WoW -- Goddamnit, why don't I own this game?

[Tydeus]

Every time I visit my uncle (like I just did for Giftmas), I play my Undead mage character, which I have on his account (he's got a level 60 Night-elf priest. Priestess? I guess?). And then for the next month or so, I yearn, with a burning passion, for WoW. And, until recently, I would also kick myself for selling my PC to buy a 360. But now at least I don't do that anymore (GoW).

Anyway, I've got a POS G4 mac, and I was wondering if anyone had personal experience with running WoW on, say, an 800MHz G4 Mac with 512MB of RAM and a graphics card with a mere 64MB of memory (I can't even remember the fucking chipset -- just be assured that it's crap).

Would I be too frustrated to play on such a marginally operational bucket of bolts, or would I not care, becuase it's fucking WoW?

[Sir Pinkleton]

I would also kick myself for selling my PC to buy a 360. But now at least I don't do that anymore (GoW).

...You sold your computer for an Xbox 360? I don't see the logic in this... The PC can be upgradable, it's videogames are of a wider variety than any console (i.e.: RTS's, because honestly, has any console done an incredible job with that?) and you sold it for an Xbox 360? Well... at least you a a mac.
*snicker*

Enough ranting from me, lest I derail this thread. Anywho, have you tried the 'computer help' thread? I know this thread might be more suited for the videogame area, but the people that post in the 'computer help' seem to know a $h!tload about this sort of thing.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

I perso9nally would reccomend you find a pprivate server, cause payin fo it is not worht it, unless you wipe yer ass with 50s.

[Mirai Gen]

I perso9nally would reccomend you find a pprivate server, cause payin fo it is not worht it, unless you wipe yer ass with 50s.
Were you typing with your Wii?

Double pun baby.

As for the WoW dillemma, are we talking Dell Mass Produced style of computer? Have you run any games on it before? It'd be worth it just to borrow your uncle's CDs and install and run the account on your computer just to see if it'll work.

Or you could just not worry about any of that bullshit and find out online. (http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest)

[Sir Pinkleton]

I swear Mirai, you are literally 2 steps away from being fifthfiend.

[greed]

Your RAM's probably fine, the other stuff is worrying, but I'm no expert on how MACs run. As FBM said Computer Help's your best option.

Are you typing with your Wii?
From personal experience one way will generally result in fucked up capitalisation and an overzealous word guessing program, the other hurts like hell if you don't watch those corners.

I swear Mirai, you are literally 2 steps away from being fifthfiend.

Huh, now that you mention there is a resemblance in styles.

[Mirai Gen]

I swear Mirai, you are literally 2 steps away from being fifthfiend.
Huh, now that you mention there is a resemblance in styles.
I only wonder if this counts as a compliment or an insult.

I also wonder if this counts as one of those "It's all about Fifthfiend!" threads.

[greed]

Nah this one's all about you mate, well fifth through the proxy of you, but whatever.

[dnacnud]

I have an e-mac G-4. The computer handles Wow just fine. And I only had 256 mb of ram when I played. You may have to turn down graphics, but Blizzard did pretty well for making the game accessible.

Just make sure you have a fast enough internet connection or you will want to break something everytime you enter a city.

As for liking it or not, I played it on a dial-up internet connection and it was awesome still...that either means that it's a kick-a game or I'm just a freakin' addict.

[Tydeus]

I have an e-mac G-4. The computer handles Wow just fine. And I only had 256 mb of ram when I played. You may have to turn down graphics, but Blizzard did pretty well for making the game accessible.

Just make sure you have a fast enough internet connection or you will want to break something everytime you enter a city.

As for liking it or not, I played it on a dial-up internet connection and it was awesome still...that either means that it's a kick-a game or I'm just a freakin' addict.

Ah, thank you! This is exactly the information I was looking for!

I would like to know though -- what are your exact system specs? Especially with regard to your processor speed. That would be totally awesome to know.

As to FBM -- I sold my PC because it was crap, and I would have had to totally overhaul the whole thing to play any games that approach the very idea of "edge" let alone of the cutting-, or bleeding- varieties. It was far, far cheaper to just get a 360, especially since I won't need to upgrade at all for the next five or six years, and also my parents paid for half. So, I got to play Oblivion on a machine that only cost me $250. That's why I got a 360. And GoW. God yes, GoW.

As to Mirai -- I know what the minimum/recommended system requirements are for WoW. That was the first thing I looked up. Who do you think I am? Jack Thompson? I've actually played video games before. :p I just wanted to know if the "minimum" system requirements were a load of crap, and if so, in which way? Apparently, if dnacnud is playing on an eMac, then the minimum requirements are probably rather high -- they tend to do that on Macs, for some reason.

[Mirai Gen]

But SysReqLab tells you if your computer can run it, how well, and what it would take to get to the "Run well" stage.

Did you run it?

[dnacnud]

I ran it using less than the minimum system requirements. I'm not home for the holidays though, so I'll give you exact specs later.

[Tydeus]

But SysReqLab tells you if your computer can run it, how well, and what it would take to get to the "Run well" stage.

Did you run it?

No.

I mean, isn't it just using the officially-issued requirements as a guide? I can guess for myself. Plus, it tried to download shit onto my computer, and I don't trust it. Would you vouch for the quality of this product and/or service, Mirai?

Also, are you sure it'd even work on a Mac?

[MantisBot]

I played WoW for a few months on my iBook G4 (1.42ghz processor, 512mb RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 w/32mb RAM) and it was tolerable. Whenever I hit up a large group or went into a city however... whoah.

I'd rethink hitting myself in the head with that game on that system. Sure it'll run... but will you really want to play it?

