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    World of Warcraft on Intel GMA HD?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by iggiepop, Dec 14, 2010.

  1. iggiepop

    iggiepop Notebook Consultant

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    Was thinking of picking up the Acer Aspire 1830T (i3-330UM, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HD) and was wondering if anyone here has had first hand experience with World of Warcraft running on the integrated Intel GMA HD of the new i-series ULV CPUs?

    I know that the Intel GMAs are not known for gaming but it has been seen that the new Intel GMA HD is a significant improvement over past iterations.
     
    iggiepop, Dec 14, 2010
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  2. classic77

    classic77 Notebook Evangelist

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    It will run, low to medium would be my bet. I know because you can run it on an intel GMA 4500, and the i series IGP is about twice as powerful.
     
    classic77, Dec 14, 2010
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  3. Voodooi

    Voodooi AFK for a while...

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    You should try your best to get a dedicated card b/c any large group event will turn your gaming experience into crap. :p

    Friend of mines desktop broke down and used a laptop with one of those. He got so frustrated that he stopped playing after an hour of doing group activities.

    If you need a laptop that plays WoW, I'm sure you could find one that could run it smoothly for 700-800$.

    Acer Aspire 1830T is labeled as 599$. If you can spare a couple more hundred I'm sure you could find something with a ati 5650 possibly.
     
    Voodooi, Dec 15, 2010
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  4. JT408

    JT408 Notebook Consultant

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    yeah dude integrated graphics arent gonna run it well. theres such a tremendous difference with having a dedicated GPU. I just bought my notebook in the wake of cataclysm and trust me, everything looks so nice you wanna have a computer that can run it on at least high
     
    JT408, Dec 15, 2010
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  5. jerg

    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    My suggestion (probably same as that of everyone else from Acer forum):



    Buy the 3820TG. It's only marginally larger than the 1830T and has a more powerful CPU, an ATI HD 5650 (for god's sakes, can run 3 World of Warcrafts at the same time all on ultra with 50 players in sight, with good framerate), etc.
     
    jerg, Dec 15, 2010
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  6. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    ^^ I love my 5650. It's never been the bottleneck.
     
    Hungry Man, Dec 15, 2010
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  7. JT408

    JT408 Notebook Consultant

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    I agree, I may be more into Nvidia but that ATI 5650 blows the top Nvidia GPUs out of the water. you can't go wrong with that card, not at all
     
    JT408, Dec 15, 2010
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