What is needed for Wow?

[rightwingjedi]

Looking at getting a laptop and only need it for tghe internet and playing WOW.

Below are some cards and the price next to it are the prices for the laptops themselves. Is it worth shelling out more $ to get a better card just for WOW?


($799.99) Dell Studio 15.6"
256 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

($789.00) Sony Vaio CW 14"
NVIDIA GeForce G210M

($329.99) Acer Aspire 15.6"
ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics

(599.99) Gateway 17.3"
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

 

[IRHari]

Time.

 

[n25philly]

tolerance for overrated crap?

 

[SEH]

A computer.

Seriously, you can run WOW on just about any kind of hardware.

 

[Hydro2Oxide]

Wait for a black friday deal on laptops.

 

[Salamando3000]

Wow is so scalable it would probably run on my TI-83+ if it was ever ported to it.

 

[kube00]

You need to be single, and live with your parents.

As a former hardcore WoW player i can say that game consumes souls/lives/relationships

Although it is fun

Laptop wise, most laptops will run it the better the video card/processor more fps per second.

 

[Hydro2Oxide]

[quote name='kube00']Laptop wise, most laptops will run it the better the video card/processor more fps per second.[/QUOTE]

Well now this is strange. So you're saying the better my computer, the better the game will run? BLASPHEMY!

Spoiler

I kid, I kid

 

[clok1966]

Hmm i think everybody covered the "standard" responces to WoW players (most who replied probebly did it on patch Tuesday ) All the ones you listed will play it pretty well. the Intel will be the low man on the list so some details will need to be turned off and Northrend may be a little chuggy but it will play. Of course this all depends on memory. WoW will play with less then a 1g but it will be ugly. 2 gb is best and most of the video cards you listed will be useing some of that memory too.. So most any of them will play it if they ahve 2 gb memory. basicly the price dictates (like most things) how good. WoW is pretty old school graphics wise so it plays on most modern stuff well, even laptops.

 

[godhatesjustyou]

[quote name='IRHari']Time.[/QUOTE]

Dammit, beat me to it.

But yeah, practically anything will run WoW.

 

[rightwingjedi]

Thanks for the advice, funny advice at that.

I went ahead and got the Dell.

 

[L0sther0]

OS:

Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) Processor:

Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Recommended: Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Memory:

Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users)

Recommended: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista users) Video:

Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM (Such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2
class card or better)

Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM (Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA
GeForce 7600 GT class card or better) Sound:

DirectX-compatible sound card or motherboard sound capability