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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/10/2009, 14:44:23
Machine name: MAXIMUS-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.090803-2339)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: PACKARD BELL BV
System Model: IMEDIA J2489
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.8GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 2570MB used, 316MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode
I'm not sure if you need to know that but i thought i would post all that anyway.
if you need to know anything else then just ask and i'll post it.
usually when running wow i have all settings on the lowest possible except for spell detail. when leveling, wandering around and questing my fps is fine. However once i enter a crowded area like dalaran or orgimmar auction house my fps will drop drastically depending on the number of players and this is still whilst on minimum settings.
When raiding my fps sometimes drops big time on certain pulls, especially at the startof them and on bosses when everybody begins the fight my screen will simply just freeze for about 20 seconds to a minute and then i will be jittery the whole fight.
I'm hoping to upgrade my desktop so that i can run wow alot smoother and at medium settings or maybe even high and not have to suffer so much jittering.
I would also like to be able to record myself playing using a programn such as fraps or maybe stream online.
wow! thanks so i pay someone to get all of this put in and bam it will be done? will i have to upgrade vista or anything? will a shop like pc world be able to put it all in? sorry i'm not very good with computer systems
Not meaning to put a spanner in an otherwise solved works, but there is an obvious bottleneck with that choice of upgrade. The graphics card has near enough just come out, but the CPU has been around for somewhat ages. A better idea would be to spend less on the graphics card and more on the CPU, at the very least, an E8X00 series dual core, or look at the quads, for real future proofing.
Also, you say you play at 1280 x 960, correct? You can save yourself quite a bit of money NOW by not purchasing the latest graphics card which won't be (realistically) fully utilized and instead going for something such as a 4870 or GTX 260, something in that range.
Message edited by ukcal on 11-10-2009 at 10:32:48 PM
At a cost of about £210, thereabouts. What motherboard do you have? Need to check what processors it would allow.
Otherwise, good choice of RAM and PSU.
Message edited by ukcal on 11-10-2009 at 10:35:37 PM
the e6300 is a new cpu released a few months ago based on the wolfdale core they just reused the e6300 name and then again i wouldn throw too much into an eol 775 system and i think wow will be round longer then dx11 so it will become dx11 in time thats why i chose a 5770 ,but for alternative cpu's look into the e7400 or new e6500
Message edited by obsidian86 on 11-11-2009 at 04:43:37 PM