Why won't WOW run with my G-Card?

[Ieggings]

I have a low profile amd radeon hd 7450 Lenovo
full specs:

1 GB DDR3 radeon 7450
6 GB DDR3 1066MHZ
500W antec basiq bp500U PSU
320GB + 250GB HardDrives
core 2 quad q9300 2.5 GHZ, lenovo mainboard won't let me overclock or change fan speeds in bios or anything

Now I can play wow at low settings and get 80 FPS even with ultra view distance I get about 60, but when I upgrade to fair I get 20-30 FPS... CSGO gives me 50 FPS on low settings.

 

[utroz]

How are your gpu load and cpu load in WOW with fair settings?

 

[Ieggings]

They stay at normal temps, which is why I don't understand this at all.

 

[maxalge]

I have a low profile amd radeon hd 7450 Lenovo
full specs:

1 GB DDR3 radeon 7450
6 GB DDR3 1066MHZ
500W antec basiq bp500U PSU
320GB + 250GB HardDrives
core 2 quad q9300 2.5 GHZ, lenovo mainboard won't let me overclock or change fan speeds in bios or anything

Now I can play wow at low settings and get 80 FPS even with ultra view distance I get about 60, but when I upgrade to fair I get 20-30 FPS... CSGO gives me 50 FPS on low settings.

sounds about right your cpu is old and you have a non gaming gpu

 

[jeffredo]

You GPU doesn't meet minimum specs for WoW The minimum for a ATI/AMD card is an HD 4850 and your card... although a bit newer... is significantly weaker than that. Your CPU will work, you just need a better GPU. An R7 360 would do fine with it.

 

[EpicWarcrafter]

Ive played wow on a 2.4ghz core 2 duo with onboard intel graphics and it worked. On the lowest settings I was getting 7-10 FPS, but it was working.

 

[suppressthethoughts]

You can try overclocking with MSI Afterburner. After you enable "Extend official overclocking limits" in the settings the 7450 will overclock to 815mhz core and 1040mhz memory. If you have a standard card the base is 625mhz meaning you would be getting ~30% higher clock speeds. As long as your case airflow is fine I would say go for it. The 7450 does fine with the O.C. maxed out.