[octech]

Many players have experienced faster WoW loading times with Windows Media Player (WMP) running in the background. Some players are also reporting lower latency and higher frames per second.

This tip surfaced in the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] late November and was picked up by the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] two weeks ago. Many players are reporting shortened loading times, some by more than 50%.

I did a quick test and found that by running WMP in the background, minimized and not playing anything, the login screen popped up about 20 seconds quicker than usual. The world loading time (time between clicking Enter World button and character appearing on screen) was also faster by about 15 seconds. However I did not see any significant improvements in latency or framerate. To eliminate performance boosts due to caching or preloading, I rebooted my machine between each set of timings.

Some players have also suggested adding:

SET timingMethod "1" or SET timingMethod "2"

to the config.wtf file to achieve the same effect without running WMP. For me, this shortened the time for the login screen to appear by 20 seconds as well, but only shortened world loading time by 5 seconds. Combining WMP and the config.wtf tweak resulted in the same timings with just running WMP alone.

There's been no official Blizzard response to this yet, although a likely explanation is that WMP modifies how your computer handles background applications. With WMP open, all available CPU resources apparently become allocated to WoW, leading to better performance.

Does this quirk work for you? Do you see any improvements in framerate and latency?

Fine here you go are you happy now!THIS IS MY EDITED CREDIT TO WOWINSIDER** This article was posted on wowinsider.com by [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] on dec 19/07 +rep to [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] for posting this article. NOW STOP FLAMING!

[holllyywood]

I've tried it, and I really didn't notice any change what-so-ever.

[Luxor0]

Not to be mean or anything but just copy pasting something isn't really a effort. You could at least have written your own text...
([Only registered and activated users can see links. ])

[octech]

i'll say it again because obviously no one on any of the god d*mn forums can respond to any f*cking message without flaming or trying to steal credit or being an ass.

I'm not posting to get rep, or to steal people ideas or argue with you. The article was posted to be benificlal as were all my past articles. Trying to help the community established here.And what good would it do +repping wowinsider.com
I think for once people should stop whinning and b*tching on this forum and just be greatful it is here. I don't even like posting here because all people do is complain and call out flaws. Like when people post something useful 1 or 2 guys give thanks and the rest just moan and whine.

People need to stoping flaming the forums and start repsecting them.

[mysticy]

Hehe complain: This is'nt exploit, and you've posted it on exploit section, u just started another complain thread

But to subject, What those set commands decrease then? Everything good always brings bad with it.

[holllyywood]

Originally Posted by octech

i'll say it again because obviously no one on any of the god d*mn forums can respond to any f*cking message without flaming or trying to steal credit or being an ass.

I'm not posting to get rep, or to steal people ideas or argue with you. The article was posted to be benificlal as were all my past articles. Trying to help the community established here.And what good would it do +repping wowinsider.com
I think for once people should stop whinning and b*tching on this forum and just be greatful it is here. I don't even like posting here because all people do is complain and call out flaws. Like when people post something useful 1 or 2 guys give thanks and the rest just moan and whine.

People need to stoping flaming the forums and start repsecting them.

No offense, but this also has been posted in some form... A LOT.

So, you getting mad because you're getting flamed.



Fail.

[octech]

Flame and flame

[_Shapes_]

I'm not posting to get rep, or to steal people ideas or argue with you. The article was posted to be benificlal as were all my past articles. Trying to help the community established here.And what good would it do +repping wowinsider.com
I think for once people should stop whinning and b*tching on this forum and just be greatful it is here. I don't even like posting here because all people do is complain and call out flaws. Like when people post something useful 1 or 2 guys give thanks and the rest just moan and whine.

would like to say that ur right but if u ctrl + c, ctrl + v you should at least say that you did it, so ppl +rep u for the right thing <3 +rep for contributin

[Tankotron]

I noticed the log-in time, cuz I have a lot of mods
going.. I noticed about a 10 sec difference

[holllyywood]

Originally Posted by Tankotron

I noticed the log-in time, cuz I have a lot of mods
going.. I noticed about a 10 sec difference

Whhaaaaaat?

[octech]

thanks for your response

[Voumerus]

c&p ftl also no this "trick" does not work for me...

[Tankotron]

Maybe your doing it wrong :P

[treyska]

thanks for the copy pasta.

but if you're going to QQ about not getting any rep, i'd suggest trying it on
some other forum. they seem to be more open to it.

[holllyywood]

Originally Posted by treyska

thanks for the copy pasta.

but if you're going to QQ about not getting any rep, i'd suggest trying it on
some other forum. they seem to be more open to it.

QFT. (Too short)