What computers do the average users have for Guildwars?

BlindNympho

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/Me

Im currently running GW on my good laptop... which has some problems with overheating...

3.19 Ghz P4
1g ram
Ati Mobile 9700 128 mb ram
Audigy sound blaster 2
Nec 6500 DvD+R which is supposed to burn DL but wont....

System doesnt run a good as it should do to the fact that the fans dont seem to keep all of that stuff in the small laptop cool enough.

but im thinking about buying the parts and making this system myself.

Asus K8V SE Deluxe VIA Socket 754 ATX Motherboard
AMD Athlon™ 64 3700+ Processor 754 socket
2x Ultra1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory
Ultra V-Series 400-Watt ATX Power Supply
NEC ND3540A DVD/CD-R Rewritable OEM Drive
Lite-On / 52x32x52x CD-RW / Black / CD Burner
Maxtor / DiamondMax 10 / 160GB / 7200 / 16MB
Maxtor / DiamondMax 10 / 300GB / 7200 / 16MB
XFX GeForce FX 5500 / 256MB DDR / AGP 8X
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live 24-Bit PCI Sound Card

And im thinking about getting something like this:

Ultra Commander 7-Channel Fan Controller Plus 3 Titanium Finish 80mm Fans

to help keep the system extra cool

I have never made my own system so im not sure about the compatability on all of this so im still haveing to check and dbl check stuff.

but tell what yall think

One2theHead

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

TX

Gothic Cult

W/Mo

Hey Blind look into Thermaltake cases. They are reasonable and my Tsunami has 2 -120mm fans. One in the front, one in the back and a 90mm on the side, the system can't get much colder on the inside unless you run water. Also get a nice heatsink since GW runs your cpu at max

Lambentviper

Lambentviper

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Noobs Just Took Halls [WTF]

Mo/E

so where can i find out what kinda gig im running?

Opeth11

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by logan90
I probably have the worst computer lol.

1GHz AMD Athlon <---not too sure about that -_-
256MB RAM
GeForce 2 MX 64MB
40GB C Drive
^ edited to fit my computer.
/wins.

capblueberry

capblueberry

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

Intel Pentium 4
2.53 ghz
768 MB RAM
GeForce 6800 128 MB RAM

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

Intel Pentium 4
2.4 ghz
1280 MB RAM
GeForce 6800GT 256 MB RAM

Buying an Athlon 64bit 4000+ and motherboard in the next 2 weeks.

Shukrut

Shukrut

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Army Of Lightness [AoL]

W/Me

AMD 64 3000+
ASUS A8N Motherboard
Kingston 512MB DDR400
Gigabyte GF6600GT PCI-e
DVD+/-RW.. forgot the speed
Topcon 15" LCD monitor (hope to change it for Xmas for 17")
Enermax 480W PSU
Razer Diamondback mouse

Ne0nE

Ne0nE

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

London, UK

Town Square

R/N

AMD Athlon 64 3000+
ASUS K8V-F
200GB HDD (7200RPM) with Fluid-Dynamic-Bearing-Technology
1024 MB Slimline DDR RAM (PC3200 / 400MHz) - Recently upgraded.*
AIW ATI Radeon 9800pro 128MB
19" Samsung TFT Monitor (bought with the RAM)*
5.1 Surround Sound (Cambridge Speakers) with Realtek 6 Channel Dolby 5.1
Logitech MX1000 Laser mouse (800DPI)
2MB Internet Connection with ntl:home

My Guild Wars runs fine with everything on max, i never lag out and have never had any problems relating to video, sound etc.

pkodyssey

pkodyssey

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In a cardboard box with Internet

The Order of the Frozen Tundra (TofT)

N/

P4 3.2 Ghz HT Prescott on ASRock 775v88 MB
3GB PC3200 DDR 400 Super Talent Dual Channel Memory
BFG GeForce 6600 GTOC 128 MB Video Card
250 GB Western Digital HD **Soon to be SATA
550W Enermax Power supply
Audigy 2 Audio Card
Sony DRU-810A DVD-RW
TDK CD-RW (Only 16x...But excellent Audio ripping speeds 40x)
Floppy
External SCSI ZIP 250
APC Smart UPS 700
2 - Samsung 19" LCD at 1280x1024

