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Alienware m5550 and World of Warcraft

post #1 of 14
8/20/06 at 9:51pm
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How would the specs below handle WOW at full graphics? What kind of Frames Per Second should I see?

Core Duo 2.16ghz
2gig RAM
100 GIG 7200 RPM
Nvidia 7600 256

Currently on the Dell 1210 I'm getting at 1280x800 full settings get about 30-40fps.
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post #2 of 14
8/20/06 at 10:02pm
it should perform better as the 7600 is better than the 7400.

I get my M5550 on tuesday and if noone has let you know by then i will.

I have the same set up except the 2.0 not the 2.16.
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post #3 of 14
8/20/06 at 10:33pm
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When did you place your order?
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post #4 of 14
8/21/06 at 6:05am
It will handle WoW fine...I play Guild Wars on my m5500 with the go6600 and routinely in the 50+ FPS.
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post #5 of 14
8/21/06 at 8:00am
i orederd mine sat the 12th so its talking me 10 days from order to get it to my door. which is not bad.
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post #6 of 14
8/28/06 at 2:16am
Playing WoW will be great on a 5550 I remember when I stupidly tried playing wow on my desktop, It took me about 20 min to cross a room in Ogrimar...
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post #7 of 14
8/28/06 at 10:03pm
That should be cake for WoW.

In WoW I noticed the most important thing was to just have 1gb of RAM or more ( I run 2gb, but 1gb does the job just fine). I could run WoW with 2gb and a 6600GT @ 1600x1200 (NO AA, and AF 8x) at 50 FPS dropping to about 30-35 in Org.
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post #8 of 14
8/28/06 at 10:06pm
Org is slow by nature anyway. Just like Iron Forge.
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post #9 of 14
8/28/06 at 10:40pm
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I know with my Dell m1210 I would get 30fps everywhere I went. Its almost like it was capped. My wife with her M170 gets 60fps everywhere. I'm anxious about my m5550.. what sucks is I don't think my RAM I ordered will be here in time.
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post #10 of 14
8/28/06 at 10:48pm
You have two gigs! No worries unless you are counting the new RAM in your sig.
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post #11 of 14
8/28/06 at 11:04pm
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I ordered the system with 512RAM. But then ordered the 2gigs later on, cheaper.
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post #12 of 14
8/28/06 at 11:11pm
Good move. Most will agree.
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post #13 of 14
8/29/06 at 2:24am
exactly what I did.
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post #14 of 14
8/29/06 at 5:18am
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Originally Posted by djinn
I ordered the system with 512RAM. But then ordered the 2gigs later on, cheaper.

I'm gonna do that too
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