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    GT627 and World of Warcraft

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Rahzer, Mar 30, 2009.

  1. Rahzer

    Rahzer Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone, just purchased the GT627 and I am a WoW Player. First thing I did when I got this notebook was to format it and put Vista Ultimate x64 on it, I updated the drivers myself and everything.

    Just got a question for those who have this laptop and game. Can you guys run the game on full settings? I can but when I turn the shadows tab on it drops my FPS so low its unplayable.

    Thanks in advance. :)
     
    Rahzer, Mar 30, 2009
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  2. electrosoft

    electrosoft Perpetualist Matrixist

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    With the introduction of Wotlk, shadows = fps death. I keep shadows off.
     
    electrosoft, Mar 30, 2009
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  3. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    Yeah dynamic shadows really killed FPS for most machines on WoW. It's the one really really bad thing about them lol :p

    Just keep them on low or off >.>
     
    Melody, Mar 30, 2009
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  4. Red_Dragon

    Red_Dragon Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Wow its shocking to hear that Shadows can have that type of effect on gameplay. I guess the next gen cards will have this area covered better.

    I've seen quite abit of complains about the shadows but this solidifies that.
     
    Red_Dragon, Mar 31, 2009
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    catacylsm Notebook Prophet

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    I thought it'd run quite fluently on the 627.

    My R700 can get away with 17-20 fps with maxed all (shadows inc)

    Isnt the 627 using 9 serie nvidia card?
     
    catacylsm, Mar 31, 2009
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    Have you tried using tweaked video drivers like DOX Performance Drivers?
     
    RayanMX, Mar 31, 2009
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