Will this comp be able to handle 3-4 Wow's?

[kalvindeane]

Overclocked Intel i7 920 @ 4ghz Hyperthreaded.
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard.
Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 PC12800 (1600mhz) 9-9-9-24 Memory.
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 x2.
Intel x25-M Mainstream 80gb SSD (Read: 250mb Write: 70mb).

Will this give me acceptable fps in 3/4 Wow? I'll be using a 32inch LG 32LH3000-ZA TV & BenQ 2420HDBL 24inch Monitor. I havn't bought the CPU,
Motherboard, Memory or SSD yet; the ones I've listed are the best within my budget and I can't spend anymore than that. I want my first 2 accounts
(Tank, Healer) to have 60fps if possible. The third and fourth (that is, if I use four) accounts aren't incredibly important to me. I've only ever Dual-Boxed
and that was a good while ago, using only Hotkeynet and no other software to help me. Would appreciate any links to beginner's guides/software.
On another note; if I was to try eyefinity in the future would the 3 screens need to be identical to each other? Thanks in advance !

[Hivetyrant]

I run far older gear than that and have no troubles running 5 copies of WoW.

My current machine has got (From memory)
*XFX 680i motherboard
*8800GTX x2
*E6850 CPU
*4gig of corsair standard ram
*Plain old 300gig HDD (Though I do have two raptors in there but for other things)

In other words, you amchine is going to blitz it.


I should note that I don't run WoW at full settings, though my main client generally runs on high or Ultra (minus shadows) so you should be fine.

[Ualaa]

You won't get 60 FPS everywhere, all the time.
Dalaran, Wintergrasp and some battlegrounds will have noticeably lower FPS.

However, the game will be very playable everywhere.

I have a similar system.
Same processor, ram is the same speed although I have more, my video card is worse then yours, my SSD isn't as good...
And I 5-box smoothly enough everywhere.

With epic flyers, unless I cross phase lines, I can only break follow if the Paladin is the lead character and Crusader Aura is on.
Anyone else leading, or no Crusader Aura on, or Crusader Aura on a follow and I cannot break follow.
AV is smooth, even with 40 toons at the starting area.
WG is easily playable.

[Toonarmy]

Kalvindeane,

My laptop is VERY similar to what you have outlined and I pretty much ONLY do PVP stuff these days. No problems. Never drop follow (accept as Ualaa mentioned...the Crusader Aura thingy) and it's all good, even in the big cities. Have fun. I use IS (not Hotkeynet) but I wouldn't think that should be a difference.

[Shabu42]

Yes, itll look really nice too! Same setup except a 5870

[mikekim]

Overclocked Intel i7 920 @ 4ghz Hyperthreaded.
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard.
Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 PC12800 (1600mhz) 9-9-9-24 Memory.

been on the overclockers site recently :p

I was looking at exactly the same bundle - it will run 5 wows no problem

[alcattle]

might think about a single GPU not a x2, use that money on RAM

[kalvindeane]

might think about a single GPU not a x2, use that money on RAM

I already bought the gfx cards a while ago :(

[kalvindeane]

On a software note, are there any guides to help newbies multibox? The Stickies seem to be dated from a while ago, are they still valid?

[Ualaa]

I'd take a look at IS Boxer.
It is the top boxing software, in my opinion.
It comes with a 7 day trial.

The wizard will have you up and running very quickly.
The software is extremely customizable.
And there is strong support, especially in the www.isboxer.com (http://www.isboxer.com) IRC.

Definitely other options to check out though.
HKN is free, its a script based software option.
Keyclone is a decent basic option (keyboard broadcasting rocks, but lacks mouse broadcasting strength and a lot of the features of IS Boxer).
Game Commander Pro, is another option.. but aside from when it went live, have not heard much of it on this site.
Octopus is free, haven't heard much of this.
AutoHotKey is free, don't know much other then that it is script based.
PB (other site) is an option, haven't used it so don't know much of it.

