warcraft 3: cpu or gpu intensive

[Shimmishim]

just like the topic says...

which is it?

because if it's gpu intensive i was thinking of getting the albatron ti4200 turbo 128 megs for 185 dollars

but if its cpu intensive i was going to upgrade cpu, motherboard, and ram

i currently have a geforce2 gts 32 meg

thanks!

 

[Cat]

Seems to be both. CPU for the pathfinding, animation, (I think it's skeletal, not positive)
GPU on the higher quality settings.

 

[kt]

What's CPU speed? I have an Athlon 1.2ghz @ 1.5ghz and moving from a GF2 to a GF3 helped a lot.

 

[Shimmishim]

i'm running a 1.0 at 1.2 amd t-bird

 

[cnhoff]

Neither, there is no difference playing at 640*480 or at 1280*960 w 4*Aniso + 4*AA on my system

 

[MustangSVT]

it should run ok on your computer.

I tried it on Celeron 950 with VooDoo3 16mb and it was choppy when there was a battle, after I upgrade it to Geforce2 MX 32mb AGP it is smooth. I belive it needs at least 32mb of video memory to run all those textures smoothly..

but your system should be able it handle it without problem.

 

[ant80]

Blizzard did a lousy job of defining the minimum parameters for the game. At lower end computers, it is both cpu and gpu intensive. However, it reaches a saturation on cpu intensivity at high end apps. After that, it was pretty much only gpu intensive. I upgraded my processor from duron 700 to athlon 1200 and graphics card from gf2 gts to ti4200 at the same time. Previously, I could not run it at more than 1280. The cpu util. during the game was close to 100% with periodic jumps to 90%. Now, the cpu util is approx. 70%. So, that is what led to my conclusion. Check this thread out if you wish.

 

[Maleficus]

both

my move from a GF2 Ultra to a GF 4 Ti4400 didnt help in big battles like i wanted it to

 

[Cat]

Turn off positional sounds. Went from the occasional 1 FPS in 4on4 battles, back to constant 100? (estimating) Have 1.7 P4, Audigy, GeForce4 Ti4200

 

[mzewski]

I was running it fine on a Pentium 3 950 with a GeForce 2 GTS. My friend runs it on a Pentium 3 800 using a GeForce 256. I'd say the CPU would be the priority.

 

[Shimmishim]

aww... thanks everyone for you help!!!

but man, i'm still tempted to buy that video card... grrr...

 

[0roo0roo]

tually 1.48ghz with a radeon 1 ddr 1024x768 32bit color all settings maxed. no slow down during online battles.

when i had an 850mhz it would severely choke.

 

[LoverBoyJ]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
tually 1.48ghz with a radeon 1 ddr 1024x768 32bit color all settings maxed. no slow down during online battles.

when i had an 850mhz it would severely choke.

PC's < 800Mhz (Celeron) and 32Mb Vram will greatly be affected when a lot of items (i.e. warriors, objects...etc) are on the screen. Initial game play will be smooth but when armies collide, it be very choppy due to extensive graphics and AI.