After the latest patch my GPU usage is constantly at 50% even when having the game minimized, also WoW suddenly uses 4 gig of memory.
I have never had these issues before, I have a decent gaming PC (i7, 16gb RAM, 1050ti) . Any ideas what to do? Or is the latest patch just screwed up and all we can do is wait?
That’s normal the game still runs even when the game is minimised and 4gb of ram being used again is normal and nothing to worry about.
If your graphics setting is at DirectX 11, try setting it to DirectX 11 Legacy.
Blizzard changed their DX11 handling with the patch, and apparently what we used to run on is now called DirectX 11 Legacy.
I don’t know that’s your problem, since different people are reporting different problems, but that’s a common one, and helped in my case.
My RAM usage is 6GB while having WoW.exe only in apps ^^ but 8.1.5 made game heavier and that’s 100% sure.
Yeah I admit 4gb shouldn’t be much of a problem, but my memory is 82% reserved with WoW open and I really have 16gb ram. There are no other processes running. This didn’t happen before the patch.
Same here. I have an old PC with only 4GB so any extra is pretty heavy.
Since the 20th of March, my memory went up quite substantially (1,4 to 2+GB).
Tried to switch between Direct X 12 / 11 / 11 compatibility but didn’t seem to change anything. Same with reseting UI.