Just wanting to do a little reminiscing. Two questions:
- What was the computer that you had when you started playing (in Vanilla)?
- What is the computer that you will be using when Classic launches in 2019?
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Back in late 2004, I was running:
Intel P4 2.26Ghz // Abit IC7-G // BFG GeForce 6800 OC 256MB // SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Pro // 1GB Corsair XMS Platinum DDR400 (4x256MB)
Peripherals: Sony CPD-G420S 19" Trinitron, Creative Gigaworks 5.1 Speakers, Logitech Cordless MX Duo Keyboard/Mouse combo
Heading into fall 2019, I’m sporting:
Intel i7 8086K @ 5.0Ghz // ASUS ROG Maximus X Code // Nvidia Titan Xp // Soundblaster ZxR // 32 GB DDR4 Corsair Dominator C16 2666Mhz (4x8GB)
Peripherals: Alienware AW3418DW Ultrawide, AudioEngine A5+ Stereo Speakers, Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum Keyboard, Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse
edit: added peripherals
All I remember is that my computers were garbage (I think I played Vanilla on a laptop using Dial Up internet) now I have a decent gaming rig, but it’s still about a 2-3 year old gaming rig.
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I haven’t the foggiest, but I upgraded it fast. Every time I flew into Ironforge it was a food and bathroom break. It seriously took 5+ mins for the lag to catch up and allow me to play. Even then, I had to move cautiously to avoid recurrent lag (from swiveling to face a new portion of the city) as I had a tendency to run off into the lava and die.
I ran to the store and bought the best video card I could get at the time (a nVidia something or other), came right home, voided the warranty on my store-bought PC by opening it, and installed the new video card… only find out my system was underpowered and I needed a better power source to handle the new card. Back to the store, etc…
It ran fine for the next 3-ish years until TBC launched and I needed an upgrade once more (probably the auroras in Hellfire).
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I was running an Intel P4, Nvidia 6800gt, like 1 or 2gb RAM, and a really ugly case.
For classic, I’m waiting on benchmarks for the 3900x on July 7th before I decide between that and the 9900k. I’ll add that to my 64gb DDR4 3200mhz RAM, 1080ti, and M.2 drives. Pretty stoked for the upgrades.
Mine was a Gateway that I bought in Oct 2002. I don’t remember all the specs, and I upgraded it a couple of times throughout it’s use with more RAM/Cards etc.
I do know that I still have it in my garage and as of about 6 months ago when I was searching for some old Warcraft screenshots I fired it up and it ran fine (albeit slow) and still was able to connect to the internet. That’s more than I can say for the computer I bought in 2015.
Whatever pre-built Dell I got as a gift for college. It could play WoW and Halo, and that’s all that mattered
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Some silly dual opteron workstation setup with I think a 6800GT, everything else I don’t remember at all.
I think I had some 440BX overclocked Intel Celereon with some 5000 series NvidiaGT card.
Moved to a macpro in 2009, wish I could do a macpro in 2019, but 40 grand is too much money. So I guess I’ll use my generic intel4790K/nv1060gtx homebuilt Linux box.
I had a pentium 4 3.0ghz 128mb of ram, and a pos AMD video card that could barely run the game.
I don’t remember all my specs. But I definitely remember it being a P4. I think the one with the 533mhz bus. a BFG 6800 GT videocard. And I think 2GB of ram.
I remember just a couple of years later upgrading to dual 8800 GTs in SLI, but then being a bit bottlenecked by my CPU.
I’ll be playing classic on my potato laptop that’s like 4 years old now until I can build anew desktop.
2 gb of ram? in 2004? That’s hard to believe imo.
Nah , it’s legit, mine maxed out at 2GB around then
Processor: Intel Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz)
OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition
Screen: 14.1-inch WXGA
Memory: 512MB SDRAM
Hard Drive: 40GB 4200RPM
Optical Drive: CD/DVD Burner
Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 900
Wireless: Intel PRO Wireless 2200 (802.11 b/g) or 2915 (802.11 a/b/g)
Ports: 4 USB 2.0 ports, headphone, microphone, monitor out, s-video out, ethernet, modem, FireWire
At the start I was wireless and would D/C everytime we pulled Garr. My guild knew this and had me banish my add to start the pull. I coudln’t log back into the game until the encounter was over.
1 – Vanilla PC:
Either a Celeron or Duron in the 1.4ghz range, 512mb of ram, a geforce 2 mx, 40GB HDD, Windows XP. It was crap.
2 – Current Rig:
I7 8700k OC’ed to 5ghz, 16GB ram, GTX 1080ti, lots of SSD for games.
Some crappy dell inspiron with an integrated chip. I lagged with big fights when I used to play starcraft. The real struggle with WoW was having to face the ground during raids and dps to get 10fps
Can’t remember but I do know Everytime my microwave was being used my internet would crash.
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I had a crapy dell computer with 256mb of ram. I remember late vanilla I maxed out my computers ram to 512mb.
I hated ironforge because I could barely move due to the lag. Spent a lot of my time in Darnassus
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I 'Member…
AMD Sempron Dual Core 1.4ghz.
512MB of DDR-400 (before DDR2 came out the number meant the speed)
ATI Radeon 9250 (not hd or rx or anything, just “9250”) 128MB DX8 Video Card
It was pretty good for the time and I remember getting 100+ fps in some places like Ironforge, but I had one weakness… Dialup <_< not even the good dialup but 28k dialup and it took me a week to download patches with third party software like GetRight, but I remember the actual gameplay wasn’t too bad, only 300ms, still playable.
And I remember when Wrath came out the new dynamic character and environment shadows finally started to make me lag and I built new pc’s from there.
An emachines embarrassment. I forget the specs. But I thought I was awesome for upgrading to 512MB of RAM. And then upgraded to the Nvidia onboard graphics spec card that passes the “graphic card required” test for some games.
Now I have a beast that’s still insanely overkill for any gaming. But I MIGHT upgrade the GPU if raytracing catches on more, otherwise, I’m gonna hold out until the next generation