10 box - 1 machine...

[marvein]

Is blizzard not doing the free trial accounts anymore?

I dunno, I don't know the first place to look.

looks like they still are
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burni...owhome&promo=1

[Shigan5]

Good way to go but only thing i would say about free trials and dual boxing is the fact you cant trade, which could kill some dual-boxers. But just my 2 cents.

[marvein]

Good way to go but only thing i would say about free trials and dual boxing is the fact you cant trade, which could kill some dual-boxers. But just my 2 cents.

trial accounts would be for testing to see if its something you liked anyways before you commit to purchasing more accounts

[kermitforney]

trial accounts would be for testing to see if its something you liked anyways before you commit to purchasing more accounts

True! Only problem is I sold some of my old parts and I sold my 8800GTS320mb. Yes, the one I had in my current system that also was the last graphics card I had in the house. :thumbdown:
So now I am planning on purchasing a 9800GTX and using the EVGA step up program to get a 9900GTX when they come out (July). Sooooo, basically I am holding out on timing so I will be able to Step-Up
but I think im pretty much f*cked. No video card so no gaming whatsoever and I am stuck with my laptop . . . :S

No WOW for me for a long time it seems. :huh:

[Shigan5]

ouch. you can get a few good graphics cards for cheap.

XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail is only 104.99

or you could go with

SAPPHIRE 100218L Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
for 84.99 (also comes with a $15 rebate, so 69.99)

granted the second you my not be able to dual box, maybe 2 instances of wow, maybe(ive never ran ATI so idk how well they run). The first you could get 3 easily. 5 if the rest of your specs work well

[kermitforney]

XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail[/url] is only 104.99

or you could go with

SAPPHIRE 100218L Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
for 84.99 (also comes with a $15 rebate, so 69.99)

granted the second you my not be able to dual box, maybe 2 instances of wow, maybe(ive never ran ATI so idk how well they run). The first you could get 3 easily. 5 if the rest of your specs work well

Naw, I need something that is going to really haul ass at high resolutions because i'm picking up two Samsung 226BW 22' monitors in a day or two. I am so broke it's not even funny!

[Suvega]

FYI,

With the above system I described with 0 overclocking, I got 5 wow windows...

4- 512x400
1 - 2048x1600

Stable framerate of 15-30fps on all of them. Throtteling down back windows to 15fps, resulted in a more stable 30fps on the main 2048x1600 window.

Ram used was approx - 3.3gb of physical. Therfore I would recommend 8gb of ddr3 ram for 10 windows.

Boot time was very fast, I would say from pressing start, to seeing 5 wow windows was <10sec.

[Bravo]

Wouldn't it be ALOT cheaper to run two nice machines like q6600, 4 gig blah blah blah.. across a network? Higher end computer equipment tends to cost like 4x the money for barley double the performance.

[kermitforney]

Wouldn't it be ALOT cheaper to run two nice machines like q6600, 4 gig blah blah blah.. across a network? Higher end computer equipment tends to cost like 4x the money for barley double the performance.

Depends?? I got the QX9770 for free and I will be getting the Samsung 22' monitors as a trade from a buyer I sold some stuff too. The only items I have had to purchase were a motherboard and now a graphics card . . followed shortly by 2 320gb Hard Drives. :thumbsup:

So long story short, I got a computer that is twice as fast as a comparable Q6600 (stock) for half the price. :thumbsup:

[kermitforney]

FYI,

With the above system I described with 0 overclocking, I got 5 wow windows...

4- 512x400
1 - 2048x1600

Stable framerate of 15-30fps on all of them. Throtteling down back windows to 15fps, resulted in a more stable 30fps on the main 2048x1600 window.

Ram used was approx - 3.3gb of physical. Therfore I would recommend 8gb of ddr3 ram for 10 windows.

Boot time was very fast, I would say from pressing start, to seeing 5 wow windows was <10sec.

Yeah, I experience the same as far as WOW clients windows and loading times being DRAMATICALLY faster. You have the GX2 though I am only going
GTX and praying my Trade-Up lasts until the 9900GTX comes out inch: (fingers crossed) inch: . I will however only have 2 22' monitors so my max
res on my main would be 1680x1050, so maybe I won't have the low fps situation that you have with your main. Also, I want to go SLI in the future
and having one dedicated card per display wouldn't hurt. As far as 10 boxing goes though, I don't have the memory for it right now.

Have you tried overclocking that bad boy, Suvega? I have to get a different Heatsink/Fan, to push mine further, but I think I am content with 4ghz.