What are the System specs of your PC?

[Nacaa]

I know that these are listed somewhere but I am still wondering since a few of us have played the game now and it is usually not 100% correct what it says on the official site etc. So, how good are your computer and what settings do you play on? If anyone have a computer with under 2Ghz and 512 Meg Ram and it works wonders, tell me :).

Also, at what FPS is it running on your machine when walking around, fighting etc.

Thanks :)

[Apollovega]

I know that these are listed somewhere but I am still wondering since a few of us have played the game now and it is usually not 100% correct what it says on the official site etc. So, how good are your computer and what settings do you play on? If anyone have a computer with under 2Ghz and 512 Meg Ram and it works wonders, tell me :).

Also, at what FPS is it running on your machine when walking around, fighting etc.

Thanks :)

Specs :
1 gig ddr ram
140 gig HD
athlon xp 2600 overclocked to 2.4ghz
256 ddr Nvidia fx 5700
Sound Blaster 5.1 LIVE!

That's about all I can think of. As for fps, not sure. Didn't check when I was playing. I know I don't lag at all thou :-) nice smooth gameplay

[Tyran_Harasvelg]

My specs are as follows:

Intel P875 Chipset
Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz
Corsair 512x2 DDr 400
Dual Maxtor SATA 150 80gb hard drives
Radeon 9200
Sound Blaster Audigy 2


I play on 1024x768 mode with settings maxed and get an average of 30 fps or so. Very playable :)

[Nacaa]

My own computer is as follows:

1,8 GHz
512 Mb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 32 meg (I think, or is it 64? )

And the game actually run pretty smooth. In crowded areas like the Arena I get around 10-15 FPSwhen running around but when the fight starts I am at a nice 22 - 25 FPS. Pretty cool since I didn't thought my computer would handle this game very well! I will soon post my PvP experiences so far and what I think etc.

[Ka0s047]

3.2 ghz HT
512 ddr 3200 ram
Ge force ti 4200 128 mb(:( i know upgrading soon)
Audigy 2
(I just built this rig about 3 months ago)
I run in 1280x1024 With everything max and i get about 25 FPS.

[georgie_porgie_k]

I have a 755 Mhz Processor
a Geforce 2
and 256 Ram.
It works fine, but the graphics look plane and boring. Its the same empty, boring, orange,desert.....
if they would have made the setting (not as in menu, but as in the place you play in) more exiting I would have liked it more..

But I still haven't played alot yet. Only entered the city/destroyed piece of ruble, walked along the wall, and did the renegade mission.

I'm not to impressed yet...
I was expecting something more exiting
+ it's disappointing that it's not a MMORPG like world of war craft, were you can leave the city (with no loading) and go wack some guys head off, and If some one would want to join in, thats fine with me...

In other words their are no alot of people (from what I've seen) that are running around doing stuff (exept in town), and they all look really plastic

[Ka0s047]

Actually I got back in game, and I seem to be running from about 30-55 fps...Don't know what was up earlier but im running at much higher FPS now.

[ekim]

P4 HT 2.8Ghz 800mhz FSB with 1024mb PC2700 DDR, and a Radeon 9800 Pro 128. Running off of a 80gb 7200 RPM harddrive. Let me tell you, the game runs like a dream. I get 25-50 fps at 1600x1200 all settings maxed.

I did install on my friends PC this afternoon, which is a Athlon XP 1400 1.1 Ghz, 256mb DDR Ram, and a Radeon 9200 128, and I ran great at 800x600 with low settings. Got about 20-40 fps both in town and on missions, and it didnt even look that bad either.

It runs way better than EQ ever did, which I find amazing considering this is the alpha.

[Saidinhc]

I'm running close to the minimum requirements listed for the game.

I've got the graphics cranked down to the "fast" mode...

Its playable (probably because i'm used to playing games a bit choppy) at around 15 fps during fights and about 20 fps running around..

Like I said though, its playable, looks good enough and it'll do for the 3 days we get to play this :)

I'd run the game on anything at this point, worse case scenario is that you can provide a bit of input on what comp doesn't run the game.. At this point though its only very very alpha and we're only gonna get to enjoy it for 3 days.. so no worries.

[Saidinhc]

I have a 755 Mhz Processor
I'm not to impressed yet...
I was expecting something more exiting
+ it's disappointing that it's not a MMORPG like world of war craft, were you can leave the city (with no loading) and go wack some guys head off, and If some one would want to join in, thats fine with me...

In other words their are no alot of people (from what I've seen) that are running around doing stuff (exept in town), and they all look really plastic

This game is probalby not even the alpha version of the game.. Take it with a grain of salt. Its VERY easy to get into a 'play' situation just go to the arena and hit enter mission, you'll immediately be in a PVP style play. The game is designed with guilds and team v team in mind.. so likely this kind of play will be the primary focus of the game. Things look plastic because they want people to get on and see it.. if it was a 400 meg download with gorgeous sky textures then no one would play..

[Nacaa]

This game is probalby not even the alpha version of the game.. Take it with a grain of salt. Its VERY easy to get into a 'play' situation just go to the arena and hit enter mission, you'll immediately be in a PVP style play. The game is designed with guilds and team v team in mind.. so likely this kind of play will be the primary focus of the game. Things look plastic because they want people to get on and see it.. if it was a 400 meg download with gorgeous sky textures then no one would play..

That's true of course. But that will also mean that it won't run as smooth in the final game as it does now. Seems like I have to get a new computer after all.

[jsiv]

I'm running it on a 700 MHz PIII with 256 RAM and a Radeon 9200 w/128 RAM...it could run more smoothly, but it's definately playable. I haven't checked out the graphics settings yet. Didn't find them :p

I've crashed a few times, but only when alt-tabbing while loading a new area, so maybe I should stop doing that.

[Daemonaz]

My system (almost 2 years old):

AMD XP 2000+
Ati Radeon Pro 9000
768 MB memory

This game runs like a charm on my system. 1024x768 and highest quality settings. It barely stutters, and even in 4 player party battles with groups of monsters the performance is good.

When I compare Guild Wars to Sacred on my system, it runs definitely better.

[Daemonaz]

I'm running close to the minimum requirements listed for the game.

I've got the graphics cranked down to the "fast" mode...

Its playable (probably because i'm used to playing games a bit choppy) at around 15 fps during fights and about 20 fps running around..

Like I said though, its playable, looks good enough and it'll do for the 3 days we get to play this :)

I'd run the game on anything at this point, worse case scenario is that you can provide a bit of input on what comp doesn't run the game.. At this point though its only very very alpha and we're only gonna get to enjoy it for 3 days.. so no worries.

Actually I think the game looks pretty awesome. The graphics are one of the best I've seen, especially considering that this is an alpha release, and there aren't many items available.

Furthermore, I think Guild Wars has a slight advantage over WoW: immediate actions, and no gruelling leveling like in a MMORPG. If you like action Guild Wars seems the way to go.

Just click on a spot on the map, whether it's a solo area, a coop mission area, or PvP area, you are right into the action. Pretty cool idea in my opinion. The big question remains: how will the quests be?

