System Requirements

Guild Wars Support: What are the system requirements for Guild Wars?
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I have 1,3 GHz Duron (Yeah it sucks), 512 MB DDR, but I have Radeon 9200, 64 mb, so I'm not absolutely sure will it work, but I still hope it does.

Does anyone already have experience with the Radeon 9200 card when playing Guild Wars?

I just want to know from you folks who have Beta tested the game if 512mb of RAM (the recommeded amount) is sufficient to run the game without lag. Right now I have 512mb and WoW lags for me substantially when I'm in high populated areas...in noticing that the technical requirements for this game are lower, I'm just curious if I'll be okay or will experience lag until I can afford to upgrade my RAM. Here are my current specs, any comments would be appreciated:

Pentium 4 2.8 GHz w/ HT Technology
120GB hard drive
NVidia FX 5200 256mb video card
512mb RAM
cable internet service

Thanks in advance!

i have a crappy comp.

AMD athlon processor 1.15 GHz
256mb RAM
A GeForce2 MX/MX 400 64mb
DSL conncection


Will it run the game?

What speeds your CPU, probably at a push, I run everything max with this;

3.4ghz P4 EE
1024MB DDR RAM
X600 Pro 256MB

Im mostly concerned for my video card...

it will run. playability is another issue altogether.

I have the following, any thoughts on how it will run:

1.2 ghz AMD
512 ram
Radeon 9000 pro 128 megs of ram

How can I tell what kind of video card I have?

What really makes this game lag? (video card, ram, ghz,ect...?)

AHHHH!!!! I HAVE A MAC!!!
i guess i cant play *sniffle* *runs off like a school girl and trips on a rock*

My system meets the recommender requirements, so will I be able to play at a level of detail shown in the trailers?

That depends.

Even though you meet the recommended specs your card still need to support shader 2.0 fully and also support special lightning techniques used in the game.
If it wont support it you need to tone some settings down to medium or low since it'll lag if you don't.

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It makes me wonder how the devs can put the recommended specs so low with such nice graphics. By the looks at the screenies you wonder if you can run it in it's full glory with just a mediocre system..

I was a bit worried about my gfx card but it plays fine at about half on the detail slider at 1024x768 and some details set high.

AMD XP 2800 @ 3200
512MB DDR RAM
Geforce 4 MX 440 SDR
100GB Maxtor ATA IDE 133
Verizon DSL

I'm thinking of upgrading my video, but I'm torn if I should go with a 128MB GeForce TI 4200 or a lower end FX/ATI (prolly a 5200 Geforce, or a 9600 ATI) GW is the only newer game I play on the PC so it's the only game I care about playing at 100% graphics. (no WoW, Doom/HL or FPS's at all).

What is shader 2.0? my Geforcemx 440 only supports Vertex shaders but not the newer pixel shaders.

Shaders make the game look allot more realistic like:

- Reflective water
- Realistic shadow & lightning
- Bumpmapping on characters

The Geforce 2 MX and the Geforce 4 MX cards dont have any kind of pixel and vertex shaders since they are mostly for business use.

Geforce 3 supports 1.1 shaders.
Geforce 4 Ti cards also support 1.1 shaders if i'm correct
Geforce 5 (FX) cards supports shader 2.0 but In a very bad way.
Geforce 6 cards support the shader model 3.0 which is now the highest in shader ranking.

The GeForce TI 4200 is lower then the 9600 ATi, lol.
If you are willing to pay around $120 you should buy the Radeon 9800 Pro since it's still a high end card compared to all the other crappy FX 5200 and ATi 9500 series.

No I think I just worded it poorly, I know that a Ti is lower than an FX. I meant should I get a TI *OR* a lower end FX like a 5200. I do not need or care about a 9800, all I need is a card that will allow me to play this one game at full detail. Not any other game, not a game 2 months from now... just GW and in 100% detail. I have been building computers for over 12 years and am well aware of what is out there in graphics cards, I just wanted to know if someone had a similar PC as mine spec wise and a better graphics card that was playing at full graphics. I was hoping to hear from someone with a TI or low end FX or ATI card.

they should have added that it's impossible to play this game with a monitor that doesn't support higher resolutions thatn 800x600.

i could have saved some money with that

i use radeon 9200 and only get lag when the server decides to spaz and load something, and i know thts not me, cuz everyone im playing w/ gets the lag too.

9200 is fine.

maxpower - You can buy a better monitor for about $60 - $150 CRT from a lot of places since the LCD's are really taking over the market right now.

Argent - Just to let you know the 9200 is a very old card so by rights, there will be issues with it. Remember, those are the minimum requirements, meaning everything needs to be as low as possible to run the game. If the problem keeps up, just change areas that your in (if its in a town your having problems) and it should help the load time / lag your getting.

