Posted in Windows 7 Support (more of a UAC question) how do I delete this post?
So I copied WoW off my other drive onto the Windows 7 partition. I always like to give it a reset when I do this, so I deleted the Cache, Interface, and WTF folders like I always do. Then I started WoW from the wow.exe to rebuild the folders. It started fine. I exited and the folders were not there.
Oh, ya, I remember Vista does that. You have to restart. Restarted. Not there... Oh, new UAC controls? Turned UAC all the way off / down. Did it again... not there.
Does Windows 7 have another level of control on programs creating files and directories?
Other than this, I'm very impressed thus far. Its snappy!
Vacendak
I also noticed a great improvement in wow, from vista x64 to win7 x64.... about 15fps more... and it feel more fluid...
E8400
radeon 4870 512mb
4gigs of ram
I just keep WoW in the default folder C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft.
To reset the interface, I moved my UAC all the way down (lowest setting). Then I used the repair utility (repair.exe) and reset all files. Afterward I moved the UAC control up one notch from the lowest setting.
My frame rates in Dalaran are still 35-40fps. I hoped they would be higher with the new video card.
Oh, I'm using Windows 7 Beta 32bit. Why would the 64bit version be faster?
Vacendak
tbh, I am rather proud of myself for unlocking this special stage of W7. It's like a personal achievement with every new Windows OS. *cries bravely*
I just keep WoW in the default folder C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft.
To reset the interface, I moved my UAC all the way down (lowest setting). Then I used the repair utility (repair.exe) and reset all files. Afterward I moved the UAC control up one notch from the lowest setting.
My frame rates in Dalaran are still 35-40fps. I hoped they would be higher with the new video card.
Oh, I'm using Windows 7 Beta 32bit. Why would the 64bit version be faster?
Vacendak
WoW is kind of backwards when it comes to scaling. Most newer games use GPU before CPU, not WoW, it does CPU then GPU, I don't know all the technical bits behind it, but it makes upgrading videocards before processor pointless for WoW.
Now, there are some tricks for improving performance in WoW.
First run this in the command prompt as admin:
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
That will help latency issues
Next if you are running a multi core system you want to set your affinity to 15, if you are on single core you are SOL.
go to the config.WTF folder and change
SET processAffinityMask "x" to 15, and also make sure you have the right amount of cores showing with the SET coresDetected right before it.
Those two things really helped my FPS. I was getting 30-40 with a Q6600 and a GTX260 in Howling Fijord, which is way worse than before, but changing it boosted me back up into 70-100's depending on population in the area, and 30-40ish in Dal.