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Screen freezes for a second every time I...

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Phyrexian
#0 - Aug. 6, 2009, 10:24 p.m.
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I have 60 fps non-stop, I'm playing with 0 shadow quality and have everything else quite high. My video card is a GeForce 8600, so not too bad at all, certainly capable of running WoW. But for some reason every time I target a monster, or every time a monster dies my screen freezes for like half a second, it just looks like choppy frame rate, except that it still says 60 fps.

Does anyone know what settings or combination of settings I change to get rid of this? It's driving me crazy. I've tried decreasing a few settings and it didn't seem to help.
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Vrakthris
#7 - Sept. 20, 2009, 10:18 p.m.
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I am having the same problem.. but all of my addons are turned off and resolution/video settins set to default. Any tips?


Turning an addon off doesn't necessarily resolve the issue so it is best to completely reset your User Interface if simply disabling doesn't resolve the issue, Chazzy.

1) *IMPORTANT* Exit the World of Warcraft to your desktop by logging out of the game and exiting. If World of Warcraft isn't closed, then these steps won't have the desired effect.
2) If you used an "installer" for a custom UI, see if it has an "uninstaller" and use it.
3) Inside the World of Warcraft Program Folder, delete the "WTF," "Cache," and "Interface" folders.
4) Restart your computer.
5) Please do not reinstall Addons prior to testing the issue you were experiencing.
6) Make sure that you are using WOW.EXE or LAUNCHER.EXE to start the game. Please do not run any UI installers beforehand, as we want to eliminate them as part of the issue.
7) Upon launching the game, you should see the Intro cinematic movie and be prompted to agree to the Terms of Use. Once you authenticate past the login screen, the “AddOns” button should no longer be visible at the lower left corner of the character selection screen. Both points mentioned previously must hold true if you should complete the aforementioned steps correctly.

If you continue to experience an issue though you'll likely want to check out the Technical Support forum for further troubleshooting assistance.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11110