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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm: Beta Opt-Ins Begin!
MikeB
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Blizzard has announced that beta opt-ins for the upcoming Cataclysm expansion to World of Warcraft have begun!
If you want a chance at partaking in the expansion's beta test you should head on over to your Battle.net account page and upload your system specifications as well as check off whichever of Blizzard's franchises (in this case Warcraft) beta programs you're interested in participating in.
Visit the official Cataclysm website for more information on the upcoming expansion.
[Thanks Chris for the tip off!]
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Oh, and if you're going to comment to make fun of my computer's specs for being so dang old I would have you know my brand new PC gets here tomorrow!
I wonder how many people are swamping the battle.net system trying to update their preferences...
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Played: RS, WoW, SWG, TR, Aion, AoC, EVE, SWTOR
Watching: FireFall, GW2
grin!i wonder what kind of toy you will get!i saw the new 6 core from intel i7 980 32nm 12 hypertread(not too expensive ,the processor alone is around 1400$)
ASUS Rampage III X58 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 980X Extreme
6GB DDR3-2000mhz
3x NVIDIA GTX 480 TRI SLI
Crucial C300 256GB SATA 6 SSD
1TB + 2TB WD drives
Blu Ray burner
Win 7 64 Pro
Creative X-Fi Championship
I think that covers the essentials. Needless to say it's a step up and then some!
Holy crap Mike! Can I ask how much that set you back?
Intel Core i7 980X Extreme
6GB DDR3-2000mhz
3x NVIDIA GTX 480 TRI SLI
Crucial C300 256GB SATA 6 SSD
1TB + 2TB WD drives
Blu Ray burner
Win 7 64 Pro
Creative X-Fi Championship
I think that covers the essentials. Needless to say it's a step up and then some!
Wow. Just wow.
"If all you can say is... "It's awful, it's not innovative, it's ugly, it's blah.." Then you're an unimaginative and unpolished excuse for human life" -eburn
It's kinda wierd how you guys know your computer specs off the top of your top hats like that, personally I find it easier to just know nothing whatsoever and go along with whatever sounds the best, like the rest of the sheeple. I gotta tell ya, ignorange is bliss.
Playing: LoL x3
Played: RS, WoW, SWG, TR, Aion, AoC, EVE, SWTOR
Watching: FireFall, GW2
The opt-in has been available since battle.net accounts were introduced. Nothing is new except for Bornakk telling people to make sure they are opted in.
My computer has exactly the same specs. I have not replaced a part on it since the 8800GTX came out.
It has turned out to be the longest lasting machine I have ever built.
I might upgrade my video card for Fallout: New Vegas... but I'm also looking at a whole new computer.
Don't forget Testing of WoW 3.3.5 patch starts today also, highlights being
The Ruby Sanctum, an all-new 10- and 25-player raid featuring normal and Heroic difficulties, is now available for testing! Players will find the dungeon entrance below Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight.
Intergration to Bnet 2.0 Friends list and cross game/server chat.
A few grand, yeah. Shouldn't be too hard to put together via Newegg.
Three video cards? Waste of money.
Extreme-edition? Waste of money.
Why you do it bro?
Isn't that....overkill? I have to admit though the idea of owning so a PC makes me think about that SNL skit "Jizz in my pants" lol (Sorry if it's offensive to anyone)
In War - Victory.
In Peace - Vigilance.
In Death - Sacrifice.
SLI scaling is actually quite good, so no, not really a waste of money there.
However, yes, I would agree an Extreme edition CPU is generally a waste of money as it often just amounts to a simple base clock increase which can easily be made up through overclocking. Unfortunately, you cannot overclock four cores to six, and so this time it is an exception!
i have to give you props for getting a nvidia graphics card, first of all, instead of crappy ATI Radeon, MikeB, so gratz there. and gratz on getting such a kick butt computer. hehe.
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My System Specifications:
OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.0.6001 (SP 1)
CPU TYPE:AMD PHENOM(TM) 9500 QUAD-CORE PROCESSOR
CPU SPEED (GHZ):2.22
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):3.498
GRAPHICS CARD MODEL:NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500 GT
GRAPHICS CARD DRIVER:NVD3DUM.DLL
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:1176X664
HARD DISK SIZE (GB):335.349
HARD DISK FREE SPACE (GB):335.251
To update your system specifications, download and run the beta opt-in application using the controls below.
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I like my PC specs lol HP PC costs me about 1300+
Damn Mike... You trying to be a local node of No Such Agency?? ^^ Nice system.
Wonder how many fake WoW emails THIS new Blizzard "event" is going to inspire for the "phishermen?" I foresee a new rash of hacked accounts....oh joy.
However....good news for Cataclysm folks.....your wait is getting closer to being over. Congrats.
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That is just absurd. I'll be able to buy a better machine than that in 6 months for 1k$ when AMD releases Bulldozer and the next gen Radeon cards. Good luck when your Nvidia baconators start frying.
And the power requirements.....that rig draws 1400W while gaming.....and if you are using multi monitor....at all times.
As someone else has mentioned this has been on there for months (along with Diablo and Starcraft beta-opt ins).
Seems some people were not paying attention when they opted in for the SC2 beta?
This did have the happy side effect of me noticing a change in certain things which I had not been aware of but am downloading as we speak.....
This option has been available for a while now, I would have thought most would have done it be now.
I hope they pick me. Here are my poor pc stats
My System Specifications:
Operating system:Windows 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU type:AMD Athlon(tm) X2 240 Processor
CPU Speed (GHz):2.82
System memory (GB):3.25
Graphics card model:NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Graphics card driver:nvd3dum.dll
Desktop resolution:1280x1024
Hard disk size (GB):415.466
Hard disk free space (GB):355.956
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For those looking for Cataclysm cd-keys, I just got mine on gamersloot.net they were serious, prompt and efficient... what else could I ask for lol