08-09-2005, 02:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2005, 02:29 AM by Concillian.)
My opinions:
1) Sound cards are of little relevance to WoW. They are for 3d positional audio in games and a good 3D soundcard is largely for reducing CPU load. You should have adequate CPU with any modern processor. I actually use onboard sound and my games are all still limited by my video card at the resolutions I use. I wouldn't worry too much about sound except that your SNR is acceptable.
2) AMD is my preference. Since nVidia entered the chipset market things have improved quite a bit. Older AMD issues were largely VIA chipset issues. Current AMD offerings are generally better bang for the buck, and use less power to boot (except when comparing notebooks). They can be slightly finickey on memory when looking for LARGE quantities (2GB or more), but not so much when looking at what is now normal (1GB)
Even though AMD is my preference, the differences between processor brands will largely be totally indistinguishable. CPU is rarely a bottleneck in modern games. I would go with what you can get cheaper, which is why I use AMD, as you noted... best bang for the buck.
1) Sound cards are of little relevance to WoW. They are for 3d positional audio in games and a good 3D soundcard is largely for reducing CPU load. You should have adequate CPU with any modern processor. I actually use onboard sound and my games are all still limited by my video card at the resolutions I use. I wouldn't worry too much about sound except that your SNR is acceptable.
2) AMD is my preference. Since nVidia entered the chipset market things have improved quite a bit. Older AMD issues were largely VIA chipset issues. Current AMD offerings are generally better bang for the buck, and use less power to boot (except when comparing notebooks). They can be slightly finickey on memory when looking for LARGE quantities (2GB or more), but not so much when looking at what is now normal (1GB)
Even though AMD is my preference, the differences between processor brands will largely be totally indistinguishable. CPU is rarely a bottleneck in modern games. I would go with what you can get cheaper, which is why I use AMD, as you noted... best bang for the buck.
Conc / Concillian -- Vintage player of many games. Deadly leader of the All Pally Team (or was it Death leader?)
Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.
Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.