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On a multi-monitor display, depending on which monitor the window is initially launched in before setting Windowed (Fullscreen) mode, it is possible to run two or more windowed fullscreen instances of World of Warcraft (or other compatible games, like Starcraft II) on the other monitor(s). | On a multi-monitor display, depending on which monitor the window is initially launched in before setting Windowed (Fullscreen) mode, it is possible to run two or more windowed fullscreen instances of World of Warcraft (or other compatible games, like Starcraft II) on the other monitor(s). | ||
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==Performance Improvements== | ==Performance Improvements== |
Revision as of 02:11, 16 April 2012
World of Warcraft is a game that is very well supported by Blizzard Entertainment. Even in its release in 2004, it had relatively simple graphics that ran on low hardware requirements for the time. Total game size has just been optimized, and a fresh install is just under 25GB. However, there are some very simple graphical tweaks that can make the game load much faster.
Graphical Tweaks
Multimonitor Support
On a multi-monitor display, depending on which monitor the window is initially launched in before setting Windowed (Fullscreen) mode, it is possible to run two or more windowed fullscreen instances of World of Warcraft (or other compatible games, like Starcraft II) on the other monitor(s).
Performance Improvements
SSD
If World of Warcraft is installed on an SSD, this will dramatically decrease the load times for zoning.
Move SSD Cache
The World of Warcraft cache folder is required to hold uncompressed files and hotfix data. To save space on the SSD, it is possible to junction link the cache folder to a different drive. This should save approximately 7.5 GB of space on the SSD, although it may incur a minor performance hit.
mklink /j "C:\Games\World of Warcraft\Data\Cache" "D:\Games\Blizzard Stuff\World of Warcraft\Data\Cache\"
Save Game Data
Config Location
C:\Games\World of Warcraft\WTF\[ACCOUNTNAME]\
Config Cloud Sync
Dropbox: yes Live Mesh 2011: yes, but Dropbox is faster and more reliable in this instance
World of Warcraft config cloud sync guide available on Shiny Hacks.
Improvements
Borderless Windowed Fullscreen
This is natively supported as Windowed (Fullscreen).