ok im running a 2.4-2.6 dual core, with 2gb ram, and a 8800 gtx (640 mb) card

i lag out so severely in shat that i really cant go there, i lag out in av so bad when i push to stonehearth that most of the time im dead before all the horde load, i lag out at the start of my arena games so bad ive lost 1 character before i can respond.

all im asking here and please bear with me, is im looking at upgrading my mb to run twin 8800gtx sli, another gb ram, and the last resort.......upgrading to quad core.

what im really looking for here is the cheapest method of attaining "playable" performance.

i also have a second system that i could run (ie a second box) p4 2.4 2gb ram, used to play wow fine, single play, could possibly run 2 copies on that and 3 on mine.

bit of work involved setting up the second box, but if i get 20-25+ fps i would do it straight away. my fps in shat drops to 1-2 fps and stays that way until 1 or 2 of my wows shuts down, similarly in av i get dced infrequently.


so basically what im asking is
a. full upgrade my system and hope it prevails, or
b. set up the second box and see how that goes.

any help would be appreciated, i did 10 games arena last night, and by the 6th game there were that many around the shat battlemaster i had to go to bem battlemaster just to queue, cause i was dcing that much.


cheers for reading all, and once again sorry for posting on the general forum.

exxy aka kiangsee, lelill, lellil, leelil, leelli