Easy Waters 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) Recently my PC pooped out on me. It was a 1.9 processor with basic Intel HD integrated gpu running Win10 (8g RAM, retired office PC I aquired free) I ran to the local PC shop and they have a Compaq Presario CQ5300Y, at 2.3ghz and an integrated nvidia geforce 6150se with 4g RAM on Win7 (preferred over Win10) for $100. Anyways, my old PC ran 20-45 FPS on max settings no AA, and 60 in instances/caves etc. FPS would drop if there was a ton of AOE going on. My question is, will the Compaq be an upgrade or should I just save the money to build a PC? I know this game is very old, technically speaking, and I don't play any other games. I'd love to be able to run AA, and maintain a steady 60FPS all times. If this GPU can't handle that, I will hold off. Edited June 7, 2018 by Easy Waters 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kruxis 4 Report post Posted June 7, 2018 Greetings @Easy Waters, these are the requirements from Classic WoW: Windows® System 98/ME/2000/XP OS 800 MHz or higher CPU 256 MB or more of RAM 32 MB 3D graphics card with hardware transform and lighting, such as GeForce 2 or better 4 GB or more of available hard drive space DirectX® 9.0c or above A 56k or higher modem with an Internet connection So your new PC should be fine =) Even for TBC: OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista (with latest Service Packs) Processor Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+ Recommended: Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Memory Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users) Recommended: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista users) Video Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card or motherboard sound capability Cheers,Kruxis 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Easy Waters 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2018 So you think that PC could run AA and maintain 60FPS at all times? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kruxis 4 Report post Posted June 8, 2018 Yes but im not sure if it can handle high AA settings 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Easy Waters 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2018 Thank you for the speedy reply sir! I appreciate it! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Easy Waters 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2018 @Kruxis The game is literally unplayable on this PC...I hope I can get a refund, if not, there goes $100. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zancon 117 Report post Posted June 9, 2018 There's no reason that PC wouldn't do just fine - I would spend some time making sure all drivers / windows updates are completed and maybe looking at some sort of performance/tweak guide. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kruxis 4 Report post Posted June 9, 2018 You can use High Performance mode as well. That means your PC takes all the power it Needs. Windows-key -> Energie options -> advanced -> high Performance =) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
