would this laptop be good for playing wow?

Question

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Answer 1

this laptop is spec'd to play warcraft just fun (not in optimal quality) but believe it or not laptops aren't really great gamer computers. it heats up quick allowing you have to purchase a laptop cooler. its is highly recommended.



i have heard stories about melted keyboards so take my advice. if you're playing in your house constantly it doesn't hurt to buy a PC. Not only you'll save moolah, you won't have to worry about overheating.

Answer 2

You can play WOW with it, but its performance would be so crippled by Windows Vista that the experience would be unpleasant. Drivers are not available for XP.



But... Look at the link. Buy the PowerPack, and trash Vista by installing Mandriva over it. WOW is certified for play on Cedega which is supplied with the Mandriva PowerPack.



I have installed Mandriva on a host of similar laptops with excellent results. The installer reports failure for the wireless but then it runs fine. The 64-bit version of Mandriva runs fine on this machine.

Answer 3

I would recommend a cooling trey for your laptop. Yes it will be lag free, but laptops tend to get hotter a lot faster than a desktop, especially when playing games.

Answer 4

well lets do it like this.



the laptop you displayed system specs:

* AMD Turion RM-72 processor.

* 2GHz processor speed.

* 1MB cache.

* 3GB RAM.

* 15.6in HD Acer CineCrystal(tm) screen.

* Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.

* Widescreen.

* 250GB SATA hard drive capacity.

* Multiformat dual layer optical drive.

* ATI Radeon(tm) HD 3200 graphics.

* 256MB dedicated system memory.



WOTLK system requirements:

Processor:

Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+



Recommended: Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2





Memory:

Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users)



Recommended: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista users)



Video:

Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better



Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better.



Short answer is yes, that laptop is good for playing WoW.

Answer 5

WoW only uses 511mb of memory and that laptop has 3gb memory so yes WoW will play on your laptop. It will run really fast and will be 100% lag free!

Answer 6

Laptops aren't really made for games, but you can get laptops that can play games but you are looking to spend over £600+ for a decent one.