Will Guild Wars work on Windows Vista?

Neal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2007

United States

Fire of the Covenant

W/Mo

26 Dec 2007 at 20:10 - 1
If it will, will it work well, or will it be laggy?

BigDave

BigDave

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Manchester, UK

The Sapphire Rose [TSR]

26 Dec 2007 at 21:00 - 2
I run it on Vista64 and it's fine.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

26 Dec 2007 at 21:14 - 3
Yup, although on mine (I think it's vista home premium 64) every time I close GW the stupid windows media player 'pops' open. The good news is it's only annoyingly predictable and not a serious issue.

Optiker

Optiker

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Golden Anvil

E/

26 Dec 2007 at 21:24 - 4
Yup...running on a notebook computer with Vista Home Basic. Not a problem.

Yichi

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

26 Dec 2007 at 21:41 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDave
I run it on Vista64 and it's fine.
same.

12 chars......

Shadow Spirit

Shadow Spirit

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Chicago

your cat eats dog food [pup]

N/E

26 Dec 2007 at 21:48 - 6
Works well for me. Home Premium...

LeoX

LeoX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

United Kingdom

Guildless Since 2005???

W/

26 Dec 2007 at 21:50 - 7
Works fine, if it is laggy it will probably be because of a lack of memory or lack of a decent graphics card.

iridescentfyre

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/

26 Dec 2007 at 22:13 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neal
If it will, will it work well, or will it be laggy?
It will work just fine, though going from the results most people get you're likely to see a bit of an FPS drop. If its laggy on XP, it will only be worse on Vista.

If you have FPS to spare and still stay over 25-30, you'll be fine.

Healers Wisper

Healers Wisper

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Anaheim, CA

BoMB

N/

26 Dec 2007 at 22:17 - 9
Works fine on my computer with Windows Vista premium. I would however recommend at least 2 gig memory.

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

26 Dec 2007 at 22:39 - 10
Premium 32, no issue.

MisterMax

MisterMax

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

R/

27 Dec 2007 at 00:15 - 11
Ultimate 64, no issues whatsoever.

ElinoraNeSangre

ElinoraNeSangre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Near Seattle, WA

Talionis De Cineris [EXUR]

N/Me

27 Dec 2007 at 00:40 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterMax
Ultimate 64, no issues whatsoever.
Ditto. It's running like a dream on my machine. I'm also running it on a Vista Ultimate 32bit Dell Inspiron and it's also running great.

Also, Gaile commented on this last night in chat; specifically she said "Vista is compatible with Guild wars now. Believe me, we play on Vista at work. No issues; it works great." Link: http://guildwars.incgamers.com/forum...d.php?t=471229

(since I am a big ol' fan of backing it up if I'm quoting someone!)

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

27 Dec 2007 at 03:36 - 13
I'm on Vista Home Premium 34bit and it runs perfectly.

It even runs texmod. (I thought i'd add that since someone was recently claiming in another forum that it doesn't work on Vista, when in actual fact it does.)

Biostem

Biostem

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2007

27 Dec 2007 at 03:44 - 14
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neal
If it will, will it work well, or will it be laggy?
I play GW on my laptop w/ Vista Home Premium. My graphics cared is one of those shared-memory ones, so I have to turn down my settings, but otherwise it's pretty good.

Neal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2007

United States

Fire of the Covenant

W/Mo

27 Dec 2007 at 06:41 - 15
Yup, it's workin' great. Thanks, guys.

redant751

redant751

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

NYC,NY

Gods Special Forces (GSF)

R/E

27 Dec 2007 at 06:50 - 16
I was running it on Vista Home Basic no issues at all with Guild Wars.
I returned to Windows XP because vista just was not working with other software I had to used on a daily basese, but Guild wars had no issues.