NASLite+ Network Attached Storage Box for all the media files. Check out www.serverelements.com I built a Terrabyte NAS for under $350

Dell Power Edge 2500 Server running Windows Server 2003
Watchguard Firebox 700 Firewall
3Com 16 port Switch
Linksys WAP54G wireless acces point
5MB Down / 2 MB Up Cable Internet Access

Garumn

Garumn

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Bern,Switzerland

Centuria Europe Nova(CEN)

R/

Athlon xp 2400
768MBRam
Radeon 9600PRo 128mb

edoclv

edoclv

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

soldiers of schnebit SoS

W/Mo

AMD 64 3200
2 gigs of kingston pc 2700
ati radeon 9550 256mb
120 gig maxtor hd
soundbaster audigy sound
coolermaster case
logitech g-15 and g-5 keyboard and mouse
samsung syncmaster 19"930B

Narada

Narada

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

United States

Clan Foxrunner

R/P

AMD Athlon64 3000+ socket 754
DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb
2 x 512 Corsair XMS series PC3200 DDR400 SDRAM
ATI Radeon x700 256 MB
2 x 250 GB Maxtor MaXLine III Serial ATA150 7200 RPM/16 MB cache in RAID 0

Xeion_The_Scared

Xeion_The_Scared

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

In hte USA

The Ancients Of Ownage

N/Me

NEW

Prosseser:amd 2x 3800
Ram:1gig (1024)
Motherboard:evaga sumthin
Graphic card:2X 7800gt SLI
FPS in gw: 70-101
Fast as shit

Old


Prosseser: intel 1.8ghz
Ram:256
Motherboard:no idea
Graphic card:nividia Mx100/200
FPS: 50-70
Slow mo

Sol_Vie

Sol_Vie

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Boston, MA

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

Standard Dimension 2400 from Dell. Only change is 512MB Ram and an ATI Radeon 9200. That's off the top of my head...

pegasux

pegasux

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Mexico < PUKE >

Elite Rogues Inc. [ER]

Primary System
P4 2.8 GHZ
1 GB DDR400
2x 40GB HD
Asus GeForce ? 256 MB
Creative Audigy LS
AS Rock MoBo

---------------------------------------

Secondary Used more for work
Athlon X2 4800+
4 GB OCZ Platinum DDR400
4 Seagate SATA Drives - Raid 0+1
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
GeForce 6200
Thermaltake Case
Aspire 520W PSU
Liteon DVD Burner
NEC CDRW\DVD
On Board Sound

MJ12trooper

MJ12trooper

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

farming somewhere

E/Mo

ATM

cpu: amd 2600 overclocked to 2100 MHz

video: ATI 9600 pro overclocked to....{not really sure} will soon get x800gto

mobo: mach speed v400dbl

ram: 1 gb PC3200 probly get another 500 soon

screen: idk but it's 19"

hd: right now a really horrible 60 gig that doesn't have a very big cache

power supply: 400w {dont remember brand}

case: got a crappy case cut some holes put in fans cut out section put in
plexiglass

really blurry but here is a pic i took a few months ago of case
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture009.jpg

drives: 6x dvd drive, 52x24x52 cd-rw

mouse: right now using a trackball..soon to be getting a logitech G5 gamer mouse

pad: soon grabbing ratpadz gs

speakers: some logitech surround sound forget model

Lord Cooper

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Black Death Knights

E/

amd athlon64 3200+ (clawhammer core s754)
dfi nforce 3 250GB motherboard
2x 512MB pc3200+ ocz platinum
2x 36GB "raptors" raid 0
80GB maxtor for mucking about with linux
geforce 6600
antec sonata case w/ antec truepower 380W psu

Tommy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Grotto,The Paradise of GW Afkers

Afkers Never [CRY]

W/Rt

P4C 3Ghz,Asus P4C800 Delux,1GB Generic DDR400(Works great),200GB Seagate IDE HD,16XLite-on DVDRom+16X Lite-on DVD-RW,BFG 6800GTOC 256MB,19"Nec LCD.gonna upgrade it to AMD64X2 3800+ or 4200+ soon but still haven't decide what mobo to go any suggession?

