Valdrakken is pain even with a decent non laptop CPU + GPU
I play with 12400f and 6650xt, 32gb DDR4 RAM and NVME SSD in 1080p upscaled to 2k with 7 graphics preset
I’m getting 45-50fps in Valdrakken on average and ~200fps when I’m anywhere in the world
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Valdrakken is a hardware hog. I can get 200+ frames per second in most places in WoW, but in Valdrakken, my computer has troubles rendering more than 100 there. There’s also a lot of stuttering in Valdrakken.
A lot of the Dragonflight raid and dungeon bosses have AoE spells that kill frame-rates, e.g. Nymue on Amirdrassil, or the 1st boss in Halls of Infusion.
I think the WoW team doesn’t have a graphics expert anymore. Dragonflight is the expansion with the most serious graphics problems. I hope they realize that the engine can’t handle huge, highly detailed, open-world cities like Valdrakken well (at least not at the moment without further optimizations), and that they won’t continue building stuff like that in the coming expansion.
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Yes
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Update: I’ve decided to buy a new Laptop.
acer NITRO 5, equipped with 16 gb of ram and 1 TB of SSD.
WoW runs smoothly now, problem solved. 
Thank you everyone 
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Oh yeah sorry to say but yes that’s very outdated, by a few gens at least.
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Glad to read! have fun!
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That is what i have enjoy
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Yes, it is outdated. I know some people have talked a lot abotu the graphics card, but in point of fact I think the biggest issue here is going to be the RAM. 8GB is simply not enough for WoW. It regularly consumes upwards of 5-6GB on its own. Add on top of that Windows and you’re out of memory - and this is why you’re getting the lagspikes and crazy load times. It’s swapping to disk.
If you can get some cheap RAM sticks, try that. Otherwise I will probably recommend you get a new computer. Yes I know it’s expensive but… technology marches on.
EDIT: Oh, I see you already got one. Probably the best choice.
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I upgraded the gpu you listed 1060 to 3060 some years ago for my desktop build and it did make a major difference with how much I could ramp up settings for ideal fps, 4000 serie is coming cheap now so if you into upgrading go for that soon. Im thinking upgrade this year aswell.
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Well, the 1080 was and still very much is the beast.
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You know I’m considering buying a new PC myself. I’m running out of SSD storage and at this point I think it’s more practical to get a new PC than upgrade an SSD on a 6 year old laptop.
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this is why I wont bother with the next expansion. I have worse speccs than the OP. same ram but older pc. You basically have to buy a new pc for every expansion now. Corporate conspiracy. When I do upgrade in about 3 years it wont be anything to do with crappy windows. They just steal my time with forced updates at peak times.
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The key is to build and upgrade your own pc instead of buying prebuilts, and stay ahead of it. I upgrade my pc roughly every 5 years, but not all at once, a part here and a part there, and with some basic pc knowledge you can make sure to get the best value for your money, and have a consistent decent pc, instead of running outdated hardware well past its “expiration date” Keeping your PC up to date is no different than buying the newest console every generation, but with pc you can set the pace and upgrade little by little, with a console you have no choise but replacing the whole thing at once.
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I have a Nitro 5 with less hardware (only 8GB RAM, GTX 1650 with 4GB VRAM) and I could play Shadowlands/Dragonflight without issues on that one (with the right graphic settings). Yours has 2x the power most likely, so go for it. I can recommend the model.
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I did build my own with the help of a buddy. It was a nice pc in it’s day. If I attack a world boss now my PC just freezes but without logging me out. When I tried wotlk classic i was able to near max it all out. That’s how old it is. 10 years id say. I just need more ram and a ssd drive. For all I use the pc for I am reluctant replace it. I hate throwing things away while they still work.
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Well if you need more ram and a ssd, thats a place to start, say you upgrade those parts this year, then next year, you replace the cpu and motherboard (granted you might have to replace ram again, if you make the switch from ddr4 to ddr5) then you have the foundation for a new configuration. Going on from there you can replace the gpu, psu, whatever you need over time. I started exactly the same as you, and i kept adding to it over the years, and now i have a configuration with all the latest hardware, 7600x cpu, ddr5 ram, rtx 4070, and i will be set for the next 5+ years, before i have to concider upgrading again. My last configuration, 1600x, ddr4 and 1070ti lasted me 5-6 years, and would still be a decent pc today for a game like WoW, but replacing it before it got obsolete allows me to stay ahead of the increasing game requirements. I dont belive in buying the newest hardware every year, just like i dont replace my phone for the newest model every year, but i found that upgrading roughly every 5 years is a pretty good sweetspot to aim for.
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I think I will need a new motherboard. Its ddr4. There is space for another drive to in though. I would very much like to try 32GB with ssd driver and i can add a graphics card to. This motherboard has a built in one.
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No doubt a graphics card would do wonders for you, on-board graphics are never very good. A ssd would also greatly improve your performance, its has pretty much become the new standard, most new games require it to run properly.
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No you don’t - had this current PC since BFA and its still running great, only thing ive done is added 2 NVME drives to it - one for Windows and one for games, still running spot on
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Without arguing i’m going to ask then why is it that I can more or less max out my rustbucket in WOTLK classic but suffer badly on retail since Shadowlands. I cant even do any group content in DF. It left me with the opinion that an upgrade is needed for every new expansion. With hindsight, perhaps I used a hyperbole to suggest that the whole PC needs replaced.
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