[Fallen_62]

AMD 2.2 gigs
7200 RPM SATA HD (120 GB)
ATI 9600SE (128 mb, only 64 bit though)
512 mb DDR

the game runs awesome! couldnt have liked the game play more. i never checked the fps though : / wasnt choppy at all.

the only thing with my fps is, in diablo, i would join/make a game, and it would be stable at 25... next game i made/joined, it would be a stable 75... so im not sure if this will vary as much, but i will check tonight

[Nojin]

My system specs are 866 mhz, 256 ram, geforce 4 mx 420 pci... so in other words, a crap system.

I have mine set on the lowest graphics settings. I rarely get down to 5 FPS or up to 30 FPS, I'm usually at 15 or so.

[Antiochous]

I was very surprised how nice the game will run on even a sub par system. I have a fairly nice comp and it runs great but even the comp I gave to my little bro runs good too. Very cool.

My comp:
Athlon 64 3200
Radeon 9800 XT
1.5 Gig DDR 400
2x 80 Gig SATA drives (Raid 0)

Little Bro:
Athlon 1800+
GeForce 3 Ti 200
512 DDR 333
80 Gig HD

RUns great on both systems, although my bros Fr drop into the teens when he's in town.

Overall, very impressed with the performance.

Anti

[SYNthSRI]

Athlon XP 2.8Ghz, 1 GB DDR, 9800XP Pro

running at 1280x1024 -- had 50 FPS mostly through out the game.

[Tha_real_blade]

Pentium II, 350 MHZ
512 MB Ram
And an Ati Radeon 9200 pro, 256 mb

Walking/running: around 35 fps
fighting : between 25 and 30 fps
So not to shabby actually considering my computer is quite old-ish

best regards
....blade

[Cain]

Here's mine:

AMD XP2000+
512 MB SDRAM
GeForce 2 MX 440 64MB
MSI KT Turbo II Motherboard
80 GB Maxtor 7200RPM

Time for an upgrade. I need a new mobo, some DDR RAM and a better video card. I just spent $200 on a new case, powersupply, fans and lighting so I've reached my computer part quota for the year. :(

Sucks being poor.

[CultOfTheDamned]

Celeron 2 533Mhz
Geforce2 64MB
256 PC-100 RAM
Onboard sound (E-machine... ick!)

It eats up my system like mad, but its playable. I get like 10-15 fps in town and 20-25 in battle. I am looking to get a new comp soon, should be a lot better. Its gonna look something like:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.98 Ghz
1024MB Geil Golden Dragon PC-3200 RAM
Saphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Soundblast Live! 5.1

[alpha01]

1.4 ghz
512 ram
ati radeon 9200

i get 10-15fps when the town is full. around 50 fps during missions.

[Fallen_62]

Celeron 2 533Mhz
Geforce2 64MB
256 PC-100 RAM
Onboard sound (E-machine... ick!)

It eats up my system like mad, but its playable. I get like 10-15 fps in town and 20-25 in battle. I am looking to get a new comp soon, should be a lot better. Its gonna look something like:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.98 Ghz
1024MB Geil Golden Dragon PC-3200 RAM
Saphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Soundblast Live! 5.1

kind of off topic but... if ur ganna overclock ur processor, dont go with a 2600+... go with like a 2500+ barton (multipliers are locked, but u can still push up the FSB to 200+, 220 with decent ram), or a 2800+. the 2600's arent that stable when u overclock, and they dont overclock well either

[Xinhuan]

I use a fairly old 3-4 year old system.

AMD 1800+
Geforce 2... Yes a Geforce 2.
512 MB ram

I run the game (and my desktop) at 1152 x 864, 60 Hz refresh rate, and the FPS is fine. Most of the time I am at 30 FPS, even in battle. In town, it drops to about 20 to 25, but it is still playable and isn't "jerky" at all (given the relatively high resolution I ran it at).

When I run the game in Window mode, it is the same FPS, just in Window mode that's all.

[CultOfTheDamned]

kind of off topic but... if ur ganna overclock ur processor, dont go with a 2600+... go with like a 2500+ barton (multipliers are locked, but u can still push up the FSB to 200+, 220 with decent ram), or a 2800+. the 2600's arent that stable when u overclock, and they dont overclock well either

Its a 2600+ barton with a 333MHz front side bus.

Plus I don't intend on overclocking. I have no need. Thanks though.

[Ti-Ben]

Here are my specs :

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz at 333fps
Asus A7N8X Mainboard (nForce2 --> don't buy these they suck! :rant: )
ATi Radeon 9600 PRO 128 MB
1024 MB DDR RAM at 333 fps
DVD-R 12/4/4 (whose name brand I forgot)
Windows 2000 Pro

I run the game at 1024 and everything trough the roof with no visible slow down.

[Kashya]

2.53GHz
512 RAM
Windows XP
100GB HD
GeForce 5200 Ultra Video Card
56K Modem (not by choice) *cries*

[JustMust]

p4 2.53
nvidia ti 4200
512 ddr
cable

didnt notice any lag.

[Logic_X]

Athlon64 3200+
1gig ddram
Radeon 9600XT 128mb

Ran smooth as silk (25-50 FPS being average at high res, and slider all the way to the right for all graphics enabled). And load times weren't even that bad (even initial loads - since we didn't have a disk with all the info on it, you had to dl it the first time you entered) - and I'm on dialup.

Final game looks promising, even if they step up the graphics.

[Pandelume]

Shuttle XPC SB51G
Intel Pentium 4 - 2.53 MHz CPU
Intel 845GE/ICH4 Chipset
Phoenix-Award Workstation BIOS v6.00PG
Corsair XMS2700 512 MB DDR333 RAM
IBM Deskstar 80GXP 80 GB Hard Disk Drive
Samsung SM-332B CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro Video Card
Realtek ALC650 AC'97 Audio
Realtek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet Controller
Samsung SyncMaster 152B LcD Monitor
Microsoft Wireless Natural Multimedia Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP1
Microsoft DirectX v9.0b
Verizon DSL
Fujitsu DSL Modem


The game was smooth and stable with my setup, except for a little desync while running on Last Day.

[Bobangry]

Intel 2.53 Ghz
512 DDR 333 Ram
Radeon 9500 Pro
and...56k modem! *cue singing*one of them does not fit with the others*end singing*

I ran it on high graphics which gave me 30-40 fps in most parts. For PvP when every frame counts I put graphics to low and got 80+ fps easily. I think midrange is about 60-70 by comparasion but I rarely ran it at that.

[Baranor]

Intel 2.53 Ghz
512 DDR 333 Ram
Radeon 9500 Pro
and...56k modem! *cue singing*one of them does not fit with the others*end singing*

I ran it on high graphics which gave me 30-40 fps in most parts. For PvP when every frame counts I put graphics to low and got 80+ fps easily. I think midrange is about 60-70 by comparasion but I rarely ran it at that.







mehh

athlon 850
312 MB of SDram (yes, I know that the ram is prehistoric)
Geeeeeforce 5200 FX
oh and superfast cable taht currently lags me 5 secons out of 30 GW is unplayable.

