will this card run WoW

[LuckyTaxi]

Will this card
be able to run World of warcraft? I'm building a system for a friend. He's getting an Athlon XP 2500 Barton processor w/ 512MB of ram.

 

[Mik3y]

yes, of course it will be able to run. now if you ask whether it will run WELL or not, then that's another story.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
yes, of course it will be able to run. now if you ask whether it will run WELL or not, then that's another story.

ahhh ... the million dollar question. Yes, will it run smoothly?
I'm not a gamer so I'm not too sure. I do know he's not willing to pay $500 for the higher end video card. Is that Direct 9 thing compatible with this card?

 

[impemonk]

of course it will run smooth, the thing has 256Mb of onboard memory and has a 128 bit bus. I run half life 2 on a decrepid and crippled 9600SE (it's a POS version of the 9600) and I get 70 FPS on 800x600 resolution. So, with that said, and Half Life 2 being a GPU demanding game, you should be more than fine. If you go anywhere above 12x10 resolution that may slow you down a bit IMO.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: impemonk
of course it will run smooth, the thing has 256Mb of onboard memory and has a 128 bit bus. I run half life 2 on a decrepid and crippled 9600SE (it's a POS version of the 9600) and I get 70 FPS on 800x600 resolution. So, with that said, and Half Life 2 being a GPU demanding game, you should be more than fine. If you go anywhere above 12x10 resolution that may slow you down a bit IMO.

you guys are aware that the 256 version of the 9600pro is SLOWER than the 128 meg version right? it has slower clock speeds.

Get your friend this.