I'd definitely recommend IS Boxer as the best of the software options.
FTL (assist) is automatic, via the wizard.
Keymaps are flexible.
Click Bars are icons you can click to run mapped keys, or display the state of a toggle such as keyboard or mouse broadcasting.
Repeater Regions are areas in which the mouse broadcasting turns on, which lets you do click to heal, via an addon.
Lots of neat stuff with this software.

[Sajuuk]

Overclocked Intel i7 920 @ 4ghz Hyperthreaded.
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard.
Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 PC12800 (1600mhz) 9-9-9-24 Memory.
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 x2.
Intel x25-M Mainstream 80gb SSD (Read: 250mb Write: 70mb).

Will this give me acceptable fps in 3/4 Wow? I'll be using a 32inch LG 32LH3000-ZA TV & BenQ 2420HDBL 24inch Monitor. I havn't bought the CPU,
Motherboard, Memory or SSD yet; the ones I've listed are the best within my budget and I can't spend anymore than that. I want my first 2 accounts
(Tank, Healer) to have 60fps if possible. The third and fourth (that is, if I use four) accounts aren't incredibly important to me. I've only ever Dual-Boxed
and that was a good while ago, using only Hotkeynet and no other software to help me. Would appreciate any links to beginner's guides/software.On another note; if I was to try eyefinity in the future would the 3 screens need to be identical to each other? Thanks in advance !

....Really? Did you have to ask if an i7 would be good for multiboxing?..

Yes... It will multibox. It will multibox EXTREMELY well. I doubt you'll be able to find stuff that it can't rip up (in the course of normal usage. ) Also, your chip may not overclock to 4ghz easily. You'll also need to consider cooling. Do you want air, or do you want water, and the extra work that entails?

Eyefinity: No. they don't have to be the same size, they should all be running at the same resolution, and you'll need an active DVI to DP adaptor. There's also the matter of bezel sizes/screens not matching up. So while identical monitors aren't required, they're encouraged. On another note, just be because you can use six monitors (2x5770 = 6 drivable displays, 4xDVI/2xDP) doesn't mean you have to create an eyefinity group. Hook up some extra monitors and have one client per monitor, if you wish.

As far as software, I HIGHLY recommend isboxer, if only for its ability to offload work to other GPUs. While WoW is not graphically intensive, and you may be able to run all clients at 60FPS all settings ultra, you wouldn't be able to run at those settings all the time. Now, offload half your clients to the secondary gpu and it's almost assured you'll have amazing performance every. You've got the hardware, why not use it? Since you're only thinking of quad boxing, I wouldn't worry too much about getting more RAM right now. Now, if you start doing other things and end up using your page file, then by all means, get more. But also: running more ram may affect your overclock.

Is that SSD going to be your system drive, wow drive, or both? Either way, expect some nice performance out of that thing.



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[coglistings]

software wise, id am a personal fan of HKN just as you used to. they took out the requirement that you download the latest release every 120 days or so which I think is an improvement. I tend to lean more to scripts than predefined customations, but if it works for you and it works well, then by all means. I was going to say something about input director for multiple machines, but that won't be the case for you :)

hardware wise, the 920 at stock is fine for 5boxing. I would want more ram that what you have especially if you are going to the trouble of a ssd drive

[kalvindeane]

Also, your chip may not overclock to 4ghz easily. You'll also need to consider cooling. Do you want air, or do you want water, and the extra work that entails?
Is that SSD going to be your system drive, wow drive, or both? Either way, expect some nice performance out of that thing.



It's a pre-overclocked and hyperthreaded bundle from another site :) System & wow drive :) As I said in the OP, I haven't bought everything I listed;
the alternate option would be a 1090T or 1055T system. Would the 1055/1090 be more suitable, if I was to spread the load between the 6 cores?
Or would the i7 be a better choice? OOI; I've read that windows recognises a hyperthreaded 920 as having 8 cores, does that mean I could spread
the 3rd and 4th accounts to use up cores 5-8 or am I just being silly? ps: thanks for replying everyone ! as soon as I get the new system (asap) I'll
post some pics, and you can recommend me a server !

*edit* After reading around a little, I think I've decided I'll buy ISboxer when the comp arrives :) If I don't like it then I can always go back to HKN
since it's familiar to me :D