I must say tat GW runs fine on my system. Every single day too. :winner:
You can use a cwap system to play GW on, doesnt matter, it'll run like a erm, godess?

[Roo]

Pentium 4
2.33GHz
758 RAM
Radeon 9500 Pro

My laod time is like lightning, but my FPS is a little low on the highest settings, usually sitting around 20. I am not sure why. I should play with my settings.

[Tarrant Rahl]

Pentium 4
1.8 GHz
512 Mb RAM
GeForce 3 Ti500

It ran incredibly well on my system; I actually could have ran it on the highest settings, but chose to tone them down a bit because in town the FPS would drop to around 10. There were only very brief, occasional moments when I would drop below 10, and when I lowered the settings I don't believe I ever fell below 15 again.

[Freyas]

I ran it with
Athlon XP 2000+
512 megs DDRram
GeForce 2(not sure which model, but a 32 meg one)

I ran GW with all the graphics settings cranked all the way up, and it ran smooth as silk on my computer. I can't even play most games at 1024x768 resolution without getting major slowdown due to my outdated graphics card, but I had no problems doing this with Guild Wars. I didn't pay attention to my FPS, but I never noticed much any slowdown or choppyness, even with 500 people running around town.

[Helios Rah]

2.66 P4 (o/c to 3.0) Cooled by Zalman 7000cu
Asus P4B533 mobo
512mb Corsair XMS pc3200
128mb GF4 Ti 4400 (o/c to 310/600ddr)
120 Maxtor HD
SB Audigy 2
21" monitor
Logitech z560 4.1 speakers (400watt)
misc (2 DVD drives, tv card, enermax psu,4 case fans, $300 in mods)

Between 30-50fps max settings. Only a few time did it dip under 30, usually when the server was upgrading and the "we made changes, please exit" (parafrasing) message would come up. Going to try and get x800 before GW goes retail, just too expensive right now. At least I'm not the only one who needs a video card upgrade (I can't believe the game even runs a GF2 :thumbsup: )

[Shug_Ninx]

AMD Athlon XP 1700 clocked @ 1,530 Mgz
Corsair XMS PC-3200 RAM (1024)
ATi Radeon 9200 (Plane 'ol Vanilla)

I got about 30-35 fps on average @ 800x600 w/settings near-maxed.
I got about 20-30 fps on average @ 1024x760 w/settings near-maxed.

[Kirellii]

I ran it on AMD 64 3200 with Nvidia 128 (DDR) card with 512 RAM (This is my computer of choice and I ordered me one for 521 dollars online at reputable COMPuter store in USA at the AUCTIONS site. This is the overall price versus performance sweet spot if you can't wait for PCI Express machines and want future 64 bit compatibility.)

I ran it on Celeron 1.6Ghz laptop with ATI Radeon Mobile using shared 512 RAM

I ran it on AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz with Savage Pro DDR on mainboard with shared 256 RAM

I ran it on AMD Duron 1.8 GHz with (generic bleck onboard bleck Intel drivers) with 128 shared RAM


The only issues I had was dial-up at 33K was NOT the same as broadband. Keeping up to date should not take as long but the initial load was deadly slow. The sound I had to keep resetting through the control panels to Desktop Stereo speakers as I get this evil hissing wind sound when it swerves to Dolby 7.1 without my permission.

I would say - max the RAM memory, Video card, and connection speed. The eyecandy level setter which detected my best settings worked like a charm and I was able to play on all of them. Frames? Sorry can't say - I was looking for playability. I am perfectly fine with 800*600 resolution to smooth it out.


The game is very portable with your password and downloading the client everywhere. It keeps updated without GURU level knowledge. Overall - NICE JOB!

:winner:

aka Leather N Lace
(Rangers of the Deep)

[Vorador Shadowbane]

well i was really impressed with how guild wars runs on low end pc's

i ran it on my second pc,which is

PIII 600
384mb of ram
Geforce 2 Pro 64mb

and i didn't really have to drop much, just lower the reflextions and shadows and thats it, and it ran fine, was only a little stuttery when you fist enter and its loading everyone in, but after 5 or 10 seconds, and its lovely and smooth.

and that really impressed me, cause these days that pc cant run jack, even whent he game looks like crap.

where are guild wars looks great and runs great on it

[Xiong Chi]

ECS K7S5A with Mobile Athlon XP2600+ (YES this old @$$ mobo takes it-underclocked to 100mhz bus due to warm room temps)
512MB of DDR400
Mad Dog Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB(Looking for a 9500 Pro for cheap till I can get a 9700Pro AIW)
Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HDD (Almost 4 years old, getting crunchy, no bad sectors still)

Yes, get either the XP2500+ regular, or if you can get the mobile chips they overclock well most of the time, and run at a cooler voltage at normal speeds. I am not sure as to how avilable they still are though. I will be overclocking mine once I stop being too lazy to put my Thermaltake Silent Boost fan in.

[Thriolith]

P4 2.4GHz HT
512MB DDR
Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 - 128MB

Running 1024x768 with default recommended settings, 2x AA. No idea about the frame rate though. I'm gonna turn everything up to max next beta and I'll see how it handles.

[turgon]

Dell Inspiron 8300
P4 2.6 GHZ
512MB RAM
128 Nvidia FX 5200



Not a monster, but works fine for me.
Absolutely no lag during the guild wars WPE and Beta :lol:
I knew i should have built a custom pc though...

[Darc.Syde]

Pent4
3.0 GHZ
1024mb ram
geforce FX 5200
Cable

[codemeister]

3000+ Athlon 64
1gig pc3200
Nvidia 5900xt (soon to be 6800)
74gb Raptor

run everything at 1280x1024 with highest settings, soon i will run it at 1680x1050

[Ander Moonshadow]

haha.. I had a great one last time
but for this beta I will have to use an old PC
it was originally bought in 2000 (so its about 5 years old)
and has been upgraded since to a PIII 800
with a 3D Blaster 4 MX440
No working sound (lol! it just dropped dead this week, and asked me to reinstall my sound using my old graphic accelerator card (3dfx voodoo II), doesnt let me install anything else, and gives me a driver error when I try to install voodoo II, since voodoo II doesn't work on XP) haha
RAM is 256
HD is 40 GB
and I have cable

[briante]

Mother board: Asus P5AD2-Premium Intel 925x chip set
CPU: Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 530 3.0 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology (Prescott core)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 240-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR2 533
Video Card: Chaintech nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB DDR3, 128-Bit, PCI-Express
Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX(tm) for Bluetooth
ISP: RoadRunner (cable)
Hard Drive: 200G WD
Monitor: 19" CRT
Sound: On Motherboard (7.1 Dolby, currently only using stereo sound (L/R speakers))

I built this machine the day before the first beta weekend. I maxed out all the settings and had no real lag issues. I am not sure what the fps was, but it seemed real smooth to me. The graphics seemed amazing. I can't wait to see what the final release will look like. :thumbsup:

Dumb question: how do you tell what the fps are? :scratch:

[Tuin]

Athlon XP 2400+ 2Ghz
nVidea FX5900 128Mb
1 GB RAM

[Lerxst_of_Syrinx]

My DOOM 3 machine likes GW a lot!