TrueNoob

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

i feel srry for anyone on amd thats lower than a 3500

-specs
intel p4 3.4ghz ht
asus p4p800se
2gb gskill pc4000
x1600pro agp 256mb gfx
500W psu
80gb hdd x1

( a lil dissapointed with my system, still havent oc'd it though)

Gorebrex

Gorebrex

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by TrueNoob
i feel srry for anyone on amd thats lower than a 3500

-specs
intel p4 3.4ghz ht
asus p4p800se
2gb gskill pc4000
x1600pro agp 256mb gfx
500W psu
80gb hdd x1

( a lil dissapointed with my system, still havent oc'd it though)
Whys that? Also, have you seen the above posts? Not many of those.
Mine is AMD64 3000+ Gigabyte K8U-939 motherboard, 1GB 333Mhz RAM, Audigy2 ZS sound, Nvidia FX5900 128MB video card. Have tried AA and AF at 8X and 4X, but dont care THAT much about looks, so theyre off now, and still running in [email protected]
Edited for minor technical changes

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

Intel Pentium 4 (2.20GHz)
1GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce FX5500 AGP 8x (upgrading to a 6800 GS this christmas to help with running Neverwinter 2)

I can run GW with everything maxxed, but it causes me a slight reduction in framerate. My favored setup is everything maxxed, but reflections on default and AA on 2x. 1024x768 85GHz.

It seems that the Nvidia GeForce 5 (aka FX) series is the average family of cards, and the GeForce 6 series is for most hardcore or semi-hardcore gamer.

Of course, I mainly play games like GW, Warcraft 3, etc so I don't see why this card isn't good.

jrstall

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2006

colorado springs

how well will my computer run gw i havent played it with this one yet and im currently in iraq and will be playin gw once i return is this a good computer to use?

HP PAVILION ZV6000
AMD SEMPRON PROCESSOR 3200+
640 MBS OF RAM
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M (i believe its 128mb graphics card)

will this computer play it well?
any feedback thanks

Excal

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Ozone Guild [OzGw]

Mo/E

Celeron northwood 2.4ghz
256MB DDR266 RAM
Intel 82845G Graphics
40GB Western Digital HD
XP Home
(i win at worst computer hands down)

causation

causation

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Southsea. U.K.

N/E

Evesham Axis Decimator SLi.
AMD 64 FX-55.
2.6Ghz.
2 GB Ram.
Twin 400Gb Sata 7200 hard drives.
2 x 256Mb DDR3 nVidia 6800Ultra PCI graphics.
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum.
Creative Gigaworks THX 7.1 Speakers.
Windows XP Pro.
Quick edit,
Logitech G15 keyboard.
Logitech Mx518 gaming mouse.

awesome sauce

awesome sauce

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
how well will my computer run gw i havent played it with this one yet and im currently in iraq and will be playin gw once i return is this a good computer to use?

HP PAVILION ZV6000
AMD SEMPRON PROCESSOR 3200+
640 MBS OF RAM
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M (i believe its 128mb graphics card)

will this computer play it well?
any feedback thanks
Should play it on low fine. The ram might be a problem if you have a lot of background processes, but other than that it looks good.

My system:

athlon 64 3400+ 2.4 ghz
1 gb RAM
200 gb 7200 rpm HD
Radeon x800xl

Why does everyone get such a small range in their fps? Mine will go anywhere from 45 Fps to 200 in some lower stress areas.

gabrial heart

gabrial heart

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Las Vegas

Beautiful Peoples Club [LIPO]

Mo/Me

Here's my rig...

