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A friend just gave me World Of Warcraft for Xmas.
(Had no plans to buy it for myself; I mainline D2 <g>.)

My system doesn't_really_meet the minimum reqs:
P3-733 / **GeForce 256 SDR**
(And 384meg system ram and broadband)

D2 Classic plays fine.

Think Wow will play acceptably?

TIA

....
 
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noneyabusiness wrote:
> A friend just gave me World Of Warcraft for Xmas.
> (Had no plans to buy it for myself; I mainline D2 <g>.)
>
> My system doesn't_really_meet the minimum reqs:
> P3-733 / **GeForce 256 SDR**
> (And 384meg system ram and broadband)
>
> D2 Classic plays fine.
>
> Think Wow will play acceptably?
>
> TIA
>
> ...

According to the specs on the box, you're just under with your P3-733--they
want an 800. If your video card does hardware T&L and has at least 32mb
then you should be ok, although I'd be ready for some fits and starts in
some places.
--
chainbreaker
 
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Try it?
I think you might get away with it...but then what do i know!

---------------------------------------------------------
i couldn't care less if i tried, and i will...

kinquartzhc
 
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"chainbreaker" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:cqjuqo01cda@news3.newsguy.com...
> noneyabusiness wrote:
>> A friend just gave me World Of Warcraft for Xmas.
>> (Had no plans to buy it for myself; I mainline D2 <g>.)
>>
>> My system doesn't_really_meet the minimum reqs:
>> P3-733 / **GeForce 256 SDR**
>> (And 384meg system ram and broadband)
>>
>> D2 Classic plays fine.
>>
>> Think Wow will play acceptably?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> ...
>
> According to the specs on the box, you're just under with your
> P3-733--they want an 800. If your video card does hardware T&L and has at
> least 32mb then you should be ok, although I'd be ready for some fits and
> starts in some places.
> --
> chainbreaker
>

Also the wow process uses almost 500 meg of ram, so there will probably be
some stutering as it manages swap file.
My guess it will be playable... just. Enjoyable? not sure.
 
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oh, and I know for a fact that it WILL let you play if your processor specs
don't meet the min req's, but it won't even let you install it if your
graphics aren't up to the minimum though. I installed it on the bathroom
computer (DON'T LAUGH!) and it's only running a 700Mhz.

Anex.....UndeadRogueazon, 🙁 multi-tasking. I'm all about the
multi-tasking!





"Vladesch" <vladeschxxxx@bigxxxxxpond.net.auxxx> wrote in message
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> "chainbreaker" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:cqjuqo01cda@news3.newsguy.com...
>> noneyabusiness wrote:
>>> A friend just gave me World Of Warcraft for Xmas.
>>> (Had no plans to buy it for myself; I mainline D2 <g>.)
>>>
>>> My system doesn't_really_meet the minimum reqs:
>>> P3-733 / **GeForce 256 SDR**
>>> (And 384meg system ram and broadband)
>>>
>>> D2 Classic plays fine.
>>>
>>> Think Wow will play acceptably?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> ...
>>
>> According to the specs on the box, you're just under with your
>> P3-733--they want an 800. If your video card does hardware T&L and has
>> at least 32mb then you should be ok, although I'd be ready for some fits
>> and starts in some places.
>> --
>> chainbreaker
>>
>
> Also the wow process uses almost 500 meg of ram, so there will probably be
> some stutering as it manages swap file.
> My guess it will be playable... just. Enjoyable? not sure.
>
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:25:13 -0500, "u" <u@mail.com> wrote:

>oh, and I know for a fact that it WILL let you play if your processor specs
>don't meet the min req's, but it won't even let you install it if your
>graphics aren't up to the minimum though. I installed it on the bathroom
>computer (DON'T LAUGH!) and it's only running a 700Mhz.
>
>Anex.....UndeadRogueazon, 🙁 multi-tasking. I'm all about the
>multi-tasking!
>
....sounds like you're multi-tasking in the bathroom... 😛

Actually, I've found that (for WoW anyhow) having a good video card
and average system work out pretty well.

WoW running on the following combos...

#1) Low Computer + High Video Card = Okay, unless you have a really
slow computer

#2) High Computer + Low Video Card = Actually probably not as good as
#1

Your mileage may vary...

- Samiel
 
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Tanks, U !
And Vladesch and chainbreaker, too ;-)

I looked up the supported / non supported cards and Blizzard states
that if WoW runs at all on an unsupported card it would have horrible
video artifacts.

I hope to win a bid for a GeForce 3 Ti200, or if that fails, buy a
Ti500 (These are the last of the GeForce cards that will work in my BX
chipset system).

....

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:25:13 -0500, "u" <u@mail.com> wrote:

>oh, and I know for a fact that it WILL let you play if your processor specs
>don't meet the min req's, but it won't even let you install it if your
>graphics aren't up to the minimum though. I installed it on the bathroom
>computer (DON'T LAUGH!) and it's only running a 700Mhz.
>
>Anex.....UndeadRogueazon, 🙁 multi-tasking. I'm all about the
>multi-tasking!
>
>
>
>
>
>"Vladesch" <vladeschxxxx@bigxxxxxpond.net.auxxx> wrote in message
>news:aFeAd.92084$K7.69565@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> "chainbreaker" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:cqjuqo01cda@news3.newsguy.com...
>>> noneyabusiness wrote:
>>>> A friend just gave me World Of Warcraft for Xmas.
>>>> (Had no plans to buy it for myself; I mainline D2 <g>.)
>>>>
>>>> My system doesn't_really_meet the minimum reqs:
>>>> P3-733 / **GeForce 256 SDR**
>>>> (And 384meg system ram and broadband)
>>>>
>>>> D2 Classic plays fine.
>>>>
>>>> Think Wow will play acceptably?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> According to the specs on the box, you're just under with your
>>> P3-733--they want an 800. If your video card does hardware T&L and has
>>> at least 32mb then you should be ok, although I'd be ready for some fits
>>> and starts in some places.
>>> --
>>> chainbreaker
>>>
>>
>> Also the wow process uses almost 500 meg of ram, so there will probably be
>> some stutering as it manages swap file.
>> My guess it will be playable... just. Enjoyable? not sure.
>>
>
 
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:18:14 +1300, "~misfit~"
<misfit61nz@hooya.co.nz> wrote:

>noneyabusiness wrote:
>> Tanks, U !
>> And Vladesch and chainbreaker, too ;-)
>>
>> I looked up the supported / non supported cards and Blizzard states
>> that if WoW runs at all on an unsupported card it would have horrible
>> video artifacts.
>>
>> I hope to win a bid for a GeForce 3 Ti200, or if that fails, buy a
>> Ti500 (These are the last of the GeForce cards that will work in my BX
>> chipset system).
>
>BX chipsets rock!! I have two, both running Tualatin Celerons, one is 1.3Ghz
>and the other is 1.4Ghz. A modification was needed but they are one fast
>chipset. Shame about the AGP 2x limitation though huh? And the ATA33 IDE
>(Although you can get past that with a PCI IDE controller that does ATA100).

My board came with an ATA100 Raid controller. I Recently bought a 200
Gig drive. Shame it needed an ATA133 controller card 🙁

>
>I need a couple of GF3 ti's myself but they still command outrageous prices
>for an old (but good) card.

Someone is selling Compaq branded Ti 500s for $65 ("referbished") to
$75 ("New" )(new??). I think it's a bit high at that price tho. Check
Ebay if interested.

I think I'm going to have to wait 'till I can spare the $$$ for a P4
system and a "state of the art" video card...
(That way I could also play Doom 3 <g>)

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