Need better graphics
 

Hey i got my new computer about a week ago hoping that it would display WoW better but i haven't had an increase in Fps at all.. Any help on what i should buy to allow me to run wow on ultra?

i am running a
HP Pavilion P6000
AMD Athlon II x4 635 proccessor 2900 Mhz
Windows 7 home premium
ATI Radeon HD 4200 video card
6GB of Ram
1920 x 1080 Res

That's a rather weak graphics card unfortunately. It's always best to look up some reviews before buying.

Make sure your drivers are up to date though, that can change a lot.

I did some looking around, You should be able to change the amount of ram that the card will use. From what i was able to find the max you can have it use will be 1 gig, which is more then enough for wow.

just a quick thought, careful gaming too much on the HP pavillion series laptops. They have a tendancy to overheat. I had a Pavillion DV7 for quite a while and it would overheat pretty frequently even when using a cooling pad with a pair of 120mm fans.

Hi.

I don't really think that HP laptops are made for gaming at all, i guess this why you can't use ultra graphics.

And i don't think you got any special things to make the computer less cooler, since it's a laptop, i would recommand get an real PC, with a case, if you don't want things to overheat.

Too hot = no computer feel good!

Chiming in to confirm that HP laptops do overheat a lot. My old Compaq Presario could barely stand more than an hour of gaming even when brand new without overheating. By comparison my 2+ years old Vaio stays cool even after hours of gaming. My suggestion is to invest in a good cooling pad :)

Just get this case, and you will never have any more problems with cooling anymore ;)

This is the fractal design define r3



Before i brought this this was my temps.



After i brought the case. (the computer runned whole day already)

Fractal XL or bust. =P

Check mmo-champion for their PC builds.

-WoW is said to be 'primarily process based', so I would personally prefer looking for a processor with a higher clock speed, paired with a powerful graphics card. (I favor Nvidia's GTX lineup)

Those stuff are very expensive. :S

-- [ 519,20kr ~ 52 euro ] --

ASUS M5A78L, Socket-AM3+
ATX, AMD760G+SB710, DDR3, 1xPCIe(2.0)x16, GbLAN, Parallel port, COM
port

-- [ 1116kr ~111,60 euro ] --

BenQ 24" LCD G2420HD
1920x1080, 40000:1, 2ms, VGA/DVI/HDMI

-- [ 430,40kr ~43,40 euro ] --

Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz 4GB CL9
XMS3, CL9-9-9-24, for Phenom II and Core i3/i5/i7, 1.60v (x2)

-- [ 1436,0 ~143,60 euro ] --

XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 "Dual Fan"
PCI-Express 2.1, "BLACK", 2xDVI, HDMI, 2xDisplayPort, 940MHz

-- [ 652,00kr ~65,2 euro ] --

Corsair TX V2 750W PSU
ATX 12V V2.3, 80 Plus Bronze, Standard. 4x 6+2-pin PCIe, 8x SATA,
140mm Fan

-- [ 699kr ~69 euro ] --

Fractal Design Define R3 (White) (Chase)

Already had

-- [ 712,0kr ~ 71,20 euro ] --

AMD Athlon II X4 640
Quad Core, 3.0Ghz, AM3, 2MB, 95W, Boxed

-- [ 392,0kr ~39,20 euro ] --

Western Digital Caviar® Green™ 1TB
SATA 3Gb/sec, dynamic 5400-7200RPM, 64MB

This is the prices without any VALUE-ADDED TAX. and the VALUE-ADDED TAX is 25%