Can this laptop run WoW effectively?

[castarocks]

Hi All,

Sorry for yet another computer spec post. I am taking on a traveling position at work and am looking into picking up a laptop thats small enough yet powerful enough to run WoW.

I have gone to Dell's website and spec'd out the following - any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

SYSTEM COMPONENTS
XPS M1210 Qty 1
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/4MB), Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Unit Price $1,823.00
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Catalog Number: 29 M1210S1
Module Description Show Details
XPS M1210 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/4MB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
A/V Communication Package None
Memory 2GB Dual Shared Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7400 TurboCache™
Hard Drive 60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Optical Storage Device 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Wireless Networking Cards Wireless Bundle: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945a/g and Bluetooth
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) Trend Micro PC-cillin with Wireless monitoring and Spyware removal 15-month
Primary Battery 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service, Support
Free SKIN Promotion 12 - Free Promotion for 12 inch Skin
Future Operating Systems Windows Vista™ Capable
Dell Digital Entertainment Starter pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo
Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor

[dak]

Of course it can, that is if you consider playing video games on ANY laptop effective.

[castarocks]

I hear what your saying Dak - What i mean by effectively is doing 5-10mans with out interference from video lag.

being on the road 4 nights out of the week will suck without a timesink like WoW

[dak]

I'm using a Pentium 2.8ghz, Radeon 9800 Pro with 1024mb ram. I play max resolution with most options enabledMy guild has about half Naxx on farm and one night farm clears BWL/AQ40. During this time I've been able to play to full function with very little video lag.

Everything about the computer you listed is better than mine, unless TBC brings in weird memory leaks or you have overheating problems that laptop will run the game flawlessly.

[Zuuljin]

That will play it NP. You have a 7400 nvidia card in there. For reference, my friend was playing WoW on a Geforce 3 series from about 4 years ago. You have a 7 series.

Basically, unless your computer is 5+ years old, it will run WoW.

[findar]

i used to run 40 mans without issue with a ti4200... wow isnt taxing at all vid wise, now memory wise.....

[makist]

if you want a gaming laptop your doin it wrong man. Need a much better vid card.. shoot for the 7800 or 7900gtx. Will be golden. They even those SLI'ed now too.

[makist]

that price is good but nothing specatacular as well.

[castarocks]

Originally Posted by makist

if you want a gaming laptop your doin it wrong man. Need a much better vid card.. shoot for the 7800 or 7900gtx. Will be golden. They even those SLI'ed now too.

The 7800/7900 are not an option for this laptop.

Should i kick the ram up to 4gig?

[Slide]

you dont need much for wow, i run it okay on a hp nc4200 which is far from a gaming laptop. 40 man raids would kill it tho.

(http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h834.htm)

[Slide]

Originally Posted by castarocks

The 7800/7900 are not an option for this laptop.

Should i kick the ram up to 4gig?

2GB is more than enough for wow.

[...]

I've never seen a laptop run a modern mmo without heat issues.

[The Dauntless One]

Originally Posted by makist

if you want a gaming laptop your doin it wrong man. Need a much better vid card.. shoot for the 7800 or 7900gtx. Will be golden. They even those SLI'ed now too.

good luck playing games on a laptop with a 7900GTX let alone an SLI setup without external power. a 7400 will probably be good enough to run wow around medium settings and 10*7 so its good to go...

though i haven't seen benchmarks for the 7400, there is still a chance that a 9800 pro can outperform a geforce 7400

[Cuppycake]

castarock -

My new laptop runs WoW better than my desktop, without heat issues.

I bought a Dell E1505 about 2 months ago. I got the x1400 card, 2GB RAM, 1.83 GhZ Core Duo Processor. Never had any problems running WoW, it looks beautiful on the highest settings.

[makist]

9800 pro can not outperform a 7400go. 9800 is like the equivalent of a GeForce FX go5700.