What sort of spec PC are you running WoW on?

dreadnought · 30 Sep 2008 at 12:57

I'm looking to get back into WoW pre-WOTLK and will be building a new gaming PC anyway so I thought I'd do a quick straw poll and see what you are running WoW on...

I'm looking at a Q6600, 4870, 8GB of Geil RAM and Vista x64. I know this spec will more than handle the WoW engine (hell, the iPhone could probably run WoW) but with all the texture detail/Anti-Aliasing set to 'high' will I notice any improvements running it on native resolutions on a 24" monitor?

Moley · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:00

Q6600, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R, OCZ 4GB PC2-5400C5, BFG Geforce 8800 GTS OC2.

Runs quite well funnily enough.

bailey12856 · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:29

E6600, Asus P5B, 2gb Geil, 8800GTS 512mb.

1650x1080 all high runs fine.

Carl_Bennetts · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:34

E6600 @ 3Ghz, Asus P5W DH, 2gb Geil, X1950XTX 512mb

Runs like a dream.......

True_Scotsman · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:40

At the moment

AMD64 3400+
1.5GB DDR2
Asus 7600GS 512MB

And runs very well for me

stumpy187 · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:46

Q6600, 4DB DDR2, 512mb 4870.

Running at around 80-150fps in most areas

Kezmo · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:58

Rig in Sig, i play Windowed at 1680x1050 Everything maxed 4xAA 16xAF.

Capped at 60fps,can drop down to around 30 at times, looks and runs very well

Hedge · 30 Sep 2008 at 14:13

My pc is in sig, Never skipped a beat while playing wow at 1680x1050

Adsta · 30 Sep 2008 at 14:36

Q6600@3ghz 8gb RAM DDR2 XFX8800GTX 756mb (OCed a little) Vista 64
I play at 1900x1200 max settings inc AA and AF

tbh though i play a lot of other games not just WoW. Id say my spec is stupidly high to play WoW.

russ0r · 30 Sep 2008 at 15:47

Rig in sig. 1440x900, everything full, bucketloads of addons, runs fine.

chris_uk333 · 30 Sep 2008 at 16:39

I am running on max on spec below no problem!

Semiskimmed · 30 Sep 2008 at 16:57

your proposed spec will be so overkill for running wow, i hope you will play other games to warrant buying all of that

itll run wow at max settings no worries though, and with the tweaks in wotlk, the game may require a little more power than it does now, but you will still have headroom with that pc

Azagoth · 30 Sep 2008 at 17:04

*Claimed*

Max settings @ 1680x1050 with full FSAA and AF on :-

Athlon64 X2 4200+ (939)
2048MB PC3200
7900GS 512MB

Never drops below 60fps (except in Shattrath) and is normally in the high 80's. So more than playable and smooth.