Hey all,
I’ve just started noticing that wow is looking really choppy. I notice it mostly when I turn my camera and the landscape and objects seem to move bit by bit almost. Pretty fast but it’s not smooth like it should be, and it looks like this even at 90+ fps.
I’ve tried without using any addons and it’s just the same. I’ve tried messing around with graphics, direct x 11, 12 and 11 legacy.
My GPU is a 2080ti, with a intel i9 9900k cpu so it’s not limited because of hardware. I’ve tried checking for any weird settings in nvidia control panel but can’t seem to find anything.
I’ve been playing other games like the witcher 3 and overwatch with 0 issues so it seems isolated to wow
Any help or advice would be awesome, it’s bugging the life out of me
Are you using more than one display?
Which refreshrates?
Do you have gsync/freesync support?
Aside of what Kiyuki wrote - did you used MSI Afterburner or CapFrameX to do a quick benchmark and record your frametimes? - how low 1%/0.1% low of your FPS is?
Also you could run Latencymon, run the game and if you notice those choppy frames alt-tab to latencymon and see if it’s not reporting any abnormal activity.
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I have 2 displays, and wow just on my primary. My primary monitor is 165hz 1440p. I have freesync enabled, and tried disabling it with the same issue.
I haven’t done anything like that yet but I’ll give it a shot. Ingame the FPS seems decent it just looks weird. I’ll give those a go and see what comes up, thanks.
Ah, dual displays - that explains a bit - with two screens weird things can happen, especially if they have different refresh rates. I think you will have to google a bit or maybe even ask Nvidia users how to handle two monitors when only one is intended to play the game at higher refresh rate.
Oh i never knew that. my other is 144, so I could set them both to the same in nvidia control panel. I’ve been using these 2 monitors together for a month with no issues though so it’s a bit odd.
Yeah try that.
I have a 144hz and a 60hz display and i get bad framepacing (stuttering even though i have high FPS) when i watch a 60 FPS stream on my second display in most games.
In WoW i noticed that DX12 solves the problem for me. With DX11 the stuttering is back when watching videos.
It is a known problem with 2 different refreshrate monitors.
I have a RTX 2070 Super btw.
I get the same issue occasionally with a single monitor. 1080ti/9900k/ssd 144hz g-sync monitor.
Everyone has the issue just most don’t notice.It happens to get worst when there’s large buildings around.
Hi, this actually sounds as if your monitor isn’t pushing the frames it is supposed to.
Just to confirm:
Go to Display > scroll to bottom > advanced display settings > Display adaptor properties for (name of display) > Monitor
You can then select your refresh rate, chose the highest and match it with the ingame WoW settings frame rate foreground limiter.
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Heya! Reviving this old post since I faced the same problems. And like someone mentioned before the frames get choppy if with freesync/gsync since they jump alot. I turned all vsync, freesync stuff off in both gpu and monitor settings and now it feels A LOT smoother. I have a second monitor with different framerate, but the fullscreen mode handles it very well and doesnt get affected by it, in my case atleast.