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CrazyMonk
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Does WoW lag alot????
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CrazyMonk
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Does WoW lag alot????
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Except for when you enter Ironforge... no. Never any lag. Alterac Valley battlegrounds did lag maybe a few times, but not too many to actually consider it unplayable, and best of all it never happens during combat! I died, I ressurect at graveyard, I run towards the battle, I see everyone at a distance, 2-3 second lag, game becomes stable again before I even reach the battle!
And if the game lags for you, buy 1 gig of RAM.
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Stealth - Ambush - Hemorrhage - Sinister Strike x2 - Cold Blood - Eviscerate - Vanish - Preparation - Cold Blood - Ambush - ... you're dead! :P
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Mattimeo - Officer in Light Brigade - Daggerspine
Dwarf Rogue
Will this work?
-Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
-512MB Ram
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card
Ok man thanx for the help.
Just curious, as I haven't played WoW for a few months now, does AH and/or mailboxes still lag a lot at peak hours?
It was very frustrating to play when you had to wait few mins to read your mail or search AH.
Sorry,I cant help you on that quetion.
no, it doesn't
at least on the horde side there seems to be hardly any database lag anymore.
even if the server is filled up (ie. queue on joining)
Try moving to a server with lower population. You can see which servers have high pop and which have low pop on www.worldofwarcraft.com. Check Realm status to see their pops.
For me game starting to lag when I enter to areas with 30+ active players. I never had lag in MC or Onyxia instance raids.
It has never really lagged for me except for 7 seconds everytime I go into IF. Then again I have 1GB of memory. Mmm memory is so nice and tasty.
On the subject of lag, does anyone know if the servers are actually located in their timezones? So a server on west coast time is in the west coast but a server on east coast time is in the east coast? Becuase it looks like from what I have seen I do get a little higher pms if it is on the other side of the country.
Will it lag for me i have 512MB of RAm
Only at about 1GB of RAM you'll start getting smooth gameplay. I had 768MB at first but I had to buy extra 512MB because it was so annoying to play. But no amount of RAM can help you with AH/mailbox lag.
Depends.
Where do you live? How close to the servers are you? How much peak time traffic will you have to pass through? What router stations/service is being used?
I can only speak for ONE server, in ONE region. I play on Emerald Dream, in Europe, and YES, I do get lag, even with 1 gig ram. Database, mail, AH lag occurs at peak times, especially weekends, combat lag too and random disconnects. ED in Europe is about 70% Alliance, so IF (around the bank)lags BADLY, except early in the morning.
And before you say it, ED is a low pop server, but the server tech is crap and there have been problems since launch, including restarts and downtime.
I have found, in the past, that to get the most accurate answer my question will provide as much info as possible.
___________ ___ __ _ _ _
Stealth - Ambush - Hemorrhage - Sinister Strike x2 - Cold Blood - Eviscerate - Vanish - Preparation - Cold Blood - Ambush - ... you're dead! :P
How much is it to upgrade to 1G from 512?