XFX GeForce 8600GT and WOW

wooh..!
it runs gr8 on a 8600gt in my experience
already played it man !
see if its not an overheating or psu issue !

how is my cpu bottleneck? it's a nice cpu... x4? is there anyway I can fix this without upgrading my cpu? and if I do upgrade the cpu any suggestions on what to get?

scared to overclock, any tips or suggestions how to do that?

I got the program when I try to load it, it says AMD 7 series not detected.... any other suggestions?

alright, I'll give it a shot, little nervous about it.... I mean I've experience in bios, just not overclocking.... is there any good utilities that are good to monitor the temps and performance?

there's no other programs to overclock inside of windows though?

still working on this, but I'll probably be looking into new cpu and mobo, I'm a fan of gigabyte.... but any suggestions for new cpu's and mobo's?
I want to run wow with good performance, looked at the phenom II's they look pretty sweet, but I don't know if i want to run intel or amd..... gimme best suggestions please

don't wanna spend over 1000 on cpu mobo and ram, kinda like to keep the ram I have actually.... so if it supports ddr2 that's a plus =)

Just a quick thought, and not sure if it will apply to your vid card or not. I don't know if Ambient Occlusion is a feature supported in the NVidia Driver set for 8600GT's, but if it is, make sure that is turned off. I have a pretty decent system (though, I am using a 9800GX2) and the latest NVidia drivers seem to default to AO set to on, which causes the overall FPS to take a massive hit. Check the NVidia Control Panel under 3d settings, and I believe it's the first item on the list.

For that matter, check all the settings on that list to make sure they are where they need to be. (AA, Triple Buffering if using vsync, etc.) If I am not mistaken, most of those control panel driver settings will tend to override in-game settings, so even if you are telling WOW to run with whatever specifications, your driver settings might be bogging your system down.

I turned off the AO in the Control Panel (IMO that particular eyecandy added relatively little to the overall experience, at least with respect to the performance impact it takes), and damn near doubled my FPS, even in heavily populated areas like Dalaran.

Good luck, hopefully that helps without costing you for new hardware.

your in luck it seems you can just drop in a phenom 2 on your board just get the latest bios and you set and get a cpu cooler this time