🚀 go-pugleaf

On 3/1/2014 9:25 AM, Polarhound wrote:
> On 3/1/2014 7:11 AM, XQ wrote:
>> "| || ||| ||||| || |" <|||||||||||||||||||||> wrote in message
>> news:53110b52$0$22375$c3e8da3$f6268168@news.astraweb.com...
>>> A few strings match but it looks like they are shifting the graphics up
>>> as -always- rather than using OS specific services.
>>> If thats the case it is a generic warning about too old. Wow is cross
>>> platform so OS changes usually don't do much.
>>> Graphics drivers and minimum res are always a significant drag on
>>> rendering options.
>>> Not supported doesn't necessarily mean it will break, if it says system
>>> then that seems like the whole system, is it a mac or windows?
>>>
>>
>> Hi, I'm running WindowsXP.  The computer is about 10 years old with an
>> AthlonXP CPU.  My graphics card is a bit more up to date, Radeon 3600 HD.
>>
>>> SYSTEM_INCOMPATIBLE_SSE:: This system will not be supported in future
>>> versions of World of Warcraft"
>>
>> That's warning message I get, but it doesn't tell me specifically what
>> part
>> will be causing the problem.  I know it's an out of date system but it
>> was
>> good to still be able to play WoW on it.  I don't think it could be
>> upgraded
>> any further.
>>
>>
>
> You have a nearly 7 year old graphics card being run on a 13 year old
> OS.  How long did you think they would continue to support either one?
> Your graphics card in particular (I could not find any reference to a
> 3600, only 3650, so using that) has 20% of the texture fill rate, 20% of
> the pixel fill rate and 25% FLOPS speed of the GT640, a card you can buy
> all day long on Ebay for $60 new or ~$40 used... and it is quieter and
> draws less power.
>
> Time to stop cheaping out.  You want to play, eventually you have to pay.

Didn't notice before, but just saw you are running an Athlon XP.  This 
means you are running on an AGP card at best, which is even MORE outdated.

You have a better chance of playing Draenor on your phone then on that 
system.