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Ecopower

Version: 1.0
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Ecopower (Discontinued)

This very small and lightweight addon will automatically limit and unlimit your framerate.

- in combat or when walking around: ecopower will set to 'high fps'
- standing still, not in combat: ecopower will set to 'low fps'

This way, you should never really notice the lower fps.

Command to change the values: /ecopower [high] [low]
Example: /ecopower 60 30


Why?

A lot of new computers have powerful video cards and generate way too much frames per second.
I have seen my computer render up to 400 frames per second.
So, I always try to limit this for the following reasons:

- your computer uses less power (good for nature ánd the bill)
- your graphics card and cpu produce less heat
- your fans turn slower and produce less noise

Why not use vsync instead?
Because Ecopower can give you an active fps of >60 and an idle fps of <60, given that 60 is your refresh rate. On a 100Hz screen for example, you could set Ecopower to 100 when active and 40 when inactive.

Known Issues

- fps values are not 100% accurate, meaning setting it to 60 can produce a rate of 63. This is not my fault.
- fps rate of 8 is the minimum. Again, this is set by Blizzard.
- if your fps is still limited after uninstall, use this command: /console maxfps 0

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Unread 08-17-10, 06:55 AM  
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Originally posted by TwN
I reckon it is possible to use 0 as a max value, resulting in no limit when in combat?
yes
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I reckon it is possible to use 0 as a max value, resulting in no limit when in combat?
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Originally posted by Aisenfaire
I tried this addon, then removed it. But even after it's removed and the saved variables are deleted, my fps is limited to 30 (without Vsync enabled). Help!
/console maxfps 0
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I tried this addon, then removed it. But even after it's removed and the saved variables are deleted, my fps is limited to 30 (without Vsync enabled). Help!
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Interesting...
I'm definitely gonna use this when I get back into the game.
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Probably my ticket to heaven
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