1 computer or 5

[Nitro]

I use keyclone

[jonodaman]

i have keyclone on my laptop atm
i think it is very good but
every so often a key gets stuck or it doesnt block a key
so atm im liking the iea of 5 computers

[Jaws5]

If you want to grind BGs and 5 main pvp then 5 monitors is only way to go. you need to see each one for saps and other stuns. I set this up from start and its the only way to pvp. I used the 8 port PS2 vetra. works great for 5.

[Djarid]

Also, I wouldn't use more than two episodes of WoW per physical hard drive! If possible, have a seperate physical (not partitioned) drive for each install (each installed on it's own drive).

Sorry mate, I am going to have to correct you here.

The best performance by a long way is having a single install on one drive then creating separate wow folders and using NTFS parsepoints (using junction in XP or mlink in vista) to create hard links to a central Data directory.

For anyone wanting more info, search the wiki for junction alternatively search through these forums

[edited to add some justification]
I believe the reason for this performance is that the data is read off the disk for one account and from the disk cache for the rest... Try it, there is a significant performance gain.

[Ozbert]

Also, I wouldn't use more than two episodes of WoW per physical hard drive! If possible, have a seperate physical (not partitioned) drive for each install (each installed on it's own drive).

Sorry mate, I am going to have to correct you here.

The best performance by a long way is having a single install on one drive then creating separate wow folders and using NTFS parsepoints (using junction in XP or mlink in vista) to create hard links to a central Data directory.

For anyone wanting more info, search the wiki for junction alternatively search through these forums

[edited to add some justification]
I believe the reason for this performance is that the data is read off the disk for one account and from the disk cache for the rest... Try it, there is a significant performance gain.

Agreed. This is how I run four clients from the same disk on my second machine. The Data (and Interface) directory is shared between five WoW installs using 'junction' and my four clients all load pretty quickly and simultaneously when I log in, not to mention saving me about 30GB of disk space.

My setup is like this:

wow1/Data - proper directory containing game data - I don't run this one
wow2/Data - link to wow1/Data
wow3/Data - link to wow1/Data
wow4/Data - link to wow1/Data
wow5/Data - link to wow1/Data

[Sam DeathWalker]

wow1/Data - proper directory containing game data - I don't run this one
wow2/Data - link to wow1/Data
wow3/Data - link to wow1/Data
wow4/Data - link to wow1/Data
wow5/Data - link to wow1/Data



Im kinda lost on this. I just start all my instances of EQ from the same folder - what is the advantage of having multiple folders pointing to the same folder over just telling the game your info is in the same folder? Is WoW unable to start multiple instances from the same folder?

[Wilbur]

Its mostly for customisation of setups/UIs/settings.

But there have been some problems when loading multiple copies of WoW from the same directory.

[lewtrek]

personally i would lean toward less computers with keyclone software if your focus is pve.

If you are pvp oriented more pc's might be better performance-wise.

But I've only done 2boxes with 5 accounts for pve, so i don't really know if there's any huge performance difference.

Anyways, you can always try out one computer with keyclone (with 5), and if you don't like it...add more boxes.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I'm gonna second the 5 PCs = WIN argument. I will also reiterate, though, that it takes a bit more savvy than doing them on one PC. Other considerations need to be factored in, such as your LAN architecture, the monitor sizes on the alts, setting up the alts for maximum consistency in terms of latency, cooling your computer room during the summer, etc.

[jonodaman]

ok guys i have decided to go with the 5 comps
if any of you could post a list of what u recomend for the alt computers it would help a lot
i will be building the computers myself
thank you