HD 7950 getting low fps in WoW - Page 3

Originally Posted by Arxontas 

Nividia Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC Windforce-running UNDERCLOCKED @684 Mhz GPU clock/820 Memory Clock
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX 9650 UNDERCLOCKED @ 2.66 GHz
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(FPS capped @ 60, 1920X1080 ULTRA i.e. ALL SETTINGS AT MAX AVAILABLE SETTING)
60 FPS in 5 man heroics
30-50 FPS in Pandaria
54 FPS in the Shrine of Seven Stars (very crowded)
35-60 FPS in 25 man raids (running stock @ 3.0 GHz)
I really can't see why people OC their CPUS & GPUs to play WoW. Really, I don't. WoW is an ancient game that can run at ULTRA even on OC'd Core Duos. My Northwood Pentium 4 laptop can still run MoP.
I know that everyone and their little sister suggests that you should spend like $1k to get the latest INTEL CPU and overclock it to 5 GHZ to get good FPS at WoW, however, in my experience the GPU matters as much or more. I am very happy with my QX 9650 performance, I am able to play the game maxed out with no slows, freezes or lag of any kind and with pretty natural, fluid motion.
First screenie is 54 FPS at the Shrine of Seven Stars (very crowded)
Second screenie is from a 25 man raid (44 FPS)


P.S.: My Core 2 Extreme became 5 years old this November.
P.S.2: I underclocked my CPU simply to prove wrong the "CPU PUSHERS" who say that in order to play WoW at ULTRA settings and decent FPS you need to have the latest INTEL CPU overclocked over 5 GHZ. The same people also say that GPU makes no difference in WoW, however, I can assure you that there is a BLOODY HUGE DIFFERENCE in WoW between my old AT RADEON HD 5830 and my Nividia GTX 580. The difference is BLOODY HUGE.

Originally Posted by Beat1188 

It's your processor that is causing the low fps.For whatever reason wow hates AMD chips.I put my 7970 in my AMD rig and saw low GPU usage.

Originally Posted by batman900 

@ Arxontas
If your happy with those fps then all the power to you. However the screens you took was with almost nothing going on and you still had sub 60. Take the top screen for example with 44 fps standing around. I get almost double that during the fight with everyones spells going off. If I was standing where you were with what you have on that screen, I'd push around 120fps. You also mention 30-50 fps in Pandaria. Sorry man but to me that would suck. I notice stutter at 55, so keeping a solid 60 in my case matters.
I'm not hating at all, I'm just saying that the powerful intel cpu's are worth it, especially in this game. You have a great card for it though and are correct that Nvidia is much better than Radeon in this case. Btw I also have nothing overclocked. All stock gtx 680 / i5 - 3570k build.