Minimize penalty

o hi der

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2009

Canada

E/

Howcome when ever i minimize on this computer the screen turns gray for like 30 seconds?

isildorbiafra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Netherlands

W/

And I thought you were refering to minimizing penaltys for leeching/ botting in JQ. LOL

CaptainScrat

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2009

Titanium Knights [Ti]

Mo/Me

Uhm simply that your Pc sux. Or in a more formal way, plz upgrade your computer hardware and it wont happen.

- Captain Scrat

o hi der

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2009

Canada

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainScrat View Post
Uhm simply that your Pc sux. Or in a more formal way, plz upgrade your computer hardware and it wont happen.

- Captain Scrat
I just got this comp 2 months ago

Taddayo Kun

Taddayo Kun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2008

in the land of no return, kinda like xth

[nerf]

A/

doesn't matter when you got your computer. The problem is most likely with your graphics, try updating your drivers or something.

Edit: While you figure this out, try running guild wars in windowed mode.

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

Quote:
Originally Posted by o hi der View Post
I just got this comp 2 months ago
The age of a pc alone doesn't really say much about how well it handles video games. Although GW is a fairly old game and has always run surprisingly well on some of the lower end pc builds (at least as far as gaming pc's go.)

It does sound like some kind of PC issue - don't know if it's hardware or software. There's a nice subforum here for tech support full of very crafty, helpful folks.

GL!

Worldbeater

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Alabama

AcId

D/

Try lowering the quality of GW within the client. If that doesn't work, go to the web site of your graphics card's manufacturer and download the latest driver update. If that does nothing, try lowering the screen resolution and see if that helps. If none of that works, it's beyond my limited level of expertise.

SpiritSpammer

SpiritSpammer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2009

Rt/

instead of minimizing press ALT+Enter to put it in window mode.

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

Guild Wars doesn't like to be minimized. It's doesn't handle it very well. Tends to max out the processor when you do that. On slower machines, it can lock up the computer completely anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes.

There's not much you can do about it, other than upgrading your computer a little. It's still going to freeze/lag/whatever when you do it though, regardless of you specs.

jonnieboi05

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

Hardware/software issue. Most likely your PC isn't a "gaming" (a midline/highend) PC if it doesn't load/minimize/ect whenever you perform tasks.

Meh. My guess would be hardware if anything. Do you have a video card installed (not intergrated)? If so, what specs? It can make a word of difference.



~LeNa~