WoW Nicotine Patch

Apparently, graphics can really affect your gaming experience. Who knew?

Up until recently, my wife and I had been playing Warcraft on my old college computer. It was reliable, but showing its age. Nowadays, a four-year-old graphics card and a 768 MB of RAM just don’t cut it. Still, we enjoyed playing Warcraft on it, even if we had to deal with occasional lagginess and poor rendering.

Since buying our new computer, however, that’s all changed. To use a metaphor, if Warcraft on my old computer was cocaine, it’s now the equivalent of ultra-refined crack. Everything is crisp and realistic. I can even see through the water. Heck, the frame rate never dips to a point where I can perceive it even in the highest-traffic areas. It is, in a word, glorious.

I’ve spoken before about gaming addiction, but something I never understood was that many addicts must be running the game on good systems like this. If you’re having trouble cutting back or quitting, then, I would advise downgrading your graphics card and RAM. Think of it as a WoW nicotine patch. You’ll still be able to play, but it won’t provide the same wonderful detail that’s so mouth-watering. You’d be surprised what effect that can have. I certainly was.