Albus Dumbledore

Apr 12 2006, 03:50 AM

well, i have a dell, and so i went to the dell support website and looked up what my graphics card was...im sure i could have done it from my computer as well, but i decided to do it on dells website...and it says that i have an

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Display Adapters Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller 64Mb

and to play World Of Warcraft i need an

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32 MB 3D graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as NVIDIA® GeForce™ 2 class card or above

and im not too good with computer tecnical stuff so i dont quite know if my Graphics Card will work in the World Of Warcraft game..and i want to be sure it does before i buy it.

also... lol i feel like a total noob, but it also says i should have an

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4x CD-ROM drive

and once again when i go to the dell suport website and look up my information it sayd i have an

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DVD/CD-ROM Drives
HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8483B
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8487B

will it work?? i might have a few more noobish questions

 

 

 

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Inspiron

Apr 12 2006, 07:12 AM

It's just a benchmark. You can use it to see what is your graphic card's potential of displaying its highest possible quality. From there, you can then decide how you will configure your video settings on WoW.

Otherwise, we'll continue playing Yahoo pool at highest graphical content.

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Albus Dumbledore

Apr 12 2006, 07:20 AM

lol thanx, and i just talked to a dell tecnition and he said i do not have the memory needed (i have 256 and i need 512) lmao and my graphics card is not big enough..but for some reason i dont believe him because it sayd i need a 32mb card and yet i have a 64mb card, but i dont know

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Cool_Freaker

Apr 12 2006, 10:39 AM

Yeah, and if your integrated graphics shares the RAM, then you don't even have 256mb when you're playing WoW. With integrated graphics I see little point in runnning 3dMark on it though Inspiron? We know it's not going to yield a very good score at all... I would actually recommend the '05 test - many are saying it provides a more accurate benchmark than the '06 one still.

In terms of "technicality" I believe your integrated graphics would suffice (once you got the recommended RAM), though you are still much better off buying a $50 card (if you're using a desktop that is) - for games a dedicated GPU is the way to go

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iGuest

Apr 26 2008, 10:57 AM

This helped me!
Trying To Figure Out If My Graphics Card Will Work For A Mmorpg

Lol I have the same graphics card on my PC:D This helped me cause I had the exact same question!

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Albus Dumbledore

May 18 2006, 04:00 AM

problem solved, i need to buy a new gfx card thanx for all of your help everyone! this can be closed please and thank you!

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amhso

Apr 18 2006, 11:09 AM

geforce 2 is maybe 7 years old. Onboard graphics may work on lowest settings for WoW. What you should do...is go to your local fry's electronics store (or target) and get a cheap card, Radeon 9200 (30 dollars now? USD), and you're set to go.

a 4x CD drive isnt even made anymore. almost all CD drives in production are atleast 48x. Heck, they don't evn make 4x DVD drives anymore really.

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