FPS decline, advice please!

[Deleted]

My desktop (self built) is just hitting about 6 months old now and i'm suddenly starting to get disappointingly low FPS, especially in raids. I use mostly high graphics settings, low multisampling and texture filtering. I use 2 screens, but always have. At the beginning of cataclysm i'm fairly certain i was getting 55-60fps anywhere outside of raids, not sure what i got in raids. Now I am getting 25-35 outside of raids, and only around 10-20 in raid encounters, depending on the fight. I was hoping my pc would maintain its framerates longer than this, and i'm fairly sure that it should still be giving me more fps.

PC specs:
i7-860 processor
gtx460 gfx card
4gb ram
antec 900 case and an aftermarket cpu cooler should be keeping everything cool, but i haven't checked this with temp monitors.

I don't run particularly addon-heavy, but i've tried removing ALL of them and it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Nevertheless, here are the addons i use:

Addons:
AtlasLoot
Bartender
BigWigs
ButtonFacade
Elkano's BuffBars
Grid
LunijInterrupted
Omen
Power Auras Classic
Prat
Quartz
Recount
Shadowed Unit Frames
TellMeWhen
TidyPlates

I'm generally only running WoW, Ventrilo and Opera, sometimes spotify aswell.

Can anyone advise me whether there's anything i can do to help my fps, or if this is to be expected?

[Sephiracle]

1st question: Running in dx11 mode?

[Deleted]

yes, dx11 mode

[Sephiracle]

if you could post a dxdiag, also, run realtemp and cpu-z and provide that info so we can see what your stuffs is running at would be cool

[llDemonll]

turn shadows down, see if that helps first

[chaley]

Have you checked to make sure that all of your hardware drivers are up to date? Some changes in patches can affect how drivers handle certain calls, and having the most up to date drivers can alleviate some of the problem.

Also make sure your add-ons are up to date as well. I know that Recount works with 4.2, but the 4.1 version caused a lot of fps loss for some people.

Also do the things that most people do when performance becomes an issue. Defrag your HDD, msconfig out things you don't need running, make sure you aren't running OS updates during your play, check your AV scan schedule, etc.

[Deleted]

DxDiag.txt - 0.04MB
cpuz - 0.10MB

realtemp says my cpu cores are running between 26 and 45 degrees with wow running just hanging in stormwind.

Shadows are already set to low. Nvidia drivers are up to date, not sure about others. I'm pretty sure all my addons are up to date. I use ccleaner regularly, i'll run a defrag tonight and see if that helps.

---------- Post added 2011-07-13 at 10:29 AM ----------

One of my guildies claims that a slow connection speed can affect fps. Is this true? it would explain things, my connection speed is terrible.