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Hello WoW community. I am currently contemplating very very seriously about playing WoW. I originally had no concern as far as computer specs go as I have been playing FFXI for 2 years or so with no hiccups at all in the realm of my machines specs. I really didn't even think about recommended system requirements to play WoW up until today.

After browsing the guides and stickies here looking for info about the game I did come across the guide about performace tweaking and it really got me thinking about my abilities with my comp after reading some of the comments. I'm not entirely dumb to computer tech subjects but I'm not particularly an advanced user or pc builder either. My question is could I run WoW in a reasonable fashion with these specs?

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.2Ghz
RAM: 512 MB
Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5200 256MB RAM

I am a bit concerned now and I direct this question to any current player who may have a similar spec or tech savy enough to shed a bit of light on my plight. God knows it bites when you spend money on a title and your machine spends all its time playing catch-up with lag or single digit frame rates. I appreciate any feedback you guys may have. I do look forward to being a productive part of this community in the near future, given that I can handle the game running on my machine.

Thanks again.

Thank you Riggy. I'll get the RAM updated then, if thats all that would keep me from playing.

I agree, i currently have 512 ram, and it makes the game unbearable.

Everything else is higher statwise than what i have by far, and you will be able to run the game, not top speed but surely at a good speed with no problem. After the expansion, no one knows for sure. Im sure my computer will not work anymore, we will see. But your will most likely make it through that.

Just to echo what as ben said here. I hated going into towns when I had 512 ram. Back when I was a noob the Crossroads was raided pretty much 24/7. I couldn't move in there. Ever since I jumped to a gig of ram I don't have any of those issues.

Gotcha. Thank you. ;)

Another check for adding 512. Thank you for your comment.

Understood. Well, another stick of 512 is now on my list. I have about a month before I begin play so I've got time to get that issue remedied and study up on game "how-tos" through the stickies and guides. Thank you a ton for your help. I know it can be a bugger when new people pop up with similar questions. I appreciate the tact and character you guys have displayed to me.

I just lol'd.

I gotcha. I've had that card since I begun playing FFXI. Actually bought it because FFXI wouldn't run on an integrated board obviously. I've thought about upgrading but my ultimate plight there is I don't normally play PC games. Thus I'm not very quick to drop another 100 - 200 dollars into a card if it won't get that frequent a use other than an MMO. If I can suitably run WoW or FFXI with my current setup (after a RAM upgrade) then I beileve I'll stick with that. If at any time the tide changes and I look to more PC based games I will definately upgrade the card. Thank you very much for your feedback. Rate Ups to everyone who offered their help. It is much appreciated.