Which i5 for WoW Gaming PC!

[Deleted]

I am looking for a i5 that will handle wow nicely and maybe even overclock please post ur I5s :P that u suggest me to get Cheers ^^

[Kurdiern]

i5-750

[Deleted]

Hmm then ill get the 760 is it rly good for wow to pull 60 FPS+ with ultra graphics on and Asus 5670 SVGA (PCI-Express, DDR5, 1GB)

[pansertjald]

you will unly get those FPS if you clock the cpu to 4,0 ghz and still you wont get 60+ fps every where. no cpu can do that yet with every thing on ultra

[llDemonll]

i highly doubt you have to OC it much at all to get very acceptable FPS in a lot of places. not 60 all the time, but 60 questing and parties, raiding and dal is 30+ would be my guess

[Moobious]

i5 7xx is what you want (non hyper threaded quad core).

Stock it will play wow on ultra - 2 ticks of shadows.

OCed to 4.0ghz you will have less slowdowns in a 25m raid environment.

[Cthulluh]

i prefer i5-750

[Moobious]

i highly doubt you have to OC it much at all to get very acceptable FPS in a lot of places. not 60 all the time, but 60 questing and parties, raiding and dal is 30+ would be my guess

It's pretty resolution dependent. At 720p or 1440x900 it should do 30+ raiding at stock speeds. At 1080p it can chug a bit at stock speeds.

[Zookii]

I use a i5 760 and keep my graphics for the most part at midway. In most cities, excluding Dalaran, I get 120+ FPS. Dalaran I tend to sit around 40-50 FPS. As for raiding in combat during 25 mans I believe it will droop downwards of 30-35 in heavy AOE but most fights usually 45ish. I do run two GTS 250 in SLI so that probably doesn't hurt.

[pansertjald]

I use a i5 760 and keep my graphics for the most part at midway. In most cities, excluding Dalaran, I get 120+ FPS. Dalaran I tend to sit around 40-50 FPS. As for raiding in combat during 25 mans I believe it will droop downwards of 30-35 in heavy AOE but most fights usually 45ish. I do run two GTS 250 in SLI so that probably doesn't hurt.

WOW doesn`t support SLI or CF yet.
it will do in cata

[nortorious]

I have an i5-750 (oc to 3.2 ghz, turbo enabled and stock voltage), I'm using an aftermarket cooler and running with XFX 5870. All settings are max with the exception of shadow, which is on high, and not ultra. I get very good fps. Also notice about 10fps increase due to overclocking. various website states that for WOW, non hypertreading is the way to go.

[Cilraaz]

You overclocked manually and left Turbo Boost enabled? That's a risky choice.

[Dethh]

You overclocked manually and left Turbo Boost enabled? That's a risky choice.

I believe that is the speed of turbo boost with no OC involved.

[nortorious]

yes I did, I also stress test it using prime95 and it was completely stable. Various website states that overclocking to 3.2(160x20) with turbo enabled on stock voltage is stable.

---------- Post added 2010-10-20 at 02:58 AM ----------

Almost forgot, the cpu usually run anywhere from 3.6-3.8 (cpu-z). Temp under load never went past 48c, using Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus.

[llDemonll]

Completely stable is a relative term

@OP - you won't get the fps you are looking for with a 56xx series card

[Cilraaz]

yes I did, I also stress test it using prime95 and it was completely stable. Various website states that overclocking to 3.2(160x20) with turbo enabled on stock voltage is stable.

---------- Post added 2010-10-20 at 02:58 AM ----------

Almost forgot, the cpu usually run anywhere from 3.6-3.8 (cpu-z). Temp under load never went past 48c, using Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus.

Good luck with that. It's a rather horrible overclocking practice, though.

[Deltard]

WOW doesn`t support SLI or CF yet.
it will do in cata

Not sure where you got that info but it's been stated even by blue posts that WoW does support SLI/CF. While in game support might not show it the game itself will take advantage of both cards in eihter a SLI or CF setup. Don't believe this, just go look at the technical support forum on warcrafts site.

forums.worldofwarcraft. com / thread.html?topicId=5103879232&postId=52356242871&sid=1#4

Just take out the spaces.

[B@nj0 P3do]

Not sure where you got that info but it's been stated even by blue posts that WoW does support SLI/CF. While in game support might not show it the game itself will take advantage of both cards in eihter a SLI or CF setup. Don't believe this, just go look at the technical support forum on warcrafts site.

forums.worldofwarcraft. com / thread.html?topicId=5103879232&postId=52356242871&sid=1#4

Just take out the spaces.

Old Thread is old

[Cilraaz]

Not sure where you got that info but it's been stated even by blue posts that WoW does support SLI/CF. While in game support might not show it the game itself will take advantage of both cards in eihter a SLI or CF setup. Don't believe this, just go look at the technical support forum on warcrafts site.

forums.worldofwarcraft. com / thread.html?topicId=5103879232&postId=52356242871&sid=1#4

Just take out the spaces.

A thread from 2008 is somehow relevant to graphic engine changes in Cataclysm? Good first post.

[edit: Except it's not a first post. Grats on the ban evasion, Zookii.]

[llDemonll]

[edit: Except it's not a first post. Grats on the ban evasion, Zookii.]

lolowned

to clarify the false information he tried to post (and i havent read up on it much, so this is the best of what i remember), cataclysm will bring better integration with SLI / CF setup to actually equally utilize each card, but as of now (maybe 4.0.1 changed this?) in order to use more than one card, the first card must be maxed out, and only then will the "spill" get dumped onto the additional card. so yes, SLI/CF works fine, but it isnt a really optimal setup to be using.

*I don't run SLI/CF, so i dont pay attention to it, so if any of this is wrong please correct me