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    what computer component is the most beneficial to smooth gameplay?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by compman91, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. compman91

    compman91 Notebook Guru

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    what makes games like Wow run very smoothly? having a powerful processor, upgrading RAM from 2 GB to 4, hard drive capacity and rpm, or the latest video card? would upgrading 2 to 4 in RAM significantly increase the quality of a game like Wow?
     
    compman91, Nov 26, 2007
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    No the RAM wouldnt help alot. Processor and video card go hand in hand. if you have some crap video card and a good processor, then you will have suck gameplay. same with visa versa. Most of the time, the video card will be the bottleneck (excludes the 8800 GTX)
     
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    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    WOW doesn't have that high system requirements to begin with. If thats all or mostly what you'll be playing, those specs look a bit overkill to me.
     
    Rahul, Nov 26, 2007
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    Um...which helps most with braking...pads or tires?

    Same principle...GPU and CPU are both needed.
     
    RogueMonk, Nov 27, 2007
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    prashanthm Notebook Consultant

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    Video Card it is that you have to upgrade if you want better gameplay..., but then as rahul said WOW doesn't take too much from your system to get going......, did you try it at all? and faced any problems?
     
    prashanthm, Nov 27, 2007
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    Uhh.. easily your Graphics Processing Unit. 99%+ of laptops do not come with GPUs that are capable of maxing out WoW at constant 60 FPS.

    Unless you plan on running a billion other applications at once, upgrading from 2 GB to 4 GB RAM will make zero difference.
     
    Clutch66, Nov 27, 2007
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