Warcraft 3 FPS drops.

[kingkingyyk3]

I installed windows 7 yesterday. I found Warcraft 3's fps has decreased. In XP, I have 25-64fps, but now I have 40-42fps(consistent, lol) only. Weird.

 

[TriggerHappy]

Windows 7 is more of a memory hog than XP because of the processes running (along with aero). XP is more of a lightweight OS, therefore not as much things are running as they would be inside Vista/7. You can do some of these things to improve Warcrafts speed in Vista/7.

• Change compatibility mode to XP.
• Run in OpenGL.
• Reducing Graphic Settings (inside warcraft)

Are you using a laptop? Because my laptops run warcraft like crap, but the graphic cards have twice as much memory as my desktop (which runs wc3 at ~60 fps constant).

 

[kingkingyyk3]

I have 2GB memory installed. My RAM is enough to run Warcraft. My 8600GT can eat Warcraft 3 as breakfast, lol.

 

[Samuraid]

Have you installed the latest nVidia drivers?

 

[Blackveiled]

I don't really see it as a huge deal, I would be more worried about other games than Warcraft 3.

 

[TriggerHappy]

My laptop has 2GB of ram as well. Still runs wc3 like shit.

 

[Tru_Power22]

My laptop has 2GB of ram as well. Still runs wc3 like shit.

It has more to do with your video card than your ram.

 

[TriggerHappy]

It has more to do with your video card than your ram.

I have GeForce 7150m.

It's supposed to be able to run Wc3 smoothly.

 

[AnthraxXx]

I installed windows 7 yesterday. I found Warcraft 3's fps has decreased. In XP, I have 25-64fps, but now I have 40-42fps(consistent, lol) only. Weird.

Personally, I would rather have a smooth, consistent FPS than an erratic one.
And it doesn't really matter in WC3, more so in shooters imo.
So... I really don't see the problem here.

But if you're that concerned, as suggested before, update your graphics drivers.

 

[Slapshot136]

set wc3's priority to high

better yet, now that you have win7, dedicate a core to it (set affinity)

and consistent 40+ fps? that's good enough for it to look smooth

also your graphics isnt exactly great, but wc3 isn't graphically taxing either (especially at lower quality settings)

 

[kingkingyyk3]

Have you installed the latest nVidia drivers?
Yep.

And it doesn't really matter in WC3, more so in shooters imo.
My Counter Strike Source has 100-150fps with all settings high, 1024 x 768, no AA.
On XP, the game runs at 60-100fps. = =?

 

[Tru_Power22]

I have GeForce 7150m.

It's supposed to be able to run Wc3 smoothly.

It's a shared memory card. They are never that fast.

 

[ertaboy356b]

Dota is running 10fps in my machine:

2.6GHZ Core Duo
512MB Ram
Intel Shared Graphic Controller 128mb

 

[TriggerHappy]

Dota is running 10fps in my machine:

2.6GHZ Core Duo
512MB Ram
Intel Shared Graphic Controller 128mb

What's the point of playing a game at 10fps?

 

[Tru_Power22]

Dota is running 10fps in my machine:

2.6GHZ Core Duo
512MB Ram
Intel Shared Graphic Controller 128mb

This relates to his problem how? Anyways Intel shared cards really really suck.

 

[kingkingyyk3]

This relates to his problem how? Anyways Intel shared cards really really suck.
Yep, ATI and Nvidia's onboard graphic can runs modern game with low-medium settings smoothly. I saw an article said Intel released new driver for performance issue. But, the funniest is : They do some benchmarking and found the marks are higher, but when they changed the file name of benchmarking applications, the marks remains similar with older driver. lol

 

[ertaboy356b]

What's the point of playing a game at 10fps?

It's fun to win a game at 10 fps..

 

[Tru_Power22]

Not really an accomplishment, 10 FPS is still playable. If you could do it at 2 FPS I would be impressed.

 

[kingkingyyk3]

Not really an accomplishment, 10 FPS is still playable. If you could do it at 2 FPS I would be impressed.

Open Anti Aliasing. :thup:

 

[Slapshot136]

Open Anti Aliasing. :thup:

does wc3 even have AA? or would you need to turn it on elsewhere (ati control center/nvidia control panel)?

anyways I find that it's actually easier /w some games if the FPS is lower (~20 for DMC4 for example) - it slows down and works almost like a time cheat (turbo button style)