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I would like to run 5-10 copies of World of Warcraft on a laptop and would appreciate minimum GPU/CPU recommendations that fits into a 15" laptop (or smaller but figure 15 is the smallest I could go with).
I also started a thread on an overall laptop recommendation but I am curious what experts in this specific sub-forum think are the minimum GPU/CPUs to reasonably run 5-10 copies of WoW on a laptop are.
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5-10 WOW accounts
... Sounds expensive.
I think you can gain some performance by minimizing all the wow windows that are not in use, and open the minimized window(s) that you want to use at the time.
I think at lowest settings with minimized windows (2 open windows) an i7 2720qm + 6970 should work. -
Honestly Nodoze, just ask me.
I run 5 on my Asus G73JH (i7, ATI 5870, 6gb RAM). The only real requirement for running 10 would be additional RAM. Additional CPU cores would be a major benefit, since you want 1 core per game instance for smooth performance. Even with 5 though, you don't get that on the i7 (4 cores). One CPU core will have to be shared.
GPU isn't a major issue, one high end GPU is usually sufficient to run all of the game windows at low graphics settings. SLI/Crossfire are unreliable in windowed mode at best -- your mileage may vary. Multi-GPU multiboxing performance is usually had by splitting the instances manually between the two GPUs, via multiple monitors. Most people are not prepared for the performance problems that SLI/Crossfire present for multiboxing; it would be awesome if it were as simple as it is with throwing more CPUs at it, but it's fundamentally different.
A couple of links on this topic:
Multiboxing Recommended System Specifications - ISBoxer
CPU Management - ISBoxer
GPU Management - ISBoxer
As far as why people multibox, usually it has nothing to do with being nefarious or botting. People who are spending extra money on the game are generally not interested in getting banned. Most multiboxers are actually only running 2 characters, one being for heals or buffs for the main character. Running 5, there's a bunch of people who are bad at 5v5 arenas and some who are pretty decent, but for the most part I would say people are doing PvE content for fun. As a parent with a job, I don't have uninterrupted time to do instances with other people... but as a multiboxer, I can take my time going through an instance by myself.
There's nothing wrong with doing this from 1 IP because they're not interested in banning you for multiboxing. But they will ban you for breaking the rules, like harassment, exploiting bugs, selling currency, botting, etc. These things have as much to do with multiboxing as they have to do with playing the game itself... you can break any of these rules with one character. -
It's a lot like programming a keyboard or mouse to fire off button X when you hit Y, except multiboxing software lets you pick the window/PC it goes to. There's also hardware multiplexers that can send your keystrokes to multiple PCs. If you're getting pummeled and your other dudes are just sitting there idle, you're doing it wrong
There's numerous videos on youtube that show multiboxing gameplay, or break down parts of configuration, etc. Like this one YouTube - World of Warcraft -- Basic Healing 101‏ shows how to play a healer with your main character... using an interactive view of part of the healer's window, in your main window, and clicking in the view to cast heals. -
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It's rare in my experience to come across a botter in WoW. People making actual money off of nefarious things in WoW and other games don't bother with difficult and low-margin things like botting, they make their money off of theft and fraud (steal your accounts, or your credit cards to fraudulently buy other peoples accounts to resell things) and exploiting major bugs in the game (e.g. dupes). They often find dupes in beta, and then make a huge profit after the game is released. You can't bot your way into beating that.
Multiboxing is not even close to botting. A botter does not need to be at the keys, or even own a monitor, because the game is being played for him. Every action and reaction is scripted based on some predetermined set of rules. You get low health, and you're automatically healed because your bot is designed to do that.
A multiboxer, on the other hand, has to be at the keys, activating every action and reaction, just as someone playing a single character would -- except far more difficult to do well. Compared to doing all three typical roles at once, playing one healer, tank or dps is 100% herp derp.
It's fine to not like people who multibox, it's not for everyone... but suggesting that having more than one account is the same as botting is just ignorant
And as Lieto correctly pointed out, 5 humans playing their own characters in PVP is a lot more dangerous than 1 human playing 5 characters. You can't individually move each of your characters in different directions to "not stand in the fire"; area effects usually slam the entire team; fear mechanics can turn the so-called "bots" into one real character and 4 guys just standing there; playing 5 against 5 is hard because the opponents can spread out and focus heals on a specific player, etc. -
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5-10 copies of WoW (multiboxing) minimum GPU/CPU recommendation
Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by nodoze, Jul 8, 2011.
