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Guild Wars Computer Requirements
DARKAEROGA
Guys , Im new to this thread. If you need to move it , just go ahead. But I really need help. I still haven't bought Guild Wars yet. I want to. But I want to make sure my PC is enough for it. Im not a genius in computer stuff , but I got the info about my computer. Now I want you guys to see if its enough.Please give me tips or stuff to download if its not.I wanna play
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Felixious
I used to play GW with;
NVIDIA GeForce FX 7500 LE
1,10 GhZ CPU
386 RAM
I survived, sure, it's going to get pretty slow for you in larger towns, and you'll probably see some rubbish FPS (Not that it REALLY affects GW from my experience).
Download the game, get a trial and try it out.
Also, Can You RUN It? is made of win, it'll probably give you a basic idea of what will happen.
NVIDIA GeForce FX 7500 LE
1,10 GhZ CPU
386 RAM
I survived, sure, it's going to get pretty slow for you in larger towns, and you'll probably see some rubbish FPS (Not that it REALLY affects GW from my experience).
Download the game, get a trial and try it out.
Also, Can You RUN It? is made of win, it'll probably give you a basic idea of what will happen.
Agent Mold3r
It should run it, I recomend getting more RAM, at least 512mg more.
Brianna
Well, the processor looks fine - but you only have 512mb of ram, I would recommend 1 gig definitely at least.
And it says nothing about what video card you have, go to Start > Run > Type in "DxDiag" without quotes, and then go to the ''Display'' tab, take a screen shot of that so we can see.
And it says nothing about what video card you have, go to Start > Run > Type in "DxDiag" without quotes, and then go to the ''Display'' tab, take a screen shot of that so we can see.
DARKAEROGA
Does this help?
Brianna
Nono, hit the ''Display tab'' two tabs over from the one you're on now, you're in ''System'' atm, the Display tab will give us an idea of what kind of video card you're using and stuff.
DARKAEROGA
Oh , Like this?
Sorry...heh
Sorry...heh
Brianna
Yup, you got it.
Looks like you have Integrated graphics, which isn't going to give much performance - however you can still run Guild Wars with everything that you currently have, it just won't be very high performance or look the best.
By the looks of the driver date, 11/2/2004, and assuming that since it's HP it probably won't have an AGPX8 slot even, I think you're stuck with the Integrated graphics unless you go out and buy a PCI graphics card.
Looks like you have Integrated graphics, which isn't going to give much performance - however you can still run Guild Wars with everything that you currently have, it just won't be very high performance or look the best.
By the looks of the driver date, 11/2/2004, and assuming that since it's HP it probably won't have an AGPX8 slot even, I think you're stuck with the Integrated graphics unless you go out and buy a PCI graphics card.
Quaker
You really should check to see if you have a graphics card slot - AGP. You should be able to get a good used graphics card - anything, even PCI, will out-perform those on-board graphics.
DARKAEROGA
So you guys are saying , I can play but not at the best performance?
zamial
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So you guys are saying , I can play but not at the best performance?
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But to answer the question directly, yes it will play, but not very well.
Brianna
When I got Guild Wars, I had a GeForce 3 series card.. but I had 1 gig of ram and an Athlon 3200+ (don't remember it's core speed) but yeah, I was so excited I didn't care about graphics, I was just glad it could run.
Your experience with Guild Wars will be much funner with more FPS and better graphics no doubt, but if you just want to play then go for it, I've seen people run it on worse systems amazingly.
Your experience with Guild Wars will be much funner with more FPS and better graphics no doubt, but if you just want to play then go for it, I've seen people run it on worse systems amazingly.
DARKAEROGA
For some reoson , I tryed testing the thing in the trial version thing , but when I try to start it after setting it up , it says...."Guild wars is unable to connect to Arena Network , please verify the internet conn is working." WTF If I dont and Internet Conn , how am I talking here?
Brianna
Your firewall or virus scanner is blocking Guild Wars or something, what virus scanner/and or software firewall are you using?
jimmyboveto
As others saids, double your RAM. The DDR2 stuff is mega cheap these days. Hopefully thats what your comp takes. Just take a look on newegg.com for some deals.
