I had the same problems you're describing while playing WoW. Three months ago I pulled out my old GeForceFX card and spend ~$380USD on a GeForce 6800GT (AGP card, 256MB RAM) from BFG that was overclocked right out of the box.
I play on Hyjal which is an early realm with a HUGE population on it. With my new card I can usually fly into Orgrimmar on the back of the windrider and maintain a consistent 25-40 FPS the entire time. While out questing with my guild, I can get as high as 58 FPS. I run at 1600x1200 resolution with ALL the details maxed out. I switch between windowed and full-screen mode depending on whether I'm vendor/trading or questing with my pals.
My biggest bottleneck right now is disk I/O. The only times my frames really plummet is when I need to load tons & tons of textures (read: zep or boat zone transitions), but it's not unbearable in comparison to what I see many other folks dealing with.
The new video card also relieved the majority of my "lag" issues. I now understand that my bottleneck truly was my video card and not my connection to the internet -- silly me!
I think you can get the same card I bought for ~$200.
You either didn't read the write-up, or your h8 for MS has gotten the best of you.
You're speaking of VB6 era VB, which is dead(ish). The writeup did say:
Anyways, Microsoft made good on their promise and transformed VB from an easy to learn language into an object oriented power house, with lots of OOP functionality thrown in.
Which is the long way of saying VB6 != VB.NET. Lrn2Read, pls.
Then you go off...
VB had/has its uses, but it's still just a RAD tool. As soon as you run into situations that the RAD tool can't handle, you should be using a real language rather than trying to hack it.
I dunno about you, but I use all the tools in my toolbox to write software, not just the one that makes the prettiest interface.
VB.NET/C# are great RAD tools, but instead of suggesting a better language or tool and giving a comparison, you painted us up with your nits over a programming language. Good job!
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I had the same problems you're describing while playing WoW. Three months ago I pulled out my old GeForceFX card and spend ~$380USD on a GeForce 6800GT (AGP card, 256MB RAM) from BFG that was overclocked right out of the box.
I play on Hyjal which is an early realm with a HUGE population on it. With my new card I can usually fly into Orgrimmar on the back of the windrider and maintain a consistent 25-40 FPS the entire time. While out questing with my guild, I can get as high as 58 FPS. I run at 1600x1200 resolution with ALL the details maxed out. I switch between windowed and full-screen mode depending on whether I'm vendor/trading or questing with my pals.
My biggest bottleneck right now is disk I/O. The only times my frames really plummet is when I need to load tons & tons of textures (read: zep or boat zone transitions), but it's not unbearable in comparison to what I see many other folks dealing with.
The new video card also relieved the majority of my "lag" issues. I now understand that my bottleneck truly was my video card and not my connection to the internet -- silly me!
I think you can get the same card I bought for ~$200.
HTH
2/10. This is /. and there's not enough seething h8 talk in the writeup.
Next time, throw in a chair-toss comment and you can bump that score up.
gg
You either didn't read the write-up, or your h8 for MS has gotten the best of you. You're speaking of VB6 era VB, which is dead(ish). The writeup did say: Anyways, Microsoft made good on their promise and transformed VB from an easy to learn language into an object oriented power house, with lots of OOP functionality thrown in. Which is the long way of saying VB6 != VB.NET. Lrn2Read, pls. Then you go off... VB had/has its uses, but it's still just a RAD tool. As soon as you run into situations that the RAD tool can't handle, you should be using a real language rather than trying to hack it. I dunno about you, but I use all the tools in my toolbox to write software, not just the one that makes the prettiest interface. VB.NET/C# are great RAD tools, but instead of suggesting a better language or tool and giving a comparison, you painted us up with your nits over a programming language. Good job!
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