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Need video card help

Apr 23, 2015 4:05AM PDT

I have a pice of crap emachine that needs a new video card....I only have a 220w power supply.....it needs to be low profile low price low power draw....I only want to play World of Warcraft on it......I have 4gb of ram and it has a pic express slot.....please help

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That's slim
Apr 23, 2015 4:31AM PDT

Try the ATI 6450 models. Remember it will RUN. You will have to run in low settings.
Bob

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Prior gen ran WOW.
Apr 23, 2015 4:57AM PDT
http://tinyurl.com/m8gahbq shows it running on the prior gen card. Yes, the card will call out more Watts but this may be as good as it gets.
Bob
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thx
Apr 23, 2015 8:47AM PDT

Ok just ordered it from Amazon.....will keep you posted on how it works.......thanks for the info

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WOW requirements
Apr 23, 2015 4:46AM PDT
http://kotaku.com/world-of-warcraft-system-requirements-have-changed-a-lo-1638506551


In the table below I compare the minimum system requirements for the original release of World of Warcraft to the minimum's posted last night by Blizzard. What's fascinating to me is how many terms in the left column I've spent years trying to forget. Remember Windows ME? I didn't, until now. Thanks.
Original WoW (December 2004) Warlords Of Draenor (November 2014)
Operating System

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP


Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 (latest Service Pack)
Processor

800 MHz or higher CPU

Intel Core2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750
Video Card

32 MB 3D graphics card with hardware transform and lighting, such as GeForce 2 or better

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or Intel HD Graphics 3000
Hard Drive Space

4 GB or more of available hard drive space

35 GB available HD space
RAM

256 MB or more of RAM

2 GB RAM
Mac OS

MacOS X 10.3.5 or newer OS X 10.8
Mac Processor

933 MHz or higher G4 or G5 processor Intel Core 2 Duo
Mac Video Card

ATI or NVIDIA video hardware with 32 MB VRAM or more NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or ATI Radeon HD 4850
Internet Connection

56k or higher modem with an Internet connection Broadband Internet connection

Of course no one wants to face a new expansion pack at minimum specs, so here are the recommended specs for Warlords of Draenor, which would prove a real challenge to anyone trapped ten years in the past.

Recommended Specifications

PC/Mac:

4 GB RAM
Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel

PC:

Windows 7/Windows 8 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
Intel Core i5 2400 or AMD FX-4100 or better
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470, ATI Radeon HD 5870 or better

Mac:

OS X 10.9 (or latest version)
Intel Core i5 or better
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M or ATI Radeon HD 6750M or better