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On 1/03/2014 10:41 PM, XQ wrote:
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>> 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  I know it's an out of date system but it was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.

  Yeah I still kept an Athlon, as a server for printers etc, it does 
internet just fine and nice to have a completely seperate box but it is 
crucifed by the latest changes to youtube and flash.
A perfectly good machine made redundant by slack bloated code.
The only reason it is even worth the power draw is as a reference for 
old software.
Not that the new machines are ever off but 16seconds boot is also nice.


It would be the graphics tripping it, the supported site
https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/world-of-warcraft-system-requirements
still says xp,  it is always the graphics, probably the 3D rendering and 
shading support.
Unfortunately your machine has old expansion slots, you will have 
trouble getting anything better unless maybe you find some topend for 
the time secondhand. And they would be outdated next year, or the year 
after.


Put it this way, apart from the support for shaders and 3d the cpu and 
card benchmarks
  Athlon Xp 2000+   ->322 Single core 1.6G
  Radeon 3600       ->120

  for $800 for the complete box, 8G ram, sata3, usb 3
  Intel I5-4670     7,500 4 core 3.4G ( and lots of wider,fast hardware 
supporting it, higher clocked wider memory, SATA 3 SSD )
  Integrated Graphics HD 4600 -> 600 ('free' with cpu)
  GTX 660  -> 4000

And the benchmarks don't even really scale.
Wow only uses about half a core , maxes the builtin GPU, but they all 
do, otherwise why haveit? :-) but it gives 60fps on mostly high quality 
settings 1920x1080 in stormwind.

The numbers are rubbery but new computers are 20-30 times more 
timewasting bytes shifted per second, 8x more eyecandy rendered, or 30x 
with a medium card
and costs about 1/2 what yours cost new. 20-60 times more bling per buck.

They -have- given you a lot of warning instead of falling over once the 
xpac patch goes in. Even then you could maybe wait and see if it still 
works, but definitely on borrowed time.

It is a pain to change but it is getting cheaper to upgrade, if you wait 
until just before expansion , or after , they will be faster and cheaper 
next year.

Maybe in a another decade or two they will work like fridges and be 
expandable just by buying more bricks. Until then this is the best our 
best minds ,40 years and a few thousand billion $ can achieve.

Not very impressive, but then I have to recall that I really do very 
very little with it anyway, clicking virtual buttons to get bling.