by ArannarI. Introduction
WoW Lag got you down? Can’t finish your quest because of lag, always getting killed in battlegrounds because of lag? Then this guide is for you! This guide will help you to identify the problem that is causing you to lag.
Meet the Requirements
Of course your system has to meet the requirements to run WoW, which are as follows:
PC System Requirements
OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista (with latest Service Packs)
Processor:
Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Recommended: Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
Memory:
Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users)
Recommended: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista users)
Video:
Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better
Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better
Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card or motherboard sound capability
Mac System Requirements
OS: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or newer
Processor:
Minimum: PowerPC G5 1.6 GHz or Intel Core Duo processor
Recommended: Intel 1.8GHz processor or better
Memory:
Minimum: 1 GB RAM
Recommended: 2 GB RAM
Video:
Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 64 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 class card or better
Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600 class card or better
All Platforms
Controls: A keyboard and mouse are required. Input devices other than a mouse and keyboard are not supported.
Connectivity: You must have an active broadband Internet connection to play.
Mouse: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended.
Hard Drive Space: 15 GB free hard drive space
Please check if you meet these requirements if you don’t know how to check: Start> Run> DxDiag
III. Finding and Solving The Problem
The lag can either be caused by high latency (300ms+) or a low framerate (15 and below) .
To reduce your latency read this:
1. Stop any downloads or videos running while playing WoW.
2. Reduce the amount of programs running while playing WoW.
3. Change your ISP.
4. Edit the Registry:
Start>Run>RegEdit
Search for:
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces”
Search through the keys (should be folders with random numbers on it) and find out which one is your network connection, you will know because it will have your Local IP Address in it. (a guide to finding it is found at http://www.bobborst.com/tools/whatsmyip/)
When you’ve found it create a new REG_DWORD key called “TcpAckFrequency” and set the value to 1.
Restart you computer.
Refer to http://forum.games.exetel.com.au/showthread.php?t=475 for more information.
Note: This might* decrease your internet download speed.
*I’ve tried this and it hasn’t but I don’t really know about others.
To increase your Framerate read this:
1. Switch all the graphic options down to low. This game be done in game by Options>Sound and Video
2. Reduce the amount of Start up programs, Go to MSconfig (run>msconfig) and go to the tab startup and deselect any programs that aren’t absolutely necessary. (If you don’t know what it is I suggest not touching it.)
3 . Clear up RAM by running a program called CLEANUP (http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?Itemid=69&id=15&option=com_content&task=view) or following this guide: http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx
Special thanks to gregshutdown for the extra information
Thanks for using my guide and I hope this helped!
YEP! After MOP, Buyed it! It’s great!The Latency optimizer really does the trick. After MOP my pc got even more laggy so I decided to risk and buy this software and I’m glad!I suggest it to all. And thanks fledi for sharing :)Whats wrong with this captcha???
Fixed Lag for me 2I read a lot of posts on their blog, and finally solved the problem, well in the end I bought the software and I can really say that is good! Anyway thx dude!
WOW NO LAG IN WOWdefinitely worth! finally i was like WTF this is fast -.- after spending on other shi7 thanks m8
Fixed my lag and ping and all shi…Finaly a decent software! I have tried all this lag savers this one is the only one which is doing some changes! Thanks much for sharing this!!!
I am Lag free! Thanks.Worked for me as well! Thanks m8
Insane!!!Thank you very much!The optimizer solved my nightmares with lag. Now i run HARD optimized, and free RAM every time before openning the game.
For me latency optimizer worksi found it here http://www.badosoft.com after reading 100s of threads about lagging
or you could try thisor you could try this http://hordereview.com/2011/03/09/fix-wow-latency-with-wtfast/
Well with Win 7 and macWell with Win 7 and mac users this fix isnt going to work thanklfully there is not a program called WTFast which shortens your ping route read abou tit here.
http://www.hordereview.com/2010/03/the-cure-for-wow-lag-lower-your-wow-ping-with-wtfast/
My Links:
http://www.hordereview.com
http://www.hordereview.com/levelingguides/
WoW lagHey thanks for the advice but I’m having a problem with regedit. I’m using windows 7 and when I got to the last directory you said under interfaces, there ARE a bunch of random numbers but also include letters. It’s impossible to tell which one to use. My ip address is NOT in those numbers and I was wondering why?
I should also mention that I’m playing on a private server. I have a brand new computer with awesome components. I once had a little lag on a previous computer on this server until I changed the video settings. That doesn’t work anymore. Even on the lowest setting I still skip accross the map and its ANNOYING. There are no problems with the server and I barely have anything running while in game. It just doesn’t make sence to me and to be honest, I’m not the most “technolically inclined” (haha hope i spelt that right) person. Please help because I’d really like to play in peace without the damn lag.
Sincerely,
wowpainter
PEACE!
Thanks for the comments andThanks for the comments and I’ll add the revisions thanks ^^.
Some feedback:[quote]To reduce your Framerate read this:[/quote]
You meant to [b]increase[/b] the framerate, no? 🙂
Also, when you tell how to decrease the latency, you’d want to prevent the users how this can affect their overall internet usage (like decreased download speed in the browser and so on..) Also, there are a couple of more tips on how to increase the latency in the original.. See here for details: http://forum.games.exetel.com.au/showthread.php?t=475
Great GuideI’m defragmenting and stuff now.
God it makes my computer slow :\'(
It better be worth it! For if it isn’t, I shall cook you alive and feed you to the hounds.
^_^
Lag ALWAYS has me down!Lag ALWAYS has me down! Awesome guide, helps lots! 🙂