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larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 03:22 - 1

Hi

Im new her and at this Guild Wars thing but I have a question that doesnt exactly relate to guild wars but has to do with it.Is there a way I can help the game not be so slow?Sometimes the game will be so slow it effects the gameplay and its very annoying.Pleas help!!!

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 03:26 - 2

do you mean slow as in server latency or graphical lag?

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 03:29 - 3

ummmm... graphically I think and somewhat server related but mostly graphically. I dont know wut to do about it.

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

N/

30 Jun 2008 at 06:54 - 4

try to find your avarage FPS, you can find in the the green/orange/red dot in the lower right corner of you're guild wars interface.

Joshthor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

Eternal Knights Alliance [RotK]

Me/

30 Jun 2008 at 07:37 - 5

if you have the money buy a new graphics card, the better you have the better the performance, alternatively, if it is lag, as tamuril discribed, check that dot and if the ping is really high all the time (red) than its your internet connection (most likely) and you probably want to upgrade to high speed/dsl.

a cheap way to fix performance is to just lower the graphics by pushing f11 in game and going to display.

you might want to tell us however which gpu you have. click "start" > Run and then enter dxdiag. after it loads go to display and it will say what you have.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 15:39 - 6

OK
Some of the things you guys said I dont get but Ill try them.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 16:38 - 7

Ill describe my broblem better

When I log into my account and ge and select my character and press play,th red loading bar comes up on the loading screen and It takes 5 minutes to load.Then it gos to the game were nothing is moving and I have to wait literally ten minutes for my character to appear and for the music to start and for the sky to move and the trees.Then when I start to run the game slows down and stops ,after like 40 seconds the game is playable so I go to move my character and it moves but the game is still very slow and stops at points. It is really giving me a hard time playing tha game. Plus I dont think I have a graphics card or video card,or do all computers come with one?

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

30 Jun 2008 at 16:41 - 8

Yes, all computers come with a graphics card. There are two kinds, either integrated or non-integrated.

Can you post the model number of your PC? If you can, we can look up the specs and go from there.

Stockholm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Censored

R/

30 Jun 2008 at 16:59 - 9

Sounds like you might want to try the -image and pre load.

Run: "C://Program Files/Guild Wars/GW.EXE" -image

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 17:03 - 10

Ok so this is wut I found out.
My computer model is and (ACER ASPIRE T135)
My guild wars FPS thing IS :1 AND SOMETIMES 3 AND 4 AND 5.
mY LAST PING:2,813MS
AVERAGE PING:2,759MS
SERVER IP:216.107.245.95

thats wut I found out.
PLUS wut does it meen when the dot is red,orange or green?

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

30 Jun 2008 at 17:11 - 11

Are you using a dial-up connection?

Your hardware is pretty limited, but it should run it a little bit faster than that.

The dot indicates the relative speed of your connection. Green is good, yellow/orange is fair, and red is bad. Is there a lightning bolt in the dot?

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 17:27 - 12

I have highspeed internet and there was a lightning bolt in the red dot at on point but then the dot went green. How can I make it stay green?

Stockholm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Censored

R/

30 Jun 2008 at 17:30 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by larafan25

I have highspeed internet and there was a lightning bolt in the red dot at on point but then the dot went green. How can I make it stay green?

Run: "C://Program Files/Guild Wars/GW.EXE" -image

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

30 Jun 2008 at 17:31 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stockholm

Run: "C://Program Files/Guild Wars/GW.EXE" -image

Also that.

Well, there's not really much you can do to make it stay green. I mean, unless you're running a torrent in the background or something that will eat up bandwidth on your internet connection, it shouldn't be that.

Are you playing on a wireless connection or a wired connection?

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

30 Jun 2008 at 17:36 - 15

you're machine is simply too outdated to play this game properly. the 1 to 5 FPS you're getting sounds about right for a SiS UniChrome integrated graphics. essentially, the game will never be playable for you, unless you get a new computer. you unfortunately don't have an AGP or PCI-E slot for video card upgrade either, so you can't go that route.

his specs:

* AMD Sempron 3100+ Processor
* 512MB PC2700 DDR Memory
* 160GB 7200rpm ATA Hard Drive
* 16x DVD+/-RW Burner
* AC'97 Audio
* S3 UniChrome Integrated Graphics with 64MB Shared Memory
* 10/100 Ethernet
* Eight USB 2.0 Ports and 9-in-1 Media Card Reader
* Windows XP Home, Norton AV, PowerDVD, CD-MakerGold

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

30 Jun 2008 at 18:02 - 16

wuts the lowest price to get a computer thats good for gaming?

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

30 Jun 2008 at 18:23 - 17

depends on the type of games you play, and what you classify as "good".

as a reference, my new self-built PC for gaming (and other stuff) costed me $1400 CDN. it can play just about any game available at 1680x1050 resolution and maximum quality settings. if i turn off vertical sync, GW runs at 200FPS at maximum settings with AAx4 AFx8. other than repairs, i don't need to spend another cent on this thing for the next two years. a similar specced pre-built PC will set me back ~$2500.

you can probably cut a few corners and make a decent gaming PC for as low as $900 US. if budget is really a concern, you can make a GW-capable PC for around $400.

