Re: Required hardware for high resolution WoW


<vmkiili@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:98a618a1-adab-46d9-a854-1656b2d7f5dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: I'm thinking about getting a new video card and a new monitor. I
: currently play the game at 1280x1024 resolution with full details,
: although sometimes it's a bit slow (Shattrath, for example). Now I'm
: going to get a bigger monitor which has a higher resolution, 1680x1050
: or possibly even 1900x1200, and a video card which can handle such a
: resolution. NVidia Geforce 8800GTS seems like a good choice. I'm a bit
: worried about the CPU though. I have AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, and I
: can't upgrade it without replacing the motherboard and memory, which
: would be too much hassle. Has anyone experiences of playing the game
: at high resolutions with such a CPU? Is WoW performance generally CPU
: or video card bound?


This isn't rocket surgery.

my game machines:
http://www.smokeypoint.com/My_PC.htm

of course I stand on the side of ATI. The 3800 series you can pick up at frys for
$180-$229.

If your main board sucks after inserting an ATI 3850 or 3870 then you haven't overspent on
a video card and you then know what direction to go ! mainboard change city.

** no fate **

dracman
Tomb Raider: Shotgun City
http://www.smokeypoint.com/tomb.htm
my game machines:
http://www.smokeypoint.com/My_PC.htm

Aliase female hume rogue lvl 70 PVE solo
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-***.xml?r=Zul%27jin&n=Aliase
Subtlety
5/22/34

Zebby female NE Huntress lvl 70 / Aja nightstalker cat lvl 70 (bite,prowl)
PVE solo
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-***.xml?r=Zul%27jin&n=Zebby
Marksmanship
17/34/10

WoW ingame pictures in a smoke free environment:
http://www.smokeypoint.com/if_airport/telaar.html
http://www.smokeypoint.com/if_airport/IF_airport.htm
http://www.smokeypoint.org/wow/worldofwarcraft1.html

-----------------------------------------
http://thottbot.com/?c=hunter
http://thottbot.com/?c=rogue
-----------------------------------------




.................................................................
Posted via TITANnews - Uncensored Newsgroups Access
>>>> at http://www.TitanNews.com <<<<
-=Every Newsgroup - Anonymous, UNCENSORED, BROADBAND Downloads=-

.