Hardware spec for WoW?

cr!spy

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Hi guys,

I posted in the General Hardware section yesterday about this, but just wanted to know what other WoW players thought...

I haven't played it in over a year and unfortunately sold my pc last year, so I'm looking at getting a new one. I was thinking of getting the OcUK Titan Xenomorph with the Radeon 5770... would I be able to play on full settings without any issues on this system? Oh and I will be running the game @ 1920x1080.
 
So would you say the Titan Xenomorph would be ok to play the game at full settings, or would the option to upgrade the card to a 5830 be a better idea?
 
Voltage said:
depends if you want ultra mode.

the shadows are very poorly coded in wow, id say 5850 minimum if you want all the bells and whistles. Look up enb series for wow also, i would never play the game without it.

Also, be a man, build your own computer :p
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Hmm... ok, but now the price is going to start creeping up and I was hoping to keep it under £700.

Back in TBC days I was playing on a dual core, 4gb, 4870 setup and it ran WoW flawlessly @ max settings 1920x1050... does it really need that much more grunt now?

Haha I probably will end up doing that now to save money. I've just been out of the loop for a while since selling my old pc and just wanted a system that was already built, overclocked and 100% stable.
 
wordy said:
You'll be able to run it fine. I recently got a modified Titan Exodus and while doing some quests in The Storm Peaks I'm getting 140-160 FPS with V-sync turned off so I would imagine yours would be fine aswell.
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Cool! So which graphics card would you recommend to go with the Titan Xenomorph - 5770, 5830 or the 5850? I definitely don't want to go any higher than the 5850. Oh and is the i3 processor overclocked to 4.2GHz a good processor to run the game, as most people seem to be running it on quad cores?
 
Nymins said:
Basically you should be able to max it out, however the shadows in the game are so badly coded that it slows down even the best hardware. Its not an issue with the hardware at all, just a badly coded game.

The PC you want will be more than enough for WoW. Just expect some slow-down in Dalaran. But again, I wouldn't be disappointed because its a software issue, nothing related to your hardware.
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Ok, great, thank you! It always used to slow down a bit when you got into busy areas anyway, so I don't think it will annoy me too much.
 
RynceWynd said:
as the wow debate has gone on for a while,

i'll just add my 2 pence that the Titan Xenomorph spec is really nice not just for wow but will do you well for many other games.

so even if it is overkill for wow you will have a very competent system overall.
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Even with the 5770?
 
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