I just have a simple question..

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8015122&type=product&id=1157067806469

I just want to know if I'll be able to run World of Warcraft on this. That's the only game I play. I've been researching through this site and I've heard WoW isn't very demanding. I just don't know if this one will work. It has the ATI X1150.

 

Broken link. I couldn't load the page, you think you could just describe it?

 

2GHz Turion 64
1GB PC4200 RAM
100GB HDD @4200RPM
DVD+/-RW

I've never played WoW, but I don't think you should have a problem. People play WoW all the time on GMA 900 and GMA950 which are not as powerful as the 1150. And the Turion 64 is a good modern processor. The only thing I would suggest upgrading is the hard drive... 4200RPM is just really slow. But for $600, that's a pretty good setup on a laptop.

 

WOW (although I don't play it) is well known to have low tech specs, so you shouldn't have trouble at low-mid settings, but I seriously doubt being able to max anything out. And as Notebook_ftw said, if possible upgrade the HDD, it will make it so much easier on you in the future.

 

Well I do not completely agree with Predator and ftw. Updating your 4200 rpm to a 5400 rpm or even a 7200 rpm will not affect your FPS at all. The loading times will be affected. I do not know what kinda game WoW really is, but I think you have a great deal with the X1550.

You will play at good settings without a problem.

Charlie

 

uhhh, correction, its a xpress 1150, which i think is a integrated card, so im not too sure you can play WoW on it.

 

Oh you can play it for sure. I was running it on a Radeon Xpress 320m at one point. You won't have the greatest FPS in the world, but it should be more than playable at decent settings.

 

To the OP, do not mistake what I said about the hard drive. As Hitman said, the hard drive will not affect your in-game performance. I just recommend upgrading the hard drive for speed purposes, both in game loading and in Windows loading. Not to mention faster access times for applications. However, if you are experiencing bad performance in a game, the hard drive will not be the problem. It will be the graphics card.

 

Graphics card or the ram. 1gb should be fine for everything that the mentioned card can handle, but as a general rule, some games demand more ram than others.

 

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure I didn't buy a computer for 600 dollars that wouldn't do the only thing I was buying it for. lol.

I would go for something better, but I don't have a credit card and thus can't pay by payments for anything.