Graphics Driver Failure

Every time i try to go on a certain character in Guild wars once it hits 100% loaded it minimizes than the screen is black and a pop up comes up saying


"Guild Wars has come up with an unrecoverable graphics driver error and must terminate. Clicking URL below will open a web page with more information."

i click the url and i am not afraid to admit it my little knowledge on these problems doesnt realy do much for this. i do not know what to do. i was tiold many things on how to fix it but some are just things i do not agree with. i was told i need a knew graphics card, i was told to update which i tried to do but i dont know what to update(any criticism please keep it to a low), than the one i hope isnt true is that that one character which was my first and favorite character might be the caught between loading and something else and will not work so the only thing to do is delete.


This problem is only happening on one character which is in Rata Sum in EOTN. This all happened probebly a week or 2 after i downloaded and updated for Perfect World International. But its been a few months since i restarted my entire computer to factory settings and the character still wont work. Any help would be appreciated i say again im not that bright on computer stuff so if its not much to ask when explaining please try to be simple im not afraid to say im stupid when it comes to this stuff.

Rata Sum is the noob filter for GPUs - if your graphics are going to fail, it's going to be in Rata Sum.

Are you running with Intel integrated graphics, by any chance?

i have no idea what im runnin to tell u the truth. but if there is something that i can do to figure it out please post it i have to go somewhere atm so just be patient please.

To give us information on your system follow this:

Press Start in Windows and point to Run (honestly not sure if there is run or not in vista) if Windows XP press run if Vista I guess type it in the search bar in the startmenu. What you want to type is "dxdiag" (without the quotes) and this will open up the Direct-X Diagnostic's Tool.

There are many tabs... System and Graphics are of the many. We would like to know your System Specs as well as graphics specs.

CPU (Processor)
RAM (memory)
Graphics Card Model/Type and Manufacturer
Graphics RAM (graphics memory)

Those are really the major pieces of running guildwars though the problem most likely lies in your graphics card about 99% and 1% possibility it is faulty memory or not enough but more likely graphics card or the drivers of it.

ok umm as i said before im computer stupid but i think i got this


processor: pentium(R) dual-core CPU E5200 @2.50GHz (2CPUs),~2.5GHz
Memory: 3318MB RAM


now idk if this is the graphics model type or what ever since it only says device.
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) GMA 3100

hope this is it and for a note not that i dont trust yous but ill have to be keeping everything on photo and print since the last time i did this was before i restarted everything and i asked Perfect World forums and the admin asked me this info and not saying they did anything but my computer was hacked and messed up i beleive 2 days after. Now its just a theory about being hacked but taking into consideration i gave alot of my comp info away its possible. Yet again i trust u guys completley just taking cautious steps incase someone else tries to.

hey im havin the same exact problem, same card, in rata sum only. if youre not runnin vista you can do a program called 3d analyzer for an easy fix, but that doesnt work for me(have vista) im interested to see if any1 else has some insight(i dont even think i can get a better card, i have a slimline)

yea i have vista as well and my computer is Lenovo and the guy that sold us the comp said it has the best stuff but yet thats a sales person they love a good sale.

"best stuff"? wow, he really lied through his teeth there... or he just had no idea what he was talking about.

anyways, here's the solution:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10323347

be warned though, some people have reported that it doesn't work with vista. however, it doesn't hurt to try.

hmm just reading it makes me think that it can work but my grphics were alrdy set to 1024-768. and the 3danalyzer is something ive heard of but downloading something to fix this problem with the possibility of it not workin for vista doesnt sound good although ill try it. I have no choice but to trust your word on this since it seems some other people have done this.....is there any info u can give me on the 3danalyzer?

yea moriz link is about the 3danalyzer, try it and let me know how it works

so im the ginny pig for the solution lol....umm im asking people on my sin right now to see if i can find info on the 3danalyzer since all i know is that it helps with some problems....idk what it realy is so ima do some investigating

ok moriz youll need to explain a few things for me...how do i open guild wars through the 3danalyzer? when i push select than guild wars it puts a pop up on that doesnt tell me anything.

post a screenshot. i have no idea what you are talking about.

screenshot of the pop up? and yet again im computer stupid so idk screenshots

heres the pop up link

http://www.tommti-systems.de/go.html...n/support.html

The GMA3100 is just another card in the anti-guildwars card line, lol. Good luck with 3D analyse.

....so what is the other solution to the problem if 3danalyzer doesnt work?

I use 3D Analyze with my computer and it has Vista; no problems.

off the line real quickly what are the areas that this problem would take affect?

and is there a way to change town my character is in without going on him?(i know stupid question)

on your keyboard, there's a button called "print screen". press it, then open Paint, and then paste. crop your image down to size, then upload it to imageshack.us, and then paste the link here.

edit: just tried it on windows 7 (which is very similar to vista), and it ran perfectly.

do u want the pop up? because thats all that comes up after i press select than guild wars.

then you are doing it wrong. make sure you select gw.exe, then check the boxes that my guide tells you, then click run.

If you have a laptop, you're probably s**t outa luck. You're best bet would be to try the various tweaks that others have suggested.

If it's a desktop, check to see if it has an actual graphics card slot (PCI-e). You can either check the manual, or check the manufacturers website, or open it up and take a look. If it has a slot, just about any low-end ATI or nVidia based video card will work as well or better than that Intel POS and not give you problems in Rata Sum.
(If you add a video card, you may need to get into the BIOS to disable the on-board GMA - check the manual, etc.)