You should add Leatrix Gfx to your post, helped me a lot with some tweaking on ingame graphic settings: http://www.wowinterf...LeatrixGfx.html
Another great tool is gamebooster: http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html
It turns off unnecessary background programs and windows service while you game without permanently turning them off and it cleans up your memory. The tool comes with a separate gaming mode which you can just turn off if you need all the windows services etc. again after gaming. This one increased my fps by almost 10 in a lot of situations.
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How to Optimize your Computer for Arena / Raiding.
Started by exeodius, Jul 06 2010 06:06 PM
55 replies to this topic
#28
Posted 12 July 2010 - 03:50 PM
affix said:
Changing DNS settings won't affect WoW performance in the slightest. UltraDNS > OpenDNS for most users, and I think OpenDNS inserts ads too?
exeodius said:
open dns does not insert adds. And yes it does affect latency. The first thing your computer pings outside of your router is the DNS. If it has slow response your latency will be higher. Then again all of these are personal preference, which dns to use.
affix is correct, changing your DNS will absolutely not affect latency to WoW servers in the slightest. DNS is only used when resolving hostnames to IPs.
Example (say you load up firefox and go to AJ):
Name: arenajunkies.com -> Address: 69.57.184.218
When you are in WoW or any other game for that matter, you are already connected to a server and have no need to resolve any IPs so DNS would not be used.
A faster DNS will speed up your website browsing but affect not much else.
Secondly, the first hop outside of your router is not your dns server, a dns server is never part of your normal routing table, you will only make use of it if you need to resolve an IP.
If you're on cable here is what your connection path looks like: http://www.althos.co...iew_low_res.jpg terrible image but the best I could find, your first hop is the CMTS then from there you are on your ISPs network until you need to go outside of it (from there your traffic is routed over tier1 carriers that your ISP has peering agreements with).
Also, OpenDNS does insert ads:
http://www.opendns.c...pendns-be-free/
How dns works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm
How ISP peering works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering
The best way to help your latency is WoW is applying the TcpAckFrequency tweak (wow latency fix in op). Secondly you can play on a server that is physically closest to you. Here is the physical location list for US realms: http://www.wowwiki.c...t_by_datacenter
A partial EU server list: http://www.wowwiki.c...ish_realms_info
My normal ping to Mal'Ganis (Boston datacenter) is ~75ms from Chicago, if I play on one of the servers that got moved to the Chicago datacenter my ping is ~25ms or less when connected because I have to take less hops to get to it.
#29
Posted 12 July 2010 - 04:36 PM
Tangles said:
affix is correct, changing your DNS will absolutely not affect latency to WoW servers in the slightest. DNS is only used when resolving hostnames to IPs.
#30
Posted 12 July 2010 - 04:46 PM
exeodius said:
Recently I have been seeing a lot of posts in regards to latency and fps and I believe I should make this to help people with these issues.
Leatrix Latency Fix
http://www.wowinterf...LatencyFix.html
For the many people that have been having issues getting this to work it is because you have UAC enabled, this is easily disabled by doing the following.
Windows 7
http://www.petri.co....n-windows-7.htm
Windows Vista
After this latency fix you may find that your latency is perfectly fine and you do not wish to apply any more tweaks. For some people it still may be atrociously high. This is where changing your DNS server comes into affect.
Manual Way
http://www.arenajunk...ad.php?t=132923
There are two different ways to approach this. You can change your dns server through windows or through your router. Changing it through your router applies it to all computers connected to the network and overrides the windows settings.
Method 1 - Through Windows
http://www.mediacoll...etwork/dns.html
Method 2 - Through Router
Sadly everyone owns their own router and to access them takes different ways. The basic way is to open your browser and type in the following static ip of your router. "router ip varies"
192.168.1.1
It will then ask you for admin and password type admin for admin and password for password. If you snoop around in your router settings you will eventually find primary and secondary dns entries. "I only recommend this if you know how to do it otherwise do it through windows."
On a side note here are a few good dns' to try.
