Originally Posted by Zyonin
...lowering the memory usage of your AddOns is not going to matter much unless the AddOn in question keeps using increasing amounts of RAM. However even then, this is usually not issue especially if you are using any kind of data gathering mod or damage meter...
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No actually, it does matter. Addons that are poorly designed continually using/leaking memory when they have no functional reason to do so are not good. Just because, for instance, damage meters continually use memory when recording damage does not mean its OK for a coordinate addon (etc.) to do so.
More important, of course, is CPU usage of addons. Nothing in WoW has more of an immediate effect on your framerates than addons which use (excessive) CPU time. And yes, there are a lot of such addons out there.
Unfortunately for the average user, its hard to find out which addons consume CPU time. You need to enable "CPU profiling" (which you must disable after testing as it will lag you in normal play) and use a specialized testing addon (such as
OptionHouse) to find out.
Back to the question, a few alternatives which may (or may not) be more resource efficient than ForteXorcist (which is what I assume you mean when you say "
Forte_Timer"?):
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Ellipsis (Multi-Target DoT Timers)
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Auracle (De)Buff Monitor
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Ara Dotimer
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ClassTimer
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ButtonTimers
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Yatba
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NeedToKnow
Haven't used or tested any of them (other than ClassTimer long ago); your mileage may vary.
I personally use
SpellReminder and have for a long time. But it may not handle multi-target debuffs in the way you want (I haven't played a class that has needed that information--i.e. warlock).