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Will this computer...

Grandaddy DeliciousGrandaddy Delicious Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
run WoW on max settings?

I started building a computer for my girlfriend so she could play WoW (hers crashes constantly on nax because its old). She gave me 600 dollars to spend, and I have to get a monitor as well. I started perusing newegg, but then I saw this at my local staples, and I don't think I can beat the price. What I need to know is, if I throw in a $100 PCIe 2.0 card (the mobo is only a 1.1PCIe, but I understand its reverse compatible), will it run WoW on max settings?

Thanks.

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  • Grandaddy DeliciousGrandaddy Delicious Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Anyone? They are only gonna hold it for me for another hour...

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Integrated Graphics?

    I wouldn't buy it.

    You might be able to put a card in it but I have no idea what the power supply is like.

    Check out the computer build thread, you could build a pretty good machine for $600.

    At least a way better machine than that.

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  • Grandaddy DeliciousGrandaddy Delicious Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Took your advice, went to newegg and bought the midrange components for a build.

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  • RohanRohan Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    My computer is composed of the following -

    Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz
    8GB PC6400
    Radeon 4870 1GB

    I run WoW at every possible highest setting at my monitor's native resolution of 1440*900, and the framerate typically hangs around the mid-fifties, often dropping to around 30 or so in very busy areas. WoW is a hell of a demanding game with everything turned up high. I can't see the computer you've listed because Newegg keeps asking me for an area code first, and I live in Ireland, where such things outside of Dublin do not exist.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm glad you decided to build with that $600, because $600 is enough to build a far, far better gaming machine + monitor than that Dell you found at Staples.

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