Insei
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Insei on Fri May 23, 2008 4:29 pm
I dislike my UI. I like the actual addons I have, and what they do for me, but the way I have them arranged feels busy and somewhat unorganized. As a mage, DPS is often the second or third on the list of stuff I need to be doing during a raid, so I feel it's important for everything to be as accessible as possible so that I can multi-task effectively.
If anyone has a UI bundle that they use that works well for them, I'd appreciate a heads up. Keep in mind that I have to play WoW in windowed mode--I play on a shitty laptop, and it's the only thing that keeps my framerate where it needs to be. In the same vein, I can't use any mods that suck up too much memory (let me know if the ones below do that, btw ).
Here's a list of my favorite addons:
Quartz
Cryolysis 2
Bartender 3
Xperl Raid Frames
Grid
Big Wigs (the bars show up in the upper lefthand corner during raids)
Cartographer
Lightheaded (and TomTom)
And, well, I don't LOVE Omen, but it's what we use.
Any help would be wildly appreciated I don't mind revamping the whole thing, or subbing out addons with similar (or better) ones, so have at it.
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nugzillaOfficer Choo Choo
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by nugzilla on Fri May 23, 2008 11:03 pm
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HAV0QMember What is the Internet?
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by HAV0Q on Sat May 24, 2008 11:27 am
Running in windowed mode uses more video memory and actually gives worse FPS...unless u shrink it down to a game boy sized window.
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Insei
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Insei on Sat May 24, 2008 12:39 pm
Yeah, Havoq, that's what everyone told me. But for some reason, it works for me. It might be because I'm on a laptop, I dunno. It uses MUCH less memory for me in windowed mode, I've checked the system resources for each and the framerate is just so obviously better. I can't explain it I don't know enough about computers.
Thanks for posting your UI and mods, Nuggiez I really like the way Pitbull looks, and I hear it's highly customizable. I'mma switch to that and try it out.
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Robotron_ on Sat May 24, 2008 12:43 pm
In my videos, the UI I use is Pitbull, and it looks totally different from what Nuggiez is using.
Moral of the story: Pitbull melts faces because you can do so many awesome things with it.
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HAV0QMember What is the Internet?
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by HAV0Q on Sat May 24, 2008 1:01 pm
Insei wrote: | Yeah, Havoq, that's what everyone told me. But for some reason, it works for me. It might be because I'm on a laptop, I dunno. It uses MUCH less memory for me in windowed mode, I've checked the system resources for each and the framerate is just so obviously better. I can't explain it I don't know enough about computers.
Thanks for posting your UI and mods, Nuggiez I really like the way Pitbull looks, and I hear it's highly customizable. I'mma switch to that and try it out. |
I'm telling u right now, it runs worse...unless u have some freaky issue with drivers or your directx files, there's no way windowed mode will run better...I R a GEEK IRL-I know these things!
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Insei
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Insei on Sat May 24, 2008 3:08 pm
I can't argue with results though, Havoq. If it works better, it works better My framerate doubled in raids since I started playing in windowed mode.
And Robo, that is Pitbull, Nuggiez just has it segmented and shit with some eepanels. But yeah, I'm playing with it now, I like how customizable it is. Looks much cleaner than xperl, too.
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HAV0QMember What is the Internet?
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by HAV0Q on Sat May 24, 2008 4:22 pm
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Insei
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Insei on Thu May 29, 2008 12:16 am
This is what I got going for the moment. I'm growing fond of it. Gonna keep looking around for more tweaks.
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HAV0QMember What is the Internet?
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by HAV0Q on Fri May 30, 2008 12:10 pm
Windowed mode runs slower than full screen mode! FUCK!
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GrimhydeMember What is the Internet?
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Grimhyde on Fri May 30, 2008 5:15 pm
HAV0Q wrote: | Windowed mode runs slower than full screen mode! FUCK! |
Totally random thought but maybe somehow entering windowed mode reduces some settings automatically. Check everything in windowed and non-windowed mode, just an idea.
I heard windowed mode puts hardcore stress on GPUs and it's not wise to do it all the time unless you got a good rig.
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HAV0QMember What is the Internet?
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by HAV0Q on Fri May 30, 2008 6:27 pm
Ya windowed mode uses more video ram, system resources, etc., etc., etc...but I'm just messin around...I run fullscreen man mode...rawr...400FPS when I R look down...rawr...
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Insei
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Insei on Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:24 am
Then why do I get 6 FPS in fullscreen mode in Shatt and 15 FPS in windowed mode? All the settings remaining the same, of course (AAAALL the way down).
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Insei
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re: Queer eye for the non-guy.
by Insei on Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:19 pm
By request: My computer's a Dell Inspiron B130. It has 2 gigs of RAM 'cause I put it in there, only tweak.
Video: Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family
Sound: SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
...my bad if those aren't the video/sound cards, but are in fact something else. I'm a future neuroscientist, not so much a code monkey
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