Brianna
Assuming their computer is an older one (Drivers from 04) then I highly doubt it will take DDR2.
Snograt is fond of this tester deal that tests out what kind of ram you have, and the speeds etc.
Or the OP can go to www.cpuid.com and download CPU-Z, run it, then post screen shots of the SPD tab, hopefully it will detect what type of RAM it is.
Snograt is fond of this tester deal that tests out what kind of ram you have, and the speeds etc.
Or the OP can go to www.cpuid.com and download CPU-Z, run it, then post screen shots of the SPD tab, hopefully it will detect what type of RAM it is.
Snograt
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DARKAEROGA
I have norton , I have no idea how to turn it off....Like i said , i cant even do the littlest thing in the comp...and what does that thing snograt put do?
DARKAEROGA
K now can u understand my ram?
Snograt
Sadly, I'm at work, so I can't see your CPU-Z screeny (blocked 
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The link I provided is Crucial's web-based system scanner. It tells you what memory you have installed, how many slots you have and what memory you can fit.
It will then recommend what memory you can buy - not a bad idea, as Crucial = good stuff.
Also, (and you won't hear many arguments in this forum) Norton = bad. If it's a time-limited trial or due to expire shortly, get rid of it. Get something free, like AVG or pay for something much, much better, like NOD32.
)The link I provided is Crucial's web-based system scanner. It tells you what memory you have installed, how many slots you have and what memory you can fit.
It will then recommend what memory you can buy - not a bad idea, as Crucial = good stuff.
Also, (and you won't hear many arguments in this forum) Norton = bad. If it's a time-limited trial or due to expire shortly, get rid of it. Get something free, like AVG or pay for something much, much better, like NOD32.
Brianna
Yup, you need to buy PC3200, which is also DDR RAM, as I thought your computer would use. That is the ram you will specify if you went to buy it.
Also, I have heard of Norton blocking Guild Wars, that is exactly what I thought it was, Tarun is the expert here on that stuff, so if he pops by he can tell you how to work around it perhaps, even though anyone here would most likely recommend against Norton.
Try turning off Norton while you start up Guild Wars, perhaps this will unblock it. There was someone else around here with the same issue and I think he had to keep turning Norton off in order to play Guild Wars.
Also, I have heard of Norton blocking Guild Wars, that is exactly what I thought it was, Tarun is the expert here on that stuff, so if he pops by he can tell you how to work around it perhaps, even though anyone here would most likely recommend against Norton.
Try turning off Norton while you start up Guild Wars, perhaps this will unblock it. There was someone else around here with the same issue and I think he had to keep turning Norton off in order to play Guild Wars.
DARKAEROGA
Okay , Ive Removed norton , and downloaded , but it still says , i need dirict X 8 (i got 9 , so not needed) or a better video card....Sigh.
Snograt
Try a later driver for the 82845G, maybe? Even the most up-to-date is from 2005 :/
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/down...ems&lang= eng
So old, MS don't even support it any more.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/down...ems&lang= eng
So old, MS don't even support it any more.
hurdlebeast
My original comp had a geforce2 mx400, 256 ram, and a 512 kbps internet speed. It was real laggy, plus i didn't know about the -image command so load times were horrific. now i'm on a 3meg internet, 2 gigs ram, geforce 6150 laptop card, and it runs great
Snograt
Tell you what, DARKAEROGA, run CPU-Z yet again, this time showing us a screeny of the Mainboard tab
That will tell us even more about your rig
That will tell us even more about your rig
DARKAEROGA
Thx for helping me with all you can guys
Well here you go , and sorry for the full screeny thing , forgot...Also should I download that other thing u gave me snograt?
Heres the pic...
Well here you go , and sorry for the full screeny thing , forgot...Also should I download that other thing u gave me snograt?
Heres the pic...
Snograt
Bah.
* Three PCI
* No AGP slot
Download drivers - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/T8Cl...033 &lang=eng
Read how to install drivers - http://downloadmirror.intel.com/9033...adme_2k_xp.txt
And, if you haven't already, go to http://www.crucial.com and use the scanner to see if there's still memory available for that rig.
