Acer Revo & Gaming?

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I'm looking at getting a small system, that could double at a HTPC, but can also game. World of Warcraft is really the only PC game I play, so I'm wondering what's it like to play WoW on the ION? Slow, laggy? I have a DELL 2007FP that will be the main monitor. So what's it like to play wow at or around 1600x1200 on the ION?
 
What would be the TV's resolution? If it's 720p you could play with more smoothness I bet.

WoW has older GPU tech but it processes many things so HTPC CPUs could struggle. Then again there are lots of 2007 comps people use to push through it without all the eye candy.
 
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear enough. This will be a combo HTPC & PC. It will be hooked up to both my Sony 42" HDTV via HDMI, and then to my desktop monitor via DVI. I'll be using the TV to play HD movies, but my WoW gaming, internet browsing and everything else will be done on the desktop monitor.

Thanks for the link, criccio. 30fps is still slow ... I assume the reviewer was just wandering around in the world. I wonder how much fps will it be getting by simply walking around Dalaran, or in instances and raids.

I'm looking for energy efficiency, and a small form factor. I'm trying to limit my budget to a max of $300 CAD. The Zotac/Asus ION's also look good. But the problem with them is that I can't find a suitable ITX case.
 
Try the Zotax 9300 ITX.
You will need a CPU and GFx card after that.

The total computer cost will be about 300USD ~ 420CAD

Intel Celeron E3300 (can beat out Pentium Dual Cores)
2GB of DDR2 RAM
250GB HDD (well, I got one recycled...)
28 USD of acrylic form Home Depot
Zotac 9300ITX (or ATX... it's cheaper).
Then save up for a nVidia GFx card in the 9xxx range, as hybridPower and HybridSLI will work with it.

If not, the m350 case is a tiny ITX case, or, find a HP Slimline from eBay and check out the Slimline thread here.

I got mine for 100USD, and all upgrades for 130USD. So total spent is about:
360CAD?

Sorry if I'm a little off track, I'm not absolutely sure as to what you need + free bump.

I also have a Morex ITX (not really small, it's about 12x11x2.5 (inches), and is missing a HDD cage, but comes with a 80w PSU/adaptor, and a full PCI slot (riser card needed)), that I'd be willing to part with for 30USD (includes USPS priority shipping).
 
Well I know my 8600GT is as small as a small sound card or hard drive and would do well WoW just on graphics. Basing off of Portal and Source, UT3, CoD4 and WoW on 4830 in BGs and cities. Cheap, too. Or there are different "HTPC" cards mostly from nV. 210 maybe? More expensive.

Now Dalaran is the extreme and it probably wouldn't be the GPU to bottleneck.

WoW is not pushing 2009 hardware. Maybe bandwidth.
 
This box is going to be my "buddy" box. So when my friends come over they can use this box to play wow with me.

singe, actually WoW can be pretty demanding, still. On my main rig (see sig), at 2560x1600 everything max with vsync, no AA, I get 25~ fps in Dalaran. Everywhere else, the framerate rarely drops below 40. And WoW is very CPU limited. I remember on my old old pc with a 3800+ X2 & 8800gts 640mb (g92) I flew around Shattrath @ 20fps. When I picked up a q6600 g0, with the same video card the framerate nearly doubled.

Anyway, I decided to up my budget to $400 CAD, and I picked these pieces up last night. All from NCIX.

Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L mATX -- $53.99
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 -- $69.99
Powercolor Radeon HD PCs 4850 -- $89.98 after MIR
Patriot Viper Extreme Performance 4GB DDR2 2X2GB PC2-6400 -- $52.99 after MIR
Antec Three Hundred Mini Tower Gaming Case -- $57.99
OCZ FATAL1TY 400W -- $49.99
Total: $374.93cad after rebates. I have an old keyboard, mouse, and hard drive lying around.

This build should have no problem @ 1600x1200 max quality settings.
 
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