The right computer?

Will Guild Wars run on just a regular computer? I basically want to know if it will have lag or not. I have just a regular ole laptop and a regular ole computer. Will GW run, without lag, on both computers?

Well, that's depend on what inside your laptop and desktop, Guv.
GW is not very demanding but it best to post your system spec etc.

Minimum
Required System Specs.

* Windows XP/2000/ME/98/Vista
* Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or equivalent
* 512 MB RAM
* DVD-ROM Drive
* 3 GB Available HDD Space
* ATI Radeon 8500 or NVIDIA GeForce 3 Series Video Card with 64 MB of VRAM
* 16-bit Sound Card
* Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse
* DirectX 8

Recommended System Specs:

* Windows XP/2000/Vista
* Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or equivalent
* 1 GB RAM
* DVD-ROM Drive
* 4 GB Available HDD Space
* ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 series video card or above
* 16-bit Sound Card
* Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse
* DirectX 9

We will need to know: video card, memory, connection speed at a minimum.

Then we will be more than happy to offer our opinions.

*edit* also, there is a technicians corner forum now, that may be better equipped to handle this question.

When the weather is nice, I play GW on a 3 year old laptop. It works as long as I don't put the graphics too high. Strangely enough, I have less lag on my laptop then on my über gaming PC... probably need to kick my router again or something...

Adding to this, I found this:

What are the system requirements for Guild Wars?

Minimum System Specs:

* Windows XP/2000/ME/98
* Intel Pentium III 800 Mhz or equivalent
* 256 MB RAM
* CD-ROM Drive
* 2 GB Available HDD Space
* ATI Radeon 8500 or GeForce 3 or 4 MX Series Video Card with 32MB of VRAM
* 16-bit Sound Card
* Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse

Recommended System Specs:

* Windows XP/2000/ME/98
* Intel Pentium III 1GHz or equivalent
* 512 MB RAM
* CD-ROM Drive
* 2 GB Available HDD Space
* ATI Radeon 9000 or GeForce 4 Ti Series Video Card with 64MB of VRAM
* 16-bit Sound Card
* Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse

Linky: http://www.guildwars.com/products/gu...es/default.php

Ok, thanks guys. I think I'll be good.... My desktop ran Star Wars Galaxies very smoothly for 3 years. Our connection is rumored to be the fastest around. haha.

GW is 3 years old, so it will run very well on an 'avg' system from that time period..... which means an 'avg' pc today will smoke it :d

Haha. Awesome! I figured it would, but just wanted to make sure!

well, it depends on what you consider the "average pc".

it's generally a good idea to check if your graphics card meets (or exceeds) the requirement, since that's the biggest determinant of its performance.

How do you check your video graphics card on a laptop and a desktop? I think I know how to do it on my desktop, but I have no idea on my laptop....

go windows -> execute -> dxdiag, should give you all your needed info.

Thanks. I'll try this later tonight...

Good news! I bought the game yesterday and everything works wonderfully so far!

Another satisfied customer

Haha. Hopefully it will stay that way!