Hey all,
So I wanted to chime in and offer some information.
I see several different potential issues here.
Marwenna, There has been an issue with macs and liquid details. Typically turning down liquid details can help mitigate that particular issue but you are likely to see fps drops to some degree. I don’t have the particulars but my understanding is it may take updates to the metal api for a full solution and if that is the case it would be up to Apple.
Debbyfrowner, Torghast and Zerith Mortis are two separate instances and are not likely using the same specific server to host them. That doesn’t mean the issues can’t be related, just not nearly as likely. Given the small volume of reports compared to the number of players running both sets of content on a regular basis, if you are experiencing issues currently in Torghast, I recommend making a separate post for community based support or submitting a direct ticket (either in game or through the support site) so one of our agents can work with you directly on that particular issue.
Yuckyy, Some effects are extra hard on systems especially when playing at higher settings levels and you will likely see fps drops to some degree even if everything is working perfectly (unless you cap fps at a level you never drop below. (IE if you never drop below 60fps and cap your fps to 60, you would never see any drops. but if you have a higher cap of 120 but certain effects or situations drop you down to like 70, you are going to feel that) That said, often times with new content these drops can be more pronounced until the content is tuned a bit.
Maizou, So looking at your dxdiag I gotta make some callouts.
You are reporting playing at max settings on a GTX 970.
Most even high end systems will struggle to maintain 60fps everywhere in game at max settings. Max settings is not calibrated to what the best systems can handle it is essentially set to what the game can use and that is typically well beyond what most systems are going to perform at.
On top of that a gtx 970 doesn’t meet recommended specs. Nvidia themselves recommends a gtx 1080 for 60fps at 1080p 60hz in WoW. and that also matches our recommend listing for the game. And even there we’d only recommend settings levels of like 6-8.
On top of that your cpu is also below recommended and WoW is still fairly cpu bound. You’ll see this impact more in very busy situations like high end raiding or potentially in bgs.
Now that said, you should be able to maintain 30fps at around level 5 in settings
It may be worth setting up raid profiles in options to drop things down below max if you are not seeing issues elsewhere. Try 5 and lower see if that helps at all. try also lowering liquid details, particle effects and reducing shadows.
Also note that it is new content and it does still likely need some tuning. to help address the explosion of system intensive effects and activity. So as things improve you may be able to crank settings back up a bit. Just know however that we can’t promise you higher than 30fps with your current hardware, even at lower settings levels.
I also would recommend a full clean reinstall of your drivers to ensure we tackle those driver issues Zungar mentions and perhaps limiting what other software is running as you play especially hardware accelerated browsing like in chrome, or any software that can interact with the game, provide overlays or is otherwise potentially system intensive.
