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World of Warcraft. Macbook PRO Santa Rosa nvidia 8600GT

tried 25 men instance... impossible to play...
OMF OMG im desperate!!!!
I had to put all details to min and still have problem to play... around 2-3 FPS
I have problems even moving mouse...
I really dunno what to do...
What to u suggest me?
 
could the load of MODs installed slow me?
im using only ace2 mods... and im minding this could be the problem.
what do u think?
 
Update:

Tried to play with no mod active... nothing changes.
I put maxfps = 30... if i dont move i reach this fps... but once i move or i change camera my fps fall to 6-7
Once I stop I get again 30 fps
Tried also to delete WTF and WDB folders like every GM tell u once u contact him... nothing happens.
I really dunno what to do!
It seems im the only one with these problems.
Im starting to mind its something with my MAC.
Dunno if I should have to call apple.
Do u know if there is any tool to check my 3D card?
 
Check and make sure that you have all the latest updates for OSX installed. You can check this by clicking the Apple in the top left hand corner of the desktop and clicking Software Update. Maybe you are missing some updates that the rest of us downloaded.
 
grossimassi said:
Full Updated... I tried 1 min ago too...

MAC OSX 10.4.10
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Apple released an update specifically for the new MBPs last night. Although they don't say exactly what is fixed, the suspicion is that it's something to do with graphics drivers. I just installed it, and it's totally got rid of the stuttering I used to get when turning on the spot :).
 
It works perfect now!!!!!!
Full details, multisampling 2x and i have 20fps constant!!!
Good job Apple!
 
digitaldave said:
Apple released an update specifically for the new MBPs last night. Although they don't say exactly what is fixed, the suspicion is that it's something to do with graphics drivers. I just installed it, and it's totally got rid of the stuttering I used to get when turning on the spot :).
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I also suffer from that stutter from turning on the spot! Cant wait to get home and try this update out! I just got to 70 and will be running some CRAZY instances w00t..

btw on a side note did anyone install that SuperDrive update? know what that one's about?
 
The update increased my performance a bit but it's still less then half what I get in Boot Camp/WinXP and not really viable for raiding.

mbp8.jpg
 
jmilliron said:
The update increased my performance a bit but it's still less then half what I get in Boot Camp/WinXP and not really viable for raiding.

mbp8.jpg
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Would you mind posting the text of the config.wtf you currently use on each OS ? (Don't forget to edit out your account name)

I'd like to take a closer look at this.
 
Will do, once I'm done raiding. Here are some screenshots in WinXP for now:

http://members.arstechnica.com/x/demandred/WoWScrnShot_070107_162033.jpg

http://members.arstechnica.com/x/demandred/WoWScrnShot_070107_163256.jpg

FPS is in upper left. It will sometimes drop down to 15fps during intense encounters but the only way I noticed was because I was watching the counter. No pauses or anything like that in WinXP. I really wish OS X played half this way.

btw; My OS X install was fresh from CD while I copied my ancient Win XP install over from my workstation.
 
For best speed on the OS X client I would try disabling full screen glow, and vsync. Improving the speed of FSG is something we expect to be easier under Leopard.
 
Turning off shaders, vsync, 2x samp -> 1x samp, and moving AF to the 0 seems to bring the FPS up to where it is in Boot Camp. I'll have to install all my mods to make sure it holds up in a raid though.

Thanks, will keep you guys posted.
 
It's about time.

The 8600M GT is ****ing amazing. I can't believe how powerful this GPU is. I can actually turn on Full Screen Glow, Anisotropic Filtering, Trilinear Filtering, etc. and I still get very high /fps.

I'm so happy I could cry!
 
grossimassi said:
tried 25 men instance... impossible to play...
OMF OMG im desperate!!!!
I had to put all details to min and still have problem to play... around 2-3 FPS
I have problems even moving mouse...
I really dunno what to do...
What to u suggest me?
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there is no way that my 1.33 ghz 12" PBG4 is beating your laptops performance, maybe look at your settings again? Make sure the draw distance isn't too far.
 
jmilliron said:
Will do, once I'm done raiding. Here are some screenshots in WinXP for now:

http://members.arstechnica.com/x/demandred/WoWScrnShot_070107_162033.jpg

http://members.arstechnica.com/x/demandred/WoWScrnShot_070107_163256.jpg

FPS is in upper left. It will sometimes drop down to 15fps during intense encounters but the only way I noticed was because I was watching the counter. No pauses or anything like that in WinXP. I really wish OS X played half this way.

btw; My OS X install was fresh from CD while I copied my ancient Win XP install over from my workstation.
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Hey Jmilliron, can you post up the list of mods you are using if you don't mind?

I can see that you are using Grid but whats that big bar at the bottom with everything encapsulated called? and the name of the mod thats producing all those words on the screen as well? Thanks! :D
 
MikScrollingBattleText. Skinner or Aperture for the bar at the bottom. Pitbull for the unit frames and Quartz for the casting bar.

Plus around a billion others. :)
 
Anyone got some new numbers after latest apple patch, which should contain new nvidia drivers?

Still waiting for my new SR, but kinda worried when i see the numbers aren't that very much better than i have on my PB12" (1,5ghz last gen)
 
Bump! I would like to know this as well. It's a shame the drivers are so crappy because the 8600M GT should eat WoW for breakfast. I hope Apple gets on it quickly, as it's certainly a very popular game.
 
Do u think we have to wait new driver from Apple or just a patch from Blizzard?
I really dont know what is the problem, but I just feel the game can run better than now.
Looking around Blizzard's forum there is no rumors about our new MBP.
The game is playable ofc, but it's a shame we can't use the super video card's power!
 
brutusvimes said:
Bump! I would like to know this as well. It's a shame the drivers are so crappy because the 8600M GT should eat WoW for breakfast. I hope Apple gets on it quickly, as it's certainly a very popular game.
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I haven't read through the whole thread but lemme know if I understand this correctly:

The problem with bad nVidia drivers is only mac OS X related and that is why WoW runs slower in OS X than in Win XP while using Boot Camp. WoW runs pretty much flawlessly in Win XP (with boot camp).

This true?
 
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