Resolution, settings, and performance Thread

vindicus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

05 May 2005 at 00:03 - 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by vindicus
Intel P4 3.20ghz
Corsair value ram 1024 DDR [400]
Asus P5P800 motherboard
AIW 9800pro 128M
36Gig 10k Sata HD

Got the pc a month ago... got guild wars friday

1024x768
details high
texture high
shadow medium

game is semi unplayable

will get 65-70fps for 5-6 minutes then it will drop to 5-15fps for 1 or 2 minutes no clue what the problem is.

800x600
all "low"

works fine. lol

this morning is decided to uninstall catalyst 5.4 and go with catalyst 5.1 instead.. everythings works like a charm now all high details med shadow 4x AA steady 65-70fps

Luchaire

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Knights of the Oasis [KO]

R/E

05 May 2005 at 00:24 - 42
Mine's rather an older system:

Athlon XP2000+ o/c @ 1825mhz
512mb pc2100 ram o/c @ 292mhz
Geforce FX5500 o/c @ 340/440mhz

Running at:
1280x960
2xAA
No AF
Terrain: High Q
Reflections: Default
Textures: High Q
Shadows: Medium
Post-process disabled

Runs pretty much problem free; occasional minor lagginess when things get really crazy, but nothing game-stopping.

Gen0c1de

Gen0c1de

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

05 May 2005 at 00:40 - 43
P4 2.4
1.5 gig's of ram
Nvidia GeForce 5200 128MB

I'm running it at 1280x1024 with Max settings, 2xAA and no AF... Run'spretty go, no real slow downs, but the FPS isn't up there... this can be improved by lowering the REs, but honestly it isn't anything to worry about :dup:

just my 0.02$

Desferous

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

05 May 2005 at 01:23 - 44
Someone mentioned a hiccup for caching. My game is here and there hiccuping. How would I get rid of that?

Pentium 4 2.66Ghz
1 Gig Kingston
Nividia GeForce FX5900

fritz300

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Dallas, TX

Escape the [FATE]

R/

05 May 2005 at 03:02 - 45
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.1ghz
1024 MB Kingston PC2700 DDR SDRAM
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 128 MB

Running at 1152 x 864 with Maximum quality and everything maxed

Not a big of lag.. and I know I need a video card upgrade heh but GW isn't that demanding and quite happy I can play with everything maxed and no lag ^_^

kirab

kirab

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/Mo

05 May 2005 at 03:10 - 46
Dell Inspiron 5150
P4 3.06GHz
512MB RAM
Geforce FX 5200Go 64MB

Runs fairly well on 800x600 res with settings on medium/high (the performance/quality bar is 1/3 on). I was wondering if upgrading to 1GB of RAM would make a good difference?

Serafita Kayin

Serafita Kayin

Exclusive Reclusive

Join Date: May 2005

Tuscaloosa, AL

Seraph's Pinion (wing)

R/Me

05 May 2005 at 03:36 - 47
Yes, it would, in all areas of using that machine.

Nice lappy.

Solice

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

05 May 2005 at 06:18 - 48
Ok, I'll bite:

P4 2.4 ghz
512 ddr Corsair gaming ram (platinum heat spreader)
Geforce FX5700 Ultra (OC) 256mb
22" NEC flat screen CRT (max res 2048x1536)
SB Audigy
Creative Labs 6.1 surround sound system

Running the game at:
1280x1024
Max Detail (love that reflective water)
Anti-Aliasing @ x4

I think I'm going to try pushing the resolution up again to 1600x1200 and see how it runs. That might be pushing it though .

Chubz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Virginia, USA

05 May 2005 at 14:52 - 49
Quote:
Originally Posted by vindicus
this morning is decided to uninstall catalyst 5.4 and go with catalyst 5.1 instead.. everythings works like a charm now all high details med shadow 4x AA steady 65-70fps
Yeah, the latest Catalyst releases have just been terrible in terms of gaming performance... especially when compared to previous releases.

The Catalyst 4.12's or 5.1's are the best, by far.

Heoki

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Ohio

Priori Legends Of Tyria

W/Me

05 May 2005 at 15:05 - 50
2ghz Pen4
256mb RDRAm
Geforce 4 mx 440

Running at:
Resolution 800x600
Graphics Texture and Terrain maxed, Reflections terrain and sky. all else off.

Runs pretty good, lags when theres is a lot of players around or sudden burst of actions, it pans out eventually. Nearly impossible to do a 360 turn in some citys and outposts.

etowiosee

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

05 May 2005 at 19:32 - 51
AMD XP 2200
1.5GB DDR
ATI X800 256MB Video
My Graphic settings are maxxed on everything (with 4X AA)
My video display is set to what highest the game will go (Cant' remember off hand, think it's 1900 X 1600)

Runs smooth w/o any problems whatsoever.

DeadNite

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

06 May 2005 at 03:07 - 52
im woundering if i will be able to play it at max with my currant setup.

AMD Athlon 2800+(barton)
1GB 2700 DDR(dual channel)
Geforce FX5700le 256mb
7200 RPM IDE Western Digital HD
WinXP Pro SP2
Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer

i cant really think of too much more that will effect performace like these will. What kind of rez and settings can i look forward to using?

