Dalaran itself takes over 3GB of RAM to load properly, though this is working as intended.ġ-B. The 4.0 patch seems to have severe performance problems when combining 2x Multisampling and Texture Filtering over 4x Anisotropic.ģ. The following is a checklist of known, widespread performance issues with World of Warcraft on Mac OS X:ġ. nVidia's graphics drivers on OS X tend to be of poor quality and have sub-par performance. Note that as of right now, ATI Radeon is by far the better vendor to go with over nVidia if you have a choice. As such, the system requirements change over time.Ĭurrent End Game 25-Man Raid Minimum System Requirements:ĪTI Radeon x1600 or nVidia GeForce 8600GT with 256MB of VRAM or betterĮxpect an average of 20fps on similar machines at minimum settings. Due to this rapidly evolving nature, the game is constantly being updated, changed, and in the case of patch 4.0.1, entire sections of the underlying graphics engine are being completely rewritten. And as such, I felt the need to revise and revamp this old aging guide to better suit the readers. World of Warcraft is a constantly evolving and growing game. Multisampling, Texture Filtering, and Real-Time Shadows being the most taxing setting that can be changed.ġ-A. I aimed to keep all Mac models capable of such to stay within the 40-60fps range. Therefore those who look solely at the expected frame rate on each model won't notice much of a difference. The frame rate on most of the more recent machines had reached a point where it could be afforded to turn up a few settings at the frame rate's expense. I have revamped the settings across all models. Each notch on the slider moves in increments of 5.
Though I highly recommend leaving it on and setting it to 40-60. If you don't want your framerate limited, go to "Video>Advanced" and untick the box next to "Max Foreground FPS". You will be notified by the game when trying to launch that it no longer supports your machine.Īlso, Blizzard seems to have enabled the maxfps command by default. It has been seeded to developers and should be released soon.Īlso, PowerPC Macs have been dropped completely. Notice: According to Blizzard, some Mac models will NOT be able to enable some of the new graphics settings, such as sunshafts, until Apple releases the OS X 10.6.5 point update. Macbook, Macbook Air, & Intel-based Mac Mini
Things To Know Before Changing Any Settings The World of Warcraft Performance Guide For Macs - Updated
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