World of Warcraft > Graphics Card??

Question

Alright i have a decent computer with dual cord processor and 1 G of Ram. My Graphics card is Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family. Im assuming my game freezes up for a couple of seconds when i play WoW beacuse of my graphics.

Is this true?
If so then what type of graphics card do I need for WoW?
Plz Help!

Answer 1

Play Hello Kitty Adventure Island. You shouldn't have any problems.

Answer 2

Indeed the various Intel chipsets are integrated onto your motherboard (not even a seperate card) which doesn't work well for 3D games.

Fortunately, World of Warcraft's requirements are minimal- it's fine with even very modest video cards (unlike games such as Call of Duty 2, LOTR online, Vanguard etc which need higher-end video cards to play)

Something inexpensive like a Geforce 6200 or Radeon X1300 would work fine for WoW. Of course if you're planning on running more demanding games in the future, you should spend a little more and buy a Geforce 7600GT.

Hardcore gaming cards run $200 and up, but if WoW is your only concern, you'll be fine spending much less.

Answer 3

I run fine with a 5 year old Nvidia card that came with my computer.. the only change I made was to play around with the advanced tab in the game settings to reduce settings on all of the game components that would typically drag on a video card. Tweaking draw distance and object clarity are a big improvement. Go down a step in colors available. Turn off things like Charachter names and guild displays if major towns are bad for you.
I have no lag at all.. and yeah, my video card is seriously 5 years old. You have more RAM than I do.. only 768k on my Dell 8200 desktop :)

Answer 4

Sounds like an integrated graphics card.

Yep, it will freeze your game up seeing as how your processor and ram are both fine.

Walmart sells an ATI card for $95. May only let you play on low settings, but it's better than what you have.

I have a Nvidia 7600.

Answer 5

its definitely your graphics card freezing you. i played wow decently (but turned down a lot) with a cheap geforce 4 until i found a more top end card to use. just look at how much you want to spend on a card and pick the best you can get for the money.

Answer 6

First, it sounds like your graphics card is part of your motherboard, so there is most of the problem. You can try to change the amount of RAM dedicated to video, but the easiest way is to buy a new video card for you computer. Your motherboard determines what type of video card you can use, but you can go with a generic PCI video card (not PCI Express, it requires special slot) with at least 128MB of memory. You can purchase one at your local computer store, and they may even install it for you.

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Your integrated graphics is very good for 2D but very lousy for 3D (games).
Do not base graphics card selection on minimum requirement. You will also get minimum performance (slow, low resolution, lowest quality settings). In short, still lousy. I suggest you get the Nvidia 7300 series; w/ 7300GT ddr3 the fastest. They won't stress your power supply. Others would recommend faster cards, but you should then consider upgrading power supply also.

Answer 8

Minimum: 32 MB 3D graphics card with Hardware Transform & Lighting
(NVIDIA GeForce2+)

Here is a great site for when you ask yourself what do i need or can i run this has most games.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com

Answer 9

another place to ask this is in the video & online games category here

http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylt=ArYpWqC1zV02bAKC1.uKfpcjzKIX?link=list&sid=396545187