Will My System Support 5?

[Malgor]

Processor: i7 2.67 GHz (not over clocked)
RAM: 12 gigs 1600 3 channel memory (max for this machine)
Video: EGVA GeForce 250 1GB (ordered a second one that will be here tomorrow)


Right now I can easily open up 4 instances and run them fine, but only have 4 accounts. Have been leveling my priest and druid (75 now) and when they get to 80 will move my 80 Hunter to another account (RAF it) so that I have 5 level 80s.

At the moment I have a bit of lag, going from 60 fps in Howling Fjord around the burning trees, which takes my fps down to 30 at the lowest, but it seems to come back up after being there a bit.

Any recommendations?

Thanks again,

Malgor

[Kicksome]

Yeah, you shouldn't have any problem at all. It might be slow in Dalaran though. I believe you're hard drive will be the bottleneck - unless you had a SSD or a raptor or something.

[Malgor]

Thanks. Right now with 4 I don't lag at all in Dalaran, but for some reason parts of Howling Fjord slow my fps down. I'm 75 and still there, so should be out soon into Grizzly Hills or Dragonblight.

[alcattle]

You should not have any lag with your system. I would turn down the video settings. Are you using IS/boxer. It will ramp down the slaves to 30 fps, but it might be in the effects setting under video in WoW

[Ualaa]

My system isn't much different from yours.
I'm playable everywhere, and smooth in most places.

i7, 920 (stock)
12GB Ram
GTX 275
Patriot SSD (220mb/sec)

[Sajuuk]

Gaah, why is it that people with i7 systems keep asking: "DIS IS GUD ENUF, RITE!?!?"?

[Malgor]

Alcattle - yes using isboxer. My only lag still seems to be in howling fjord. On Dalatan I am fine.

[Hivetyrant]

Gaah, why is it that people with i7 systems keep asking: "DIS IS GUD ENUF, RITE!?!?"?

Maybe because not everyone is a computer genius like you and have a valid concern?

[Sajuuk]

Maybe because not everyone is a computer genius like you and have a valid concern?

I'm nowhere near a genius. There's a search feature, why can't people use it?

[Hivetyrant]

I'm nowhere near a genius. There's a search feature, why can't people use it?

Ok, I did a search for i7 & EGVA GeForce 250 1GB

Guess what, there were no valid results!

Sorry but each and every custom build is different, and some people are new to this, give them a break. If you don't like reading the threads, don't open them.


And just so I’m not being hypocritical, Malgor, area's thick with objects (such as the burning tree's, or terrokar forest) seem to slow down the best of machines, however that seems to just be WoW itself, the best way to cope is to either ignore or turn down the view distance, but I don't think you will have any troubles with 5 toons, I manage with decent settings on my old twin 8800GTX's and an old Core2 CPU (Upgrading next week to an i7/2x5870 setup and will try to emulate your exact situation)