.
ok guys thnks for the replays.^^ now to answer ur questions. the monitor is connected to the v card. in dungeons it runs lets say 35-50 which is not bad at all but if i can get 60+ i would like to lol. outside it runs 20-30 which still not bad i can do everything but the higher the better. and yes the box of the motherboard does say supports core 2dule or something. and i did’t disabled the old motherboard v card bc when i connected to the new one it just started working so i guess that it did automatically im not to sure.so im guessing ima have to buy that cpu.so all in all i guess the problem is my cpu. and and what is vertical syncing? will it hurt my card if i do something wrong? im reallly sensitive messing with my comp bc i dont wana fuck it up lols. thnks again in advance.
did some research ont he vertical sync thing. and i think i have to find out how much my monitor refreshes itself persecond. bc if its higher then my v card there wqould be no point. so how do i find out how much mhz mmy monitor has? and how can i find out how much fps my v card has?
ok i found my monitor on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009136&Tpk=v173%20lcd%20monitor
says its Horizontal Refresh Rate 30 - 80KHz and Vertical Refresh Rate 55 - 75Hz. i think that sucks doesnt it? heres my v card. it doesnt say how many fps it gos tho.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102792
turn off your vertical sync if you want higher frame rates.
how tho? im doing research and no luck yet
i think if you have a LCD monitor, its always converts to 60hz no matter what refresh rate you give it.
You do not want vertical synch if you are getting low frames-per-second. That’s best helpful if you get really high fps.
At 1280x1024, most gaming is CPU bound. WoW is not an exception.
See my earlier advice:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=5839182&postcount=15
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=5842322&postcount=17
With the E7300 you might expect a 75% or higher performance increase at that resolution.
yea im defenitly gona buy a newer cpu. but i turned vertical sync off and it did upgrade alot
Glad to see that help a bit. Can you tell us how much?
I am actually thinking of trying to run WoW with the minimum hardware requirements. The only problem is that I can’t cheaply get a hold of the hardware and I don’t want to spend a lot of money on a stupid experiment. But I was looking at getting a Voodoo 5500 and 1GHZ P3 and 512 MB PC133 RAM on a a custom stripped-down version of XP with nothing running but drivers and WoW. I wonder what framerates would be possible. Yes, I’m a psycopath. :tup:
help bout 10 fps but it changes depending on the area. and b4 i had this pc i had a laptop running on low requirements. ran good on areans and raids. bout 20 fps. but world pvp or something big like dalaran it will lag ur ass off lol