ATHLON-64 3500+
GeForce 6800 Ultra
1GB RAM
250GB Hard Drive

MAX all settings...runs BEAUTIFULLY.
:worship:

[Lipton]

Athalon XP 2200
512 ram
80 gig main drive
GeForce 6800 oc

game runs beutifully :) all vid settings on full, though in Guild vs Guild I still knock my settings down a little, just to be safe hehe

Wanted to upgrade to a Pentium 3.4 PCI-e but coudlnt find the PCI card I wanted and wanted to upgrade my vid card fast for GW. So I picked up the 6800 powerfull AGP card... so not gonna upgrade my board and chip prolly till next year sometime.

I am probably gonna get another 512 stick however

[Vexion]

2.26 P4
512 RAM
64MB GeForce 4
Cable
7.1 sound card

[emkubed]

Since I evenly split my gaming time between work and home...

Main home:

Athlon 64 3000+
1gb Crucial PC3200
Geforce FX5900U
74gb WD Raptor (SATA)
160gb WD Caviar (SATA)
Chaintek Envy24HT-based sound card
Plextor PX-712A
all wrapped up in a nice modded Shuttle SFF

19" G90fb Viewsonic monitor
Logitech MX-700 mouse
Dell QuietKey kbd

Main work:

P4 2.8c
1gb Corsair PC3200
AIW Radeon 9800
Audigy 2
160gb Seagate HDD (SATA)
8x NEC DVD-RW
cozy in an Antec P160 aluminum case

19" P95f+ Viewsonic monitor
Logitech MX510 mouse
Dell QuietKey kbd

I have a system at work with an ATI X800XT. I'm sure I'll sneak a few hours on it, though thankfully it's not necessary for GW (thanks AN!)

[REI ONRYOU]

My home made beauty. A vintage 2001 beauty. I remember the first time I used her. It was on 11/9/01 (yes, I know it was the twin towers day. I'm not sick because I played on that day, you know what it's like, I had to play on it!!!).

AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz
Geforce 3 64MB graphics card
512Mb RAM
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 setup
750kb/s Broadband
17" monitor

Too bad I only play the game on lower graphics settings. Would like to play on higher, but don't want to risk frame rates and lag.

[5zigen]

AMD Athlon 1700+ XP running at 1.43 GHZ
768 DDR Ram (512+256) PC 133 iirc.
Maxtor 40 GB HD 7200 RPM
MSI KTA2 Turbo Chipset (i think it sucks heh)
ATI Radeon 9600 pro 128mb DDR
Soundblaster LIVE!™ OEM soundcard (old)

Oh yeah the game runs beautifully. When i take screenshots its exactly what i see :D (highest settings on everything).

[Redrebel]

Shuttle XPC SN41G2
Athlon XP 2500+
On-board GeoForce 4 MX 32 MB RAM
1 GB RAM
DSL Connection

A7N8X-DLX
Athlon XP 2100+
512 MB RAM
ATI 9700 Pro 128 MB RAM

Worked nice on both systems with max settings 1024X768. Couldn't tell you what the Frames were, I didn't check.

I've added a ATI 9600 Pro 128 MB to the Shuttle will check with full settings running at 1280X1024 on December's beta.

[Pale Blade]

Asus A7N8X Mainboard (nForce2 --> don't buy these they suck! :rant: )

Ti-Ben why don't you like the A7N8X for????? Any ways, here's my rig:

ASUS A7N8X Rev. 2.0
AMD XP1900 (1.6 GHz)
Mushkin Black Line PC2100 512 MB DDR266 RAM
S3 DeltaChrome S8 Nitro Video Card 256MB DDR RAM
WD 40 GB Hard Disk Drive
ASUS CD-ROM Drive 40x
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2
MAG Innovision 19" Monitor

Been running the game at 1280x1024 since the WPE, only problem has been shadows (which I have shut off because they are blocky). I tried the 2X AA but it slowed down the GPU. I'm not sure what my FPS was, but I didn't notice any slow downs.

[emkubed]

Ti-Ben why don't you like the A7N8X for????? Any ways, here's my rig:

ASUS A7N8X Rev. 2.0
AMD XP1900 (1.6 GHz)
Mushkin Black Line PC2100 512 MB DDR266 RAM
S3 DeltaChrome S8 Nitro Video Card 256MB DDR RAM
WD 40 GB Hard Disk Drive
ASUS CD-ROM Drive 40x
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2
MAG Innovision 19" Monitor

Been running the game at 1280x1024 since the WPE, only problem has been shadows (which I have shut off because they are blocky). I tried the 2X AA but it slowed down the GPU. I'm not sure what my FPS was, but I didn't notice any slow downs.


Wow. Someone actually running a DeltaChrome. That's all i can say, "WOW".

[Pale Blade]

Wow. Someone actually running a DeltaChrome. That's all i can say, "WOW".

:lol: That's what everybody seems to say to me at other forums.... :lol:

I've had my fair share of problems with it, but S3's drivers seem to be getting better and better. The card I have is a reference board made by S3. What makes it really rare is the fact that it's a S8 Nitro. The only public cards I've seen out there are the standard S8 models.

When I started up GW, I was expecting the card to give me trouble, however the only problem I've had are character shadows (which I've turned off in the GW graphics set up).

[Slaphappy03]

Intel 865perl mobo
P4 2.8 ghz processor
512 ddr400 dual channel ram (getting 512 more soon)
Ati Radeon 9600 XT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS...7.1 surround sound
80 gig IDE hard drive and a 160 gig IDE hard drive

I run everything maxed pretty much, except i prefer 1280 x 1024, sometimes i go 1600 x 1200... I haven't really had any lag problems at all except when i go into areas where people are spamming left and right...

[Pavez]

1.7 Ghz
256 Ram
GayHorse 4 MX 420

And it works fine!! :yep:

[Oneleg]

running
Athlon 1700 clocked at 2.2 Gig
9800 Pro 256 flashed to XT
512 mem
160 Gig hard drive,

this game looks fantastic even at the medium settings, and even better at high, no problems running it at any res,

the other computer is
Athlon xp 2500 Barton
Gf3ti200
512 mem
80 gig hd

also runs fantastic, cant hit the highest res but still runs smooth

[MasterDad]

MOTHERBOARD : msi 865pe neo-2pls fbs 800mhz
CPU : celeron 2.40 ghz 128 cache fbs 400mhz
VIDEO : radeon 9200SE agp set to 8X
video on board memory 128mb DDR
512 mb DDR memory on motherboard
LAN : realtek RTL8139/810X family pci fast ethernet nic
ADSL : efficient 5100b

i stay connected pretty good for about 3 hours and the video starts getting choppy and freezes.. then i get dropped off ... haven't figured out why that happens yet.. will let you know when i do ... or if you know please tell me so i can fix mine ..... thanks
------ MasterDad ------

[nathino]

nothin special ^_^

Athlon XP 2600+
FX 5200 256mb <- upgrading soon ^_^
PC2700 512mb DDR
80gb HD 7200rpm
Onboard sound- yay!

