Hello! I currently have not played WoW since back in 2004 or 2005 when just the original game was released. I maxed then a lvl 60 Tauren Shaman.  I was just curious with the release of MoP and all the other expansions if the game was worth coming back to try? I figure I might just continue to play my Shaman or even possibly a new character from scratch at lvl 1.  Would I be to far behind? Is it worth coming back to if I did not play any of the other expansions?  I know this game has raids and PvP now.  I decided to quit I believe after the battleground arenas were implemented but has pvp changed much since?

Hello! I currently have not played WoW since back in 2004 or 2005 when just the original game was released. I maxed then a lvl 60 Tauren Shaman.  I was just curious with the release of MoP and all the other expansions if the game was worth coming back to try? I figure I might just continue to play my Shaman or even possibly a new character from scratch at lvl 1.  Would I be to far behind? Is it worth coming back to if I did not play any of the other expansions?  I know this game has raids and PvP now.  I decided to quit I believe after the battleground arenas were implemented but has pvp changed much since?

Thanks a bunch.

well i think your video card is a little bit better than mine possibly.  Im recieving 15-30 fps in Rift.  Im going to continue gaming on this PC and possibly in the next couple of months buy a Sandy Bridge system.  Possibly once i grab a sandy bridge system I can be on it and let a friend play with me though on this setup.

Well I think after today I have decided to wait for the Sandy Bridge system to fix itself or the AMD Bulldozer.  It all depends on how patient I can be I guess.  Is there any released date on the bulldozer release or its stats so far compared to the intels cpu?  I cant find as much info on the amd bulldozer though I havent researched it much.

This will be split between me and one another an we have about a 1200$ limit.  Ive looked into the intel core i5  2500k 3.3ghz and the new nvidia gfx cards.  That amd processor would possibly be the way to go if its cheaper then.  Though im interested in possibly upgrading to ddr3 ram and gfx card.  This is upgrade is not just for Rift though other upcoming games and current games.

I currently need to upgrade my CPU since it is not performing well in new games such as Rift beta, SC2, etc.

Current Specs:

windows 7 prof

amd athlon 64 dual core processor 6000 3.1ghz

nvidia geforce 9800gtx 512

4gigs ram ddr2

asus m3a78t motherboard

no SSD or cooling options

I think if i make hardware upgrades Im going to have to upgrade my power supply and also my case since it was a cheap case.  I do not know if it would be cheaper to upgrade or buy a full new setup.  What does it take now for a high/solid end gaming performance computer? Thanks