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Tecra

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I don’t know if I should upgrade my system or my desk chair. The only game I play is World of Warcraft and my system plays it well but I might not know what I am missing.

Here is the chair I want:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006N8W4C/104-2436474-1183142?v=glance&n=284507

And my system

An older Koolance case (water cooled)
Intel HT 2.8
BFG Nvidia 6800 ultra AGP with water block (oem)
MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
WD Raptor 36 GB drives x2
1GB DDR 400 RAM
Sony SDM-P234/B (Black, Silver) 23" LCD Monitor at 1920 x 1200

If I did upgrade my system I would go AMD with duel SLI setup but would I see that big of a difference in WOW to be worth the money? Thanks in advance all!
 
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I'd go with the chair if they are as godly as they're made out to be. Since your current rig is highly capable.
 
What resolutions are you running? That system is very nice (my secondary computer has the same mobo/CPU). Unless you're trying to run WoW on a big monitor, I would just get the chair and worry about an upgrade later.

Then again...$900 for a chair?!? :eek:
 
Id upgrade your system and get a decent chair. Then you can have both :)

My brother has that chair and ive sat in it many times before. To be honest, its NOT worth $900, possibly $450...possibly.

Dont get me wrong, its comfy and all, but $900? For that price, Gimme 2 7800gtx's and a UPS box to sit on and ill be good to go.
 
Do you run WoW at that res? Or do you scale it?

If you're running WoW at that res, I'd look at upgrading.
 
with that amount of ram you wont see much of a difference in an upgrade , the graphics card is more then enough to play WoW. the only thing that will degrade wow with that setup is server LAG.

the solution is simple , buy me a LCD instead : )
 
Yes I do play it in 1920 x 1200 res, but I don't see any choppy ness. The only weird thing I see is other charters tend to "Skate" before getting close to me then their legs start moving.

Anyways, would the game look better with the AMD rig?
 
Look is based more on GPU than CPU in a lot of current games. Unfortunately, 6800 Ultra is about as high end as you can get in AGP.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2381

Check that out to see A64 vs. P4 (but keep in mind that your northwood runs slightly faster than the Prescott due to a shorter pipeline).
 
holy friggin crap man

$900 bucks for a chair...and no built in speakers...i mean does it massage you or anything?
Personally i would get a pretty decent chair and go AMD...but thats me, im poor and can sit in just about anything...hell..just pull up a recliner...

i did just see a 12 year warranty on htat....thats sweet man
 
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