AMD Athlon 1.3Ghz Tower PC
1GB DDR RAM
80GB (40GBx2) Hard Drives
CD Burner, Floppy Drive

Is this is a good computer? Does the Ghz really matter if it is that low? The Ghz can be replaceable right? I want to know if this computer is good enough for gaming like WoW Status.

There is no graphics card. Do you want one? If so, this is clearly not the computer for you.

You need atleast 1.5 ghz and a graphics card for wow (atleast geforce 6200)
Post the price of what you can spend plz

Like 200$ LOL
This computer is 100$

It's a pretty trashy computer (the processor is at least 5 years old). It's probably worth around $50-$75.

Yeah, it's a crappy computer, worth every dollar of those $100. It's decent for SC/non-gaming, but it will fall short for gaming.

WoW annihilates computers with twice that spec because of how inefficient it is. You'll want at least 2 gigs of ram for sure. Video power doesn't really matter since WoW is like dx7, but you NEED the ram.

Oh my god..

First off, 1gb of RAM is fine for WoW.
The HDDs are fine for WoW too. (Obviously..)

However, there is no graphics card mentioned. The processor is a very old regular Athlon (before Athlon XP, 64, etc.) That is also going to limit you quite a bit.

I would ignore MasterJohnny as far as his 1.5ghz statement goes, because without actually specifying an architecture, that statement means nothing.
Also, I would have to disagree with the member who says you need at least 2gb of RAM to run WoW. 1gb is suffice.
I would not recommend buying this ALONE if you plan on playing WoW with it.

No, 1gb really isn't fine. It seems fine but WoW doesn't flush memory usage so it can easily use more, especially during extended play.

RAM is dirt cheap, anyways. 2gb is very easy to get.

So it will start slowing down after a while. Sounds to me that it is indeed sufficient, though not ideal.

I plan on playing Rappelz with this. I'm also planning on buying a cheap video card. Would that improve the ghz?

I had 1GB RAM until recently, and I played WoW fine. With a good graphics card (a somewhat old processor, but works nicely) I averaged 30 FPS in Azeroth and 20 in Outlands. 60+ in select areas.

I don't think buying a graphics card would improve any ghz, but it would be better for games.

yes and you'll get less than 10fps in any given raid instance which makes it become unplayable. Outlands isn't even comparable to what shit flies around in TK or even kara.

BTW step into AV and tell me how much fps you get in there in a fight.

What was your gfx card/processor Centreri? Settings? Resolution?

And what the hell does improve the GHZ mean? lol? A 1.2ghz processor is still a 1.2ghz processor, with or without a video card.
Isksatu, you can say what you want, I have played WoW on 1600x1200 @ max w/ 1gb of RAM and have not had the game become "unplayable"
I was using XP, as well, Vista could change that, perhaps.
As far as RAM goes, DDR2 memory is cheap. That's it. Any other types of RAM are expensive as hell, and good luck finding a decent DDR2 motherboard, with a processor, 2gb DDR2 memory, and video card for ~200$

Have you ever raided? I wouldn't ever use vista, especially on a gaming machine. If you've never raided, I'm afraid your comments don't really effect anything. My friend runs an Athlon 64 3000+ with 1 gig and a 9800 AIW, and raid instances utterly kill his system, especially boss fights. Normally it's fine, though. I guess if you have no intention to ever step into AV or a raid instance you need not worry. He was running at 1280x1024/max settings save AF/AA until he got his new monitor, now he plays at 1900x1200 which doesn't make any performance impact it seems. He's the MT though... so maybe being directly where all of the particles are kills him?

WoW doesn't really need a strong video card. You can grab a HD 3540 for like $60 CAD and I'm sure it's cheaper USD. I got 2x1gb corsair PC4600 for like $75, and that's still pretty high-end ram. As for mobo/cpu, I guess that depends on what you're going for. But ram itself is very cheap.

edit - I was able to fraps on my old system with the 9800 pro WoW, I did make some videos with it, but yeah raids are the real killer.

The thing with WoW is that its wmo (map) portaling system is very retarded and often it's rendering an entire zone or more at one time. Cities ect are often made out of static meshes (doodads) and they call 30-40 textures at a time for every piece (They are also loaded all at once and are not portaled at all). Same with characters. This is lethal to low-end systems because if you are running on higher settings the texture memory gets loaded onto your ram and the game can quickly devour your ram.

Post has been edited 3 time(s), last time on Mar 30 2008, 3:58 am by IskatuMesk.

Check out my WoW battlechest!

Yes, I've been in Tempest Keep and Alterac Valley. Those two places weren't by any means the most graphics-intensive areas, and I averaged maybe 25 FPS in both. Hellfire Peninsula lagged a lot for me (18 fps) and Hellfire Citadel was like 14 FPS, but I never dropped below that since I got a decent graphics card. Granted, I've never raided, but since I did completely fine in Alterac Valley, I think even BT would be playable. This is what I had:
Manufacturer: Compaq Presario 061
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM //Updated from 1GB, AFTER I quit WoW.
Hard Drive: 191 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 //Updated while playing WoW. From 10 FPS to 30FPS .
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster730B
Sound Card: Realtek AC97 Audio
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2

And this is my former WoW Character, just so you believe that I did AV .
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Deathwing&n=Centreri

yeah that cpu would have really helped in WoW. What settings did you run at? It's kind of surprising to hear that hellfire killed you more than AV. Not sure about BT, never been there. I hear Hyjal is ridiculous though.

Johnny > Rarely do the specs mean anything for a game anymore. "Recommended" and "Playable at max settings" often are completely different in either direction.

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Frostwolf&n=Mauu

I don't play anymore though.

I didn't run it on Max, but most settings were pretty high. I occasionally adjusted things like viewing area (how far you can see) and spell detail or stuff depending on how my computer was doing then. Say, what do you think I'll need to upgrade to run SCII flawlessly at max graphics?