Buying A Machine That Will Play WoW Decently... help please.

[Hellz Shellz]

No. It's a graphics issue since your processor is just fine. I've got a pretty beast machine myself, I can run WoW on everything maxed except that shadows always have to be low (on GTA4 as well), but am getting a new card for xmas.

Back on track though, you can run WoW maxed smoothly if you've got the graphics and the processor with probably around 2GB of ram; ram is application storage not speed. If you're curious, here's my build:

AMD Athlon II X4 (630) @ 2.8GHz
4GB RAM (DD3 Kingston, 1033Mhz I believe)
500GB SATA2 Western Digital HDD
(Forget my mobo lol, but has DD3/AM3, 6 core support)
nVidia GeForce 9500GT, 1GB
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Total might have come to around 600 bucks including the graphics card and power supply that I had from my previous machine (graphics card was around $120 when I got it new a few years back).

Oh also, wrong section

okay, that helps a lot, cause i was mindboggled why it was still slow after upping my internet and having 4g RAM.

BUT, my problem is, im running a laptop, and my dad is an IT manager/network administrator at two companies, and he seems to think that there might not be a card slot, and that it is built into my MB..
I have an HP Pavilion, do you know if thats true? I don't wanna open it up unless I have to because I don't wanna ruin it somehow.

 

[IIproII]

i bought the cheapest alienware laptop and put 8gb ram in it and it runs WoW easily

i ran a 25 man raid last night and still was sitting on 50 fps

 

[conner052]

okay, that helps a lot, cause i was mindboggled why it was still slow after upping my internet and having 4g RAM.

BUT, my problem is, im running a laptop, and my dad is an IT manager/network administrator at two companies, and he seems to think that there might not be a card slot, and that it is built into my MB..
I have an HP Pavilion, do you know if thats true? I don't wanna open it up unless I have to because I don't wanna ruin it somehow.

Yea some laptops you can't upgrade the video card in.

 

[Pee10]

This is starting to confuse me...

So basically if I get a nice intel core 2 duo say 2.2ghz or w.e and a good graphics card, im pretty much sweet? Ill still get 4gb ram. Also, would a 10000rpm HDD make much difference?

 

[IIproII]

this is my windows 7 stats not to bad for a mini laptop and runs WoW fine with no problems

 

[Tgump]

this is my windows 7 stats not to bad for a mini laptop and runs WoW fine with no problems

Buy a desktop. Trust me. If you can't buy a desktop, you're shit out of luck unless you're prepared to shell out $700 to play WoW.