Dyeeo

Dyeeo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

San Diego

Lost Children

E/Mo

06 May 2005 at 04:04 - 53
Athlon FX-53
6800 ultra
2gb DDR

Running 1920x1200 with max settings no lag.

Chubz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Virginia, USA

06 May 2005 at 06:41 - 54
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeadNite
im woundering if i will be able to play it at max with my currant setup.

AMD Athlon 2800+(barton)
1GB 2700 DDR(dual channel)
Geforce FX5700le 256mb
7200 RPM IDE Western Digital HD
WinXP Pro SP2
Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer

i cant really think of too much more that will effect performace like these will. What kind of rez and settings can i look forward to using?
1280x1024 with max settings should run fine on that setup... although the "le" part about the 5700 really worries me..

Should be fine though. If not 1280x1024, I'm almost positive 1024x768 and max details would run great.

Don't worry... with that setup you won't have problems at all... it's a really optimized game.

FOBoi1122

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

21 May 2005 at 17:17 - 55
Heh... here's mine

Pentium 4 processor, 2.0 Ghz
GeForce 4 MX-440 SE
256 Ram
20GB HD

it lags like no other in towns and just about anywhere with players. Works somewhat fine outside of towns with lag every once in a while. Tried running in both windowed and full screen mode. Windowed seems to work better. I don't think it should be THIS laggy. Beta didn't seem so bad for me. Not to worry, gett ing a laptop for college soon.

1.83 Ghz Pentium-M processor
1gig RAM
60Gig SATA HD
GeForce FX Go 6600

drool...
but till that arrives, is there any way to solve the horrible lag?

Svenn

Svenn

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

near Atlanta, GA - USA

Dark Entities (DE)

R/Mo

22 May 2005 at 03:11 - 56
Quote:
Originally Posted by FOBoi1122
but till that arrives, is there any way to solve the horrible lag?
Buy a stick of 256mb RAM for ~$30, that should help improve things for the interim.

spudlylamoore

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Solomniac Knighthood (SK)

Mo/Me

23 Dec 2005 at 04:22 - 57
I don't have the game *yet*, but i will soon, and i would like to know how it will run.

P4 (2.4ghz)
Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 420 (not sure if it has 32 or 64MB)
768 RAM

cannonfodder

cannonfodder

Tech Monkeh Mod

Join Date: May 2005

Good Old North East of England

Mo/Me

23 Dec 2005 at 06:19 - 58
Quote:
Originally Posted by spudlylamoore
I don't have the game *yet*, but i will soon, and i would like to know how it will run.

P4 (2.4ghz)
Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 420 (not sure if it has 32 or 64MB)
768 RAM
If I were you I'd get a new card, tis a little bit weak.

PC 1, AMD64 3200 @ 2.4g
1g of generic ram
ATI X800XL

Game runs @ 1600X1200 4xAA no AF runs brilliantly

PC 2 AMD X2 4800
2g of Patriot XBLK
2x 7800gtx's (SLI)

ummmm. Runs ok hehe (sorry she's my new baby)

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

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

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

23 Dec 2005 at 10:24 - 59
Athlon 3800 dualcore.
1GB RAM.
Geforce 6800 GT.

Game runs great. At 1280x1024, max detail 4xAA I average 77 frames per second. Ran at 1600x1200 max detail 2xAA for a while, but then I'd occasionally get stutter in towns (which was sad, because the game looked fabuolus!), so I switched back to 1280x1024.

Oh yeah - the dualcore means I can now use Skype for the voice comm without affecting the game. Also I don't get stuttering in the game when the virusscanner does its thing now. I love that dualcore.

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

23 Dec 2005 at 10:27 - 60
AMD Athlon 2.4GHz Processor
ATI Sapphire Radeon 9250
768MB RAM
40GB HDD

Run on GW with 1152 x 846, runs max quality and sound, no lag at all.

Buuut, in 2 days, I'll be running:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ socket 939 Dual Core 2.2ghz 512kb and 512kb cache
ATI Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO
2GB RAM
200GB HDD

^^ Can't wait for Christmas.

ecirbaf

ecirbaf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

23 Dec 2005 at 13:08 - 61
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chubz
Oh, and to change AA/AF preferences, go into your ATI control panel, and you should be able to tweak most things by clicking the "3d" tab and just going from there. (I think it's the 3d tab... correct me if I'm wrong)
Just set it all to "Application Preference"

ecirbaf

ecirbaf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

23 Dec 2005 at 13:12 - 62
Quote:
Originally Posted by FOBoi1122
Heh... here's mine

Pentium 4 processor, 2.0 Ghz
GeForce 4 MX-440 SE
256 Ram
20GB HD

...


but till that arrives, is there any way to solve the horrible lag?
Not with that amount of RAM ! 512 is the bare minimum, especially if you're running XP.

Something else you can try, thouhg it may have very little performance issue.. is to create a 1GB separate partition dedicated for Windows Swap file.. this allows the swapfile to be a fixed size and not be fragmented. You need to google that up and find some article that explains it in detail, fairly easy.

Xue Yi Liang

Xue Yi Liang

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Northern CA

Outlaws of the Water Margin

Mo/Me

23 Dec 2005 at 15:20 - 63
Dell XPS notebook -
P4 3.4GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
1 Gig RAM

runs great maxed on 1920x1200 resolution - I think I put the shadows at low though ... (I'm not even sure I needed to do that).