WoW running very bad on a decent system

[calindan2013]

Hello,

This is my config:

AMD FX 6300 @ 4.6 Ghz with liquid cooling / 40-45 degrees C while at full load
8GB DDR3 RAM (1 stick) Kingston
MSI 970A-G43 motherboard
1TB 7200RPM WD HDD
120GB Kingston HyperX SSD with Windows 10 fresh install, latest drivers - installed yesterday
AMD HD6990 Videocard - latest AMD drivers installed from their site
BenQ 21.5" monitor @ 1680x1200

Im trying to run WoW at Ultra (slider set to 10) and anywhere I would be, be it wilderness or towns i get max 30 FPS. There are no limits on FPS set in settings and Rendering slider is at 100%.

There are no background CPU/memory hog apps or malware, it's a fresh Windows install with just a few games and apps.

Neverwinter also runs very bad (20-30 FPS)
GW2 also runs pretty bad on High settings (20-50 FPS in wilderness).
LOTRO runs pretty well on Ultra settings/DX11 (40-70 FPS)

Please help me get wow running.I checked a wow legion video in Stormwind where someone with the same CPU but weaker videocard (GTX 960) was getting 40-50 FPS.

 

[James Mason]

Set SSAO to high if it's on ultra.
AA/PXAA should be set to FXAA low/high.

 

[hang-the-9]

Sounds about right for your CPU and video card at Ultra, although you should go higher than 30 in less demanding areas.

I have a system with a faster CPU and video card just about the same speed (maybe 10% faster) and at Ultra I get to about 40 fps in most areas.

 

[lordmogul]

It's the usual thing with MMOs.
They are generally rather bad in terms of multithreading and the AMD FX series isnt quite strong in terms of IPC.
So an i3 or even a recent Pentium G could outperform it in this case.