Macros and Programs for FPS increase

[CthulhuFtagn]

I posted this and it became a sticky thread at mmo-champion: http://www.mmo-champion.com/interfac...s-jump-in-wow/ with over 118,000 views.

So I thought it might help you guys/gals too...

I have an older laptop that I play WoW with and I needed to get some better fps, especially with the WoTLK expansion so... for a big jump in FPS, even after low settings in Video effects, try making 3 macros with:

GFX1

/console ffx 0
/console hwPCF 1
/console shadowlod 0
/console timingmethod 1
/console showshadow 0
/console showfootprints 0
/console showfootprintparticles 0

GFX2

/console overridefarclip 0
/console farclip 177
/console horizonfarclip 1305
/console detailDoodadAlpha 0
/console groundeffectdensity 16

GFX3

/console groundeffectdist 1
/console smallcull 1
/console skycloudlod 1
/console characterAmbient 1
/console extshadowquality 0
/console environmentDetail 0.5

If you have a dual-core processor add this to the first macro.

/console m2Faster 1

Tri-core

/console m2Faster 2

Quad-core

/console m2Faster 3

Then click them in sequence... Hope it helps a little... I know it helps me. I jumped from 15-18 fps to 38-46 fps.

EDIT 1: Open notepad.exe and type

If you have Windows XP:

@echo off
cd /d "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft"
start /high WoW.exe

If you have Windows Vista or 7:

@echo off
cd /d "C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft"
start /high WoW.exe

Then save this file as WoW.bat and use it to start WoW... you can make a shortcut from this file and change it's icon if you want it to look like your original... but this will start WoW with a high priority on your CPU.

EDIT 2: I've also seen an increase in fps when using GameBooster (Freeware).

EDIT 3: If you're running VISTA
http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.ph...2676#msg872676

EDIT 4: AMD has a program that works like GameBooster but stops a few more services... but not all of them, so use it in conjunction with GB. http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_fusion.aspx?p=1

EDIT 5: Use Readyboost (it's built into Windows Vista and 7) and if you are using Windows XP you can use Eboostr it works pretty much the same way... just remember when using Vista or Windows XP you can only use up to a 4GB drive... in Windows 7 you can use much larger drives as long as they are formatted with exFAT. I suggest a Cruzer Micro [ame]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UZN2ZK[/ame]

EDIT 6: For Systems with over 4GB of RAM (this includes video memory too), make sure you are running a 64-bit operating system... the release candidate of Windows 7 x64 can be downloaded free at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win.../download.aspx

[Pedregon]

Moved to proper section, this isn't related to WoW Emulation.