Playing WoW, And Swtor.

[denstus]

will this play it and if so on what graphics settings?
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 4GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+30]
HDD: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory
MOTHERBOARD: Biostar H61MH Intel H61 Chipset DDR3 mATX Mainboard w/ Onboard Video, HDMI, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 2.0, SATA-II, 1 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI [B3 Stepping]
CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-2120 3.30 GHz 3M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155

[DeltrusDisc]

What resolution will the laptop monitor be running at?

[denstus]

What resolution will the laptop monitor be running at?

im not sure i could play it on my tv or monitor but what resolution would be best? im plan on buying a new monitor anyways
its not a laptop?

[DeltrusDisc]

Nothing above 1920x1080, however I wonder how it would even run at 1920x1080, to be honest. You won't be maxing out either game and getting playable fps, that's for sure.

[denstus]

what about on 1280x768

[DeltrusDisc]

They will both be a joke.

[denstus]

i can play WoW on this computer im on right now on high settings and its

Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) 140 processor
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Nforce 430
RAM: 2.75GB

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this is the whole thing

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• CAS: Raidmax Viper Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ 1x USB 3.0 Port & Side Window Panel [-34] (White Color [+1])
• CASUPGRADE: None
• CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
• CD2: None
• COOLANT: Standard Coolant
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-2120 3.30 GHz 3M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155
• CS_FAN: Default case fans
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• ENGRAVING_MSG: Jake & chelsie-No one else touch!
• FA_HDD: None
• FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
• FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
• FREEBIE_CU: None
• GLASSES: None
• HDD: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
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• IEEE_CARD: None
• IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
• KEYBOARD: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
• MB_SRT: None
• MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
• MONITOR: None
• MONITOR2: None
• MONITOR3: None
• MOTHERBOARD: Biostar H61MH Intel H61 Chipset DDR3 mATX Mainboard w/ Onboard Video, HDMI, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 2.0, SATA-II, 1 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI [B3 Stepping]
• MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
• NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
• OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
• OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
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• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+80] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
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• _load_: 5/30/2012 2:56:33 PM

[TenDance]

@OP: It depends on what you're doing. If you intend to play PvE in a 25-man-environment or enjoy PvPing in the middle of the fray, than WoW eats your CPU alive. Addons take their toll, too, some more, some less. Recount has been notorious for being a resource-hog.
If you want to play competitively in either PvE or PvP, you want to reach fluent framerates of usually 50 to 60 FPS with framedrops down to ~40 on some occurrences.

For Desktop-Equipment, any "modern" midsize-GPU will be of use to achieve this. A Radeon 7770 should do it. When it comes to CPU-Power.... well, a LOT of people bought a modern i5 or i7 because of their superior processing power. And most of them OC'ed them, because WoW needs a lot of power.

CPU and GPU mentioned are not too shabby, but more or less on the cheaper side of parts available. Don't expect anything too great of them. A 560 TI and an i5 would be way better. Yes, WoW won't make use of all four cores, but you can't OC a SB i3 like an i5-K. With Ivy Bridge, this seems to be different, because I heard you are able to OC the turbomode a bit. But the i3 isn't a bad choice - and way better than your sempron.

As for ToR: I got the feeling that ToR needs a better GPU than WoW, but the toll on the CPU is of a similar magnitude. That said, a GeForce 630 is definitively on the lower end. And be careful with buying a GT640: there are several GPUs sold under this label with different speccs and THEN there is a vast mixture of VRAM available. If you don't know what you're buying you can easily buy an overpriced piece of... well, they'll be slow. Try to get a 560 (TI) as long as they're available. If it's meant to be nVidia.

[jmacphee9]

i can play WoW on this computer im on right now on high settings and its

Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) 140 processor
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Nforce 430
RAM: 2.75GB[COLOR="red"]

you play on an extremely low resolution then..

1920x1080 is the standard, that system would play it on low with with maybe 30 fps in a 5 man.

the second computer you listed has a 550ti, which i would imagine is a bit better then the 630 but i havent seen benchmarks from the new 630. they arent gaming GPUs but will be able to handle wow at a respectable resolution at a med-high graphics range.

[denstus]

ok i have just found a new one how about this

Processor:	2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor (3.4GHz with 8MB Cache)
Memory:	8GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 4 DIMMs
Hard Drive:	1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Video Card:	AMD Radeon™ HD 6670 1GB DDR5
Optical Drive:	Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English

and feel free to suggest desktops that are withing $500-800 range i don't want to play on max but not on low so like normal or higher

[inux94]

Dat GPU.

Are you willing to assemble one yourself?

[denstus]

Dat GPU.

Are you willing to assemble one yourself?

yes but i would need someone on skype or something to walk me through it im new to this.

[jmacphee9]

just like lego's. a quick search on youtube will provide ample instructions to building your first PC.

[inux94]

I'm willing, you can take a look at Marest's sample builds to see which one fits your budget.

Just PM me and you'll recieve my skype

[denstus]

I'm willing, you can take a look at Marest's sample builds to see which one fits your budget.

Just PM me and you'll recieve my skype

i liked this one
Budget Gaming 650
MoBo: ASRock H77 Pro4-M – $89.99
CPU: Intel i5 2310 – $179.99
RAM: G.Skill 1600MHz 2x4GB – $39.99
GPU: XFX Radeon 6870 – $159.99
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB – $79.99
PSU: XFX ProSeries 450W – $62.99 Review
Case: Rosewill Challenger – $49.99
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Estimated Total Price – $663

would i need to buy the cords to connect them or does that come with the individual parts?

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and what about fans there are no fans listed there?

[DeltrusDisc]

The case will come with some fans, same as the CPU. You should get all the cords you need as well, from the motherboard/power supply packages.

[denstus]

is the the OS i will need to get? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986

[Itisamuh]

I'm not sure what people are talking about, trying to say that the games take a near equal amount of CPU or GPU power. My computer is two or three years old, and was medium quality when I bought it. I can run WoW on highest settings much smoother than I can run SWTOR on lowest settings. WoW doesn't take much of a computer to run, and frankly, you only need to be able to run the game on medium anyway. Ultra doesn't look much different TBH. But SWTOR is incredibly CPU intensive, and GPU intensive to a much lesser degree, so be ready for that.

[DeltrusDisc]

is the the OS i will need to get? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986

Yes.

I'm not sure what people are talking about, trying to say that the games take a near equal amount of CPU or GPU power. My computer is two or three years old, and was medium quality when I bought it. I can run WoW on highest settings much smoother than I can run SWTOR on lowest settings. WoW doesn't take much of a computer to run, and frankly, you only need to be able to run the game on medium anyway. Ultra doesn't look much different TBH. But SWTOR is incredibly CPU intensive, and GPU intensive to a much lesser degree, so be ready for that.

You've obviously never actually seen WoW on ultra then, at least not anything like real ultra, because I have and the difference is quite obvious from actual medium. WoW takes a boatload of CPU power, especially in highly-populated areas, (aka Illidan Org, 25 mans, big PVP battles, etc).

[denstus]

ok i just bought it all