Running Everything at maximum with a resolution of 1280x1024 85 Hrtz. And Runs 100% Smooth.

Specs:

Windows XP SP1
Ati Radeon 9700 128 mb
512 MB RD Ram (1024 mhz ram)
P 4 2.4 GHZ
533 mhz FSB
120 GB HDD 7200 rpm 8 mb cache.

I Frequently defragment my HDD, scan it for virusses and spyware.
And have no problems what so ever with the game, not even in city's or big battles where its crowded.

I have

AMD Athlon 2800+
1Gb of RAM (dual channel)
windows XP Pro SP2
Geforce FX5700le 256mb
Sound Blaster live.
7mb up, 512 down cable internet

Will I be able to run this game at its max settings without slowdown/lag?

[edit] ok answered my question by buying it. rums great at max with 4x aa. 100fps.

512 MB is pleanty of RAM - however, it would be preferable that the RAM would be DDR SDRAM and not just plain old SDRAM - but even if you only have 512 MB of PC100 SDRAM, you can run the game fine, your RAM would just be a tad slower is all.

Now, a 5700 LE should be able to run the game (even if it is a butchered version of the 5700) just fine.

And to the person who said that "the server decides to load something" - this is incorrect. The server does interact with your computer mostly on a level in which it communicates the cordinates where you are situated on the current map, what map, and all that jazz. Unless you see an enemy respawn in front of you, the server hasn't decided anything. I'm also curious, do you have 512 MB of RAM?

Anyway, I run the game with these specs without a problem:
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton
512 MB PC3200 (DDR400) Samsung kit (two sticks of 256 acting as dual - yes I need a gig :/)
120 GB 7200 RPM WD HDD
16x Generic DVD-ROM (Phillups, I think)
ATi Radeon X800 XL 256 MB AGP Edition

I will point out that, if your graphics card has 256 MB of VRAM, and it is an ATi X series or nVidia 6 series, it really helps. Having 256 MB of VRAM (mine being GDDR3, good stuff) basically allows the card to store more textures and information and all that fancy stuff all at once. When the card only has 128 MB it has to "empty out" the VRAM more often to make room for more data - this in turn, slows it down. Also, I mentioned "if you have a 6 series nVidia or X series ATi" because, well, the 5 series nVidia's (5200, 5600, 5700, 5900, and all in between) and the 9 series ATi's (9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 and all in between) cannot handle 256 mb of VRAM properly (well, the 9800 being the exception to the rule, actually), and having twice the amount of RAM compared to the stock amount is, in fact, COUNTER-productive.

Anyway, I'm bored at work. :\

By the way, I feel for you all with low specs and whatnot, only because I got a decent paying job can I afford my fancy-shmancy graphics card and all that. I have yet to build a PC for myself though (using the "family" PC at the moment). Not too long ago I was running with a mere 9600 XT (not a bad card - a year ago ).

For those who are looking for an excellent upgrade, get the ATi Radeon X800 XL card. It's THE best bang for your buck, no doubt. It trounces the 6600 GT, and even holds up to the 6800 GT - yet is cheaper than the 6800 GT. The AGP or PCI-E versions are practically identical, except for the length (the AGP version has to be longer to make room for the PCI-E to AGP converter chip) and the need for a 4-pin molex connection to power it (since PCI-E provides all the power through the bus, and AGP does not). But all in all, the same card performance-wise. So start saving! (NOTE - Get a 400 watt PSU minimum to power the beast. :P)

Your vid cards are likely not the problem,it may be your OS, i was using ME and had nothing but trouble after switching to XP pro game is smooth as silk.

will gw run and be playable with an ati radeon 7000?

Umm, the pefect computer for any PC game today would be the new Alienware's laptop or Dell's XPS Gen 2 laptop:

- Pentium M Centrino 2.0 Ghz (or more)
- Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 Ultra (128 or 256 ram)
- 1 or 2 GB DDR2 Ram
- Windows XP (Duh?!)
- 60, 80 or 100 GB Hard drive

And much more stuff, but tha'ts mainly the highlights for games.. you can see the computer's review here: http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzU3

What ya think eh?

Agh! Don't EVER recommend ANYTHING Alienware! They're HORRIBLY overpriced! You'd be better off building a desktop PC yourself. Alienware charges a LOT extra for assembly/brand name/paint jobs. It's absolutely ridiculous. I can build a formidable gaming computer for a little under $2000 CAD (probably 1600-1800 USD) - that includes an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice s939 (w00t for overclocking with stock HSF), 1 gig of pc3200 Corsair, 120 gb SATA Seagate Baracuda HDD (I'll be getting the 80 gig since I spent a little extra on the X800 XL :P), LG DVD+/-RW, Soltek K8T-Pro s939 mobo (very overclockable, very stable), Antec Sonata Quiet Chassis Case w/ 380W Truepower PSU (great case, great PSU). Now, I was going to get the BFG 6600GT OC AGP or XFX edition of the card, but I spent a little extra on the video card (100 more) and got an X800 XL.

