Upgrades to run World of Warcraft maximum settings at 60fps

[Gallarian]

Current Specs:

MBoard: MSi P55A-G55 (LGA 1156 socket)
CPU: Intel i5 760 2.8Ghz(1156 socket) 8MB Cache
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD5670 1GB
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS3 (2.99GB usable)
OP: Windows XP SP3 32bit
Monitor: HP x23LED (23" at 1920x1080)
PSU: CiT 500w


Current Performance on WoW (Low-Fair-Good-High-Ultra):

AA: 2x
Texture Filtering: Trilinear
Shadows: Fair
Liquid: Good
View Distance: High
Environment Detail: High
Ground Clutter: High
Vertical Sync: On
Triple Buffering: On
Sunshafts: High
Particle Density: Good
Projected Textures: On
Refresh rate: 60Hz
Direct X: 9

Max Framerate: 60
Min Framerate: 30
Average: 50




What single upgrade can I make that will have the greatest impact on performance?

What upgrades can I make to run the game with all settings on Ultra at 60fps average?


Thanks

 

[Timop]

A nice GPU would be what you want. Your CPU is good enough, though an OC would be nice too.

Whats your budget? You might want to throw a 64-bit copy of windows on it as youre only getting to use ~half of your RAM.

 

[Gallarian]

I'm glad you said that, I had an inclination it would be those components.

My budget for a GPU would be upto £200

Thanks

 

[Timop]

A good sub-£200 GPU would be the HD6950/560Ti.
Gigbabyte HD6950 £186
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-gigabyte-hd-6950-oc-pci-e-21-(x16)-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-870mhz-1408cores-2x-dvi-dp-hdmi

Asus GTX 560Ti £173
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gtx-560-ti-directcu-ii-4000mhz-gddr5-gpu-830mhz-384-core

However, I would get a copy of win7 also, as WOW isn't that GPU taxing, but with an extra GB of RAM and DX11 support, things would be faster and look better. I would really advise you to get rid of your old PSU with a new GPU also and get something higher quality. If you want it to be £200 for everything heres another idea.

Win 7 OEM £70 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-sp1-operating-system-single-oem
Corsair 430W £35 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/430w-corsair-cmpsu-430cx-builder-series-80-eff-120mm-fan-single-12v-rail-atx-psu
GTX 460 1GB £113
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-msi-gtx-460-oc-3600mhz-gddr5-gpu-725mhz-shader-clock-1450mhz-336-cores-dldvi-i-hdmi-d-sub

Total: £218

 

[Gallarian]

Thanks mate, taken on board.

 

[Matthew Briers]

32bit windows runs as much ram as ur motherboard can take. It just displays that u have 4gb but ur getting the full use of however much u have compared to a 64bit copy