Re: Can't successfully enter the game again tonight, and WoW runs awfully on the fastest ever iMac.

On 2008-03-05 10:41:29 +0000, lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Jamie Kahn Genet)
said:

> My character Achathy on Khaz'goroth realm cannot successfully renter the
> game after lag issues and me going to fullscreen mode and quitting the
> game using File->Quit. The progress bar goes all the way along, but the
> game world never appears.
> 
> Also I'm getting awful performance on a brand new top-of-the-line 24"
> 2.8GHz iMac. On highest detail settings frame rates drop to single
> digits. Even with detail settings turned down I'm lucky to get 30 FPS.
> To say this is disappointing is a gross understatement. This is an old
> game and it won't run well on Apple's fastest ever all-in-one Mac? :-(
> Looking at CPU usage stats I see WoW isn't anywhere near to using max
> available resources :-( I'm incredibly disappointed :-(
> 
> TIA,
>  Jamie Kahn Genet

The following is from a friend who plays WoW and has had an iMac for a 
looooonnnnnng time.

things to check are listed below Êin order of im****tance

3) check permissions on the drive and allow disk utility to repair any 
it thinks are wrong also run checkdisk,

1) is there anything running in Rosetta? - Êopen activity monitor and 
check if anything is listed as powerPC if it is update / remove it

2) make sure that WOW is not starting up in rosetta - it is possible 
even though there is no need for it to do so

5 what is the speed of the internet connection as WOW fps drops if the 
network is slow - if ichat skype etc are running they can somtimes 
cause a problem or torrent download Wireless connection is slow / weak 
signal etc.

3) check memory usage and make sure that all is low

4) ensure that no Java apps are running like Azureus etc

6) have you applied the graphics update that came after 10.5.2

7 ) re apply 10.5.2 from the COMBO update and re apply the graphics 
patch both should be downloaded from apple

8) reinstall WOW


Try these and see if anything helps.
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