Intel Pentium D 840 @ 2.67 Ghz can be oc'd to a 950 performance but i don't
1 GB Dual Channel DDR (2-512MB Chips)
2- ATI x1800 Crossfire (master and slave)
2- SATA 150 RAID 0 Config (180 GB) <hopefully SATA 300 someday
20" Flat panel LCD
Windows Vista Beta 2 (build 5384)

It'll be obsolete in like a year, GAH!

tridge

tridge

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2006

Michigan

Elite of Elites

Mo/R

Here we go...

Click the link in the signature for pictures.


Brand: Alienware
Laptop: AREA51-M-7700
Chasis: AREA-51M 7700 5.3 GREY
Laptop Display: 17" 1920 X 1200 UXGA+ W/CAM
MoBo: Intel 915P + ICH6 chipset
Proc: P4 3.8GHZ 670 2MB 800FSB LGA775
Ram: 2GB DDR2 PC4200 SO-DIMM LEAD FREE (2x1024)
Video: AREA-51M 7700 D900T NVIDIA ULTRA 6800FXGO WITH 256MB MODULE
HDD RAID 0 STRIPING 2 DRIVES: 2 x SAMSUNG notebook 60GB 5400RPM HD (120G)
CD Drive(1): AREA-51M 7700 24X DVD CD-RW combo QSI R2
CD Drive(2): PANASONIC slimdrive 8X DVD DL
NIC: W-NWEB 802.11ABG Internal MINI PCI Wireless Adapter
Sound: INTEL mobile integrated high-definition audio
OS: Microsoft Windows XP PRO SP2




Click - My Alienware Pictures

tridge

tridge

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2006

Michigan

Elite of Elites

Mo/R

EDIT: Double post.




Click - My Alienware Pictures

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

I love these types of posts

Current System - Get about 35-70 FPS with almost all on max / high

CPU - Amd Athlon 64 3400+ (745 pin)
Motherboard - Epox - Nforce 4 SLI (with PCI Express)
Ram - Corssair XMS DDR 400 1gb (2x512) CLS 2.5 (2.5-2-3-2-6)
Video - XFX Nvidia Geforce 7600 GT XXX 256 MB
Sound - Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS
HD - SataII/3gb Seagate 300 GB (Split in two 50/50 partions)
PS - Enermax 500w Power Supply
OS - Windows XP SP2 (always up to date)

Older system - Ran a soild 30-40 fps with setting about medium (still looked good)

Video - Geforce FX 5700 Ultra 128mb
Mother Board - Gigabyte Via Kt800 (AGP)
Hard drive was running at SATA I / 1.5gb (same 50/50 split)
Rest of the specs are the same as above.

lord_shar

lord_shar

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

near SF, CA

Here's my GW station:

Dell XPS M1710 gaming laptop
T2500 Core Duo CPU (2.0 ghz)
1Gig DDR2 RAM
NVidia 7900GTX-512MB video card
Dell Ultrasharp 17" wide screen display, 1920x1200 resolution
SB Audigy2 sound
8x CD/DVD burner
100BT NIC + 802.11g wireless

CPU will be upgraded to Merom Core2Duo once available from Dell. This thing is a BEAST... Allows my to play GW at 1920x1200 max settings 60+ fps anywhere, any time (thanks to EDGE/GPRS). The only thing missing is a 3G wireless broadband ExpressCard.

Excal

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Ozone Guild [OzGw]

Mo/E

CPU - AMD Sempron64 2800+ Sock754
Motherboard - ASUS K8S MV/V
Ram - 256MB DDR266 =( (my 512mb pc3200 is getting RMA'd atm)
Video - ATi Radeon 9250 256mb 128bit
Sound - O/B
HD - 40GB IDE
PSU - 250W Asus mATX PFC
OS - Windows XP SP2

Ziil

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Me/Mo

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08GHz
Epox 8RDA3+ pro
256 RAM
Samsung SP1203N 120GB
Inno3d FX5200 128MB

Riesz

Riesz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mine is a Dell Dimension 4100 (about 5 years old) with Pentium 3 1ghz, 512 MB ram (the max it can hold ) and a GeForce4 Ti4100 card. I have to keep everything at lowest settings and still only get about 15 fps...