[solar spirit]

my comp's specs are

2.8 Ghz
1024 DDR ram
ATI 9600XT ALL-IN-WONDER
Asus Ai Series p4c800 mother board with 800MHZ front side bus with dual DDR400
80 gig hard drive

[Syndren Noritosh]

Surprisingly it works well on my laptop...
1.6Ghz
768 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 7500 Mobile
30GB HDD XD
Even more surprising that I can put everything to max besides setting the anti-aliasing to x4 and there is no lag!
:winner:

It's an IBM T41 to let you guys know.

[Aire]

i have a 2500+amd overclocked to 2800
a 128mb 9600 Atlantis g-card
768 ram @ 166mhz

runs at 1280*1024 with full settings fine and full anti-aliasing

[Scaper-X]

"Sugoi"
Dell Dimension XPS Gen 3
Pentium 4 with HyperThreading Technology
3.4 GHz Processor
4 GB RAM
256 MB Radeon X800 XT Graphics Card
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Sound Card
Twin 250 GB (RAID) Hard Drive
Samsung CD-R/RW Drive
Philips DVD+RW Drive
Logitech Z-680 5.1 Speakers
XPS Gen 3 Chassis with Frontal Internal Cold Cathode
...and the Kitch-EN sINK with optional Bells & Whistles.

For those who don't know, "sugoi" is Japanese for "wow", "holy crap", and "dazamn" all in one.
-- Scaper-X

[LeftAlone-]

Processor: Intel Celeron, ~790MHz
Memory: 256 RAM
~[DirectX v.9.0]
Video chip: Radeon 9200 AGP

Those are mine...3 year old comp.. and i had lots of lag... nothing like getting frozen for long time, but litle things like truning around, moving etc.. short, endless lag spikes made it very annoying...
As i dont know anything about comps, could any1 possibly tell me what mite be wrong?
Im getting my RAM memory doubled.. so im hoping that will help..

I got ADSL internet connection ( I think.. hehe :/ )... dunno the exact speed..

[Scaper-X]

Oh yeah, and a T3 cluster connection thanks to being on the University of Miami campus.

Shame that BitTorrent doesn't work due to the router's packetsniffer scripts.
-- Scaper-X

[Benkus]

AMD Athlon 1700+ XP running at 1.44 GHZ
512 DDR Ram 266mhz.
Maxtor 40 GB HD 7200 RPM
Gf4 (420, 64 mb)
Simple soundcard, soundblaster.

FPS unknown, but runs smoothly :D (both pvp and pvm)

[Brickyard]

CPU - Athlon XP 2600+ Barton 1.9GHz overclocked to 2.3GHz
Motherboard - Asus A7N8X Deluxe Gold Edition w/modified north bridge cooling fan
RAM - 1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 RAM
Video Card - ASUS GeForce 6800GT 128MB DDR (replaced MSI GF-FX 5700 Ultra)
Storage - Dual SATA Maxtor 120GB harddrives

[Beastie Boy]

p 4 2 ghz. <-----3 year old dell
768 ram <---upgrade from 256 after nov. Beta
nvidia Geforce4 MX 420 <----Not sure how good this is i think its a 128
I was lagging when entering missions last beta. I am hoping that with the upgraded memory that i will speed things up a bit.
Is there an online guide to clocking your computer that is safe? (low Risk)
Thanks,
BB

[Bullet]

P4 Intel 3.1 ghz CPU
2 Gig of Ram
256 Meg Radeon 9800 Pro
Creative Labs SB Audigy 2 sound card
17 inch CRT monitor
THX 5.1 surround
120 Gig HD with an 80 gig external drive for backup/storage.

[kandrathe]

kind of off topic but... if ur ganna overclock ur processor, dont go with a 2600+... go with like a 2500+ barton (multipliers are locked, but u can still push up the FSB to 200+, 220 with decent ram), or a 2800+. the 2600's arent that stable when u overclock, and they dont overclock well either

... with no OC'ing. I returned it and got an MSI version of the 9800 XT and have had no heat problems. The Saphire's GPU fan was very small and weak.

Edit: Oh, and good call on the 2800+ Barton, I have two OC'd about 10% with no troubles.

[Irma]

I got this puter

AMD Barton xp 2500+
768mb kingston pc3200
MSI k7n2 delta motherboard
Radeon 9800pro
and i 19" monitor 1600x1200 85hertz

I run the game in 1280x1024 with around 50.70fps full detail :)

[Bullet]

What is the command to show you your fps in game?

[TheDumbAss]

pent.4 xp 1.7ghz
128 ddr ram :lol: , i grading to either 512 or 1024 for an x-mas present to me
Geforce 4 MX 440 64mb, waiting for the next ati cards
17" adc monitor
hell if i know what "made in taiwan" brand soundcard i have

i play with everything on high(except alias which is none), and 1024x768. Its very smooth, when its finished loading a new area i have to wait like 30-45 seconds for my comp to catch up, after that, its smoother than ever.

[Mooby]

Athlon XP-2000 (1.6Ghz)
Crappy refurbished MSI motherboard
384mb RAM (133Mhz)
ATI Radeon 9200 128mb
Win 2K (yes, I have been trying to avoid XP)

Haven't had any troubles running with all settings maxed except for resolution which is set at 1280x1024, the max of my monitor. I dunno what the fps is, but I'm assuming it's around 20-30+ because I haven't noticed any jumpiness. Game seems to work great on low-end systems.

:buddies:

[Renih]

Intel Pentium 4 550 CPU (3.40ghz, 800fsb, 1000mb cache)
2x 512mb DDR2 533mhz ram (1024mb total)
19" monitor running at 1600x1200 both desktop and Guildwars
Radeon PCI-E x800se 128mb
Soundblaster Audigy 2 Audio

(anything else relevant?)

[LeftAlone-]

I will repost this here, becaus none seemed to notice it on Off Topic forum, or just didnt bother to answer or something.. or just couldnt answer..
---------
I sold my comp now..

I was looking at comps in stores, and theres one that looks pretty good to me..
What i wanted to ask, is if a videocard 'nVidia GeForce FX5500 256 Mt' is any good?

Other specs of that comp are:
Intel Celeron D340 (2.8 GHz)
512 Mt DDR- memory
80 Gt hard disc (thats what its in english..hard disc.. i think..)

It costs 1196 euros, and thats about as hight as I can go....


Mmmm.. any1 has any suggestion or anything toshare? Make me choose maybe something better I dont know about, but whitchs price could still be the same, or even better, cheaper...?

Thanks.

[Aire]

m8, is that a prebuilt one with software? Because, from my experience thats quite expensive. I usually build my own, getting parts from ebuyer, but thats not easy. They occasionally offer a decent pre-built PC from there, but you'll need some software for it. 80gb harddrive isn't that much, the graphics card is fine for Guildwars, and the processor is ok, but its a celeron. AMD at the moment are better

Correct me if i'm wrong.

/Aire :xsmile4:

[Fearox]

I got two (girlfriend plays on one of them).
Newer one is Pentium 4 3 ghz, 1024 ram, 128 ATI Radeon 9800 pro-card, Soundmax soundcard ("made in Taiwan" I suppose).
Older one is Pentium 3 800 mhz, 320 ram, 64 Geforce 2-card, unknown, but not pure crappy soundcard.
Guild Wars floats nicely even on older computer.

