Just wondering if having a really good setup at home is helpful to rating at all when you get to a certain plateau?
I’ve been playing on a 7-8 year old 15" laptop screen setup on a folding table my entire arena career (just started SL S1 and played through S3, didn’t play S4)
Wondering if i get a new nice desktop with a bigger more clear screen and a faster / better PC if that will help me at all. Obviously it’s not going to take away any of my mistakes or lack of experience but sometimes I feel as though I don’t see what’s going on well and stuff looks cluttered / hectic.
This could be a UI issue as well.
Anyone think upgrading from laptop to pc with bigger screen has improved their gameplay?
I’m trying to hit my first glad in DF.
how do you even see text with this setup
yes
it will help having more room on your screen and being comfortable while you game
haha I just make it work. i also use a keyboard plugged into my laptop and in front of it so it’s kinda far away.
Wonder if there are any PC places that have a good rep and let you pay payments?
Just dropped 5k on vacation and new tires on my truck so not really wanting to drop another 2k on a PC atm
Depends, if you’re having fps lag and stuff it will definitely be a noticeable difference in being able to time things correctly, preemptively using defensives, and kicking. If not, there’s only so much more screen space can do and there is low odds that is the cause of missing something important or player positioning, more screen space may even detract from your ability to see everything happening because it will be more spread out.
dunno how much work you’re interested in signing up for but you can build(or prebuild hunt) a computer capable of great fps in wow for a LOT less than 2k, even including monitor+peripherals
i’m not an expert at all i just put together my own pc, but if you want some basic recs i or some more knowledgeable people here would surely be happy to make some
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I got a 3440x1440 and I think it’s too wide. I can watch streams and yt vids on my second standard sized resolution monitor and feel like I see so much more. I try to match their ui for my ultrawide but it just doesn’t look the same. Idk but it feels too wide and I’ve used it for a couple years. In fps games, it feels like I get a slight edge peaking around corners. In wow though, it feels just off.
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I feel like you don’t need much to comfortably get by, but a little laptop would drive me up the wall.
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i dont think that wow needs a good machine. you could play on a $500 pc on low graphics.
like if you pvp and you have a good pc you should still play on the lowest graphics you can tolerate with spell effects at dynamic.
as for the payment thing amazon will offer you credit if your credit score isn’t terrible. but if your main intent is just to game on wow you def dont need a $2000 PC.
I mean in short, yes it’ll help.
A nice monitor and a PC thats $900-$1200 depending on what you want would make a world of difference in terms of being comfortable and game experience while you play.
At that price point you can get a basic PC but just make sure the motherboard supports upgrades for future pieces if you want. I have a prebuilt PC that came with a 500 GB SSD, 2 TB HDD, Ryzen 5 3600 CPU, and Radeon RX 580 GPU for about $700 two years ago on a Black Friday sale and it plays the game beautifully. It came with a single 8 GB stick of RAM, but I upgraded it to 16 GB in two sticks.
It’s not handling the new MW really well, but Halo games run great and New World was great as well.
I’d recommend a good 27 inch monitor as well. Remember your PC specs don’t mean whole lot if your monitor can’t utilize everything properly.
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random parts chosen by current price on pcpp that should let you lock fps at your monitor’s refresh rate. byo peripherals and windows ofc
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8wN7gb
CPU: Intel Core i3-12100F 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($105.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte H610M S2H DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($40.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Inland QN322 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec NX200M MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500 BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $639.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-11-09 13:45 EST-0500
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Probably. A good clean ui is extremly important and you can solve a ton of problems by just fixing it real quick.
It does to a point especially if you’re on a laptop. You want it to be big enough so you can see everything you want while also having a decent quality so you can see game effects and stuff.
you don’t need to spend 2k on a PC. All that matters is processor cores, and GPU RAM, so get a box, a processor with 4-6 cores, and a GPU with like 12-16 GB of memory. Shouldn’t cost more than like 500.
Do not buy anything labeled as “Gaming PC” it’s marketing and 90% of the time a scam way overpriced for some rainbow LED lights in the box
You can buy a desktop with an i7 or ryzen 7, a 30 series gpu, 16+gb of ram, and a 1tb ssd on black friday for under $1500 easily. Just make sure you watch for deals. If you want to build your own, I would recommend going to PC Part Picker . c o m
Cyber Monday is coming up. I spent $800 and can comfortably run WoW on max graphics settings with some room to spare.
I was a 2k player hard stuck on a MacBook Pro and got glad the first season after I upgraded in Legion S1.
Was it because of the PC? Nope. But could I have done it on the laptop? I honestly don’t think so.
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ok getting ready to purchase a PC that i just need to run wow only but id like to be able to twitch stream on it if i wanted bc i’m sooper handsum and my mom told me that. So i gotta be prepared. What to get ?!
a $700 dollar computer will be able to stream and run wow.
A $2000 dollar computer will be able to stream at high quality while making your dinner, watching youtube and playing wow at high graphics.
A $13000 dollar computer will mine cryptos for you while you play wow while streaming hd quality streams while also watching several streams and your also actually rendering 10gig videos at the same time, while playing wow at 10/10 in a 25 man raid.
i’m prob gonna go with the $700 lol. i made a similar thread in general chat asking for ideas if you have any
I connect my laptop to a 1440p 240hz monitor and use a external mouse and keyboard because I like to play on a bigger screen also not a fan of laptop keyboards. Its a top of the line MSI laptop can run wow smooth as butter. But every now and then I will unplug it and just play directly on the laptop. I notice no difference in how I play to be honest.
See if your Job has an assist program. I had a previous Job that had a no interest paycheck deduction for purchases made at certain companies which I used to buy a gaming rig a few years back.
Reminds me of MoP/WoD days when my gaming experience was basically going mice less on a Toshiba laptop that predated an intel i3 CPU by years.