If you live outside of the united states I would highly recommend Google DNS.
http://code.google.c...eed/public-dns/
8.8.8.8
8.8.8.4
If you do live in the united states I would recommend Open DNS.
http://www.opendns.com/
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
For some people changing these dns' will help but in some cases your ISP's provided DNS may actually be better or give you lower latency. There is a lot more about DNS if you wish to read about it but try to test these and see which one will give you the best results. You have to restart in order for these changes to apply by the way.
and most of us know about snowfall keypress
http://www.wowinterf...llKeyPress.html
There are many factors that apply to how your system may obtain FPS lag. But the main reason is due to out of date video drivers. Some unsavy computer users may not know how to do this. If you do you do not have to read any further.
Updating Graphic Drivers - To find what graphics card you have you may easily do this by install ccleaner and looking at the top pane. If you do not have this program I would suggest it to anyone in a heartbeat.
http://www.piriform....r/download/slim
Once you find out what graphics card and operating system you have you may now begin your journey to updating your graphics drivers. There are 3 possibilities to your findings. NVIDIA ATI OR INTEL, You will see on these pages that they have forms fill in the forms with your specs and hit view results. Then you will get the latest drivers available
For Nvidia
http://www.nvidia.co...aspx?lang=en-us
For ATI
http://www.amd.com/u...MDHomePage.aspx
For Intel
http://www.intel.com...iid=hdr support
choose graphics then desktop or laptop and continue from there.
Update your Direct x
http://www.microsoft...6a-9b6652cd92a3
I know this is a long post but thank you for reading and reply and tell me if you have gained FPS or lost Latency!
Extra Tweaks
http://www.speedguid...les.php?id=2574
this applies to vista and windows 7 these are cmd commands that dictate how windows reacts to your network.
Disable Superfetch-
The Superfetch service in Windows Vista preloads your system’s memory with the applications that you use.
http://www.howtogeek...-windows-vista/
Some people may experience "smoother" framerate while turning.
Latency
Leatrix Latency Fix
http://www.wowinterf...LatencyFix.html
For the many people that have been having issues getting this to work it is because you have UAC enabled, this is easily disabled by doing the following.
Windows 7
http://www.petri.co....n-windows-7.htm
Windows Vista
After this latency fix you may find that your latency is perfectly fine and you do not wish to apply any more tweaks. For some people it still may be atrociously high. This is where changing your DNS server comes into affect.
Manual Way
http://www.arenajunk...ad.php?t=132923
DNS
There are two different ways to approach this. You can change your dns server through windows or through your router. Changing it through your router applies it to all computers connected to the network and overrides the windows settings.
Method 1 - Through Windows
http://www.mediacoll...etwork/dns.html
Method 2 - Through Router
Sadly everyone owns their own router and to access them takes different ways. The basic way is to open your browser and type in the following static ip of your router. "router ip varies"
192.168.1.1
It will then ask you for admin and password type admin for admin and password for password. If you snoop around in your router settings you will eventually find primary and secondary dns entries. "I only recommend this if you know how to do it otherwise do it through windows."
On a side note here are a few good dns' to try.
If you live outside of the united states I would highly recommend Google DNS.
http://code.google.c...eed/public-dns/
8.8.8.8
8.8.8.4
If you do live in the united states I would recommend Open DNS.
http://www.opendns.com/
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
For some people changing these dns' will help but in some cases your ISP's provided DNS may actually be better or give you lower latency. There is a lot more about DNS if you wish to read about it but try to test these and see which one will give you the best results. You have to restart in order for these changes to apply by the way.
Analog Latency
and most of us know about snowfall keypress
http://www.wowinterf...llKeyPress.html
Frames Per Second
There are many factors that apply to how your system may obtain FPS lag. But the main reason is due to out of date video drivers. Some unsavy computer users may not know how to do this. If you do you do not have to read any further.
Updating Graphic Drivers - To find what graphics card you have you may easily do this by install ccleaner and looking at the top pane. If you do not have this program I would suggest it to anyone in a heartbeat.
http://www.piriform....r/download/slim
Once you find out what graphics card and operating system you have you may now begin your journey to updating your graphics drivers. There are 3 possibilities to your findings. NVIDIA ATI OR INTEL, You will see on these pages that they have forms fill in the forms with your specs and hit view results. Then you will get the latest drivers available
For Nvidia
http://www.nvidia.co...aspx?lang=en-us
For ATI
http://www.amd.com/u...MDHomePage.aspx
For Intel
http://www.intel.com...iid=hdr support
choose graphics then desktop or laptop and continue from there.
