Hello there people of the Computer forums,
I'll start by saying I am a dedicated gamer. After playing solely on my PC for years, I mostly spend my time at my Xbox 360 nowadays. Still, sometimes I find myself hearing the call of my 5-year-old PC with this certain game called WoW installed on it. With expansions coming out and stuff like that, I'd really be intrigued to get back to it, if my system just was up to the job.
But no. The framerate I get is, honestly put, completely ****: 30-40 fps in areas with nothing or nobody around and 1-5 fps max in areas with a lot of stuff and people around - especially the 5 fps part isn't cool at all. What could possibly be the problem?
My specs are (Don't know if this imformation will suffice to determine the cause. Please notice if any additions to the list are necessary, and I'll do my best to fix it.):
Model: HP Compaq dc7600 Small Form Factor
OS: Windows XP Professional (SP2)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2552MB RAM
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Graphics card: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (128MB)
HDD: ST3120827AS (?) with 111 GB space, 17 GB of it free
Sound: Realtek HD Audio Output
I assume the culprit is my graphics card. Can't be sure though as I've never really gotten into this computer modding stuff and I'm kinda oblivious to what's inside the case. So, please, treat me like I'm a fool.
Here are the things summarized what I require assistance with:
- What causes the bad framerate?
- How bad is my computer in general?
- Any reasonable priced (~50-60$) graphics cards to replace the old one?
And I'm really sorry for long post. I guess I have the personality of an essayist.
I'll start by saying I am a dedicated gamer. After playing solely on my PC for years, I mostly spend my time at my Xbox 360 nowadays. Still, sometimes I find myself hearing the call of my 5-year-old PC with this certain game called WoW installed on it. With expansions coming out and stuff like that, I'd really be intrigued to get back to it, if my system just was up to the job.
But no. The framerate I get is, honestly put, completely ****: 30-40 fps in areas with nothing or nobody around and 1-5 fps max in areas with a lot of stuff and people around - especially the 5 fps part isn't cool at all. What could possibly be the problem?
My specs are (Don't know if this imformation will suffice to determine the cause. Please notice if any additions to the list are necessary, and I'll do my best to fix it.):
Model: HP Compaq dc7600 Small Form Factor
OS: Windows XP Professional (SP2)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2552MB RAM
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Graphics card: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (128MB)
HDD: ST3120827AS (?) with 111 GB space, 17 GB of it free
Sound: Realtek HD Audio Output
I assume the culprit is my graphics card. Can't be sure though as I've never really gotten into this computer modding stuff and I'm kinda oblivious to what's inside the case. So, please, treat me like I'm a fool.
Here are the things summarized what I require assistance with:
- What causes the bad framerate?
- How bad is my computer in general?
- Any reasonable priced (~50-60$) graphics cards to replace the old one?
And I'm really sorry for long post. I guess I have the personality of an essayist.