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World of warcraft is choppy on my computer

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Dreyo

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My computer has a hard time running World of warcraft and Half-life 2. It often gets really choppy and the frame rate goes to hell, and i was wondering how i could improve improve performance. Here are my current computer specs:

Intel Pentium 4 2.24Ghz
Geforce 4 TI 4400
512 mb ram


is there a cheap solution to improve my performance, or should i just buy a new computer?

Also what is the best value video card out there?
 
I would guess that its your CPU that is holding things back. WoW is a very CPU orientated game and can run well on a TI4400, I would suggest popping in a P4 2.8ghz and go from there (that is if your mobo is compatible with a faster CPU)

As for a Value video card I'm pretty sure the 6600GT holds that title with excellent performance for the price.
 
I disagree. More than likely its your ram. When I did the Open Beta, the game itself used to take up more than 700 mb normally, higher when I got to the main city. Put your ram upto 1 or 1.5 gb and you should be fine.
 
I agree with globalcitizen. I have both WOW ande HL2 and they are fine with 1GB of RAM.

One way to tell if RAM is you problem is to check the HD light to see if it is coming on when your system seems choppy. If so, that would indicate you are using Virtual Memory. You can also check that in Task Manager.
 
My guess would be RAM and maybe the graphics card.

Personally I would lean toward the graphics card being the main problem, but upgrade both to be on that safe side. You'll definately see a big push in performance.

Just to let you know I had a Pentium 4 1.8 running Half Life 2 with only 512 RAM and a Geforce 3 64MB and it was choppy as hell. Just to see what would happen, I popped in my Geforce 6800 from my BIG RIG and it ran fine after that. So I don't think it's the CPU.
 
More RAM.

Your entire system is a tad low end, but first put in more RAM; then a better video as the budget allows.

If the budget allows for a new A64 system...then go for it 🙂
 
Well... it is just about salvageable... You need 1gb of ram in today's games, so first upgrade should be to stick another 512 in. That should fix choppiness. The next priority is the processor, which you could either try to OC (if that really is a 2.26, they OC very well on a capable motherboard ( i have one ), or stick in a 2.8C.

I would advise against a video card upgrade at the moment, as DX10 is supposedly around the corner... But if you are dead set on playing these games at full details etc now, then a 6600GT is the best bang/buck.

Anyway good luck - depressing how what was once top of the line now is not up to the job! But ah well....

edit: yeh actually i think it would be better for a new athlon 64 system, rather than to dessicate that one. A 3000+ A64, a 6600GT and 1gb of ram would be an excellent system and you could sell your older one perhaps.
 
most likely RAM and cpu.....I'm running the game on my 2.8 p4 with 1GB ram and it runs fine....now im running on mobo graphics which sounds terrible, but the game is totally playable....just waiting to get a 6600gt...then it'll be amazing....ur gfx is a lot better than mobo graphics so I'd say get some more RAM, that should do the trick....
 
Originally posted by: Chosonman
It's not the CPU...

Stop giving bad advice if you guys don't know you're talking about.
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lol. Stick to your "gamming" thread, troll. In WOW the cpu is the deciding factor of fps. But ram is more important still.
 
Originally posted by: Azzy64
Originally posted by: Chosonman
It's not the CPU...

Stop giving bad advice if you guys don't know you're talking about.
Click to expand...

lol. Stick to your "gamming" thread, troll. In WOW the cpu is the deciding factor of fps. But ram is more important still.
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Seriously if you don't know what you're talking about you should just shut up.
A Pentium 4 2.24 is not the bottleneck vs. the Graphics card and RAM.

In fact the 2.24 if fine enough to run most games at standard resolution without having choppy video provided you have adequate RAM and Video card.

 
My palomino 1800+ with 1gb of RAM and a ti 4800SE runs HL2 and CS:S just fine on medium settings. I upped it to a 2500+ barton and now it's just that much better. I'm going to drop a new video card in it eventually and it'll be a 2nd/3rd teir gaming machine again 🙂
 
I agree, you need to upgrade your Ram first than your video card next.

I have a P4 2.6 with 1 gig of ram running in dual channel mode.

vid card is just a 9600 pro and WoW runs smooth on semi high setting with no AA and shadow.
 
Both AT and Gamespot have WoW hardware guides (that I know of), so check those. I'd say extra RAM would be your first priority for both games. You can then check AT's and GS' guides for HL2 and WoW to see whether a faster CPU or a new GPU would yield greater benefit.
 
All of your components are holding you back. Try playing at like 800*600 resolution with low settings, see if it still gets choppy. If yes, then it's your ram and/or processor. If it doesnt get choppy, then your video card can't handle the load at higher resolutions and detail settings.
 
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