Actually, I can tell you now.
2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets support unbuffered non-ECC 2 GB 333/266 MHz DDR SDRAM memory modules
Just 1GB of that (2x512) will set you back between $80 and $100 because it's old.
* Three PCI
* No AGP slot
Download drivers - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/T8Cl...033 &lang=eng
Read how to install drivers - http://downloadmirror.intel.com/9033...adme_2k_xp.txt
And, if you haven't already, go to http://www.crucial.com and use the scanner to see if there's still memory available for that rig.
Actually, I can tell you now.
2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets support unbuffered non-ECC 2 GB 333/266 MHz DDR SDRAM memory modules
Just 1GB of that (2x512) will set you back between $80 and $100 because it's old.
Lord Sojar
Time for a new PC. Start saving.
DARKAEROGA
Yup , Mine is getting old. And a fresh new one will let me have compatibility of other things I usually can't do.Thanks guys , I appreciate it Sigh , 9 Months more!
YOU GUYS CAN CLOSE THIS THREAD AS I HAVE NO USE FOR THE HELP ANYMORE. MY COMPUTERS JUST A OLD 2004 MODEL. SO...GOOD BUY UNTILL I CAN GET A NEW COMP AND GET A NEW PROBELAMO AND GET HELP FROM ONE OF COUPLE BEST COMPUTER EXPERTS I'VE MET TODAY GOOD BYE
Sigh , 9 Months more!YOU GUYS CAN CLOSE THIS THREAD AS I HAVE NO USE FOR THE HELP ANYMORE. MY COMPUTERS JUST A OLD 2004 MODEL. SO...GOOD BUY UNTILL I CAN GET A NEW COMP AND GET A NEW PROBELAMO AND GET HELP FROM ONE OF COUPLE BEST COMPUTER EXPERTS I'VE MET TODAY
GOOD BYE
Snograt
Sad when we really can't help
Ah well, hope you have a windfall and get a new PC soon
Ah well, hope you have a windfall and get a new PC soon
Dark Kal
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Also, I have heard of Norton blocking Guild Wars, that is exactly what I thought it was, Tarun is the expert here on that stuff, so if he pops by he can tell you how to work around it perhaps, even though anyone here would most likely recommend against Norton.
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http://www.portforward.com/english/r...07/AllowIn.htm
The ports you need to unblock are 80 & 6112 TCP for Guild Wars.
Quaker
In case some people haven't noticed, the OP's computer is an older Celeron with only 512megs of DDR RAM. Some of the RAM is being used by the on-board graphics.
I didn't suggest he needed a graphics card simply because it was on-board graphics, but because it was old crappy on-board graphics. Just about any 8x AGP card would be better.
So, I would recommend that the OP get at least another stick of 512meg DDR400 RAM and an actual graphics card. Since we don't know if the computer/mobo has a graphics card slot and/or what type it is, it's hard to say what sort of graphics card to get. My guess would be that, if it has a slot, it's AGP 8x judging by the general age of things.
So, first, determine what type of graphics card you could use (AGP or PCI) and then hunt around local computer shops or buy/sell papers/sites and see what you can come up with - new or used.
I didn't suggest he needed a graphics card simply because it was on-board graphics, but because it was old crappy on-board graphics. Just about any 8x AGP card would be better.
So, I would recommend that the OP get at least another stick of 512meg DDR400 RAM and an actual graphics card. Since we don't know if the computer/mobo has a graphics card slot and/or what type it is, it's hard to say what sort of graphics card to get. My guess would be that, if it has a slot, it's AGP 8x judging by the general age of things.
So, first, determine what type of graphics card you could use (AGP or PCI) and then hunt around local computer shops or buy/sell papers/sites and see what you can come up with - new or used.
Snograt
We DO know, Quacker - it has 3 PCI slots and no AGP
DARKAEROGA
Yea , theres no point helping me. But Should I wait for Windows 7 or just buy the current ones?
Lord Sojar
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