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Wow burning crusade?

AtomicaAtomica Member Posts: 28
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Ok well atm these are my cpu specs

Pentium d 2.4ghz

s3 Graphic (standard 3d)

256mb ram

and i have 256/kps cable modem



Because of my current graphics i have not been able to play many online games.



In a couple of weeks im getting this cpu



Pentium 4 3.0ghz

512mb ram

nvidia geforce 6200 pci express.

and cable modem 256kp/s



I have never owned a copy of wow but this new one burning crusade i think its called. Would it be a good idea to buy it and could i have some info on it?

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  • AtomicaAtomica Member Posts: 28
    add me on xfire if youd like to discuss is further australia1993
  • EranuEranu Member Posts: 191

    Id maybe update your ram to 1 gig for playing any online game but the rest of your system will run it fine.

     

    Make sure u get the original world of warcraft as well as iburning crusade  requires the original game.

     

    Wel worth giving it a go. Had soe great fun battling alliance in outland.

    Greatness is difficult to appreciate from close up. The great mountain on the horizon is only the ground when you are standing on it.

  • DrowNobleDrowNoble Member UncommonPosts: 1,297

    If it is like WoW Launch, then the BE/Draenei lowbie zones are going to be crowded.  Plus, Outland mobs will be heavily farmed.  They did say that the spawn rate in Outland will be adjusted based on how fast they being killed, so maybe that will help.

    I would say wait like another week to let the initial surge die off some more.

  • CleffyIICleffyII Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,440

    You need both WoW and the Burning crusade just incase you don't know.

    As far as computer specs, those will run it but not to well.  With 512MB ram you will have trouble loading in towns like Ogrimar.  Also you better not be paying over $100 for that graphics card cause it blows.  Its also old.  If you are paying over $100 I would get atleast a Radeon X1300-X1650, or Geforce 6800, 7300 or above.  Also remember to get the right one for you motherboard PCI-E or AGP.

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  • Mr.Man_7Mr.Man_7 Member Posts: 224
    You'll need to buy the first WoW as stated by some people.... if your a first MMO'er i guess this is a good starting game , other then the annoying ass community. (3-10 years old)

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  • LlamaLordLlamaLord Member Posts: 115

    I built this really cheap system yesterday, so me and my girlfirend copuld play WOW at the same time :-

    DFI LanParty UT RDX200CF-DR Crossfire (Socket 939) Motherboard

    AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego (Socket 939) -

    Sapphire X1600 Pro 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)

    OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit

    I can run it at nearly full settings 1280x1024 no stutter at all.

  • elvenangelelvenangel Member Posts: 2,205

    I got this right from the TBC website

     

    PC System Requirements

    • OS: Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4); Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
    • Processor: Intel Pentium3 800MHz or AMD Athlon 800MHz
    • Memory:
      • 512 MB RAM,
      • 1GB RAM is recommended
    • Video:
      • Minimum: 32MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above.

      • Recommended: 64MB VRAM 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 class card or above.
    • Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

    Mac System Requirements

    • OS: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or newer required
    • Processor:
      • 933MHz G4/G5 processor,
      • 1.8GHz G5/Intel or better recommended
    • RAM:
      • 512MB RAM,
      • 1GB DDR RAM is recommended
    • Video:
      • NVIDIA or ATI graphics processor with 32MB VRAM,
      • 64MB VRAM recommended

    All Platforms

    • Controls: A keyboard and mouse are required. Input devices other than a mouse and keyboard are not supported
    • Connectivity:You must have an active broadband internet connection to play.
    • Mouse: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended.

    Note the markings in red.  I dont know if anyone has tried it but if you don't have broadband its going to be incredibly hard if not impossible to handle TBC properly.   (The original world will be fine)   If you've gone through all the money to update your processor and video card you really really really NEED that ram.   Just buy another stick of 512 its not that expensive.   (way cheaper than that pentium chip probably was) 

    Less than 1 gig of ram just doesn't cut it with PC games today.  The more Ram and the better the video card the better the game runs.  You could of kept your Pentium chip and updated the rest and been fine (less your mother board was already maxed) .   What speed your pentium chip depends on the game but really you can still play games at like 1.6Ghz as long as you have the memory and video card to handle processing everything.

    Oh and you need the original game first.

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  • coffeecoffee Member Posts: 2,007
    Here is my backup PC and I installed WoW on there a while back when my PSU on my main PC died, this is what I got.



    Spec
    • Geforce2 MX440 128mb AGP x4

    • Althon 2800
    • 768MB Ram

    Result



    Run WoW at 15-25fps with all detail on min, shaders off, view distance at 50%, No AA (-5fps with AA on). 

    And you know what it still looks great... 40man raids where out, about 5fps there, IF bank ya looking at 10fps, but out in the wild questing or in 5/10 man dungeons I was getting an acceptable 20fps average.  I was realy suprised.



    Anyway download the 10day trial to see if WoW is for you. https://signup.worldofwarcraft.com/trial/index.htm  not sure if your S3 gfx are upto to the job though.

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  • Aison2Aison2 Member CommonPosts: 624
    look at his connection - download would be suicide



    i saw at our store a wow trial box -14day trial for 2bucks

    sound fair for me so if you really want to test it

     look  at your store

    or even better -get it from a friend

    Pi*1337/100 = 42

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