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

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 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.