Can my desktop handle WoW?

Question

17INCH LCD Widescreen moniter.

Windows Vista Home Basic
AMD Sempron(TM) Processor LE-1250 2.2GHZ
2.00 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeFroce 6150SE nForce 430 128MBs of ram, with shader 3.0 support Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all DirectX 9.0 applications, including Shader Model 3.0 titles.

NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Technology*
The combination of the GeForce 6150 GPU’s high-definition video processor and software delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn your PC into a high-end home theater.
Feature only available for GeForce 6150/nForce 430 and GeForce 6150 LE/ nForce 430.

High-Definition MPEG-2 and WMV Hardware Acceleration*
Smoothly playback all MPEG-2 and WMV video with minimal CPU usage so the PC is free to do other work.
Feature only available for GeForce 6150/nForce 430 and GeForce 6150 LE/ nForce 430.

Advanced Motion Adaptive De-Interlacing*
Smoothes video and DVD playback on progressive displays to deliver a crisp, clear picture that rivals high-end home theater systems.
Feature only available for GeForce 6150/nForce 430 and GeForce 6150 LE/ nForce 430.

Video Scaling and Filtering
Scaling and filtering technology delivers a clear, clean image at any window size. Including full-screen HDTV resolutions for GeForce 6150/ nForce 430 and GeForce 6150 LE/nForce 430 models.

Integrated HDTV Encoder
Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions. Includes RCA, S-video and component output support.
Feature only available for GeForce 6150/nForce 430 and GeForce 6150 LE/ nForce 430.

Video Color Correction*
Color temperature correction makes actors’ faces appear natural, rather than washed out and pale, when playing videos on LCD and CRT displays. Display gamma correction ensures videos are not too dark, overly bright, or washed out regardless of the video format or display.

NVIDIA® CineFX™ 3.0 Engine
Powers the next generation of cinematic realism. Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 enables stunning and complex special effects. Next-generation shader architecture delivers faster and smoother gameplay.

NVIDIA® Intellisample™ 3.0 Technology**
The industry’s fastest antialiasing delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds. Visual quality is taken to new heights through a new rotated grid sampling pattern.

NVIDIA® nView™ Multi-Display Technology
Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors.

Full-Speed 32-Bit Color Precision
Delivers increased image quality with no performance compromise.

NVIDIA® Digital Vibrance Control™ 3.0 Technology
Allows the user to adjust color controls digitally to compensate for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colors in all conditions.

OpenGL® 1.5 Optimizations and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all OpenGL applications.

300 MHz RAMDAC
Blazing-fast RAMDAC supports display with high, ergonomic refresh rates up to and including 1920x1440@75Hz.

Single-Link DVI Support
Able to drive flat-panel displays up to and including 1600x1200.
Feature only available for GeForce 6150/nForce 430 and GeForce 6150 LE/ nForce 430.

SDVO Interface
In conjunction with SDVO to TV-Out conversion chip on the motherboard or on the riser card in the PCI-Express slot enables analog TV-Output. In conjunction with SDVO to DVI-Out conversion chip on the motherboard or on the riser card in the PCI-Express slot enables DVI-Out connectivity to flat-panel monitors.
Feature only available for GeForce 6100/nForce 430 and GeForce 6150SE/nForce 430 Motherboards manufactured after August 2006.

HyperTransport™ Technology
A state-of-the-art I/O bus interface delivering high continuous throughput—up to 8.0GB/s—between the GeForce 6150 and the AMD Athlon 64 processor and between the GeForce 6150 and the NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP. Ensures data and information are relayed through the system as quickly as possible for incredible performance.

PCI Express
Designed to run with the next-generation PCI Express bus architecture.
Refer to GPU motherboard solutions technical specifications for supported configurations.

NVIDIA nForce Storage
Safeguards your most important digital media assets; always reliable, scalable, and accessible. Includes NVIDIA RAID and drive support.

NVIDIA RAID and MediaShield™ technology
Provides a simple point and click wizard-based interface for creating and managing multi-disk storage configurations. Allows multi-disk designs to be set up for maximum performance (RAID 0), for data protection (RAID 1), and for select models a combination of both performance and protection (RAID 0+1 and RAID 5). Also allows RAID volumes to be converted from one config

Answer 1

Yes it will run on this setup, not at 100% full resolution, shadows and all graphic effects, but yes it will run. The Nvidia 6150 is an on-board video card, and though 128M is the base, it will share/steal memory up to 512M from your ram.



Listing all the 6150's specs was pointless. The moment you mentioned 6150 most people know its an onboard memory hogger. The only good thing about this card, is it grabs memory as needed, and doesn't when it does not need it. If you want a cheap boost to the 6150, get another 1G of ram. Its cheaper than buying a 512M+ video card with the current pricing of ram.



But the better solution would be to use a separate video card, 512M or more. Ram at 4G or more will allow you to run everything at full resolution and full effects.

Answer 2

Definitely

Answer 3

Definitely

Answer 4

Dude, yes you will be able to run wow. That is a nice computer. I think you just want to show off to other people.

Answer 5

did you just ask that to show the quality of your computer?

i think its pretty obvious your computer can run wow



ps. don't play wow.

Answer 6

It won't look pretty, but you will be able to run it.

Answer 7

yep

Answer 8

HELL YEAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! nice computer