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

30 Jun 2008 at 20:59 - 18

Oh bloody hell - they still allow SiS to make graphics chips? It's all clear now :/

fusa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

30 Jun 2008 at 21:15 - 19

What ISP are you using? You said highspeed, but is that cable, dsl, satellite? Your computer is definitely outdated, especially the graphics card. That will affect the fps, but shouldn't be causing the high ping. If you're on satellite, be glad you can connect, else if its cable or dsl, you have other problems. Could be wiring, or ISP has problems or a connection between your ISP and GW servers.

fusa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

30 Jun 2008 at 21:22 - 20

Also if you have a free PCI slot you CAN play GW at low settings. My server runs it fine with an old ATI PCI video card at 1280x768 resolution.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

01 Jul 2008 at 00:01 - 21

I dont even think I have a graphics card ,how much are they to buy?

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

01 Jul 2008 at 00:04 - 22

can be as low as $50 and as high as $650+

as of right now, forget about spending any money on that machine. it's simply not worth the time and money to upgrade.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

01 Jul 2008 at 00:18 - 23

but my game is mostly playable and would be fully playable if I had something to speed it up. Any ideas???

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

01 Jul 2008 at 00:24 - 24

if your FPS really is 1 to 5, then it's NOT playable.

a game is playable if you can get at least 25 FPS. or at the very least, GW is playable above 15 FPS. anything below that you really shouldn't bother with.

you CAN try to get a PCI graphics card (PCI, not PCI-E). that will give you quite a jump in FPS. however, you're looking at a $80 investment into a PC that's worth about $100 atm. it's simply a poor investment.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

01 Jul 2008 at 00:48 - 25

will it make the game faster than it is now?if it will im willing to spend that much.

Lurid

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/

01 Jul 2008 at 00:50 - 26

You could update it to playable, but at the very least you're looking at more RAM (DDR is expensive and harder to find generally now a days), a new GPU (AGP, PCI, PCI-E ?), and almost certainly a new decent PSU. So depending on how you go about it...you could probably save up about 1.5x as much and build a new computer. Thats my $0.02.

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

01 Jul 2008 at 01:01 - 27

if you are truly dead set on upgrading, this is really all you need:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143110

uninstall the unichrome graphics drivers, restart, go into system BIOS, and disable it completely. turn off the machine, install the card, and turn the machine back on and install the geforce drivers.

you should see a pretty big jump in performance... but it won't be spectacular.

i still strongly recommend saving up and building yourself a new PC.

Lurid

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/

01 Jul 2008 at 01:06 - 28

I assume you've found out whether or not PCI is the only format his computer allows? If not looking at AGP or whatever may be offered isn't a bad idea, low end PCI cards are usually as expensive as considerably better cards of different formats.

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

01 Jul 2008 at 01:09 - 29

i have. his computer can only accept PCI expansion cards.

Lurid

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/

01 Jul 2008 at 01:16 - 30

Alrighty. I'd scope out Ebay / stores for cheap DDR, if you can find it it'll also give a nice performance boost. Avoid replacing the CPU though, it isn't a noticeable enough difference in gaming (At any non stupid resolution), especially when compared to the GPU / RAM upgrades.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

01 Jul 2008 at 02:04 - 31

is there away to get more FPS things other than graphic cards and complicated stuff???

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

01 Jul 2008 at 02:17 - 32

unfortunately no.

fusa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

01 Jul 2008 at 02:19 - 33

Not really. You should be able to upgrade that machine for around $100, a local computer store should be able to do the work for you for about $50. Don't go to large stores like Best Buy or CompUSA their service is horrible and very overpriced.
Also you didn't answer the one question, about what kind of high speed connection do you have? (cable/dsl or satellite?) If its satellite I wouldn't recommend getting a new PC.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

01 Jul 2008 at 02:39 - 34

its cable
Also I tried that -image thing but I dont know if you have to disable it after it installs.Is there any other way other than the FPS ways to get the game to go faster?Idont know how to make a copmputer and Im not very good with teknical stuff.

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

01 Jul 2008 at 02:51 - 35

take it off after it finish downloading.

unfortunately, there is no other way to make it go faster.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

01 Jul 2008 at 02:56 - 36

Well I think I should just wait till my b-day this summer and use money from that and other money to buy a good computer for cheep that has vista or something like that. Any recomendations??? That arnt online shopping pleas.

Lurid

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/

01 Jul 2008 at 04:55 - 37

Its hard to build anything without using online stores for parts, because brick and mortar stores (Think Best Buy) like to rip people off so badly, same with mom and pop stores. Pre-builts are also generally rip off...peddling older hardware for much more than retail, and claiming it to be top of the line.

larafan25

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

01 Jul 2008 at 14:29 - 38

I dont know wut to do I think Ill just try the grapgics card thing

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

01 Jul 2008 at 14:32 - 39

Well in that case just make sure that your pc has one of the agp or pci (not express) slot before go out and buy a card.

Hardwork ain't it being a pc gamer?

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

01 Jul 2008 at 14:33 - 40

More than likely it is the graphics card. And there's no way to make it work any better other than upgrade it.