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64 bit client

A blue post in one of those 64-bit threads in the tech support forum indicated that WoW has been able to utilize memory beyond the cap for quite some time but that running a 64-bit app should show increased performance. (I tried to find the post, but am not familiar enough with their board software to find it; got bored trying. I was surprised to learn their software was designed to directly access the memory like that.)

I installed the 64-bit client and things do seem a bit "peppier." Loading times seem faster, manipulating the data after scanning the ah with Auctioneer is faster, and it even seems that data written to files due to addons at /exit is faster.

reply to Redawg81
Do you need to do anything to activate the 64 bit client or is it done automatically?

Here you go »us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3988300405

reply to Redawg81
Is it worth it?

reply to Pali
I can tell you that doing mundane things you will not notice a difference. In LFR however I noticed a huge difference. I was able to maintain a steady 30fps even during things like Zon'ozz black phase where I would lag to about 5 fps previously. The lag only happened in lfr and now it is apparently gone. Yay

reply to Redawg81
is there anyway "in-game" to confirm which client you're running?
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reply to Redawg81
where is that link to dl the client i checked b-net couldnt find it

I linked both the PC & Mac client in my first post.

tanks Fel

Your welcome.

reply to Redawg81
Now that I've been using the new client for a few hours I can definitely say that the game performs more smoothly. I play on a laptop (this is only tiding me over until I can afford to build a great gaming rig) so my bottleneck is definitely the hdd more than anything else, so I didn't expect a great boost to begin with. After going through a few AV's when there are 20+ players bunched around the Stormpike graveyard my fps doesn't take as large of a fps hit as it used to. As far just sitting around Stormwind doing auctions I got a nice 10fps gain by just switching clients.
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reply to I AM
I ran with the new 64 client last night thru LFR and didn't see a big difference. Although I haven't had much issue with game performance in the past. Where I did see a huge difference was loading screen times. Seemed the initial load (during addon startup) was twice as quick and each loading screen after was also shortened quite a bit.

IMO it is worth it.
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reply to Redawg81
I just installed the 64 bit client to my laptop and I have noticed a big improvement. I had a problem with looting where the system would seem to stutter. I am sure it's an addon I just never could figure out which one. Problem is gone now. I have been playing for the better part of 2 hours. Ran a few heroics and no slowdown in high aoe. I even tanked on my baby druid and with half of sm graveyard chasing my bear butt with aoe, no slowdown. I am quite happy with it so far.

reply to Redawg81
I'll be interested to see how it works tonight. I installed the 64 bit at lunch and have DS tonight.

reply to Redawg81
With all the good responses so far, I'll give it a shot.

THe only current caveat is that it's unsupported, but I can live with that. The more people that download/use it, the more likely it gets official support. Although I'm guessing that with MoP prep patch it'll be officially supported.
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reply to Redawg81
Hrrm....I had it up and running for a while fine and then the top half of my screen went fuzzy/blurry. Anyone else have issues? I'll go back later to check if my drivers are up to date.