Old Computer, Old Game, Much Joy!

[Gibson295 0]

So back when the game released in 2004 i was still going hard on Games like Diablo 2 Lord of destruction and Warcraft 3. I Only being a 12-13 year boy couldn't get my hands on a credit card to play WoW, so i couldn't play. I had  however always have several free 14-day trial pass keys and discs witch i swear are still occasionally popping up in the trash somewhere lol. Anyways it wasn't till around Early Summer of 2006 that i was able to really start playing. I had saved up some hard earned cash and i got a deal through my mothers work discount on a new Dell Computer, Of course being a business discount it only applied to the more expensive Optiplex line of computers. So I got myself a Brand new Dell Optiplex 745 computer, was on sale and also had a 15% discount and i was able to pay for most of it and the remainder i owed over the course of 6 months haha. Pricey computer, but i don't fully remember the actual price tag anyways, it has a Intel core 2 duo E6600 2.4ghz Dual core processor, 2GB of DDR2 memory, DVD/ROM combo drive, a 160gb hard drive, and a ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB Video Card, Oh and it had come with Windows VISTA but i opted for XP Professional 32-bit via downgrade rights at the time.  This thing kicked some ass and was the fastest computer i had ever owned at the time, What i was playing my games on before simply couldn't really handle WoW all that well, though i still managed to get a trial char up to level 20 in 14 days rofl (No social life right?) Anyways good times, lotta memories, and things have changed since then. Back in 2012 (yes that long) i custom build the computer i presently use today. But I still kept the old Dell and it still works flawlessly, it has seen some business computer backup use over the years and  some time in he closet :( BUT when we brought Nost back on Decemeber 17th i Decided to Pull her out of the closet and give her some life and good old memories again.

She Is a little different then her original configuration though

it had 4GBS OF DDR2 memory now instead of the 2 it original came with, it also was using a Geforce 8800 Graphics card, but for the sake of it i put the old Radeon X1600 Pro back in, And i am now running my original Vanilla world of warcraft Computer playing the same MUTHA FUCKING GAME! it did 11 YEARS AGO? Damn? The only difference is i am playing her on a 1080p monitor and not the 1280x1024 i used to have, Oh yes 60FPS Questing Max settings! Theirs no WAY i'd do that with this thing on Retail now, Let alone Lowest settings 256MB of video ram would probably struggle at that resolution. 

>< Serious Nostalgia, I just had to get that Absolute Authentic feel of the time period when this beloved version of our game was in it's prime. Sadly No i didn't exactly get to experience as much of it as i wanted to before burning crusade released, That's what happens when a new expanssions comes out, people don't bother with old content anymore, Though thankfully i did get my taste in most of the dungeons, In witch Scholo/Strath/BRD/ Are among my Absolute Favorites!, But i hope to catch up and do the Raids i never got to do, like AQ40/Naxx 40

 

Am i just a lonely Nerd or does anyone else have a story like this xD

 

Edited January 14, 2017 by Gibson295
because i can xD

[Bestanbul 0]

I was hoping for pics of WoW on a cathode monitor but very nice lol