What can this PC Run?

[jjj807]

Here is my friend's system

AMD Sempron 1.8, 2.0 ghz? single core
Onboard video 32mb
80GB HDD
512 Ram
1 free agp slot

all he plays is diablo, baldur's gate, icewind dale, age of empires, MS word, internet

Can he play WoW if he upgrades to a agp vid card. I have a shitty geforce fx 5200 lying around, can he get decent fps 30+ i'm sure he will need to upgrade RAM too. Thanks

 

[irishScott]

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

Ported old-school FTW! Plus it's free.

Seriously, this is arguably the best game I have ever played. Might not be up your friend's ally though, given the listed games.

 

[Schadenfroh]

If he likes Baldurs Gate, tell him to buy PlaneScape: Torment now (runs on the same engine and is just as good if not better game)

 

[irishScott]

He should be able to play Rise of Nations (and the expansion). Similar to AoE.

I played it on a P3 1GHz, 512 MB RAM, and an ancient Matrox card and was fine.

 

[Skunkwourk]

he might like Titan Quest, but he'll have to play with low settings.

 

[jjj807]

ok thanks is WoW even possible

 

[Skunkwourk]

Yeah I had a friend who played wow on a FX5200, but he had pretty bad frame rates. He got a 6600GT instead. This was in 2004.

Edit: Sorry 2005

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I played wow for a brief while on a geforce 4 mx... just barely

 

[hooflung]

Get him going on that PC with your 5200. He should look into this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130100

and drop another 512 into his PC. Under 120 bucks and will play WoW all day long respectably.

Edit, changed card to one that is a bit better

 

[jjj807]

hmm well how about if i threw a 9800 pro agp 128 in there? And got him up to 1 GB DDR Pc2100 ram? Would WoW run ok 30 fps? Also the machine has Windows 200 Pro

 

[s44]

NWN1, probably

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: hooflung
Get him going on that PC with your 5200. He should look into this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130100

and drop another 512 into his PC. Under 120 bucks and will play WoW all day long respectably.

Edit, changed card to one that is a bit better

he'd be better off with a 6600gt or a 6800

 

[Calculator83]

Originally posted by: AyashiKaibutsu
I played wow for a brief while on a geforce 4 mx... just barely

DUDEE,, I still play on Geforce 4 Ti 4600, ITZ the black ghost card that runs EVERYTHING to date and pretty well.

Every time I go home i get on what's now my dad's comp, and frag out on Tribes 2.

 

[Xavier434]

If he wants to play WoW then get him the best video card you can and I would also recommend upgrading to 1 GB of ram.

 

[Calculator83]

Originally posted by: Xavier434
If he wants to play WoW then get him the best video card you can and I would also recommend upgrading to 1 GB of ram.

No?

tell him to get like a 600 dollar laptop with a decent mobile gpu. Cheaper than PCs these days

and u need 2 gig o' ram. but i doubt u can find them.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: Calculator83

Originally posted by: Xavier434
If he wants to play WoW then get him the best video card you can and I would also recommend upgrading to 1 GB of ram.

No?

tell him to get like a 600 dollar laptop with a decent mobile gpu. Cheaper than PCs these days

and u need 2 gig o' ram. but i doubt u can find them.

Theres really need to spend that much if he just wants to play WoW. Seriously why tell him to spend 600?, maybe 200 at most for a 7600GT and 2 gigs of ram. Otherwise the other video card recommendations, used 6600GT, 6800GT or 9800 Pro, are just fine.

 

[DefDC]

If you want a super economy rig, and you're close enough to a Fry's, they have a Celery 460 combo for $59. 1g of DD2 can be found for almost nothing. Don't know if WoW supports Win2k, so, if not, dual boot to XP if you have the space....

As far as bang for the buck, and you'd be able to upgrade the mobo and proc, find a deal on a 8600gt.

You'll have a smokin' fast rig for under $200... Wow would run at max with this rig.