Will this PC Run WoW... ThreadFollow

Just say how well it will run it or a YES or NO or something, I guess otehr people could post their PC specs, and we can just have them all here =P

My PC :

-2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor
-80 GB ultra ATA hard drive
-512 MB DDR PC2700 SDRAM
-128 Video Ram (ATI 9600 SE), I think it is like 8AGP Slot or something while I have 4 (Then again I didn't install it so I have no clue what that even means)
-Cable Internet

Can anyone tell me how well this will run WoW, I would get lag on FFXI on the highest setting, which is why I played it on Medium, on Linage II I would get lag once in a while, and EverQuest... well those graphics suck so no lag at all

Edited, Tue Oct 12 20:40:45 2004 by GaMeSTa

Im going to say Yes, that should be just fine.

3.0 Ghz P4
1 gig DDR
ATI 9600 Pro

When I played the stress test everything ran real smooth, dunno if the Retail will require more.

Pentium4 1.8GHz

GeForce3 TiT 200

512mb RAM

To run on max settings smoothly (including raids etc..) which MUST i upgrade?

Like a champ.

I run it on far less than that, with all the vid options cranked up.

<Edit>

My POS

ECS K7S5A mobo
AMD XP 1600+ Processor
512Mb DDR 2100 Ram
20Gb WD 7200 Hard Drive
Gigabyte ti4200 128mb video card

..

Yeah thats whats pertinent.

Edited, Thu Oct 14 15:34:31 2004 by Jahx

I just upgraded my computer so I won't have a problem...

BUT...

I had AMD 2200+ with around 750MB Ram and a Geforce 5600 XT video card and WoW worked super fine during the stress test. I think you will be perfectly fine. WoWs graphics when NOT on highest quality are still quite impressive that you have nothing to worry about. Other MMOs have to really downgrade their performance to even be up to snuff.

You should be fine... don't blow your pocketbook on upgrades like I did.. you'll be in debt forever. Even though my computer is uber-fast now:)

Kamolahy

Hmm, I'm hearing about people getting ALOT of lag with a comp that is 2.0GHz or Higher, some Video Cards with 256 Ram, and 700ish MB Ram, I can't play with lag (Too annoying) and if these people get lag, it'll no doubt be worse for me?

Lemme try to compare a game to this...
I can ususally play Battlfield Vietnam with out any lag, and if I get lag it's due to the ping or server (Not lag because of my graphics card or anything) so would I be able to play WoW? (I think I play Vietnam on low settings =\ But I can play Battlefield: 1942 on high setting with little to no lag)

I can play WoW on low settings as long as it's nothing like FFXI's low settings, omg that was like playing a playstation game =P, But I don't like to get lag =(
Edited, Sun Oct 17 11:35:31 2004 by GaMeSTa

Edited, Sun Oct 17 11:36:46 2004 by GaMeSTa

For all those who are complaining about lag, I have to wonder what kind of ISP they are using. People with a 1.2Ghz CPU or better should be fine if they are running a "Broadband" connection.

I don't care if you just spent $4,000+ on the latest Alienware system, if you have a crappy ISP, dial-up especially, you'll have a laggy connection.

If it's the graphics that are causing the problem, lower the clip-plane and some of the settings. If you're running a 1.2 Ghz or better you should really be able to have a good time with reasonably little lag(unless you have 30+ people all in one area casting spells).

You should fly like the wind.

The point I've been trying to make is that this game takes LESS to run than almost all the MMORPGs out there!! Too many people worrying for little reason. :P

Please read the system requirements again......

8. System Requirements

===============================
The World of Warcraft beta test has the following requirements:

- Your computer will need a 56K or higher modem with an Internet connection.
- You must have a valid e-mail address.
Windows® System/OS:



- 800 Mhz or higher CPU.
- 256 Megabytes or more of RAM.
- GeForce 2 graphics card or better.
- 3 Gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
- DirectX® 9.0 or above.
Mac® System/OS:


- 1.0 GHz or higher, G4 or G5 processor.
- 512 Megabytes RAM or higher. DDR RAM recommended.
- ATI or NVIDIA video hardware with 64 MB VRAM or more.
- 3 Gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
- MacOS X 10.3 ("Panther") or better.
Linked from :
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/readme.html


Most systems will rock this game.

i think AT LEAST upgrade your RAM to 512..

Processor is great
Graphics card, im not too sure, but yours look decent to me..

A lot of the information you would want to know about your computer(well, the basics that is) is found pretty much by right clicking the my computer icon on your desktop/startmenu and hitting properties.

If you want to know about vid/sound card go to run in that start menu and type in DXDIAG. That should bring up the directx setting and such and information on what sound card/videocard you have.

Edited, Thu Oct 21 01:44:56 2004 by VampyreKnight

Bleh, your better off than me =(

Edit:when did they put TWO fs in off..freakin inglush.

Edited, Thu Oct 21 09:00:00 2004 by VampyreKnight

Yeah you should be able to run it extremely well. Games definately a leap up from solitair =P(Lost my solitair bug a long time ago...about the time I found free games online that were of pretty good quality, go figure).

BTW, for further reference the scholar part of my name is a title given by the site based on the kharma rating, so no real need to mention it ^_~. Besides, it makes me feal smurter than I are.

I have the following:

2.20 GHz celeron
40 GB hard Drive
DVD drive
512 mg Ram
Geforce4 mx 4000 128 mg video card
cable connection

It sounds like my computer will play WoW okay. However, if I were to upgrade to play game even better should I upgrade to a 256 video card or add another 512 mg ram to my memory ?

I will eventually add both but which would make bigger difference starting out ?