[Pale Blade]

Intel Celeron D340 (2.8 GHz)
512 Mt DDR- memory
80 Gt hard disc (thats what its in english..hard disc.. i think..)

It costs 1196 euros, and thats about as high as I can go....
:eek: Wow that's expensive!!!!!! Geez, over in Europe they really rip you off. :xeek:

Go AMD if you can (a lot cheaper) and if you can build the system yourself, that would be even better.

[Carcassone]

My computer settings are:


Intel pentium 4 3GHz
512 Mb RAM
Hardrive 200Gb SATA
Monitor 19' Samsung (refresh rate 85Hz
Geforce PCX 5300 with PCI Express

[LeftAlone-]

As I dont understand anything at all about comps, I will ask, whats AMD? o.O

I would like to build a system my self, but I dunno what I need... nor is my dad any genious with comps neither.

m8, is that a prebuilt one with software? Because, from my experience thats quite expensive.I dunno if its prebuilt... I cut it off from a magazine :S


If any1 would like to put time and effort in listing what should i get me to 'build' a comp me self, that would be really appreciated.
I could really use some help, as we are short on money now, and I really want the best possible at reasonable price.

Thanks so much.

EDIT:
Hmmm.. was surfing a site of a Electronics shop near my house..
Saw this comp:
AMD Athlon A64 3200+
512Mt DDR-memory
200Gt harddrive
ATI Radeon 9600XT 256Mt

948 euros, only.. o.O

[Pale Blade]

As I dont understand anything at all about comps, I will ask, whats AMD? o.O


EDIT:
Hmmm.. was surfing a site of a Electronics shop near my house..
Saw this comp:
AMD Athlon A64 3200+
512Mt DDR-memory
200Gt harddrive
ATI Radeon 9600XT 256Mt

948 euros, only.. o.O

Looks like you know what AMD is now :xsmile3:

That's the 64 bit AMD chip too, while it runs at 2.0Ghz (as compared to the Intel's 2.8) the 64bit unit has a lot more memory bandwidth (much faster than the Celeron). Looks like a good rig :xgrin:

BTW does it come with Microsofts WinXP for 64 bit? Or just the regular 32 bit version? :scratch:

[tydrygon]

I finally actually got my dream system and GW works amazing on it. It is actually part of my home theatre. The specs are:

Athlon 64 3200+
Antek SLK3700-BQE Silent PC Enclosure
1 Gig RAM
120 GB x 2 RAID Samsung drives
Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro VIVO

Connected to a 60" widescreen rear-projection Panasonic LCD television. It runs at a custom resolution of 1284 x 684, which is not that high considering, but with my video card and system I can bump every graphics option to the max with anti-aliasing and in looks amazing on 60 inches.

[Aire]

The graphics card to my knowledge isn't too good, but its a nice build. If you have a copy of an OS you want to use, i can build a top of the range system for around £800 (with PCI Express)

Pity i can't afford that :(

/Aire :xsmile:

[Tormented Monk]

"Sugoi"
Dell Dimension XPS Gen 3
Pentium 4 with HyperThreading Technology
3.4 GHz Processor
4 GB RAM
256 MB Radeon X800 XT Graphics Card
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Sound Card
Twin 250 GB (RAID) Hard Drive
Samsung CD-R/RW Drive
Philips DVD+RW Drive
Logitech Z-680 5.1 Speakers
XPS Gen 3 Chassis with Frontal Internal Cold Cathode
...and the Kitch-EN sINK with optional Bells & Whistles.

For those who don't know, "sugoi" is Japanese for "wow", "holy crap", and "dazamn" all in one.
-- Scaper-X

I'm sorry i just felt i had to comment on this set up....

First of all why do you have 4 gigs of ram? A p4 chip can only access 3 gigs at a time so you'll have one gig sitting idle all the time. Another thing, i feel sorry for your vid card cause in that system all its ever gonna do is wait....that processor is just too weak for such a powerfull card.

my sys specs are:
a64 3000 (at 2.4g)
nvidia 6800
gig of corsair xms pc3200
160gb sata hd
dfi nf3 250 mobo

runs just about anything at near max settings well.

[LeftAlone-]

BTW does it come with Microsofts WinXP for 64 bit? Or just the regular 32 bit version? :Windows XP (http:///#), Worksuite 2004, Norman Virus Control and Personal Firewall:..
thats what it says.
Also has DVDRW dual station

EDIT:
AMD Athlon XP3000+ (948 euro)
AMD Athlon A64 3200+, (1089 euro)

Big difference? atleast 138 euro difference.. the one with AMD Athlon A64 3200 also has 200 Gt hard drive... and the other one also has only 160 Gt hard drive

[Tormented Monk]

go with the a64 3200 if you can afford it

[LeftAlone-]

Hopefully my dad will be fortunate enought with money, to buy that expensiver one.. just 138 euro higher.. not that bad.. but thats money also...
thought, the better comp, the longer it'l last... so yeh.. worth it, i guess.


Gosh... this thing is stressing me off :S :(
I so want this comp before Jan 7, but that probably is just invain hope.

I also got my American Express card yesterday.. I guess its a good time to use it, but my mom saying no..

[xAzNKoBstAx]

oops double post sorry =\

[xAzNKoBstAx]

I'm gonna upgrade my computer even though my old one is still very good =D
Here's the specs in my old computer:
Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 ghz
512 DDR pc2700 ram
2x 80 gig hd's
ATI Radeon 128mb 9800 pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum

My New computer on its way =D :
Intel Pentium 4 - 3.4 ghz
1 GB(2x512mb) Corsair XMS PC-5400 DDR2 ram
200 GB WD 7200 RPM Sata HD
ATI x800 pro pci express
I'm going to take off my sound card from my old computer and use it on this one =D

[SpineyNorman]

Relavent bits:
AMD AthalonXP 2400+ ~2GHz
1.25 GB RAM
nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 64MB AGP 4x
WinXP Home SP2

I'll probably upgrade the video card early next year. (around Apr. 15, if the folks in the US know what I mean) I'll have to see what's out (read: priced nicely) then; right now it looks like something around an ATi RADEON 9600 XT--just not sure how much of a performance boost that'll give me in GW (any comments welcome) as GW looks fine now-even if I'm only running with the graphics slightly below full out.

[Pale Blade]

go with the a64 3200 if you can afford it

ditto....A64 if you can...from what I have heard they rock!

[Scaper-X]

First of all why do you have 4 gigs of ram? A p4 chip can only access 3 gigs at a time so you'll have one gig sitting idle all the time. Another thing, i feel sorry for your vid card cause in that system all its ever gonna do is wait....that processor is just too weak for such a powerfull card.

Wrong on both counts.

Windows XP can't recognize more than 3 gigs in the system stats, this much is true. However, this does not prevent all four from being accessed. As for the second claim, that's simply incorrect.

kthxbai.
-- Scaper-X

[Sfox]

im sorry , im confused, is this a showing of your rig post or a Trying to work out the lowest system specs that can play guild wars , thread?

