Pick a graphics card.

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Thom Bangalter
Thom Bangalter
Grindin'
#1
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU
256MB NVIDIA Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro

which one would run guild wars best? I'm not too concerned about resolution, Just FPS and not-god-awful texture quality.
moriz
moriz
??ber t??k-n??sh'??n
#2
the radeon, because the other two are either integrated (which is not good), and/or LE edition, which basically stands for "light edition", aka stripped down budget version.
Mushroom
Mushroom
Lion's Arch Merchant
#3
I would say the Radeon. But go with the 512 MB version, not the 256 MB version. In most cases, the price difference is around $15, and well worth the extra money.
Warrior Of The Toon
Warrior Of The Toon
Lion's Arch Merchant
#4
Definately the 7300 IMO. It's the only one I definately know will support dx10, the 6150 won't, and I don't like Radeon for some reason so I don't know much on that.
Lurid
Lurid
Jungle Guide
#5
Lol, none of those supports DX10. All of them are low end garbage to be honest. The 7300's are better than the X1300's though, and if you can spring for a 7600 or 7300 with GDDR3.
Chilly Ress
Chilly Ress
Jungle Guide
#6
The radeon would run it best, but, none of them are that great.

But, if those are your only choices, pick the Radeon.
Sir Skullcrasher
Sir Skullcrasher
Furnace Stoker
#7
If you got the cash... get a Radeon X1600 XT if you want a budge card. But if you want the best of the best... than Radeon x1900 xtx or Geforce 7950.
chris_nin00
chris_nin00
Dun dun dun
#8
A long time ago, Nvidia had some real big problems with running Guild Wars. Don't know if the problem is still ongoing, but I'd choose Radeon to play it safe.

I say go for the x1600 instead of the x1300
Saphrium
Saphrium
Krytan Explorer
#9
7300LE is probably best of the three, however, none of these are good cards, as everyone stated...make sure you get extra memory stick...maybe 1G or up, otherwise graphic card drains too much system resources
Thom Bangalter
Thom Bangalter
Grindin'
#10
These are just the built in options for a new computer I'm planning on getting, and I don't really want to spring for a high-end graphics card right away, these are just what they'd put in for me.
Bibblenorn
Bibblenorn
Frost Gate Guardian
#11
Well, good luck with whatever you get. I am getting a NVIDA Geforce Go 7900 GS for my new laptop. Here is to both of us getting into Vabbi.
dronex
dronex
Lion's Arch Merchant
#12
Quote:
Originally Posted by chris_nin00
A long time ago, Nvidia had some real big problems with running Guild Wars. Don't know if the problem is still ongoing, but I'd choose Radeon to play it safe.

I say go for the x1600 instead of the x1300
This was like the beta or before ? I play GW since its out on an nVIDIA cards and never had any problems ...
l)l2UNl(
l)l2UNl(
Frost Gate Guardian
#13
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Skullcrasher
If you got the cash... get a Radeon X1600 XT if you want a budge card. But if you want the best of the best... than Radeon x1900 xtx or Geforce 7950.
uh lol the XTX is around $500 and geforce is $200-300
Lurid
Lurid
Jungle Guide
#14
Quote:
Originally Posted by l)l2UNl(
uh lol the XTX is around $500 and geforce is $200-300
IIRC you have the prices backwards to some extent. The XTX is a rip-off, the XT is exactly the same, the only difference being the stock clocks.
xerverkillah
xerverkillah
Frost Gate Guardian
#15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Skullcrasher
If you got the cash... get a Radeon X1600 XT if you want a budge card. But if you want the best of the best... than Radeon x1900 xtx or Geforce 7950.
or wait a bit longer and get a geforce 8800gtx or 8800gts
jjdefan
jjdefan
Academy Page
#16
Quote:
Originally Posted by chris_nin00
A long time ago, Nvidia had some real big problems with running Guild Wars. Don't know if the problem is still ongoing, but I'd choose Radeon to play it safe.

I say go for the x1600 instead of the x1300
I've been playing since day one with an NVIDIA 6800GT Ultra...never an issue.
l)l2UNl(
l)l2UNl(
Frost Gate Guardian
#17
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurid
IIRC you have the prices backwards to some extent. The XTX is a rip-off, the XT is exactly the same, the only difference being the stock clocks.
im pretty sure that how it goes i just checked on newegg today...

but they are both overkill i could probably get a decent card for around $150...
Mushroom
Mushroom
Lion's Arch Merchant
#18
At this point, do NOT go with the X1600, stick with the X1300.

Remember, the next gen comes out in the next 1-3 months. There is not much that sucks more then spending $200+ on a video card, only to see it become obsolete within 2 months, and drop 30% in new retail value.

The X1300 is a really good card, and was "top of the line" only a year and a half ago. And it is really a midline card, the true budget cards being the X300 and X500 series.
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oppewala
Pre-Searing Cadet
#20
My graphics card is a gefoce 5200 and i'm just gonna wait till the dx10 graphics cards get to a lower price