Quote Originally Posted by 'chazz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=77542#post775 42
It's not your RAM, I'm five-boxing with 3GB no problems at all. - EDIT: Well that's not true I have 4GB but it only uses 3.2GB (32-bit Vista).
As for your graphics card I can't say since I've never used that one, but I do know that I couldn't run four instances of WoW comfortably on my computer using only two cores, when figuring this out I switched to four cores and problem solved.
Best bet I guess is if someone here is using a dual core system for five-boxing and can vouch for it, though in my experience it's just a lagfest, a quadcore is needed imo for comfortable playing, but then again that is very subjective.
It's not the RAM or cores. It's the videocard. The 8600GT is seriously gimped compared to what else is out there for ~$200.
I run 5 instances of WoW over two monitors with a 2-core E6600 at 3.4GHz, 3.2GB RAM (4GB WinXP 32bit), and 8800GTX. I don't have framerate issues unless I'm in Shatt or IF, but then again, I've got a decent overclock on my 2-core CPU. I was using a Q6600 for a little while, but needed that box too much for rendering & compiling. The difference between a Q6600 at stock speed and an E6600 at 3.4GHz isn't particularily noticeable for my use of WoW x5.

As for adding a 2nd monitor, DON"T do that if you're having frame issues on one card. In my case, frames were cut from around 80fps to 40fps when I added a 2nd monitor. It's still very playable, and the extra space to have all my WoW windows visible was more important to me. If I were going for strictly a PvP machine, I'd probably purchase multiple boxes with a separate 15/17" monitor for each one.