Game doesn't work after 8.1 patch

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After update to 8.1 wow can’t start ( it takes cca 5mins to get into char selection).
If I press system setings the wow is dead for like 5mins again. I have deleted cache, after that updated drivers, deleted and reinstaled wow and I still have same issue.
PS: Hardware is still same as yesterday :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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OMG changing to integrated CPU in Nvidia control panel actually worked, the game is running on my Intel HD 3000, Blizzard can stop the bullsh1t about outdated graphics card and maybe fix the issue

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That’s true. But somehow WoW does run.
If it works for you, go into the WoW system settings itself and look under ‘‘advanced’’ and choose the 3D card/GPU. Somehow WoW will use the GPU if you do it that way.

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I’m sorry to hear that :frowning: Maybe there is a similair option in the AMD control panel?

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Glad to hear that it worked for you! :smiley:

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Strange thing, wow is working on integrated intel hd 3000 but can’t run on dedicated 4gb lol :joy:

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Well they told you that you have outdated graphic card and you need 2 upgrade your hardware. And now it works :sunglasses:

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Nope still don’t works.

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Any updates from Blizzard side? Or just /ignore.

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nothing but BUY NEW STUFF!!! :smiley:

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AFter 5 min waiting at white window sized wow app i log in and enter the world. then the game work perfectly,

so the problem here is :

1, launching the game
2, when i press esc and try to access the system settings my game crashes

otherwise it works as in 8,0

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Open the ‘AMD Catalist Control Center’ -> Power -> Switchable Graphics Global Settings

In ‘Global Application Settings’ dropdown for both options (Battery/Plugged In) choose ‘Force power-saving graphics’, and the game will work properly, but on your system’s integrated graphics card, with low fps

Epilogue: yeap, I know that this is not an option for a long-term usage, and we are still hoping that the snowfall will find a fix or workaround for this issue. But it’s a working solution to not remove drivers for your discrete graphics before every start of WOW

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I have same problem, before patch no problem, now the game is unplayable.

Have updated graphics drivers, uninstalled game and reinstalled, updated Battle net and downloaded all game updates.

I can get into character select screen but as soon as I try and load the game it kicks me from the server.

*Edit - It gave me a warning about graphics drivers next to Character select before that, which is why I updated them.

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Okay, explain to me then why my Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB can’t run WoW with the DX12 API anymore (tested with 3 different Nvidia driver suites). Just hours before the patch went live i was using DX12 with my fps ranging from 50 (Boralus) to 80. Now i am forced to run DX11 and in Boralus my fps is in the 30’s. Yeah, go ahead and try to tell me that the above gfx card is outdated… i challenge you.

So much for “…several upgrades and optimizations for modern systems…”.

My brother in law had to activate his INTEGRATED Intel HD 520 in order to play the game. Because his dedicated gfx card, an Asus GTX 1050 wouldn’t run it. And guess what… hours before 8.1 the same card worked just fine. Now, according to your link the Intel HD 520 is bellow the minimum requirements.

Tell the tech brass above you to mount up the decency to admit that the issue lies on Blizzards site. And try to help the hundreds of people who found themselves overnight with “outdated” and “unsupported” hardware. These people bought your expansion and paid you for their subscriptions.

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thx is good !!! , and for the paramètre système bloqued, you need wait 5 / 20 min in window white for release

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Todays hotfix… still nothing for us

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Let’s be honest we’re talking about a company who make an estimated 1.5 billion dollars in revenue so of course they are not gonna care about the select few thousand who can’t log onto the game . I’m sick of automated robotic answers from so called tech people on here that do nothing but speel the same info that’s already on their support pages of what to do when things go wrong . Of course they are going to blame everything from graphic cards to your anti virus software , they just don’t care , it’s a “ merry Christmas” from blizzard and thanks for your subs - oh and ps most of us prob won’t be able to log on by christmas to open up our blizzard in game present lol :joy: - the irony !!!

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just ty blizz for do nothing…we must sit and see some of our firends playing game without problems and we cant…just for a little update?? but i must say i can play now but with a sh itiest graphic :confused: just after lots of waiting in a load screen my game is runnig …i must say i found the issue …in setting>>advance …game just recognize my intel graphic not my amd…but in perevios version i was set it on amd…but now its not there

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Can this problem be related to the fact that users have Intel processors, and AMD video cards? I just saw a similar problem