Gaming Build Bottleneck

[spynoodle]

I've made a gaming build (not as an upgrade for me) that is designed to be a lower-end gaming computer that can play something like World of Warcraft on 40-50ish FPS. I put in a Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66 GHz, and 4gb of DDR3 RAM. The thing is, this is the video card I want to put in:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130509
Now I know it isn't going to justify the Core2 Quad to its highest levels, but will it still get the 40-50ish FPS that I'm aiming for?

 

[Twist86]

You really don't need that great of a GPU for WoW. Your selection should be just fine I would think.

My old man runs a I5 rig with a 7600GT 256mb and to my utter surprise he maxes all settings at a 22'' 1680x1050 resolution with (45 being the lowest) 45+ FPS in Dalaran LOL.
We were planning on waiting for the higher end GPUs to go down in price before we bought the last piece for him.

Even with my old 8800GT I would max out WoW (same system specs mind you just a 8800GT instead) and it would only use 40% of the cards power. Just overclock your CPU to 3.2ghz-3.4ghz and you will run 45+ FPS in Dalaran and 60FPS everywhere else.

*edit*
I called and checked....he all settings maxed (cept shadow which is useless and drains your FPS) and view Distance is set to 65%.

 

[spynoodle]

You really don't need that great of a GPU for WoW. Your selection should be just fine I would think.

My old man runs a I5 rig with a 7600GT 256mb and to my utter surprise he maxes all settings at a 22'' 1680x1050 resolution with (45 being the lowest) 45+ FPS in Dalaran LOL.
We were planning on waiting for the higher end GPUs to go down in price before we bought the last piece for him.

Even with my old 8800GT I would max out WoW (same system specs mind you just a 8800GT instead) and it would only use 40% of the cards power. Just overclock your CPU to 3.2ghz-3.4ghz and you will run 45+ FPS in Dalaran and 60FPS everywhere else.

*edit*
I called and checked....he all settings maxed (cept shadow which is useless and drains your FPS) and view Distance is set to 65%.

Thanks for the reassurance, this build is planned to be given to someone else who doesn't plan on overclocking, but the highest-power task they'll be running on it is WoW, so it's good to know that it will play WoW on either max, or close to max settings.