World of Warcraft

Increase performance

Force DirectX 11 mode

Making World of Warcraft run in DirectX 11 mode will increase performance on compatible cards around 20-30%.

Options

1. Edit the target of your WoW shortcut to the Launcher.exe with the parameter:

-d3d11

2. Edit the Config.wtf located:

\World of Warcraft\WTF\

Add the line:

SET gxApi "d3d11"

SSD

If World of Warcraft is installed on an SSD, this will dramatically increase the load times for zoning.

Windowed fullscreen

Native: yes - this is an option under Display -> Display Mode -> Windowed (Fullscreen).

On a multi-mintor display, depending on which monitor the window is initially launched in before setting Windowed (Fullscreen) mode, it is possible to run two or more windowed fullscreen instances of World of Warcraft (or other compatible games, like Starcraft II) on the other monitor(s).

Config

Config location

\World of Warcraft\WTF\[ACCOUNTNAME]\

Config cloud sync

Dropbox: yes Live Mesh 2011: yes, but Dropbox is faster and more reliable in this instance

World of Warcraft config cloud sync guide available on Shiny Hacks.

Where to buy

World of Warcraft is available in "brick and mortar" retailers and by digital copy through Blizzard's Battle.net service. World of Warcraft is subscription based at the cost of $14.99 USD monthly (60 Day Time Cards are available for $29.99 USD).

The basic version includes vanilla and the The Burning Crusade expansion $19.99 USD Wrath of the Lich King expansion is $29.99 USD. Cataclysm Expansion is $39.99 USD.