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Addon developer for World of Warcraft

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@AshajTV Personally I prefer using the separate addons, as then if one breaks, you just turn it off and wait for a fix, rather than having the entire UI go kaput

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Saw a Reddit post claiming ElvUI is terrible and another overhaul is best, ElvUI is actually the best performing UI overhaul by a large margin - once you replace the nameplates

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@AshajTV If you feel that having an integrated suite is better, then go for it. Otherwise, if you're happy to use dedicated addons, then they're usually more comprehensive than the generalist suite, of course you might not want the extra functionality.

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@JonosTake @guilliotine_ There isn't, currently

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Been benchmarking again, with the new auras in 12.1. These results are done with the chain-pulls in a Xena follower dungeon, only nameplate addons enabled.

Let me know if there's an addon updated for 12.1 that I've missed.

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@guilliotine_ Testing the default profile, I guess I should've tested Jundies too :D

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Did some testing on a device that isn't built for WoW (ie most laptops), the impact on the frame rates was really different on an addon basis, and yet, I think the main blame for turbulent fps falls on WoW's engine. Had to tweak the graphics quite a bit.

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@ngp563 Its not just ElvUI affected by 4, WA got flak for performance, when the core was well optimised, it was some packs that were installed with custom code that drove frame rates into the floor.

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@ngp563 4. The EUI users that got boosts wouldn't have been using JUST ElvUI before, this tests the the lie that ElvUI is solely responsible for bad performance. The plugins you use matter a lot too.

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@MysticalOS @EvaliaVae Correction, I meant to write "Most nameplate addons PARENT to the nameplate"

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@MysticalOS @EvaliaVae That's not quite how it works. Modern nameplates you're required to anchor to the nameplate, you can't extract the position. Whether you parent or not is optional. Most nameplate addons anchor to the nameplate, there's a few, including notably Plater that don't.

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After comments I realised I wasn't stress testing the addons enough, so did some huge pulls in Nexus Point Xenas. Its pretty darn close.

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@EvaliaVae Although, admittedly this is a relatively predictable scene in Cinderbrew Meadery, follower dungeon edition that I used

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@EvaliaVae For example, the various nameplate addons all vary _hugely_ in their performance

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@neo_aeroox Follower dungeon, Cinderbrew Meadery, first room

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I see a lot of claims about "improved performance" in addons, that's great - but - it isn't evidence that the addon performs really well. Its all relative to other comparable addons.

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@BriDMee @redtuzk I went with Arch Linux - its not the easiest distro though.

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@redtuzk Oh, and running on Linux, Proton compat layer

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@redtuzk Pretty high spec. RTX 5080, AMD 9950X3D, 5600mhz RAM

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@jezal17 Hey. Reran the metrics to pull the 1% lows