WoW on imac 2.0ghz with ATI X1600?

[gamerz]

Hey, i have been looking for a computer forever that could be able to play games such as WoW and Oblivion. I found an imac and i thouht that it would be a good buy, but i didnt know how it would run these games. Here are the specs of it:

Apple Imac
2.0ghz
17"
1G RAM (mabye 2G if i upgrade later on)
128mb ATI X1600

So how would this run WoW on OSX?

[BurtonCCC]

Really the only thing you need to run WoW is RAM

WoW ran incredibly well on my 1.5GHz PowerBook with only 512MB of RAM and a 64MB graphics card.

Your iMac will run it very well.

Daniel.

[thewhitehart]

How about a G4 ibook 1.33 Ghz with 1 GB ram and 32MB video card? Would this suffice?

I'd like to take WoW with me when I move to Japan - will the American server I'm on have too much lag when playing from across the world?

[BurtonCCC]

Originally Posted by thewhitehart

How about a G4 ibook 1.33 Ghz with 1 GB ram and 32MB video card? Would this suffice?

I'd like to take WoW with me when I move to Japan - will the American server I'm on have too much lag when playing from across the world?

Quite honestly, your machine probably won't do it. The video card just won't be able to handle it, but maybe the RAM will compensate, I don't know. Maybe borrow a friend's copy and try it before? Or ask for a WoW 10-day Trial Code either here or in the Marketplace. We give out a lot of trials on this site.

Also, the lag really just depends on your internet. It'd be too hard for me to tell you how it would perform.

[Allotriophagy]

Originally Posted by thewhitehart

How about a G4 ibook 1.33 Ghz with 1 GB ram and 32MB video card? Would this suffice?

Assuming it is this iBook, I would expect it to just be usable for PvE in uncrowded areas - mainly solo play and not in dungeons.

I managed fine on a 1GHz TiBook with a 64mb Radeon 9000 and 512mb of RAM.

Don't expect to go raiding, though.

[gamerz]

dont expect to go raiding with my set-up??? or with the ibook buy's set-up??? Cause im going to be raiding quite a bit and also doing PvP alot. Just making sure my system can run WoW while doing those things.

[Allotriophagy]

Originally Posted by gamerz

dont expect to go raiding with my set-up??? or with the ibook buy's set-up??? Cause im going to be raiding quite a bit and also doing PvP alot. Just making sure my system can run WoW while doing those things.

I was addressing another poster.

Yours should be fine, though I have no experience of gaming on the 1600XT or similar.

My iMac has a 7600GT and in a busy AV, with settings on highest, resolution at 1920x1200, I had very pleasant framerates. Only lag was caused by the crappy servers.

[gamerz]

Ok... just to make sure an Imac 2.0ghz with 1G RAM and an ATI X1600 could run World of Warcraft 30fps or above in raids and battlegrounds?

[Thanatoast]

gamerz, I have that exact machine and never had a problem. Cranked everything up and the framerate never dropped below just-under-smooth.

[gamerz]

thats awesome thanks!

[afornander]

i got the 17" c2d 2.00ghz, i tried the trial for WoW, i can crank it up to full res. (1400 x 900) and max graphic settings at it still runs smooth as hell

[gamerz]

SWEET... thanks for the quick replies. Thank-you sooo much.

[K20]

WoW is running great on my iMac, I usually run in Window mode at 1680x1050

no sluggishness at all to me..

[gamerz]

sweet... but you all run it on OSX and it is still fine and no lagging?

[Thanatoast]

No graphics-related lagging. Server-related, on the other hand...

[applemacdude]

dont stress to much about it

it runs

very nicely

[fall3n]

I don't know how you guys say you ran fine. I tried playing on my G4 1.5ghz laptop last year and it sucked the big one, couldn't even get it up to smooth even with medium/low specs. My iMac on the other hand kicks ass.

[Cromulent]

Originally Posted by fall3n

I don't know how you guys say you ran fine. I tried playing on my G4 1.5ghz laptop last year and it sucked the big one, couldn't even get it up to smooth even with medium/low specs. My iMac on the other hand kicks ass.

They were talking about it running fine on the Intel iMacs not G4's.

[Xeem]

Originally Posted by thewhitehart

How about a G4 ibook 1.33 Ghz with 1 GB ram and 32MB video card? Would this suffice?

There were two different models of 1.33 GHz iBook G4s.

If it is the mid 2005 12" iBook with a 32MB Radeon 9550, it'll play OK. On medium-ish settings, I am always over 20 fps in PvE, and in battlegrounds about 15-20. I have 1.5 GB RAM, though.

If you are talking about the late 2004 14" iBook with a 32MB Radeon 9200, I hear it's passable in most areas, but the video card is a generation behind that of the 2005 iBooks, so I wouldn't expect much.

[K20]

Originally Posted by gamerz

sweet... but you all run it on OSX and it is still fine and no lagging?

i'm running it in OS X, no lagging..except for the occasional server lag

[jonaseriksson]

Install boot camp and run it under windows. It'll greatly improve your FPS.

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/04/06/hello...aming-machine/

"WoW on Windows XP on my iMac, running fullscreen on my external 24-inch Dell monitor with all the graphics settings ramped up clocks in at about 6fps faster than my OS X installation of WoW, running fullscreen on the same display with the graphic settings pulled back to their default settings. Nice!"

[rbarris]

Originally Posted by jonaseriksson

Install boot camp and run it under windows. It'll greatly improve your FPS.

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/04/06/hello...aming-machine/

"WoW on Windows XP on my iMac, running fullscreen on my external 24-inch Dell monitor with all the graphics settings ramped up clocks in at about 6fps faster than my OS X installation of WoW, running fullscreen on the same display with the graphic settings pulled back to their default settings. Nice!"

I'd like to hear feedback from people playing WoW on OS X after the 2.0.1 patch due this week - it enables OpenGL Multi-Threading which will let us utilize the dual processors in the Intel Macs more consistently and raise frame rates as a result.

[Demon Hunter]

Originally Posted by rbarris

I'd like to hear feedback from people playing WoW on OS X after the 2.0.1 patch due this week - it enables OpenGL Multi-Threading which will let us utilize the dual processors in the Intel Macs more consistently and raise frame rates as a result.

Anything for you, rbarris.

[Mackilroy]

Originally Posted by rbarris

I'd like to hear feedback from people playing WoW on OS X after the 2.0.1 patch due this week - it enables OpenGL Multi-Threading which will let us utilize the dual processors in the Intel Macs more consistently and raise frame rates as a result.

Yes sir, it shall be done.

One question – how do we check our frame rates?

[rbarris]

Originally Posted by Mackilroy

Yes sir, it shall be done.

One question – how do we check our frame rates?

the default keybinding for the WoW FPS readout is Control-R.