Min Specs for WOW?

Qdos said:
Minimum system requirements

* 15 GB available HD space
* 512 MB RAM (1 GB required for Mac® and Vista Users)
* 4x DVD-ROM drive
* Broadband Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse are required. Input devices other than a mouse and keyboard are not supported.

* Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 1)
* Intel Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz / AMD Athlon™ XP 1500+
* DirectX®-compatible sound card
* ATI Radeon™ 7200 or better

* Mac® OS X 10.4.11 or newer
* PowerPC G5 or Intel Processor
* ATI Radeon™ 9600 or better

* No Life

Recommended system specifications

* 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended for Mac and Vista Users)
* Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended
* Dual Core Processor
* ATI Radeon™ X1600 with 128MB VRAM or better
* Intel Processor

Not changed much over the years, can still run it on a very low specced machine. There have been quite a few effects added in over time, but they can all be dialed down or disabled if your PC can't take it.
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You missed something..
 
Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Well its a bit like a Nvidia 7600, with all the ram stripped out and the core crippled. The 7600 is a bit slower than an ATi x1800, so going by that, I imagine the 7100 will be a bit slower than the x1600, which is the Recommended GPU, but it'll be faster than a 9600. I think. :D

If you go that route AFAIK the 7100 will share your system memory, so get a load of that in when you're speccing your PC up so you don't cripple it any more than it already is.

Why you'd want to do any of this when you can pick up something cheap like a HD4650 for as little as 40 quid is beyond me, as the 4650 will certainly blow a 7100 out of the water.
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Its a temp solution. I do intend to put in a better graphics card, just wondering if I can get by on it for a few weeks.
 
Might be worth mentioning, my flatmate has the following specs and barely gets 30 fps anywhere with any video settings (shadows on/off make no difference):
q6600 2.4GHz
nForce 680 chipset
280GTX 1GB
8x 2GB 800MHz RAM
1280 x 1024 resolution
all the newest drivers.
Very interesting, because in cod4 he gets 200+ fps on full, relative high performance results in oblivion, bioshock etcetera
 
Bozebo said:
Might be worth mentioning, my flatmate has the following specs and barely gets 30 fps anywhere with any video settings (shadows on/off make no difference):
q6600 2.4GHz
nForce 680 chipset
280GTX 1GB
8x 2GB 800MHz RAM
1280 x 1024 resolution
all the newest drivers.
Very interesting, because in cod4 he gets 200+ fps on full, relative high performance results in oblivion, bioshock etcetera
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Thats a pretty beasty pc to be playing at 1280 x 1024. Does he play all his games at this res?
 
From personal experience WoW likes a lot of RAM and a fast HD helps too. If I was to run lots of addons, do some raiding or anything at all where theres a lot kicking off on-screen then 2gb would be bare minimum for me....and I'm going back 2-3 years too.
 
Bozebo said:
Might be worth mentioning, my flatmate has the following specs and barely gets 30 fps anywhere with any video settings (shadows on/off make no difference):
q6600 2.4GHz
nForce 680 chipset
280GTX 1GB
8x 2GB 800MHz RAM
1280 x 1024 resolution
all the newest drivers.
Very interesting, because in cod4 he gets 200+ fps on full, relative high performance results in oblivion, bioshock etcetera
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My home computer is in sig and that easily gets more than 30fps. Sure he is doing something wrong to get those results.

Maybe its a CPU issue being only at 2.4ghz.
 
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