Update your Direct x
http://www.microsoft...6a-9b6652cd92a3
I know this is a long post but thank you for reading and reply and tell me if you have gained FPS or lost Latency!
Extra Tweaks
http://www.speedguid...les.php?id=2574
this applies to vista and windows 7 these are cmd commands that dictate how windows reacts to your network.
Disable Superfetch-
The Superfetch service in Windows Vista preloads your system’s memory with the applications that you use.
http://www.howtogeek...-windows-vista/
Some people may experience "smoother" framerate while turning.
Why would u +rep him for copy pasting stuff from hydrá's blogg??
lolz
5v5 IS HARD
#31
Posted 12 July 2010 - 06:44 PM
Tangles said:
affix is correct, changing your DNS will absolutely not affect latency to WoW servers in the slightest. DNS is only used when resolving hostnames to IPs.
Example (say you load up firefox and go to AJ):
Name: arenajunkies.com -> Address: 69.57.184.218
When you are in WoW or any other game for that matter, you are already connected to a server and have no need to resolve any IPs so DNS would not be used.
A faster DNS will speed up your website browsing but affect not much else.
Secondly, the first hop outside of your router is not your dns server, a dns server is never part of your normal routing table, you will only make use of it if you need to resolve an IP.
If you're on cable here is what your connection path looks like: http://www.althos.co...iew_low_res.jpg terrible image but the best I could find, your first hop is the CMTS then from there you are on your ISPs network until you need to go outside of it (from there your traffic is routed over tier1 carriers that your ISP has peering agreements with).
Also, OpenDNS does insert ads:
http://www.opendns.c...pendns-be-free/
How dns works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm
How ISP peering works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering
The best way to help your latency is WoW is applying the TcpAckFrequency tweak (wow latency fix in op). Secondly you can play on a server that is physically closest to you. Here is the physical location list for US realms: http://www.wowwiki.c...t_by_datacenter
A partial EU server list: http://www.wowwiki.c...ish_realms_info
My normal ping to Mal'Ganis (Boston datacenter) is ~75ms from Chicago, if I play on one of the servers that got moved to the Chicago datacenter my ping is ~25ms or less when connected because I have to take less hops to get to it.
Example (say you load up firefox and go to AJ):
Name: arenajunkies.com -> Address: 69.57.184.218
When you are in WoW or any other game for that matter, you are already connected to a server and have no need to resolve any IPs so DNS would not be used.
A faster DNS will speed up your website browsing but affect not much else.
Secondly, the first hop outside of your router is not your dns server, a dns server is never part of your normal routing table, you will only make use of it if you need to resolve an IP.
If you're on cable here is what your connection path looks like: http://www.althos.co...iew_low_res.jpg terrible image but the best I could find, your first hop is the CMTS then from there you are on your ISPs network until you need to go outside of it (from there your traffic is routed over tier1 carriers that your ISP has peering agreements with).
Also, OpenDNS does insert ads:
http://www.opendns.c...pendns-be-free/
How dns works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm
How ISP peering works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering
The best way to help your latency is WoW is applying the TcpAckFrequency tweak (wow latency fix in op). Secondly you can play on a server that is physically closest to you. Here is the physical location list for US realms: http://www.wowwiki.c...t_by_datacenter
A partial EU server list: http://www.wowwiki.c...ish_realms_info
My normal ping to Mal'Ganis (Boston datacenter) is ~75ms from Chicago, if I play on one of the servers that got moved to the Chicago datacenter my ping is ~25ms or less when connected because I have to take less hops to get to it.
When i played on Misery BG... i had 7ms coz my server whas 80KMs away from me ::D:D:D Stockholm ftw
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#39
Posted 19 August 2010 - 02:03 AM
wowinterface.com/downloads/info15078-SnowfallKeyPress.html
to top it off, what it does is simple. It lets you use abilities when you press them rather than release them. Incredibly handy for abilities off the global cd or any initial move you do. Might save you that 0.1 or 0.2 seconds to get those fake casts ;)
to top it off, what it does is simple. It lets you use abilities when you press them rather than release them. Incredibly handy for abilities off the global cd or any initial move you do. Might save you that 0.1 or 0.2 seconds to get those fake casts ;)
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