System requirements for WoW

[CrazyVeges]

Can someone list them?

[Sapphire]

Per Blizzard, "Minimum specifications have not yet been determined."

What are your computer specs? I can tell you whether the beta would have run on it.

[NocluewhatTODO]

A lot of people on Bnet forums said that it ran perfect using 1 gig of ram / 9800 Pro / 2.5ghz+ processor

[CrazyVeges]

My specs are :
pentium 4 cpu 2.40GHz
224 mb of ram
Sis 650 32mb video card



Im thinking this cant handle WoW, but im just checking, thx.

[NocluewhatTODO]

My specs are :
pentium 4 cpu 2.40GHz
224 mb of ram
Sis 650 32mb video card



Im thinking this cant handle WoW, but im just checking, thx.

Your processor is prolly fine, but you DEF need atleast 756 ram to run it without hitting really choppy places.

Also i hope that sis 650 isn't integrated otherwise its going to be a bitch to replace it with what you'll need which is like an fx 5200, or ATI radeon 9200+

If it is integrated and your good with comps you'll have to make a jumper on your motherboard to disable it. Or take it to your local Circuit city or comp shop and get them to do it, but they'll charge anywhere from 40-70 dollars =/

Of course you could also get lucky and be able to disable the integrated chip from your BIOS, or from your desktop, but its unlikely especially if you have an HP.

[siLk]

I agree with the above poster 110%. You really need a new video card and AT LEAST another 256 of ram.

I am planning on updating my video card at christmas this year, but this is what I run:

AthlonXP 2.0ghz
512mb 2700DDR
Geforce3 ti200 (64mb)

My Frames / Second:
In cities: less than 10
In instances: 20-30
Raids: less than 5
Out in the world: anywhere from 10 to 30

Your FPS doesn't mean as much in this game as it does in a First Person Shooter such as Quake, but it is still better to have a good FPS, otherwise your eyes will try to kill you. A good MINIMUM fps you want anywhere is about 20 in my humble opinion.

[ZoneZ]

I agree with the above poster 110%. You really need a new video card and AT LEAST another 256 of ram.

I am planning on updating my video card at christmas this year, but this is what I run:

AthlonXP 2.0ghz
512mb 2700DDR
Geforce3 ti200 (64mb)

My Frames / Second:
In cities: less than 10
In instances: 20-30
Raids: less than 5
Out in the world: anywhere from 10 to 30


Your FPS doesn't mean as much in this game as it does in a First Person Shooter such as Quake, but it is still better to have a good FPS, otherwise your eyes will try to kill you. A good MINIMUM fps you want anywhere is about 20 in my humble opinion.


so does your comp play fine with wow ??? i have
2.8ghz
512 ddr ram
and a 128 ati 9600 :O, would i be able to play my game on a "high" setting ?

[NocluewhatTODO]

so does your comp play fine with wow ??? i have
2.8ghz
512 ddr ram
and a 128 ati 9600 :O, would i be able to play my game on a "high" setting ?

Not all high settins but yeah you'd play it fine, but you'd really have to test it when you acutally buy they game. But you could always upgrade your ram to 1 gig, and your card to a 9800 pro if you have some extra cash around x-mas time.

But yeah that will run it fine, just not in all high.

[ZoneZ]

Not all high settins but yeah you'd play it fine, but you'd really have to test it when you acutally buy they game. But you could always upgrade your ram to 1 gig, and your card to a 9800 pro if you have some extra cash around x-mas time.

But yeah that will run it fine, just not in all high.
kk thx ^_^, well at least i'll be able to run it smoother now :), finally fixed some virus prob's :O

[NocluewhatTODO]

Yeah with that set up the only thing i'd actually really worry about is ram, because even with 512 ram i've heard people complain that they ran into choppy places sometimes. 756 ram or even 1 gig would be a much safer option. and unless your buying the Dual channel DDR2 ram it shouldn't be all that expensive (I think my x2 512 DDR2 Dual channel were like 60 bucks each, but they were on sell at the time.)

[VeeSe]

what would be the approximate fps on something like my comp or ZoneZ's comp? We have similar comps, i have like 2.80ghz p4 processor, 512 mb RAM, and 128mb ATI Radeon 9700+ vid card. I'm glad i'll at least be able to run it decently, more RAM might help though.

[Int0xicated]

intel pentium 3 processor
937 mhz
256mb ram
radeon 7500 vid card

guess i shouldnt even bother getting the game ?

[NocluewhatTODO]

intel pentium 3 processor
937 mhz
256mb ram
radeon 7500 vid card

guess i shouldnt even bother getting the game ?

Yeah I don't even know if that set up would run it.

If it wasn't for your processor you could just upgrade your other stuff and spend about 200 bucks, but since I have no clue how to install a new processor i'd imagine a place would charge you like 60 bucks to install a new one and a 3.0 ghz processor is like 300 bucks.

But yeah i'd recommend to play wow really good.