[Tydeus]

I'm willing to play at 640 x 480, with basically everything set to crap. It's worth it. Please tell me that's not what your iBook was set to?

[Mirai Gen]

No.

I mean, isn't it just using the officially-issued requirements as a guide? I can guess for myself. Plus, it tried to download shit onto my computer, and I don't trust it. Would you vouch for the quality of this product and/or service, Mirai?

Also, are you sure it'd even work on a Mac?
Yes, and yes.

SysReqLab is completely and utterly safe. If you're willing to install GameSpy on your computer to play Battlefield 2142, you are 100% safe for installing whatever it is SysReqLab wants.

And it's not that it tells you the system specs. It tells you where you fall on a giant line, the base of the line being if you can run it, and the top of the line being top-notch performance. They then separate each of the categories - RAM, CPU, video card, sound card, etc - and show you how you fall on each individual line. In short, it's easily the best and most accurate way to finding out how a game runs on your computer short of actually running the game on your computer.

And as for the second question...WoW has been making too many patches under the "Mac Users" category for it not to work.

[Althane]

But just so you know, it's not entierly accurate. It's marked me as being unable to play certain games (X-men Legends 2, for example), when I run them perfectly fine. So it's a good guess,m but not a perfect one. :)

And seriously, if a site is suggested here by an older member, it's probably very safe to go to. =P

[Tydeus]

Yeah. It doesn't work on Macs. It listed everything I have as "undefined."

Then I went back and read the system requirements and realized that it does in fact require a Windows PC. So, I guess I'll just have to rely on testimonials for now.

[Mirai Gen]

Look online for a Mac version.

Like I said, people in WoW run it on Macs. I'm sure they do.

[Dwarfburg citizen]

Me being one of them, but then again my macbook pro is a monster. A word of advice, dont use the blizzard downloader for getting the updates, its horrible. Unfortunately there arent many websites that hos the mac patches so sometimes you will be forced to use it. The expansion goes live in a few weeks so its a perfect time to join. PM me and Ill show ya the ropes if you join.

[Tydeus]

Me being one of them, but then again my macbook pro is a monster. A word of advice, dont use the blizzard downloader for getting the updates, its horrible. Unfortunately there arent many websites that hos the mac patches so sometimes you will be forced to use it. The expansion goes live in a few weeks so its a perfect time to join. PM me and Ill show ya the ropes if you join.

Thanks -- I'll definitely PM you. I'm installing the motherfucker right now -- I'm on disc 4. Anyway, I'll probably use my uncle's account at first to tune the settings and see if it's even worth playing on my shitty comp. But, if it is, then I'll send a message your way.

[rxm_9600]

i wanted to play WoW also but i dont know if it would run for me, i have dial up and here are my system specs:

Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1
Memory (RAM): 248 MB
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
CPU Speed: 2679.6 MHz
Sound card: Realtek AC97 Audio
Display Adapters: RADEON 9250 | RADEON 9250 Secondary | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD
Network Adapters: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport | WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

will it lag way too much or is it possible to play normally?? please let me know

[42PETUNIAS]

Its sort of irrelevant now that youre using the discs, but if you sign up for a free trial, you can download the entire game off the site and check if it works, (this is for macs too) in case anyone else wants to. It takes a really long time to download, but if you leave your computer on for a day itll get done. The free trial is great (I'd buy the game, but i live most of the year at a boarding school, and online games are blocked by the firewall, so i dont feel like paying 15$ for 5 days a month.) You get almost all the priveleges of a paying member, other than a few things for trading, and a cap at level 20.

[Mirai Gen]

i wanted to play WoW also but i dont know if it would run for me, i have dial up and here are my system specs:

Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1
Memory (RAM): 248 MB
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
CPU Speed: 2679.6 MHz
Sound card: Realtek AC97 Audio
Display Adapters: RADEON 9250 | RADEON 9250 Secondary | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD
Network Adapters: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport | WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

will it lag way too much or is it possible to play normally?? please let me know
This should let you know. (http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest)

But from what I'm looking at on your system specs...it should run beautifully.

[Eltargrim]

Dial-up, Mirai. Dial-up.

In any event, you should also upgrade to Service Pack 2. Running SP1, unless you really know what you're doing, isn't a good idea. SP2 is mostly love.

[eurobeat]

just for anyone reading this, i play horde on spirestone and my priest is Kragar and my lock is Srios. im usually on from anywhere around 7 to 3am pacific standard time. pst me

[Lord of Joshelplex]

Were you typing with your Wii?

Double pun baby.

As for the WoW dillemma, are we talking Dell Mass Produced style of computer? Have you run any games on it before? It'd be worth it just to borrow your uncle's CDs and install and run the account on your computer just to see if it'll work.

Or you could just not worry about any of that bullshit and find out online. (http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest)

No, I was sharing the keyboard with a morbidly obese feline.

[Adrammelech]

How do you get onto a private server? I have WoW (I can't install it, I thought this crap comp would have better stats...you know what I mean) and I was thinking starring off as an Undead rogue or Blood Elf mage, depending whether or not I get Burning Crusade before I install it.

[rxm_9600]

i googled and found way too many private servers...any suggestions?

[dnacnud]

Tydeus, glad you finally decided to do it.

Sorry it took me so long to get back. My emac has 256mb ram, 700mhz processor G4. On dial up.

It was tolerable, but only if I was on my own. I couldn't party very well.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

Well, anyone who wants to play WoW in, lets just say a "unique finacial situation" theres is always a certain private server, though I dont know if we are allowed to talk about those here, so I'll just be quiet.

Mods, if this is against the rules, delete this post.