Beta experience

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So i got into the beta about a week ago and been playing around in it. Current spec:

Ryzen 7 2700 (non-x) stock
16GB DDR4 3200
RX 6600xt 8GB
34 inch ultrawide 1080p (it’s a couple years old… 45-60 sync range)
PCIe gen 3 x4 M.2 SSD for OS
SATA3 SSD for the beta/retail WoW

in game settings is at 10 with ray tracing at high and vsync enabled. using FXAA high for anti aliasing.

been playing around and questing and checking out that tauren rogue/mage (@_@) and spending too much time editing the UI (finally!!1). on retail it’s pretty ez to keep fps around 60ish, but on beta it has noticeably dropped to 45-50ish in the early areas of the expansion, when there’s a lot of player characters running around. I made a trip back to an empty orgrimmar and strangely fps hovers back to near 60.

Anyone else has any experience with the beta? would love to hear it

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Ray tracing is for shadows only. I’ll bet you get some FPS if you turn it off, and you probably won’t even notice.

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yeah that is true. turning off ray tracing adds about 8-10 fps on average for me.

also what helps is to knock down viewing distance setting. for me a 1 setting allows me to keep everything at max and keep that 60 fps going

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