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fullyspenged
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Minimizing WoW - Painfully low FPS

Post by fullyspenged »

I can play WoW perfectly, it is 100% stable and I can get great fps.

One problem though, when I minimize the game and I maximize it, sometimes I can just keep playing happily but sometimes thats not the case. I minimize it, maximize it again and the FPS drops to about 10-20fps (anywhere).

As you might know, this is VERY annoying, I've tried changing loads of settings in-game with no help.

Hardware:

E6750 C2D (stock)
8800GT 512 (high performance, stock)
4GB Ram (stock)

Xorg.conf:

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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Thu Feb  5 00:09:30 PST 2009

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Tue Jan  6 09:43:54 PST 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
#    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "ddc"
    Load           "i2c"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option         "Buttons" "7"
    Option	   "Emulate3Buttons" "0"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
    Option         "Resolution" "1600"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LG M2294D-PZ"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    DisplaySize	   474 303
    Option	   "DPMS"
    Modeline "1680x1050_60.00"  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync    
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8800 GT"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "NoRenderExtension" "False"
    Option         "TripleBuffer" "True"
    Option         "NvAGP" "0"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
    Option	   "DynamicTwinView" "False"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "1680x1050_60.00"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1680x1050_60.00"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option	"Composite"	"Enable"
EndSection

WoW is running at maximum settings, but changing the values has no effect. I haven't explored EVERY possiblity, but no one can. :p

Has anyone had any similar problems? Also, I can't play WoW with V-Sync unless the game is in full-screen mode, windowed only works without V-Sync.

I really want to sort this problem out as I minimize the game quite a lot! Running the game with an emulated window doesn't help either. It happens in GNOME and in KDE 4.2 so my DE is not the issue.
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Jason Weisberger

Minimizing WoW - Painfully low FPS

Post by Jason Weisberger »

Are you running the game inside a composite window manager? If so try
disabling.

Jason Weisberger

On Feb 19, 2009 4:57 PM, "fullyspenged" <[email protected]> wrote:

I can play WoW perfectly, it is 100% stable and I can get great fps.

One problem though, when I minimize the game and I maximize it, sometimes I
can just keep playing happily but sometimes thats not the case. I minimize
it, maximize it again and the FPS drops to about 10-20fps (anywhere).

As you might know, this is VERY annoying, I've tried changing loads of
settings in-game with no help.

Hardware:

E6750 C2D (stock)
8800GT 512 (high performance, stock)
4GB Ram (stock)

Xorg.conf:


Code:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Thu Feb 5
00:09:30 PST 2009

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Tue Jan 6
09:43:54 PST 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
# Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "ddc"
Load "i2c"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
Option "Resolution" "1600"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "LG M2294D-PZ"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
DisplaySize 474 303
Option "DPMS"
Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059
1089 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "False"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "1680x1050_60.00"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection






WoW is running at maximum settings, but changing the values has no effect. I
haven't explored EVERY possiblity, but no one can. :p

Has anyone had any similar problems? Also, I can't play WoW with V-Sync
unless the game is in full-screen mode, windowed only works without V-Sync.

I really want to sort this problem out as I minimize the game quite a lot!
Running the game with an emulated window doesn't help either. It happens in
GNOME and in KDE 4.2 so my DE is not the issue.
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Post by fullyspenged »

Tried with and without Compiz (in Gnome) and with/without KDE's compisiting manager.

I wish that was the solution. :p
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Addys
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Post by Addys »

It also happens sometimes on resizing, switching workspace etc.

By the way, you can restart the in-game graphic engine with /console gxrestart.
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Post by Thunderbird »

Try to remove 2GB from your system and see if that helps. There are various issues (driver bugs and Wine bugs) related to virtual memory. Some of these issues are more serious when you have 4gb or more in your system. Try with only 2gb for a change.
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Post by fullyspenged »

@ Addys: Very useful command, thanks. :D

@ Thunderbird: It's not a VIRTMEM error, I've already compiled my own patched version and I can play forever without a crash. I've literally had 0 crashes ever, unless I change some graphics settings or try to run it in D3D.


Any other solution would be really appreciated.
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