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World Of Warcraft...
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My computer lags so much when I try to play world of warcraft...everything seems to be very gray too. I even tried to play Second Life and I couldn't move at all.
I have a computer it's a 2000 windows xp, 512 mb ram (I updated it to 1G) Basically what I would like to know is what exactly do I need in my computer so it can handle Massive Multi-Player games?
Thank you
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Maybe give some free advice about: Computers?
For WoW specifically.
2Gb Ram recommended. Because of the nature of Cities, Battlegrounds, and Raids the more Ram you have the more the game can display at once. 1 GB will run it but you will have lag.
2.5 Ghz single core or 1.5 GHz Dual/Quad core. Generally recommended to play with no client side lag.
256 MB Video card with most updated drivers possible. The new graphics in Lich King puts a strain on older systems that could handle Vanilla and chugged a little under Burning Crusade.
256 is the lowest I'd recommend, a 512 video card would do you one better.
You can find out your video card by going to the start menu, choosing run, and typing "dxdiag". Hit enter to run it, and under either display or video it will tell you the type of card and its memory.
From what you described, put video card on the top of your upgrade list. With 1GB of ram its going to lag sometimes, but if you're having that severe of problems your video card and its drivers probably both need replacing.
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Use this to determine what parts of your computer are too slow:
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I guarantee the plugin/java applet is safe.
If you are above the recommended specs, you may be running too many programs in the background. Every icon at the right side of your taskbar takes up RAM and CPU time, and slows down the game. Follow my guide here to remove those and other memory-wasters:
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