Need advice on cooling and lag issues in games.

I have 2 questions I need advice on...

1. I have this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=35-128-003&depa=0 fan running on my cpu plus 2 fans running out the back while 1 runs in the front. Also there is one fan on the side. Since I play WoW it really works it and the temp of my cpu is usually 43-49. Im wondering wat else I can do to cool this thing down...

2. Since I play WoW and maybe some of you play it but the Battlegrounds came out. Its very choppy for me and I'm just wondering maybe what I can do to smooth things out such as parts or somthing.

Im currently running:
Motherboard:AN7 (nVidia-nForce2)
RAM: 512 (Double Bank) - DIMM, SDRAM X 2
processor: AMD Athlon(tm)
Video Card: Radeon 9800 Pro (R350)

If you can help it'd be greatly appreciated. Also if you need to know anything else just let me know. Thanks

-Brian

 

40-50 isn;t really bad as far as temps go .. that's about my temps ..usually athlonXPs are hotter then P4s (northwoods that is)

for one, make sure you set DX and opengl to performance and app preference in the display settings ... also might reduce the resolution of the game or lower the effects, I find I can set things higher if I just lower the lighting quality, also turn off AA and AF .. i fyou play online might try to get a faster connection or play with fewer players or find a better server

also you can search google for more in depth instruction on how to tweak your video card

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 43-49° C a safe system operating temperature? As for choppiness, ensure you have the latest ATI drivers, and turn your settings down a bit to gain some more speed.

 

I'd have said that your CPU temps are fine for full-load use, which is usually the case when you're gaming.

But why not see what other users of your mobo/CPU are reporting at <http://www.3degs.net/mbmcfg/index.php?page=browse&core=stats>?