World of Warcraft hardware question

Thatcompdude · 12-10-2006, 11:30 PM

Im prolly going to be building a new comp soon and was wondering if the hardware I am going to use will allow me to run WoW at max quality at 1280x1024 res with reasonable fram rates (during average gameplay). Hardware is as follows.
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mobo
BFG Geforce 7600GT 256 MB PCI-e video
Core 2 Duo E6600 proc (I might overclock a little bit, nothing too big)
2 gigs of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 675 MHz memory (In dual channel)
WD Raptor 150 GB 10K rpm SATA 150 hard drive

Any recomendations on any hardware changes would be appreciated, This comp will prolly be running vista home premium, so I might need a slightly beefier video card, but thats what im here to find out

diduknowthat · 12-10-2006, 11:48 PM

well The graphics card is certainly the weakest part of the entire system. See if you can bump that up to a 7900gt. Or if you want to go big, look into the 8 series.

bumblebee_tuna · 12-11-2006, 12:14 AM

It should run great in my personal opinion because my compy ran it pretty well with a 9600 pro.........

**Archangel** · 12-11-2006, 12:25 AM

that pc will run WoW perfectly. if you had the same pc, and you would put a 6600GT in it, it would still run maxed out really good. WoW dosnt put much load onto the grafic's card,.. its mainly a CPU/RAM thing

Thatcompdude · 12-11-2006, 12:46 AM

Thx for the info guys, ill be looking around for a better graphics card, but i am limited in my budget so its not going to be a 8800 lol, but when/if nvida does come out with some 8200-8600, GPUs ill definatly buy one!

12-10-2006, 11:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Thatcompdude New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6	World of Warcraft hardware question Im prolly going to be building a new comp soon and was wondering if the hardware I am going to use will allow me to run WoW at max quality at 1280x1024 res with reasonable fram rates (during average gameplay). Hardware is as follows. Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mobo BFG Geforce 7600GT 256 MB PCI-e video Core 2 Duo E6600 proc (I might overclock a little bit, nothing too big) 2 gigs of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 675 MHz memory (In dual channel) WD Raptor 150 GB 10K rpm SATA 150 hard drive Any recomendations on any hardware changes would be appreciated, This comp will prolly be running vista home premium, so I might need a slightly beefier video card, but thats what im here to find out Last edited by Thatcompdude; 12-11-2006 at 12:48 AM. Reason: spelling

12-10-2006, 11:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 6,748	well The graphics card is certainly the weakest part of the entire system. See if you can bump that up to a 7900gt. Or if you want to go big, look into the 8 series. __________________ Silent Mini-Rig Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 4GB G.Skill DDR2 800 Memory \| 400GB WD SATA HD eVGA 8800GT 512mb Graphics Card X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Hauppauge HVR 1800 MCE TV Tuner Scythe Ninja \| AC Accelero S1 Passive heatsink CM Elite 340 mATX Case \| Noctua NF-S12 Fans

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bumblebee_tuna Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Age: 20 Posts: 1,326	It should run great in my personal opinion because my compy ran it pretty well with a 9600 pro......... __________________ Dell Inspiron 1520 Jet Black Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz / 2GB DDR2 667MHz / 160GB 7200RPM nVidia GeForce 8600m GT 256MB 15.4" WXGA Anti-glare Display (1280x800) Microsoft Windows Vista Premium w/ Media Direct boot hack into Ubuntu Gutsy Haikus are easy. But sometimes they don't make sense. Refrigerator.

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Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,314	that pc will run WoW perfectly. if you had the same pc, and you would put a 6600GT in it, it would still run maxed out really good. WoW dosnt put much load onto the grafic's card,.. its mainly a CPU/RAM thing __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

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12-11-2006, 12:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Thatcompdude New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6	Thx for the info guys, ill be looking around for a better graphics card, but i am limited in my budget so its not going to be a 8800 lol, but when/if nvida does come out with some 8200-8600, GPUs ill definatly buy one!

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