That's a great write-up thanks a lot! His first recommendation was to turn off shadows as well. I have done that and it does seem to run smoother. I will post back here if that same error comes up again.

Well an update. Turning off shadows did help a lot but I wanted to be able to run out full out. So I went out and bought a new motherboard (maximus III gene) and another ati radeon 5850, to crossfire.

I just finished getting it all setup (i think) and I tried playing wow with all the settings maxed, and it plays just as ****ty as it did before.

I was going to just buy a geforce 580 instead but for 50 more I thought upgrading the weak motherboard, a new case with much better cooling and a second crossfired ati 5850 would do the trick. It seems that isn't the case or I am missing something.

Any ideas would be great. All I want is to be able to run this damn game max settings with no problems. /sigh

Another update. I got so fed up with nothing working as well as everyone tells me it should that I'm trashing my entire pc and starting over.

i7 2600k
16gig ddr3
some highend mobo, haven't decided yet
1200w ps
and either 2 asus gtx 580's, or 2 590's, depending on how they do and how much they are.

If that setup wont allow me to run WoW on max settings with 5760x1080 then I give up.

Originally Posted by richc46

Although you are frustrated now, you will be very happy when this does get sorted out, good luck.

Thanks for the support. I think I've decided on the following:

i7 2600k (with hyperthreading off and eventually OC to around 4.5Ghz)
same 16gig ddr3 1300
asus maximus iv extreme mobo
Zalman cnps9900max-r 135mm cooler
3 - MSI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 580
CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200
Antec 100 case with as many fans as I can fit in it. lol

That's right. I got so made I'm getting three vid cards!