Cynthetiq

BG, compare it to Unreal 3 which is leaps and bounds visually different. Unreal 3 is a different game, not a patch or expansion.

WoW, in just 5 years has continued to push the envelope of it's graphics. One just has to look in Azeroth, travel to Outland, then to Northrend. While the style is the similar, the total amount of polygons, textures, etc are constantly being pushed the envelope.

When you walk in Azeroth, there's always a fog off into the distance. Outland and Northrend, you could push that really far out.

While my machine was able to do BC without issue with all the graphics turned up. I upgraded the vid card for WotLK. The Ony patch 3.2, whelps now make it look like I'm back at MC with all the visual lag. I wasn't planning on upgrading cards until Cataclysm or Diablo3 whichever comes out first. Diablo3 was a plan for a full PC upgrade.

Since Cataclysm is a full Azeroth rewrite, I expect it to take advantage of increasing the polygons and textures.

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