question re: hardware req for 10 boxing

[echo]

Thanks for your feedback Nitro. I will look into that option.

Hi Slats, When I posted this thread I was thinking the same thing you are, trying to make one box that can handle all 10. I PM'ed Mercurio since he seems to be doing very well for himself boxing ICC, and he was kind enough to let me know that he is also doing what Nitro said. (2 PC, 2 monitors with 5 toons on each monitor, keyclone only).

So, unless someone can configure a rig that can handle 10 wow on one PC with multiple monitor output, I guess that's that. :/


on a tangent, does anyone here run newer hardware like the core i7 and DDR3 mems? If so, have you tried to stress test your system and see how many instances of wow you can handle smoothly? Thanks in advance to any who can help!

[Sajuuk]

So, unless someone can configure a rig that can handle 10 wow on one PC with multiple monitor output, I guess that's that. :/


on a tangent, does anyone here run newer hardware like the core i7 and DDR3 mems? If so, have you tried to stress test your system and see how many instances of wow you can handle smoothly? Thanks in advance to any who can help!

Many of us run i7 systems, but I personally haven't stress tested how many instances of Warcraft I could run. I fully believe that you can run (and I think a couple people do) run ten characters on one i7 rig. Obviously all your wows would be running at a lower resolutions with a minimum of mods/settings, but it is doable. That said using two machines makes things go much smoother.

As far as multiple monitors go, it depends on a couple things: The graphics card you have, the size of the card, and the layout of your motherboard. For a normal graphics card (two outputs, the newish ati 5XXX series support eyefinity/3 cards each) you get two monitors per card.

[Slats]

Still musing this over. I think I'll wait till a decent amount of Cataclysm raids are being cleared to decide if this idea still interests me as much as watching Thera/Mecurio's videos now.

[zenga]

Still musing this over. I think I'll wait till a decent amount of Cataclysm raids are being cleared to decide if this idea still interests me as much as watching Thera/Mecurio's videos now.

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and ... if you make a new system that can handle 10 clients fine in the present, then you might regret that decision when cata hits. 2 'normal' systems that can handle wow now and that are scalable (easy upgrades) seems the way to go imo.