Im replacing parts until i fix my fps

[lukerocks]

This is directed to anyone that has built computers and understands what all the parts do. I have this computer about 2 years old and I was getting low fps in raids, about 4-9fps in 25man combat. so i thought it was my Video card. so i bought an Nvidia 9800gt. now when im out flying around i get 90-140fps, its great. but as soon as more than 10 people get on my screen it shoots down to 15-20 fps. Anytime i have to share information with people my fps just plummets, the more people or the more things going on, the less FPS i get.

I have an AMD phenom 9500 quad-core 2.20GHz processor and i feel like this is my problem. If i replace this am i going to be able to sustain 40-60fps when im in combat in a 25 man raid?

[vesseblah]

WoW is extremely CPU hungry, and clock frequency is everything as long as you have at least 2 cores with that graphics card. Upgrading to ~3.5GHz PhenomII will give huge speed boost for WoW, but your upgrade options might be limited depending on your motherboard.

[lukerocks]

Thank you Vesseblah. What you said is very helpful to me.

[vesseblah]

Also in case it needs to be said: having 2 gigs or more of RAM and latest graphics card drivers is also a must. Going up from 2gigs of ram in Windows XP is not necessary, but having 4 gigs in 64bit Win7/Vista is adviced and relatively cheap.

[Resa]

This is directed to anyone that has built computers and understands what all the parts do. I have this computer about 2 years old and I was getting low fps in raids, about 4-9fps in 25man combat. so i thought it was my Video card. so i bought an Nvidia 9800gt. now when im out flying around i get 90-140fps, its great. but as soon as more than 10 people get on my screen it shoots down to 15-20 fps. Anytime i have to share information with people my fps just plummets, the more people or the more things going on, the less FPS i get.

I have an AMD phenom 9500 quad-core 2.20GHz processor and i feel like this is my problem. If i replace this am i going to be able to sustain 40-60fps when im in combat in a 25 man raid?

Your CPU is bugged. Its a first gen AMD quad core, which experiences the TLB problem.
You can try this to fix it:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=180338

But you won't get 40-60fps on anything other than lowest settings, because its just a weak CPU.

[Chaoslux]

Your CPU is bugged. Its a first gen AMD quad core, which experiences the TLB problem.
You can try this to fix it:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=180338

Are the Phenom X3 Toliman also affected by this problem, or is it purely a QuadCore problem?

[ComputerNerd]

Wondering if the Phenom II X4 810 2.6GHz is a similar "weak" CPU, since I am having substantial framerate issues in anywhere remotely busy.
Perhaps a future upgrade to something nearer a 3.5GHz there would also give a substantial improvement ?

[Nixia]

Wondering if the Phenom II X4 810 2.6GHz is a similar "weak" CPU, since I am having substantial framerate issues in anywhere remotely busy.
Perhaps a future upgrade to something nearer a 3.5GHz there would also give a substantial improvement ?

If you're going to upgrade then go for a Phenom II 955 it costs 159$ and is very powerful.

[Dragonshardz]

If you're going to upgrade then go for a Phenom II 955 it costs 159$ and is very powerful.

I can confirm that. Having the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition with 4 Cores. Not exactly i7 territory but still both powerful and cheap, and gets the job done.

[walexia]

wow i have the same graphics card(9800gt) but i am also using a "DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6550, 2333 MHz (7 x 333)" and having the same low 8-9fps in 25 mans.I was also told it's my weak cpu , ive been savign up and may go for an i7.