World Of Warcraft and my Graphics Card......??

Discussion in 'Software' started by Darkfoxx, Aug 23, 2005.

  1. Darkfoxx

    Darkfoxx Private E-2

    I have a Intel Extreme Graphics 2 The Built in Chip Set Family Control Chip. And i was wondering would it play it ok without freezing? My friend let me try Guild Wars but it crashed my laptop to next week. I also played Quake 3 with 100FPS and a few other games that uses alot of FPS and just wanna know if mine will be ok to run WOW! My laptop is 1.3 GHS with 256MB of ram and 64MB of Ram for Graphics and is i need to upgrape my ram i have 2 512 sticks just donot wanna install til im sure they will be a dfferences if now im returning 1.

    Thank You!
     
  2. Tourangh

    Tourangh Master Sergeant

    These are the requirements for 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
     
  3. Darkfoxx

    Darkfoxx Private E-2

    See that don't tell me nothing. I know nothing bout that Video Card its like me trying to make a clone of myself..!! :rolleyes:
     
  4. Omegamerc

    Omegamerc MajorGeek

    intel EG 2 doesn't fully support dx 9.0c functions, so its out of the Q.
     
  5. theven 4

    theven 4 Private First Class

    It may be true what omegamarc said, but Extreme graphics 2 is supported by WoW, you can see the full list of video cards supported by WoW in this page (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww0830p) and also the ones that aren't supported. ;)
     
  6. Darkfoxx

    Darkfoxx Private E-2

    Thanks for the help guys and i am now playing WoW and i am so happy!!
    I traded my guildwars accoutn for a wow account with 1 year paid so i am so happy!! Because i am not out of anymoney i really made 20$ more! :p
     
  7. Tabasco

    Tabasco Private First Class

    Have you been to Ironforge or Orgrimmar yet? I have a sneaking suspicion you're going to find it to be certain death for your computer given your RAM. Blizzard recommends 256MB, but I don't know anyone who plays with less than 512, and most of those spend their time in our guild chat complaining about how crappy the lag is in big cities and even instancing in small groups. Generally once they make the upgrade to 1GB the problems disappear.

    Not knowing the first thing about vidcards, my first and foremost recommendation for WoW would be to get RAM. I'd imagine it to be a cheaper upgrade than replacing the video card anyway.

    Just my $0.02.
     
  8. Darkfoxx

    Darkfoxx Private E-2

    My video card can not be replaced it is the Intel Family Chip Set and i am in the process of buying more and upgrading as close to 1GIG as i can and for the other question i really just started today 1 hour ago when i got off of wrok from FEDEX.
    So i will be sure not to complain about Lags or anything like that on th Tech Fourms knowing i can fixx it and what the prob is. 1 more question i havent made my Char yet what should i pick and what Region (server)!
     
  9. theven 4

    theven 4 Private First Class

    well for the sever you should pick a low population server so it doesn't lag so much in big cities. maybe you could choose dethecus thats where i am. :) personally i would go for a night elf and either a hunter or a druid.!!! hunters rock!!! :p
     
  10. Omegamerc

    Omegamerc MajorGeek


    You dont replace intel grhpx IGP, you just add a pci/agp/pci-e video card to the motherboard.
     

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