MY 1st post so here goes (comp stats)

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07-28-2008, 02:20 AM
NoobShammy

MY 1st post so here goes (comp stats)

First of all been a long time wow player and got bored so really was looking into wow and starting up duel boxing (that is running wow off 1 pc while multiboxing is off of several pcs correct?)

First and formost I need a piece of advice on the current computer I have and will it be able to run 4 wow accounts at 1 time.

HPX - Dragon

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme Processor X9000 (2.80GHz)

20.1" diagonal WUXGA High-Definition HP Ultra Brightview Widescreen (1920x1200)-"True HD" 1080p res

4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x 2)
07-28-2008, 03:28 AM
Anozireth

Welcome!

That computer should be able to handle 4 copies at a time without much trouble. Since you've got two hard drives, you may want to consider having two WoW installs, running two copies off one and two copies off the other.
07-28-2008, 04:43 AM
Wilbur

5400 RPM HDDs?

Upgrade.
07-28-2008, 04:43 AM
bbj

RE: MY 1st post so here goes (comp stats)

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'NoobShammy',index.php?page=Thread&postID=94071#po st94071

500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x 2)

Those 2 drives tell me this is a notebook. 5400 RPM drives are slow; like a slug on valiums. I'd really suggest you run symlinks to speed up drive access and to let the disk cache do its thing for you. Even my desktop showed a massive improvement once i started using symlinked folders.
07-28-2008, 05:48 AM
NoobShammy

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Anozireth',index.php?page=Thread&postID=94086#pos t94086

Welcome!

That computer should be able to handle 4 copies at a time without much trouble. Since you've got two hard drives, you may want to consider having two WoW installs, running two copies off one and two copies off the other.

Thanks. Yes its an HP laptop. Its a great one really just was unsure on running 4 copies. My next stupid question and then ill go and start reading the Wiki.

1) I have a copy of wow on my PC no disks those are back home but I have TBC. Can I just created a copy of the wow directory ? I have opened 4 different wow accounts on just the single copy of the game on my pc (using friends codes)

2) Should i put 2 copy on my c drive and 2 copies on my d drive?

Cheers
07-28-2008, 05:49 AM
NoobShammy

RE: RE: MY 1st post so here goes (comp stats)

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'bbj',index.php?page=Thread&postID=94106#post94106

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'NoobShammy',index.php?page=Thread&postID=94071#po st94071

500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x 2)

Those 2 drives tell me this is a notebook. 5400 RPM drives are slow; like a slug on valiums. I'd really suggest you run symlinks to speed up drive access and to let the disk cache do its thing for you. Even my desktop showed a massive improvement once i started using symlinked folders.

Ok Symlinks is a program I can download right? Again im not a wiz with PCs but im not a caveman either.
07-28-2008, 05:58 AM
lolzaz

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Anozireth',index.php?page=Thread&postID=94086#pos t94086

running two copies off one and two copies off the other.

I also have specs close to yours and have 2 hardd drives. what exactly would the pros be to splitting 2/4 of the clients with 2 different wows running?
07-28-2008, 01:34 PM
Stompp

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'lolzaz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=94134#post94 134

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Anozireth',index.php?page=Thread&postID=94086#pos t94086

running two copies off one and two copies off the other.

I also have specs close to yours and have 2 hardd drives. what exactly would the pros be to splitting 2/4 of the clients with 2 different wows running?

Load times my friend, load times.