[Scaper-X]

The topic says it all:

"What are the System specs of your PC?"
-- Scaper-X

[Sfox]

oh ok ^^
2xSata 200gigs 1 80gig ata133 and 1 40gig ata 100, 2gig of ddr400, a 2ghz amd overclocker to 2.5, ati 9800pro 256meg, two 19inch crts, 2mbit broadband, a server with 3 scisi 60gigs, gigabyte lan, lets put it like this Guildwars looks lush, I can play mp3s or a movie on one screen while im ingame on the other ^^
As far as i know , Winxp is fine with 4gig of ram. as for only being able to access 3 gig at a time, sure in one go, but cacheing stuff in the ram comes in to effect.
Im want to upgrade to a Tyan Quad Opteron motherboard... 21.. 21 ddr slots *drool*

[Tormented Monk]

Wrong on both counts.

Windows XP can't recognize more than 3 gigs in the system stats, this much is true. However, this does not prevent all four from being accessed. As for the second claim, that's simply incorrect.

kthxbai.
-- Scaper-X

Yes it is possible that i'm wrong about the p4 memory thing as its just what i've been told, but i am correct about you video card doing alot of waiting. There is a reason amd has top scores in nearly all gaming benches. A p4 at 3.4 with that card will only be using it to about half of its potential.

p4 at 3.2
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8314461

A64 at 2.4
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7915694

[Mortaj Delvas]

Crappy and old

[Sfox]

hu?
Im sorry but there almost no games out which ustlize 64bit cpus that includes winxp , with the 64bit version included, which is skecty at best. seeing as its not propperly released. from what i can tell linux is serval years ahead with full 64bitcpu support, but as for futuremark bench marking a game in a enviroment such as one that supports 64bit aka linux/mac(which runs ona unix kernal) based envirment well you make up your mind :P~
if you take that in to account then well amd over p4 or pentiumium chips means nothing at all ? o.O
Like is said useing half its potential is down to the programing :P~~

[LeftAlone-]

Bothering you peeps again...
Wanted to ask how well will a Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0 GHz with a ATI Radeon FX5500 256Mb would work?

Comp has 512 DDR and the other basic poo..

Its seems to be a good comp, and its very cheap, 999euros.. its on sales.

[LeftAlone-]

Bothering you peeps again...
Wanted to ask how well will a Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0 GHz with a ATI Radeon FX5500 256Mb would work?

Comp has 512 DDR and the other basic poo..

Its seems to be a good comp, and its very cheap, 999euros.. its on sales.

[LeftAlone-]

Bothering you peeps again...
Wanted to ask how well will a Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0 GHz with a ATI Radeon FX5500 256Mb would work?
Comp has 512 DDR and the other basic poo.
Its seems to be a good comp, and its very cheap, 999euros.. its on sales.


I suppose this setup should work with GW... my previous comp was Intel Celeron(something), it had an ATI Radeon 9200, only 256 RAM, 20Gt and GW was playable.. just very, very choppy.. but playable...

[LeftAlone-]

Erm... some problem with the site... it was telling me that theres some problem after i pressed submit message...
sorry for triplepost.. -_-'

[Sol_Arch]

System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 12/25/2004, 13:23:28
Machine name: AIR401
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) (2600.xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ECS
System Model: M935LR
BIOS: Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 3.0
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 209MB used, 1808MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINXP
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode
DxDiag Previously: Crashed in DirectInput (stage 1)

Display Devices
---------------
Card name: RADEON 9550
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON 9550 AGP (0x4153)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4153&SUBSYS_04021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6490 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/26/2004 20:35:58, 214528 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes

-------------
Sound Devices
-------------
Description: SB Audigy Audio [D400]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_10021102&REV_04
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0323 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes

[Pale Blade]

Bothering you peeps again...
Wanted to ask how well will a Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0 GHz with a ATI Radeon FX5500 256Mb would work?
Comp has 512 DDR and the other basic poo.
Its seems to be a good comp, and its very cheap, 999euros.. its on sales.


I suppose this setup should work with GW... my previous comp was Intel Celeron(something), it had an ATI Radeon 9200, only 256 RAM, 20Gt and GW was playable.. just very, very choppy.. but playable...

No such thing as a Radeon FX5500. nVidia (ATI's main competitor) makes a FX5500 which would be slower than the Radeon 9600XT on the AMD rig you mentioned before. As a matter of fact, the GeForce FX series of graphics cards weren't considered great. For last generation video cards, stick with the ATI series 9600 to 9800. The XT versions are better than the Pro versions of these cards. If you can afford it, go for a nVidia 6600GT (latest generation card), but they may be hard to find.

[Manstein]

Hmm...

I don't have a graphics card, but, I'm confident it'll run fairly well on low graphics settings...

Windows XP Home
Intel Celeron Processor running at 2.93 GHz
512 DDR SDRAM
80 GB Hard Drive
An intergrated chip containing 64mb of VRAM

[Mr.Bamboo]

AMD Athlon XP 2600 OC'd to equivalent clock speed of 3200+
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo (nForce 2 ultra chipset)
2x 256MB DDR SDRAM CAS 2.5 PC3200 (400Mhz) - upgrading to 1 gig soon
Ati Radeon 9800SE 128MB
Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer HDD
WinXP pro w/ SP2 for OS

built this myself a couple months back, in the summer. for fairly cheap, less than $800 (US dollar) including new heatsync for CPU + speakers keyboard/mouse/wireless adaptor/DVD + CD/RW + cool case but without monitor. then i got myself a nice 17inch LCD tho. that was like 350 bucks haha.

i run GW at 1280x1024 resolution with everything set on high.

if i use 4x AA i got tiny bit of graphic lag spikes since its at about 25FPS.

if i use 2x AA it does't go up much better than 4x AA

if i use no antialiasing i get like perfectly smooth 50+ FPS. im surprised how much difference antialiasing makes :(. i dont think its the vid card but ram. which is why im upgrading to 1 gig before retail comes out and hopefully before january beta. hehe.

my dream computer would be a ALX Aurora (alienware X, the AMD64 system one) customized with
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55+ Processor with HyperTransport Technology @ 2.8GHz
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI - NVIDIA nForce™4 SLI™ Motherboard
2GB Corsair™ XMS Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at up to 550MHz - 4 x 512MB
Dual NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 Ultra PCI Express 256MB DDR3 with NVIDIA SLI Technology O_O. 2 GFX cards each running half screen. insanity!
148GB (74GB x 2) Western Digital® Raptor™ 10,000 RPM w/16MB Cache on Raid 0
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround with Dual Firewire
Alienware® 20.1" LCD Display (I would get the NEC 20in LCD instead but the alienware LCD looks more matching with the rest of system)
Klipsch ProMedia™ GMX A-2.1 Speakers

amazing system.its nearly 7000 dollars after all the customization o_O

then i'll get the
Sennheiser PC150 Headset. cuz voice chat with my guild and friends just makes GW so much more fun and we win more :D

[DrK]

AMD 64 3000
ATI Radeon 9550 128 600mhz Very Fast
60 Gig HD 7,200 RPm
17 inch LCD
1024 Ram
Chaintech SK8T800


