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The PTR patch that is applied when you download and install the PTR Patch 3.0.2 files will create a completely new copy of WoW for itself, taking up approximately 7.46 Gigabytes of space. For those of us running Windows Vista, the files are stored in the location C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft Public Test. This follows Vista style guidelines set by Microsoft. We saw this same “new” behavior with the 2.4 patch files, when they saved themselves into a directory outside of the World of Warcraft program files.

This PTR patching process has other odd behavior right now. When you start to patch the actual game, you’ll be able to watch your system resources shoot up. I’m running a very nice laptop where I typically get between 50 and 65 frames a second in raids. The patching ground my computer to a virtual stand-still. This behavior has been reported by others. The patching program decided to use nearly every ounce of CPU power it could. This might be “working as intended” – but it is certainly something that could work better.

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