2.5 ghz+ processor
756mb ram atleast
and a radeon 9600 xt+

but to actually play it without cringing probably
2.0 ghz processor +
756mb ram
radeon 9200+

what would be the approximate fps on something like my comp or ZoneZ's comp? We have similar comps, i have like 2.80ghz p4 processor, 512 mb RAM, and 128mb ATI Radeon 9700+ vid card. I'm glad i'll at least be able to run it decently, more RAM might help though.

Yeah bassically with your set up your FPS would be decent, but I really recommend upgrading your ram with atleast 256 mb more, because windows xp and your required background programs it uses about 150-200 mb of ram.

For example with my comp i got 1,024 megs of ram but i got like 850 usable for games.

The radeon 9700+ would work. You just wouldn't be able to set it to all high like i told the last guy.

For all high settings you'd need something like a 9800 Pro+ or an Nvidia 6800 GT or something like that.


Just so you know, I'm not saying you have to have top of the line stuff to play it. But if your the kind of person that likes their games to be played on all max settings you'll need a good graphix card.

[Int0xicated]

=( this sucks

[NocluewhatTODO]

Yeah theres not much you can do when it comes to a comp unless you know how to build one yourself.

My best recommendation is if you know someone who can build you a comp or you know how to build one yourself start saving some cash otherwise your best bet is to get a Dell comp, you can customize them to where i think i tried one yesterday that had

1 gig DDR2 Dual channel RAM
3.4ghz processor
X800 XT (Highest card for ATI on market)
along with some other goodies and it was about 2,000 dollars with free shipping and a 100 buck rebate
But that was the XPS gen which is expensive

but an 8400 series i did
x800 SE
1 gig ddr2 dual channel memory
3.0 ghz processor
Audigy sound card
and the other stuff and i think it was like 1,150 bucks.

Both of those set ups would run the game on all max settings (dont take my word for gold) but the only problem you MIGHT have would be ram with all max settings.


Anyways if anyone cares what I think the requirements will be for the game on retail

Required:
512 MB of ram
2.0ghz processor
128 mb graphics card with transform and lighting

Recommended
1 gig of ram
3.0ghz processor
256mb graphics card

But a 256mb graphics card isnt really that much different, but considering thats closest to what they'll have on the box i put that.

Of course you saw my recommendations in the above post which are a lot different from that.

[Int0xicated]

my dad put together the 1 i have now and his of course which would run wow fine and he doesnt even play games. He said before putting a different processor in would be a pain but he could do it. But i have no money right now so ill probably end up playing pacific assault.

[NocluewhatTODO]

Yeah ill check the prices of processors that would run WoW and get back with you.

http://www.intel.com/intel/finance/pricelist/

pricelist for all intel processors are right there, they aren't that bad actually. One of them was a 3.0ghz HT processor and it was like 200, but there was some others with Hyper-threading that were 178.\

for example you can buy an 2.8 ghz HT processor for 178USD which would run WoW fine.

Also ill get you some prices on updated graphics card/ram and get back with you.

Alright on Video cards your looking to pay anywhere from 80-250USD

80 being a 9200 SE card (which i wouldn't recommend but it can still play it i believe) and 150ish being a 9600 Pro-XT (Which would run it fine) and 230-250 being aroun da 9800 Pro which would urn it nice.

As far as ram it depends on what type you use but if you use regular DDR ram i will prolly be able 40-50 bucks for a 512 stick (may be less now)

[Int0xicated]

alright i appriciate all the info

[NocluewhatTODO]

No problem, don't take my word on the RAM because im not certain on it, but it really depends on what type you use, the new Kind which is like DDR2 or something is pretty expensive per 512 stick.

[Sapphire]

Good advice rom NocluewhatTODO.

He's spot on with his recommendations.

[dN-Wake]

I have 2.7 GHZ , 512 ram , 120 gig hard drive , fx 5200 video card...is this good enough for wow

[NocluewhatTODO]

I have 2.7 GHZ , 512 ram , 120 gig hard drive , fx 5200 video card...is this good enough for wow

2.7ghz is fine to run WoW i have 3.0 ghz and it runs super, so yeah yours will be fine. Hell it would prolly run on a 2.0ghz.

512 ram is kind of a hot topic, its required to run, but i recommend atleast 756 so that more populated zones will be bearable to play.

Hard drives aren't a problem as long as you got like 2 gigs of space on it to install WoW.

I'm not too sure about how Nvidia makes their cards but I believe an fx 5200 is fine to run it, but I'll check into that when i get back in a little while to make sure.
Hope that helps.

[dN-Wake]

well i run guildwars pretty fine

[NocluewhatTODO]

If you can run guild wars you can run WoW i'm pretty certain.

[LuxuRy]

Well my build's almost done, after it's finished it'll be like this:

AMD 3000+ CPU
ABIT NF7-S Mobo
Corsair 1GB (512x2) DDR PC-3200 RAM
Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, OCed to X800(Using 9600 right now, will upgrade later on)

It should run fine on that right?

