Comments on: What is needed to play World of Warcraft? http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/ New Technology that you care about. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:34:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hold all my calls http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-7294 Hold all my calls Wed, 19 May 2010 12:02:54 +0000 http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/#comment-7294 WoW World of Warcraft Requirements (Off the website) The system requirements for World of Warcraft: PC: Processor: 800MHz or higher CPU. RAM (Memory): 256Mb or more. Video (Video Card): GeForce 2 or better Hard Drive Space (HDD): 3Gb or more available. DirectX 9.0 or above. Mac: Operating System: MacOS X 10.3 (Panther) or better. Processor:1.0GHz or higher G4 or G5. RAM (Memory): 512Mb or higher, DDR RAM recommended. Video (Video Card): ATI or NVIDIA video hardware with 64Mb VRAM or more. Hard Drive Space (HDD): 3Gb or more available. HDD= Hard drive= Amount of space needed, most new computers come with 100 Gb or more now. 8 Gb is needed for Windows, so you'll need a 30 or 40 Gb HDD for regular use with Wow. RAM= Memory= Think of it as a side kick to the Processor, it helps process things faster, 256 k is really, really low. You can get 1 Gb (256 k X 4) for $10-$15 now as long as it's DDR2 (what most new machines will need). For the best Wow experience I would recommend 1 Gb of memory, but that much isn't needed. Processor= Literally the thing that processes things you want your machine to do. 800 MHz is going to be easy to find in a machine younger than 5 years old, most processors are 2000 MHz or higher now. Video= Video Card= Card on your system board that helps the video along. The better the video card the better Wow will run and look, so this isn't something to go cheap on. A decent video card is from $50 and up. I hope this helps. WoW World of Warcraft Requirements (Off the website)

The system requirements for World of Warcraft:

PC:
Processor: 800MHz or higher CPU.

RAM (Memory): 256Mb or more.

Video (Video Card): GeForce 2 or better

Hard Drive Space (HDD): 3Gb or more available.

DirectX 9.0 or above.

Mac:
Operating System: MacOS X 10.3 (Panther) or better.

Processor:1.0GHz or higher G4 or G5.

RAM (Memory): 512Mb or higher, DDR RAM recommended.

Video (Video Card): ATI or NVIDIA video hardware with 64Mb VRAM or more.

Hard Drive Space (HDD): 3Gb or more available.

HDD= Hard drive= Amount of space needed, most new computers come with 100 Gb or more now. 8 Gb is needed for Windows, so you’ll need a 30 or 40 Gb HDD for regular use with Wow.

RAM= Memory= Think of it as a side kick to the Processor, it helps process things faster, 256 k is really, really low. You can get 1 Gb (256 k X 4) for $10-$15 now as long as it’s DDR2 (what most new machines will need). For the best Wow experience I would recommend 1 Gb of memory, but that much isn’t needed.

Processor= Literally the thing that processes things you want your machine to do. 800 MHz is going to be easy to find in a machine younger than 5 years old, most processors are 2000 MHz or higher now.

Video= Video Card= Card on your system board that helps the video along. The better the video card the better Wow will run and look, so this isn’t something to go cheap on. A decent video card is from $50 and up.

I hope this helps.

]]> By: Chip http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-7295 Chip Wed, 19 May 2010 12:02:54 +0000 http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/#comment-7295 Bare minimum for high quality graphics settings is 1GB of RAM and a Gforce 6600 series graphics card or better. Any CPU made in the last 4 years should be good enough, as the game has much higher demands for system memory and graphics than CPU cycles. Bare minimum for high quality graphics settings is 1GB of RAM and a Gforce 6600 series graphics card or better. Any CPU made in the last 4 years should be good enough, as the game has much higher demands for system memory and graphics than CPU cycles.

]]> By: Colleen N http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-7296 Colleen N Wed, 19 May 2010 12:02:54 +0000 http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/#comment-7296 I have a 3 year old Dell inspirion 6000, make sure you have a stand alone grahpics card, the nvidia or ati radeon with at least 128mb in memory. also 1 gig or ram. A dual core processor would also be awesome. I have a 3 year old Dell inspirion 6000, make sure you have a stand alone grahpics card, the nvidia or ati radeon with at least 128mb in memory. also 1 gig or ram. A dual core processor would also be awesome.

]]> By: Kraig http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-7297 Kraig Wed, 19 May 2010 12:02:54 +0000 http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/#comment-7297 For WoW on a laptop, I would suggest having 4GB of RAM (especially if you are using Vista, which most newer laptops have.) If you are buying a 2nd-hand laptop, I would suggest you find out if it came with Vista or was upgraded to Vista from XP, since the latter can have some negative effects on your performance. CPU-wise, I would suggest a dual-core processor. Something like the Dell XPS M1330 (Base price around $1000) or the Gateway 7833u (Base price around $850) would run WoW, your performance will be hindered alot, due to the integrated graphics card. Higher end models would probably run WoW really smooth, but your looking into the $2000+ range. For WoW on a laptop, I would suggest having 4GB of RAM (especially if you are using Vista, which most newer laptops have.) If you are buying a 2nd-hand laptop, I would suggest you find out if it came with Vista or was upgraded to Vista from XP, since the latter can have some negative effects on your performance. CPU-wise, I would suggest a dual-core processor. Something like the Dell XPS M1330 (Base price around $1000) or the Gateway 7833u (Base price around $850) would run WoW, your performance will be hindered alot, due to the integrated graphics card. Higher end models would probably run WoW really smooth, but your looking into the $2000+ range.

]]> By: Lord Brett http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-7298 Lord Brett Wed, 19 May 2010 12:02:54 +0000 http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/#comment-7298 http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/technology.html http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/technology.html

]]> By: bob http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-7299 bob Wed, 19 May 2010 12:02:54 +0000 http://www.newtechtoday.com/2208/what-is-needed-to-play-world-of-warcraft/#comment-7299 If you buy any new computer today it should 99% of the time be able to run world of warcraft just fine. The game has pretty low requirements, just make sure that you get at least 1 gb of ram/memory. If you buy any new computer today it should 99% of the time be able to run world of warcraft just fine. The game has pretty low requirements, just make sure that you get at least 1 gb of ram/memory.

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