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nurdc0re
Apr 22, 2006, 08:58 PM
I have been looking into getting World of Warcraft, and I am wondering how well my current hardware would run it. Currently the system requirements (http://worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/technology.html) would be:

Minimum System Requirements
Mac® OS X 10.3.9:

* 933 MHz or higher G4, or G5, or Intel processor
* 512 MB RAM or higher; DDR RAM recommended
* ATI or NVIDIA® video hardware with 32 MB VRAM or more
* 6.0 GB available HD space
* 4x CD-Rom drive
* 56k or better Internet connection

Recommended Specifications
Mac® OS X 10.3.9 or newer:

* 1024 MB RAM or higher; DDR RAM recommended
* ATI or NVIDIA® video hardware with 64 MB VRAM or more
* Broadband Internet connection

Meanwhile, the system I have to run it on would be more along the lines of:

PowerBook G4 (DVI)
Mac OS 10.3.9
667 MHz G4 processor
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 7500, 32MB

I know I do not meet the minimum CPU requirements, but can I make up for that by increasing my RAM? I am willing to run on the lowest settings (can you tell the obsession is setting in?).


Patmian212
Apr 22, 2006, 09:03 PM
I think the minimum settings are pretty much ironclad. I run it on the ibook in my signature and even with everything turned down to the lowest I get about 16-20 FPS. I am past most of the requirements except the video card(and you have a wrse one then me).
mrgreen4242
Apr 22, 2006, 11:01 PM
I had a first gen iMac G5 (1.8ghz G5, 168mb RAM, geForce5200 w/64mb RAM) and it was pretty much barely playable on anything more than min. detail settings.

I'd say not to bother. :( Look on the bright side. You get to save $50+15/month and upwards of 60 hours a month!
GaseousPlatypus
Apr 22, 2006, 11:09 PM
You're going to have a terrible experience playing with that system.
mkrishnan
Apr 22, 2006, 11:15 PM
I had a first gen iMac G5 (1.8ghz G5, 168mb RAM, geForce5200 w/64mb RAM) and it was pretty much barely playable on anything more than min. detail settings.

How did you come about to have that particular spec?

(Edit: sorry, I don't mean to snip...I'm just curious as to whether you think the issue on this Mac is the general horsepower, or the amount of RAM, and I'm not sure how much RAM you have, cuz I'm pretty sure you have >168MB. ;) )
thejadedmonkey
Apr 22, 2006, 11:27 PM
yeah, it was slow on a 1st gen mac mini.
GFLPraxis
Apr 23, 2006, 02:56 AM
How did you come about to have that particular spec?

(Edit: sorry, I don't mean to snip...I'm just curious as to whether you think the issue on this Mac is the general horsepower, or the amount of RAM, and I'm not sure how much RAM you have, cuz I'm pretty sure you have >168MB. ;) )

I think he means 768.
mrgreen4242
Apr 23, 2006, 01:32 PM
I think he means 768.

Yup, that's what I meant. Just a simple typo with the num pad... and for the record the 1G iMac was junk, imo. It was crazy loud if you did anything that required more than 10% of it's CPU power, and in order to anything that required the power of your G5 you had to turn it to high power mode, which in turn kicked all the fans into jet engine noise levels. I could hear it from the other room, though walls, while standing 2 feet from my 'fridge while the compressor was on.

I'm much more impressed with my mini, both in terms of speed and usability for the price. I'm looking forward to a Core Duo mini, if they ever give it a real video card.