Very basic technical question, would upgrading my systems graphics card make zones and objects and stuff load faster?
I have a 2017 iMac but it just has the stock graphics card, if I got an eGPU and like a radeon 6000s series or something would that mean I could have non stuttery graphics and actually load battlegrounds and Valdrakken and stuff properly?
Thanks!
how much ram and what storage drive do you have in there?
Current Specs:
3.6 GHZ Quade Core i7
12 GB 2400 MHz Ram
Radeon Pro 560 4GB
storage drive? SSD or the fusion drive?
to upgrade the ssd for that imac you gotta remove the screen… yikes
That’s basically an RX 460 mobile.
A faster GPU would help but honestly a whole new machine might be a better solution.
Something like this would be a noticeable upgrade for $600:
https://www.microcenter.com/product/649165/hp-victus-15-fb0121nr-156-gaming-laptop-computer-platinum-collection-silver
1tb SSD in it
Im not looking to run the game at max settings and have like 140fps or something in a raid. Just like medium settings so I can see whats on the floor in mythics and avoid getting killed by stupid nonsense.
From what I read about that model you can’t upgrade the video card and the 2017 iMac isn’t getting security updates anyone.
You can upgrade the ram, perhaps 16gb would be much better but make sure the ram works with the iMac.
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Yeah I can’t change out the GPU in the computer cause apple are buttholes and soldered it on, but I can get an external case + card and run it through thunderbolt which is like an apple recommended thing.
It’s crazy to me though that I could just buy a gaming laptop for the price of an enclosure and card…
I might even just see what sales are on boxing day and spec out a full PC or most of a PC and go from there with these as the core of the build:
[AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor]
I read that the 5800X3D is really good for WoW for some reason, so that’s promising.
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card
And then I’d just want a card that I wont have to replace in a two years and that can handle battle grounds and Mythics and stuff. Getting real tired of landing in Valdrakken and the zone popping in over 4 minutes of me standing in a single spot lmao
it’s nuts that only 5 or so years old you can’t get security support anymore for it.
I can still get updates, like its on the latest OS which was free; I just can’t upgrade a single piece of internal hardware which blows my mind cause Apple loses out on so much business from people moving to PC. Myself included, as I paid a lot for this thing and if I need to do video work or anything visual a cheaper gaming pc would be better equipped now.
Computer processors have to take a long haul to talk to memory. There’s more local memory on the 5800X3D (aka cpu cache).
If a game can sit in cache and has to make less trips to memory, performance can be much much better (ie games like WoW and Stellaris).
I know this is a little late, but the eGPUs can work ok. I am using a Sonnet Puck RX560 (mobile version of the video card) with my 2018 i3 7100 Mac mini. I am getting steady 75 fps on low settings.
I am building a PC now simply because there is no upgrade path - and while I have used the new M1s just not happy buying a system you use then discard when you replace. I have always been on the fence between the Mac and Windows (along with early days of Amiga / Commodore and Atari).
I took a few years break (like the entirety of Dragonflight basically) and am now playing anniversary and loving it.
Going to build a PC within the year probably though and move off the Mac ecosystem. The lack of ability to upgrade anything drives me insane with apple and honestly just having something basic to run TBC at max settings shouldn’t be hard.
Best Gaming PC thing you can do here. BAD time to do it though.
GPUs are 25% - 30% over MSRP atm
Yeah that’s the unfortunate thing hey cause of all the mining?
I’m not shooting for anything crazy, I will just build so I can upgrade later as necessary. I don’t think the specs for TBC will be too high LOL
Like if I get a good CPU, good enough RAM and then a so-so graphics card I should be fine?
No because of all the scalping Bots and nvidia’s greed.
So if you can get one at a good price jump on it. Nvidia at or under msrp. But they are ridiculously expensive. Id look for a RTX 5070 or better. You could also look at a AMD 9070 XT
If you are building a gaming PC the 9800x3D is hands down the CPU you want with a 6000mhz Expo Ram kit
not really, it’s a perfect storm of lack of competition, AI demand, sand bagging, increase cost for the chips, and collusion (something Nvidia & AMD got sued for a while ago and really never stopped doing)
They are not, really I spend more time playing classic than I do retail and the client is not difficult to run
really any modern CPU platform will run the game just fine. Even entry level gaming cards like the RTX 5060 or AMD RX 9060 will handle TBC with ease even at 1440p. You can drop $300 on a entry level GPU (or get a used one from the previous generation) and wait out better pricing. Really it depends on what other games you play or plan to play but TBC classic is not a big hurdle to clear for PC hardware.
for retail sure, for TBC classic that runs with client 8.x and the old TBC textures & graphics it’s not that demanding.