On Mar 9, 2009, at 8:47 PM, mark ray wrote: > A neighbor has a G4 QS (733Mhz) 1.5GB Ram, a 40GB HD and a 120GB HD, > a new nVidia Geoforce 6200 256mb video card running a 20" lcd > monitor. Tried both wireless and direct enet connections to the > router. It runs great, BUT, she wants to run World Of Warcraft and > she says the frame rate is awful (9 maybe 10 fps) any advice on how > to boost this, or figure out what the issue may be? > > Is this just now enough computer for the game or might there be > something else?
Well, a quick search for system requirements at worldofwarcraft.com comes up with the following Mac requirements: > Processor: > Minimum: PowerPC G5 1.6 GHz or Intel Core Duo processor > Recommended: Intel 1.8GHz processor or better > > Memory: > Minimum: 1 GB RAM > Recommended: 2 GB RAM > > Video: > Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting > with 64 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 > class card or better > Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader > capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA > 7600 class card or better So she meets 2 out of 3. Unfortunately, the one she does not even come close to is the most important here, and that is the processor. The QS 733 has no L3 cache, so it runs like a 533Mhz with a cache. Which is basically 1/3 of the speed of a G5 1.6. A processor upgrade will get her close, but one that gets close will run about as much as a used G5 Mac. So, the question is: How badly does she want to run World of Warcraft at playable frame rates? Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
