World Of Warcraft FPS issue, specs below. is this normal

[killastrra]

I7 4790
12gb ram
Gtx 1080
60 hz 1080p monitor
Old motherboard packard bell

I have settings 5 on with shadows, ssao and one other setting turned to the lowest setting. In 25 man raids im getting 45fps. sometimes lower. at the world boss id get around 30fps with so many people. I know this game is cpu dependent but i7 4790 is not that bad. Whats going on and is this normal. I would turn the settings up but then it would go below my refresh rate of 60 and i would feel it and would not be smooth.

View distance is 2

Thanks guys

 

[TommyTheTank]

Thats not normal at all, should be getting at least 90fps average

Try the easy stuff first, make sure your render scale is 100%, lower your AA, and disable v-sync

If those settings dont help then try disabling all addons temporarily, if fps increases after that then its an addon, or combo of addons thats causing it, if that is it start adding addons back in 1 at a time until you have a problem, the last addon you added is the one that caused the problem

If that doesnt help make sure your geforce experience/nvidia control panel is configured properly for wow, or just stop it from interacting with wow completely, update drivers if they arent already up to date

If that doesn't do anything check your temps with hwmonitor while the game is playing, the 1080 might be running too hot and throttling itself, you can create a custom fan curve with evga precision x to make the fan run faster (this is unlikely)

This thread has some more info with a blue post that has something else you can try: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20747864848
You should probably make a post on the battle.net forums asking about this too, they can analyze your dxdiag report and may be able to see whats up

If you tried everything and the fps is still low then it might just be the motherboard "old packard bell motherboard" doesnt sound good, how old is it

 

[EpIckFa1LJoN]

Let me shed some light. I have the same GTX 1080. I even had an i7 3770K overclocked, upgraded to a 6700K and it still didn't get over 90fps.

In fact even still I don't always get 60+ fps and I reduced many settings.

980 Ti owners I talked to get 70+ fps in Dalaran with max settings (AA turned off, V-sync off, 3x buffering off) Thats basically what I got, same as them at 1440p.

The problem is that Blizzard hasn't optimized the game for 10 series cards, and they technically aren't even supported.
https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/100493

Now I came up with a decent fix that keeps as much graphics quality as possible and give almost always 60+ framerate, but you'll have to sacrifice some graphics and you may have to further lower some settings.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3192939/wow-geforce-1080-1070-low-fps-fix.html

Sadly, for now this is normal. Until Blizzard actually fixes it there's nothing more we can do, but I fully expect to be pushing 90+ FPS on Ultra when they do.

With your hardware you're going to have to push more than me because you're limited by other equipment as well but this should put you in the right direction.
Render quality at 100%, scale back environmental first, turn AA off, make sure you're not trying to upscale resolution. You're also probably bottlenecking your GPU a 1080 easily maxes out most everything at 1440p, it is underperforming big time at 1080p.


It's worth asking also how do other games run? What games and what kind of performance do you get?