Need Help – FPS Drops in WoW on macBook Pro

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Hey all,

I’m having some frustrating FPS issues with World of Warcraft and could really use some help and advice from the community.

I’m playing on a MacBook Pro connected to a 32-inch 4K LG screen via HDMI to USB-C. My game initially runs at 40-55 FPS, but within about 5 minutes, it drops down to 25-33 FPS and stays there. Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

  • Turned off automatic graphics switching on my Mac.
  • Switched my color profile to “Color LCD.”

Unfortunately, none of these changes have resolved the issue.

I’ve gone ahead and posted my computer specs and in-game settings below. If you’re a WoW player using a Mac and have any suggestions, I’d really appreciate it. I don’t expect my game to run on ultra settings, but it’s frustrating that it’s barely playable right now.

Thanks for any input :slight_smile:

Computer Specs:

  • Model Name: MacBook Pro (MacBookPro16,1)
  • Processor: 8-Core Intel Core i9, 2.3 GHz
  • Memory (RAM): 16 GB
  • Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (4 GB VRAM)
  • Graphics Switching: Disabled
  • Metal Support: Metal 3
  • Hyper-Threading: Enabled

WoW Addons:

  • ElvUI (including ElvUI_BenikUI, ElvUI_Libraries, ElvUI_Options)
  • Hekili
  • WeakAuras (including WeakAurasArchive, WeakAurasModelPaths, WeakAurasOptions, WeakAurasTemplates)

WoW Graphics Settings:

General Settings:

  • Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
  • Physics Interactions: Player Only
  • Max Foreground FPS: 60 FPS
  • Max Background FPS: 10 FPS
  • Target FPS: 60 FPS
  • Resample Sharpness: 0.2
  • Contrast: 50%
  • Brightness: 50%
  • Gamma: 1.0

Compatibility Settings:

  • Optional GPU Features: Disabled
  • Async Resource Creation: Disabled
  • Multithreaded Rendering: Disabled
  • Frame Overlap: Disabled
  • Advanced Work Submit: Disabled

Advanced Graphics Settings:

  • Ground Clutter: 5
  • Texture Filtering: 16x Anisotropic
  • Ray Traced Shadows: Disabled
  • Ambient Occlusion: ASSAO
  • Resample Quality: Bilinear
  • VRS Mode: Disabled
  • Graphics API: Metal

Base Game Quality:

  • Base Game Quality: 5
  • Shadow Quality: Good
  • Liquid Detail: Good
  • Particle Density: Good
  • SSAO: Disabled
  • Depth Effects: Good
  • Compute Effects: Good
  • Outline Mode: Disabled
  • Texture Resolution: High
  • Spell Density: Dynamic
  • Projected Textures: Enabled
  • View Distance: 5
  • Environment Detail: 5

System Settings:

  • Monitor: Primary
  • Display Mode: Fullscreen (Windowed)
  • Resolution: 2048x1152 (100%)
  • Render Scale: 100%
  • Anti-Aliasing: CMAA 2
  • Multisample Techniques: Color 8x / Depth 8x
  • Camera FOV: 90