How many wows could i logically run on my pc?

[Alcsaar]

I couldn't afford to buy seperate pcs for 5 boxing, but I could afford to pay the cash/month if just to try it out.

I am really interested in 5 boxing, I loveee the idea of being able to hit >2k rating on a 5 man team with a healer and 4 people i play myself.

So I am wondering just how many instances of World of Warcraft I could run, and if anyone has any pointers for a new multiboxer.

My PC is about 4 years old, my specs are:

P4 3.2 ghz
3 gigs ddr2
BFG 6800 GT (Factory overlocked)

[Wilbur]

I'd say that PC could probably run two.

[Xzin]

I would say 2 as well. 3 would be pushing it with that video card and single core.

[Alcsaar]

I would say 2 as well. 3 would be pushing it with that video card and single core.

Okay thanks guys.

I've got a question

Normally I'm good with computers, but the processor is listed twice(?) in my system. It says "Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20 Ghz, 3.20 Ghz"

Also, in my Task Manager my performance for CPU Usage History has 2 different boxes, which leads me to believe that I have two processor chips.

I'm under the impression that my computer is old enough that it probably does not have a dual core processor.. especially a 3.2 one..but could it?

It ran about $3,000 4 years ago, but my brother paid hard for the brand name (Alienware).

Heres a screenshot I threw together real fast.




Assuming it is indeed a single core processor, how much do you estimate it would run me to upgrade the CPU and graphics card, and more than likely the Motherboard which is probably to old to support dual core processors?



Also, I've heard there is a guild of multiboxers on mag horde side...Is it "The Zerg"? I did a /who but noone was online...is it relativaly inactive, or is it just because its 5 am ? Lol.

I'm wondering if it would be worth it to leave the support of my Penny Arcade fellows of Dark Iron in order to multi box on Mag.

[Xzin]

Hyperthreading. Single core.

And 5 am EST on a Sun morning is....... not exactly prime time We do have several members who play in other timezones though, so /who Zerg later today.

[Alcsaar]

Hyperthreading. Single core.

And 5 am EST on a Sun morning is....... not exactly prime time We do have several members who play in other timezones though, so /who Zerg later today.

<3 Are you (or the other members) into helping out a new multi boxer via power runs through instances? That is some insane XP.

[Xzin]

We tend more toward gold/bags but ask around. It is hard to powerlevel 5 chars though.

[Alcsaar]

We tend more toward gold/bags but ask around. It is hard to powerlevel 5 chars though.

This is assuming I can only end up doing 2-3 chars (in which case they could be power leveled at the same time by one or two 70s)

If by some miracle I win the lottery or something, and I can 5 box, I'd rather just do instance grinding by myself, anyway

What would you suggest for a 2man or 3man group? For leveling I'm looking more towards being able to just grind (aoe) a lot because I'm not sure how I'll enjoy trying to micromanage all the quests on all three chars.

Are there addons out there that you know of that help with quest acceptance/turn ins for things like this? For example, an addon that auto accepted shared quests would be great so that I only had to accept it from the npc once, then I could simply share it and it would get accepted a automatically. Currently I use one addon that auto inserts the progress of your quest into party chat. I've found that is useful so I don't have to alt tab or turn around and look at my other pc to make sure my secondaries are on track with me.

P.S.: Why are you awake?

[Xzin]

Why are you awake?

[yarr]

this is the setup i use for 5boxing

Intel Core 2 Duo 644 @ 2.13GHZ
3.25 MB Ram (4gig but only goes to 3.25 due to 32bit OS)
NVIDIA 7800 GEFORCE graphix

not exactly top of the line, in fact everything is over 1 year old except the RAM. I get about 30fps in org and all around azeroth so far (didnt take it to outlands yet so i cant comment on that) which is enough for me.

So it doesnt take the best machine in the world to handle 5 boxes on 1 computer, but i would recommend a dual core (core 2 duo or AMD equivalent) at the minimum. NVIDIA 7800 handles 5boxes surprisingly well but everyone here swears by the 8800... apparently its got the best performance/cost ratio =]