08-06-2004, 12:33 AM
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but resolution and level of detail won't have any bearing on how playable WoW is with any given connection. All of that is totally client-driven and is completely based on hardware.
While I don't have dial-up, I do happen to have the world's slowest cable connection (128 kbps up/64 kbps down -- roughly twice that of a 56k connection). My latency is usually around 150-200 ms, which is completely playable. WoW is very forgiving with high latency. I've played in some high lag situations of 500+ ms, and it really wasn't that bad.
If you can comfortably play D2 with your current dial-up connection, I see no reason why you can't play WoW just as comfortably.
While I don't have dial-up, I do happen to have the world's slowest cable connection (128 kbps up/64 kbps down -- roughly twice that of a 56k connection). My latency is usually around 150-200 ms, which is completely playable. WoW is very forgiving with high latency. I've played in some high lag situations of 500+ ms, and it really wasn't that bad.
If you can comfortably play D2 with your current dial-up connection, I see no reason why you can't play WoW just as comfortably.