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Wrath of m0o

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Boston Ma.

Is That Your Build[HaHa]

P/W

15 Mar 2006 at 07:32 - 1

I just wanted to know how many people like me there were and played this game for 10 months with the graphics on the lowest settings thinking it would run faster. Makes sence right, but i have been playing with crap graphics and i own a geforce fx 5900 ultra. I almost fell off my chair when i just cranked up my graphics to max - I can see reflections in the gems on my ranger fissure armor. I cant belive i have been playing the game for so long thinking low settings are better for gameplay, but is seems to run the same with the graphics on low or high. Have you seen the shadows on max -omg-
What settings do you guys run with ?

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

15 Mar 2006 at 07:36 - 2

all 100% max...this game doesnt ask much from your pc

ive always got like, msn, limewire, torrents, winamp for music, ventrilo/ts AND guildwars running without any lag ( AMD Athlon 3000+ 1GB memory GeForce 6600 )

Synxernal

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

15 Mar 2006 at 08:00 - 3

I play on max with no water reflections and bloom. I used bloom before but unfortunately it got too choppy for me. Game still looks and runs great without it though.

Pentium 3GHZ
512MB RAM
FX5200

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

15 Mar 2006 at 09:19 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrath of m0o

What settings do you guys run with ?

Full-out max, and loving it. Yeah, it's the same for me as you, the game runs at about the same speed at max quality as at min quality.

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

15 Mar 2006 at 09:27 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrath of m0o

I just wanted to know how many people like me there were and played this game for 10 months with the graphics on the lowest settings thinking it would run faster. Makes sence right, but i have been playing with crap graphics and i own a geforce fx 5900 ultra. I almost fell off my chair when i just cranked up my graphics to max - I can see reflections in the gems on my ranger fissure armor. I cant belive i have been playing the game for so long thinking low settings are better for gameplay, but is seems to run the same with the graphics on low or high. Have you seen the shadows on max -omg-
What settings do you guys run with ?

Well if your card is ok it shouldn't make too much difference, but if it's not that great you'll get graphics lag in PvP when things go crazy. I used to run at lowest graphics because I had a GeForce2 from way back, but I recently upgraded to a GeForce6200 cuz it was on uber sale. If I can run this game on a GeForce 2 and almost never have problems, anyone who's PC actually meets the requirements shouldn't have trouble. BTW since I just now upgraded a week ago I'm going just as crazy bout them shadows :P
As far as non-connection lag goes, it's more about your comps memory than the card. I can't run too much else with my 512MB Memory, but after I upgraded from the crap card I didn't notice any difference in game performance, it's just the looks. I'm still a little superstitious about the quality settings creating lag so I usually go in and click Auto-Detect on visual settings right before I start PvPing. It moves it down to Medium High so it's not that different anyway, but then I'll put it back up to full when I'm PvEing or standing around looking at stuff in towns.

Joh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sweden

Lucid Dreams [LD]

15 Mar 2006 at 11:20 - 6

On this comp, lowest graphics PvP, medium PvE.

On my dad's comp, highest graphics both PvP and Pve, while running MSN, GWFreaks, browsing forums, iTunes, sometimes photoshop.

I want my dad's comp.

Kinroan

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Newport, NC USA

ANT

N/Me

15 Mar 2006 at 11:55 - 7

I play with max everything except shadows, just b/c i dont feel like putting comp power into something thats just gonna annoy me. I usually have MSN Messenger & sometimes Limewire in the background. For a game like GW, I think it useses suprisingly little resources

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

15 Mar 2006 at 12:05 - 8

I run on Lowest settings. I did that because of my old Graphics card, and when I had only 128RAM.

I dont know iF I could pump it up now :\

My 15k Druids looks like Feces smeared all over a Coat. But I hear that it is awesome looking at different settings.

Seissor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Squiggilyville. Population: Me.

[oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad

R/Me

15 Mar 2006 at 12:30 - 9

maxed out gfx and sound for me.

GraceAlone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Phoenix, AZ

Semper Reformanda [SeRe]

15 Mar 2006 at 12:36 - 10

I play maxed on everything, plus the bloom effect. Plus, like many others, I have my guild forum, GWG, GuildWiki, Google Talk, Photoshop, and maybe a couple other things running all at the same time. 2GB Ram FTW!

ShadowStorm

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Take me where I cannot stand.

The Better Part of Valor

W/N

15 Mar 2006 at 12:39 - 11

I have the graphics all maxed out and the only time the game lags for me is when I have like 10-15 enemies in my aggro circle and they're all casting spells at the same time. Even then, the lag isn't too bad; I can still play thru it.

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

15 Mar 2006 at 12:47 - 12

P4 ~ 3.4 GHz
GF 6800
2GB Ram

Everything maxed out, also playing some tunes on Winamp, running SLSK and MSN.

Sagaris

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Netherlands.

15 Mar 2006 at 12:51 - 13

I own a Radeon 9550, with a 1.9 Ghz P4 and 768 MB Ram (yes, 512+256). I think I run the lowest settings, but I'm not sure. Anyone got experience with this card and knows if it can handle more than I'm doing now?

Retribution X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Check behind you again.

N/

15 Mar 2006 at 13:00 - 14

I run max unless I'm in mineral springs.

Zakarr

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Finland

15 Mar 2006 at 14:24 - 15

All the time max quality with 4xAA and 16xAF (forced full tri-linear).

Pevil Lihatuh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Yorkshire, UK

R/Me

15 Mar 2006 at 15:41 - 16

i used to run it on a GeForce 440 mx (64mb) on max - anti aliasing, so with you 5900 you should be able to run it on max with no problem; now I upgraded to a 6600 and have it max with max AA and AF... well max everything

lol

stickyballs

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2006

American Servers

Sin Squad [SIN]

W/

15 Mar 2006 at 15:50 - 17

I run it on NVidia 6800 GT. I run it at max, but I know some people run it so low that boss auras look weird. I think they fixed it so that it can be seen by those people to though.

BuD

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Nunya

E/Mo

15 Mar 2006 at 16:13 - 18

Maxxed all the time, AMD64 3700+ (OC to 2.7 almost FX-55 Speeds!

) ATI AIW X800XL 1gb Corsair XMS Pro Series

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

15 Mar 2006 at 16:19 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagaris

I own a Radeon 9550, with a 1.9 Ghz P4 and 768 MB Ram (yes, 512+256). I think I run the lowest settings, but I'm not sure. Anyone got experience with this card and knows if it can handle more than I'm doing now?

Put it this way.

I'm on an ATI Sapphire Radeon 9250 128MB AGP 8x, 1GB RAM, AMD Athlon 2400+ (2.0GHz) and I run max quality fine...

Kinroan

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Newport, NC USA

ANT

N/Me

15 Mar 2006 at 20:40 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagaris

I own a Radeon 9550, with a 1.9 Ghz P4 and 768 MB Ram (yes, 512+256). I think I run the lowest settings, but I'm not sure. Anyone got experience with this card and knows if it can handle more than I'm doing now?

ya dude...u have like 10x GW there

mrbb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/

15 Mar 2006 at 21:11 - 21

I used to have a GeForce2 and ran at lowest settings with no problems... now with ATI PRO 9800 I run all max.

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

15 Mar 2006 at 22:03 - 22

Everything maxed out here at 1280x960x32.

kito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

15 Mar 2006 at 22:07 - 23

maxed out maxed out yay hurray!