Darkfall Unholy Wars: Is 30 bucks worth playing the beta?

Just wondering. And can someone tell me if the game runs as smooth as WoW? I have a pretty good gaming rig and run WoW, Rift on high settings very smoothly. But games like LOTRO and SWTOR run a little choppy. I don't think its because of my pc, I think its their game engine or something.

So I'm just wondering if this game has a smooth running game engine like Rift or WoW. Because it really, really annoys me to play a choppy/stuttery game.  If any of you have played SWTOR you guys know what I'm talking about. If DFUW gold runs smooth I will pay to play beta. I like the idea of a seamless world and the sandbox.

Darkfalls beta is for polishing the game and fixing bugs so it gets ready for release.
You arent supposed to play and enjoy right now. The game runs in debug mode so  its unstable, there are bugs and they wipe when ever they feel its nessesery.
The reasons to preorder are:
1) Get access to beta in order to give feedback and help the devs fix bugs.
2) Get to know the game so you will be ready when it releases.
3) Name reservation
4) 25% discount

If it's a matter of buying the game now or then, then I would suggest now.  It comes with its headaches, but I don't usually get into beta to truly play the game.  I like it that I can get the client downloaded and get patches prior to game day when everyone is hammering their servers to get on.  Also, I like to play around with the controls a bit.  Just to get used to them, so that on game day, I'm not flapping in the wind.

If it is a matter of will I or won't I buy the Darkfall Unholy Wars gold game, then definitely wait.  Beta is no time to judge a game.

As for being as smooth as WoW, I would say no.  But then again, it doesn't have the maturity that WoW does.  I will say that it does run pretty smooth, and the graphics/sound are great.   As far as style goes, I much prefer the DF look than the WoW look.