[Blynx]

My Comp Specs:

AMD XP3000 processor - Around 2.2ghz or so.
512 DDR pc3200 RAM.
128mb ATI 9600SE video card.
120gb HDD.
Broadband Connection.

Game runs absoloutely perfect without a problem, i have lagged like twice and that was when i was in need of a reboot and the other time was when NAV popped up and started scanning lol.

I play without a hitch and i have MSN/AIM and a couple of other programs running while i am playing.

[NocluewhatTODO]

Well my build's almost done, after it's finished it'll be like this:

AMD 3000+ CPU
ABIT NF7-S Mobo
Corsair 1GB (512x2) DDR PC-3200 RAM
Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, OCed to X800(Using 9600 right now, will upgrade later on)

It should run fine on that right?
Yeah pretty much anything over an FX 5200 or ATI radeon 9200 will run WoW fine.

Even though 256 is kind of useless, and OCing it to an X800 isn't really worth it either if your planning on just playing WoW but thats just my opinion, But nice set up nevertheless. Have fun with it.

And in case anyone was wondering the set up i used during the stress test

3.0ghz HT P4 Processor
1 gig DDR2 Dual-Channel RAM
X800 XT PCI-E 16x graphics card
Cable modem
Audigy 1 sound card.

Ran it on all high settings, I think only one place lagged a tiny bit, but i think that was because of AIM/Kazaa running.

[Lerxst]

OMG NO ONE EVEN SAID WHAT THE POSTER WANTED!!!! THE SPECS ARE AS FOLLOWS FROM BLIZZARDS OWN WEBSITE! Processor: 800MHz or higher CPU.
RAM: 256Mb or more.
Video: GeForce 2 or better
Hard Drive Space: 3Gb or more available.
DirectX 9.0 or above.

For Mac users:
Operating System: MacOS X 10.3 (Panther) or better.
Processor:1.0GHz or higher G4 or G5.
RAM: 512Mb or higher, DDR RAM recommended.
Video: ATI or NVIDIA video hardware with 64Mb VRAM or more.
Hard Drive Space: 3Gb or more available.

[Lerxst]

And as all the others said,,,, My specs ARE!
500mhz Pent. III 320mb 8mb ATI RAGE ( LOL ) slllooow!

[LuxuRy]

Yeah pretty much anything over an FX 5200 or ATI radeon 9200 will run WoW fine.

Even though 256 is kind of useless, and OCing it to an X800 isn't really worth it either if your planning on just playing WoW but thats just my opinion, But nice set up nevertheless. Have fun with it.

Well I'm gona be playing HL2, RCT3 and whatever else comes out :P

[Blynx]

My WoW folder is 5.10gb o_O?

[siLk]

so does your comp play fine with wow ??? i have
2.8ghz
512 ddr ram
and a 128 ati 9600 :O, would i be able to play my game on a "high" setting ?

I play on all high settings (except during raids) and my comp runs just fine

[AzN2o6]

I played WoW with Intel 3 1 Ghz 384 SDRAM Geforce2 64MB and it ran fine at all times unless in huge raids.

[Dark_Ifrit]

mine is a 1.7 GHZ, 384 RAM, and Geforce2. it ran fine

[NocluewhatTODO]

Like i said before im not sure how Nvidia cards are vs ATI cards. But i gave out my recommendations, if it runs fine for you then keep it like that. :)

[CrazyVeges]

I appreciate the advice. Btw, wats the recomended internet connection?


Thx Again

[NocluewhatTODO]

Internet connection never seemed to affect me very much. I used to use 56k on EQ and i didnt have that many problems, then i switched to Cable and it was a lot better.

Pretty much anything other than 28.8k is bearable

[commasplice]

Yeah im running a 2ghz 512ram 256mb 5200fx Ultra and i know it will work fine.

Dead on about the ram though. XP hogs it like mad.

[NocluewhatTODO]

Yeah, because most people think that when they put 512 megs of ram in their comp thats how much they have to use, but actually XP takes away almost half of that.

[InfestInc.]

anything over 1ghz , 256 ram , 64mb will work perfectly (by over i mean that and stronger)

[dD.Sliva]

yea, win XP takes about 230mb ram soooo... t.t
Anyway, a ATI radeon 9200 is thats worse or better then a GF TI 4400 64mb ram?

[NocluewhatTODO]

9200 is probably better, because for one the the 9200 is 128 megs of ram on it.

Plus the 9200 is about 75 bucks now.

[dD.Sliva]

okej.. t.t I hope I dont need to buy a new gfx card when I start play wow...

[NocluewhatTODO]

I think with your current Graphics card it should work.

[Park Man]

can i even run it on these settings?
pentium 4
2.40ghz
256 mb ram
GeForce4 MX

when i play doom 3 i ran it on medium with hardly any trouble
My computer is just too gosu for anything

[siLk]

You will probably be able to run it cole. I suggest getting at least another 256 of ram. WoW takes a lot more power to run because it has to load a lot of models on the fly