What can I get out of my PC?!

[jerrasaurus]

Hello everyone, I stumbled onto this site today and I erratic about some people being able to multibox on one machine. Here are my current specs;

CPU: [font='']AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor[/font] (Looking to go quad 3.0 AMD soon)
VGA: XFX HD-485X-YDDC Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
HD: [font='']Seagate Barracuda 7200 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive[/font]
PS: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Modular
MOBO: ASUS M3A78 Pro AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

I am currently running Windows Vista on a 19" Monitor.

What should I do to be able to run 2 instances at once on 2 different monitors with 40-50 fps?

[Greythan]

I five box on a single computer with specs equal to or a bit less than what you've described. Granted, I turn a ton of the quality settings down in the video controls for WoW, but still maintain 30 to 40ish FPS on main with 15 on four slaves while in the background.

[jerrasaurus]

Really? Should I think about maybe putting 4 more gigs of ram in? Or even possibly adding a hd? Or will it work fine?

[elsegundo]

i think its ecstatic. and my question to you would be... why do you need both windows running at 40fps?
i would at least have the "main" window going at at least 40fps and the slave's window going at about 15-20fps with lower graphical settings.
4 gigs with two instances of wow should be fine.

[jerrasaurus]

Well, I was implying I would want the main instance to be running around 40 fps.

Thanks for all the input!

[elsegundo]

Well, I was implying I would want the main instance to be running around 40 fps.

Thanks for all the input!

for each instance of wow you have up, type this in.


/console maxfps 40
then...
/console maxbkfps 20

this will make it so that the active window will always be at 40 fps. the non-active windows will go to 20. if you switch active windows, the fps will change accordingly.

[jerrasaurus]

Sweet, I am thinking about buyin another account and start leveling immediately.

Whats the best combo?

Shaman+shaman?

[elsegundo]

the best combo is usually the classes you like playing the most.
from what i can gather, i think you're best off with casting characters, both of the same class.

so 2 mages, 2 warlocks, 2 eleshamans, 2 boomkins, 2 priests, or 2 hunters.

[Seldum]

Go with druids!

They are versatile.... even though theres alot of spells/abilities you have to learn....

But no matter what, I think casters are much easier to multibox than melee clases.