Because I though when I got my GTS 450 that some of my WoW GFX oddness would go away .. but they haven't. Through out my WoW playing on this rig with a GF8200 IGP, GF 9600 GT OC & my new GTS 450 OC .. the chipset has always been the same, the GF8200 (MCP78). There are two odd things that happen in WoW:
1. Sky Cloud textures change/fade in and out in very obvious steps.
2. Some of shadowing in the game looks interlaced.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus V2-M3M8200 Barebones OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 925 Motherboard V2-M3M8200 (basically a M3N78-VM) Memory 4x1024mb Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 KHX8500D2/1G Graphics Card Asus GTS 450 OC Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCIe Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD VH242H Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Dell USB mini Multimedia Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Antec Earthwatts EA-430D Case Asus V2-M3M8200 Cooling 120mm side fan & 80mm front & 92mm rear fan Hard Drives WDC WD5000AAKS
WDC WD5002ABYS
Seagate ST325062 USB-to-IDE
Fujitsu 160GB Pocket USB HDD Internet Speed Comcast Xfinity Other Info Logitech Webcam Pro 9000
Accurian 40-1462 Speakers
little dot MKII Headphone Amp