Hopefully I can buy a new computer in January

Mushroom

Mushroom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

Alabama

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939
Asus A8V Deluxe MB
1 GB DDR 3200 (2 512 sticks, dual channel mode)
Sapphire Radeon 9550 256 MB
Black X-Blade case
DVD-RW
DVD
(Normally has an Audigy II, but removed it because of Vista driver issues)
200 GB SATA
160 GB SATA
120 GB SATA (non-RAID for the drives)
IBM 21" CRT
NEC 18" swivel LCD
Gemini 16 channel mixer board
Pioneer AM/FM Stereo reciever
Pioneer Stereo Cassette deck
5.1 Surround Sound speakers
Shure microphone on a flexible boom
Asus TV Capture Card
ATI Wonder Remote
18-in-1 Card Reader
Microsoft USB Keyboard
AOpen Infrared mouse
Teac Dual Floppy (5¼ and 3½ in one housing)
Removeable IDE drive caddy
Mr. Coffee

The system is starting to show it's age, and it is about time for another upgrade. This was about top of the line when I first built it in 2004. I also use it for recording and editing sound, and for video editing.

cstrabley

cstrabley

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

Canton,Ohio,USA,Earth,Sol System,Milky Way

Knights of Shadowpeak[KOS]

W/

Motherboard Asus P5B Deluxe
Pentium D 965 Extreme Edition
BFG Tech PhysX Processing Unit
GeForce 7950 GPU EN7950GX2/2PHT/1Gb
Western Digital Serial ATA II 500GB SATA-300 7200rpm 16MB
Kingston HyperX 1GB KIT DDR2-1066 PC2-8500
Kingston HyperX 1GB KIT DDR2-1066 PC2-8500
Plextor PX-755SA SW-BL 16X Dual Layer SATA DVD±RW
Creative Labs Gigaworks 5.1 G550W Speaker System 310W/ProGamer
Creative Soundblaster Audigy ZS2 Platinum
Case SilverStone Temjin SST-TJ07
LOGISYS 5.25" BLACK MULTI PURPOSE DELUXE PANEL FP801BK
Microsoft Trackball Optical
Twin Hyundai LD90+ 19" LCD's

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

This system :-

Black Thermaltake VE2000BWS case with a few blue LED's.
ASUS A8N-SLi Premium nForce4
Athlon64 3200+ 'Venice' @ 2.4GHz
ASUS 'Extreme Edition' GeForce 6600GT 256MB DDR3 (PCI-e)
2GB Mushkin EP (PC3200)
250GB Seagate Barracuda SATA
Creative X-FI Fatality (wired through a 5.1 cinema system)
19" LG monitor (can't remember the exact model)
Windows XP Home SP2

Although, next month I'm picking up a Leadtek GeForce 7950GT Extreme 512MB GDDR3 card to see me through until I upgrade to Vista and DX10!

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

EDIT: Double 'lag' post!

Stemnin

Stemnin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

Intel P4 3.2 Ghz
1.5 Gigs DDR RAM
120 Gig HD
DVD burner
BFG Tech Geforce 7800 GS OC

I will be getting a new motherboard in a month or two, for eventual upgrade to PCI-E, i'm now believing it wasn't just a fad lol.

Bigger Redd

Bigger Redd

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Demon Dawg Knights [DAWG]

Mo/Me

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
AMD dual core opteron 165
1gb ddr
eVGA 7800gt
160gb sata barracuda
250gb sata wd
tv tuner card
ViewEra V191HD Black 19" 14ms LCD

dronex

dronex

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory:
1024MB RAM
Hard Drive:
164 GB Total
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Monitor:
Plug and Play Monitor 19"
Sound Card:
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
Speakers/Headphones:
Creative Inspire p5800
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
Razer Diamondback
Mouse Surface:
Steelpad 4D
Operating System:
Windows XP

upgrade for xmas ala G80