What's the point? Spending shitloads on brand-name PC's is retarded. Build your own - all of you in the US have Newegg which rocks - so go for it!

Regarding the question to ATI Radeon 7000 users: Yes it works, but the card has a tendancy to lag in most areas, so turn the graphics down to Fastest: 800x600 settings. It should work then.

And i use 512MB (-64MB) RAM, so it still works fine on my Lappy (the name of my Laptop) although it's a pain to load sometimes

I have a question about Video Cards, I meet or beat the other recomended requirments. I'm just using the one that came on my Dell Inspiron 1150(which replaced my 1100 cause it broke, I freaking hate Dell), a Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller. Would that be suffencient to play the game? Is that even my Graphics Card?

Woah, im actually posting....woah
Anyways,

My computer is
2.2Ghz
256 RAM
GeForce 3 64mb

The game is fine. Im playing with highest graphic settings, etc. But if im loading to any mission or town (not PvP or GvG) it takes me hell alot of time. around 1 min. I know that my RAM meets the minimum requirnments, but i know that some people play on 256 and load in less than 10 seconds. Any idea how i can make my game load faster without buying more RAM?

I have a dimension 2400 i just purchased about 3 weeks ago. Can this run Guild Wars?

Will this game run on my computer? its running Windows XP Service Pack 2, 192 MB RAM, 128 MB ATI RADEON Video Card, Pentium 4 1.60 GHZ with six gigabytes free.

I need to know ASAP as i'm going to go pick it up today.

It should work ok on low-medium settings, but you may want to pick up some more ram (at least up it to 512).

Tao, you will probably need a new PCI card recommended in some of the dell threads.

I run this game on a dimension 3000 from dell, it has an intel extreme graphics 2 with 96mb, the game runs fine, the graphics are nothing to great but gameplay is not affected at all, of course i run this game at the lowest settings, but i'm haven a great time even with the low graphics

my p4 3.2ghz with HT 640 series (2mb l2 cache, 64-bit possibilities)
with 1gb ddr2 sdram
and a 128mb pci-e ati x300 graph card (upgraded to pci-e x700 pro)

i get HUGE freeze frames in high populated towns, and while running in the normal world, there isn't a time i don't get the computer lag, not game lag, game lag you can see everything moving, just not able to controll it, this completely freezes the game for a split second, just noticeable, but not more than half a second to a second. Like a picture movie, where pictures are shown.

i don't know if it's the game, or if something is wrong with my comp, from the specs on this thing it should be able to handle ANY game with ease. (2 vid cards, the x700 actually worked WORSE than the x300, it lagged more and took longer to load cinema's in the game, strange since x700 is $200 and x300 is what, $50?)

Hey guys I need help ASAP plz!

I'm about to get a computer built and I'm confused if to buy ATI Radeon 9000 64m (recommended by GW), or Gigabyte's ATI Radeon 9250 (128mb) which is under the same price...

I'm just going to buy one of these two so please tell me which should I?...

Forbidden16 I would go with the 9250 w/128mb of the two. Don't let everyone on forums tell you you need a 6600GT. If you want real information as to what will run GW it doesn't take much a Geforce 4 MX 440 plays it fine at medium-to-high detail with decent hardware. If you are not into FPS games or a big gamer the 9250 will be fine. I personally would look into the FX5200 as well as a low cost card that will handle GW well as well as a number of other titles.

The 9500 Pro series is very good, the TI 4200, and the ati 9600's are also good alternatives (with the fx5200, 9500, and 9600 all supporting DX9 in hardware.)

Thx, then I'll buy that one, I just want it for now to play GW. I'm buying a laptop later this year that'll be equipped for any game ;D.

You need a 6600GT...

...wait for it...

...if you want the best combination of performance and price, but only if you want maxed-out graphics.

If maxing-out isn't important to you and you just want the best combination of performance and price, then the Radeon 9600 XT is what I'd reccommend.

Here it is:

AMD Athlon-64 2.0GHZ (3000+)
ASUS K8N A.I Motherboard with Onboard sound
1 Gig of V-Data 400MHZ PC3200 DDR CAS-2.5
GeForce FX5700LE 256
450 power supply and 80 gig HD

Will it work...or should I wait a few months until they patch things up? (I missed out on the beta.)

PS: As I said in a pervious post on another thread...the game is sitting on my desk and just begging to be played.