Runs Great :xgrin:

[Tormented Monk]

AMD Athlon XP 2600 OC'd to equivalent clock speed of 3200+
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo (nForce 2 ultra chipset)
2x 256MB DDR SDRAM CAS 2.5 PC3200 (400Mhz) - upgrading to 1 gig soon
Ati Radeon 9800SE 128MB
Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer HDD
WinXP pro w/ SP2 for OS

built this myself a couple months back, in the summer. for fairly cheap, less than $800 (US dollar) including new heatsync for CPU + speakers keyboard/mouse/wireless adaptor/DVD + CD/RW + cool case but without monitor. then i got myself a nice 17inch LCD tho. that was like 350 bucks haha.

i run GW at 1280x1024 resolution with everything set on high.

if i use 4x AA i got tiny bit of graphic lag spikes since its at about 25FPS.

if i use 2x AA it does't go up much better than 4x AA

if i use no antialiasing i get like perfectly smooth 50+ FPS. im surprised how much difference antialiasing makes :(. i dont think its the vid card but ram. which is why im upgrading to 1 gig before retail comes out and hopefully before january beta. hehe.



Actually i'd say your card can't handle aa well because it either has only half the pipes that a regular 9800pro has or have the speed on the mem interface. while a gig of ram will help i'd say pick up a 6600gt or 9800pro 256mb, or you know go for both 512 of mem is pretty cheap nowdays and 6600s can be had for 220 so your looking at 300 for new card and good stick of mem.

[s4nder]

Intel Celeron 2.66MHz @fsb 133MHz
512MB ram
Clud 3d Radeon 9600xt
40GB 7200rpm hard drive.

I run GW at 1024*768 at all high settings except for shadows which are set to medium. I also use AA, either 2x or 4x. It runs fairly well but is a little choppy in cities where there are lots of people together on one screen.

[K41N]

P4 2.8 GHz @ 800Mhz FSB Hyperthreading
PC3400 512 DDR RAM
Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (PCI-E 16X)
crappy 60GB HDD

Haven't ran GW yet with this build, but its promising.
I get from 50-150fps playin CS:Source :) at highest details 1024 x 768

[Jif_Zero]

P3 1.0Ghz
512Mb Ram
80 Gig HDD
Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128MB DDR


Yeah i know i need a new computer

[Excel]

I'm running smooth 1280*1024, 4xAA, almost never below 30fps

AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2,5ghz
Sapphire 9800pro @ XT
1GB, DDR 400
300Gb & 250GB maxtors
SB Audigy2 ex
winxp pro

[s4nder]

Sorry, my browser got a little whacky and I accidentally doubleposted.

[Diak]

/Mediocre machine/
AMD AthlonXP ~ 1800mhz+
384MB RAM+
Connect3D Radeon 9600pro+
ADSL ~ 512kbps=

35-40 FPS w/o lag

*satisfied*

[FlawlessApe]

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 05
System Model: DA188A-ABA 553X
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.0
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
Memory: 760MB RAM
Page File: 291MB used, 1568MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

[Pale Blade]

With all the holiday sales that have been going on, I decided to upgrade my system to the following:

ASUS A7N8X Rev. 2.0
AMD XP3200 (2.2 GHz) {was 1.6 Ghz}
OCZ DDR Platinum Limited Edition PC3200 1 GB DDR400 RAM {was 512 Mushkin Black Line}
S3 DeltaChrome S8 Nitro Video Card 256MB DDR RAM
WD 40 GB Hard Disk Drive
ASUS CD-ROM Drive 40x
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2
MAG Innovision 19" Monitor

Man is this thing fast now! :thumbsup:

[Tormented Monk]

How is that S3 deltachrome? Can't imagine its as good as a nvidia or ati card but how does it do?

[Pale Blade]

How is that S3 deltachrome? Can't imagine its as good as a nvidia or ati card but how does it do?

Works fine in GuildWars (isn't that the only game that matters? :lol: )
But I do have to shut off shadows in game because they are blocky.

Generally the DeltaChrome is fine with all business software (AutoCAD 2004, MS Office, Wordperfect, etc.) its just certain games it has problems with. Some are old games, some new. I still like playing FreeLancer, but I still get the BSOD every once and a while. S3Graphics is aware of my crashing issue, but even the latest driver updates still crashes. Some of the old games that still don't work are Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire and Star Trek Armada. When Doom3 and HL2 came out, the card wouldn't even load, it would just crash to desktop.

S3 now has updated their drivers for these games, and they seem O.K. but Doom3 still has some artifacts. S3 is coming out with the GammaChrome (PCI-express) card in Q1 2005. That card will hopefully be better.

[LeftAlone-]

BAAAAAH this is soo frustrating...

Theres a comp for 1240 euros that my dad wont buy cuz he says maximum he will pay is 1000... and now were waiting for monday to see if they lower the price.. they usually do in january after christmas and new year etc...

Specs are:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
512 DDR
200Gb
nVidia GeForce FX5500 or ATI Radeon (#) 9600XT 256Mb.. cant remember whitch one
17" TFT screen
Uptodate Norton Antivirus+Firewall for 3 years
2 years warranty

Pffft... i sooo want it... but im afraid that if we miss a price lowering then it mite be sold out, like the pentium i was going to get yesterday >_<

[Mangaz]

Prescott 3.2ghz
Asus Radeon 9800 xt
1 gb ram ddr 400mhz
SB Live Platinum 5.1
and.....
22'' Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 220 :cool:

[C_MON]

AMD Athlon 2800+
1GB DDR RAM
ATI Radeon x800pro vivo(flashed to an x800XT PE)
160GB HDD

[M.C Dagger]

AMD 64 3400+
1GB DDR
Radeon 9600 Pro 264meg edition
19" tft

[niall g]

My specs are:

Intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
1024 DDR RAM
nVidia Geforce FX 5500 256MB
160 GB Hard Drive
Broadband Internet connection

[Mystic Arrow]

Works fine in GuildWars (isn't that the only game that matters? :lol: )
But I do have to shut off shadows in game because they are blocky.

I believe your card is in the same range as the nVidia Ti 4200, am I right?

[PoBoy]

Gigabyte K8NS Pro
AMD Athlon 60 3200+ @ 2.3GHz (and going up more soon)
512MB RAM
160GB HD
30GB HD
40GB HD
nVidia FX 5200 (OC'd like mad) (and being replaced soon)
Onboard gigabit lan (a must have)
Dual Bios
21" NEC Flatscreen CRT @ 1920x1440
Business Speed DSL @ home (faster than T1) (Faster than j00 can imagine) (w/ other nice things to it too)

[deathslayer007]

Celeron D 2.93 Ghz (overclocked to 3.5Ghz)
Radeon X600 Pro (256 DDR) {Not overclocked yet}
512 Meg. of DDR2(533mhz) {yes, DDR2}
Built on Sound (RealTek Dolby 7.1)
Abit AA8 Motherboard (has built in overclocker, can overclock within windows, no restart needed)

Going to get an extra 1 Gig of DDR2 soon.


only paid $850 for it

[Mr.Bamboo]

Celeron D 2.93 Ghz (overclocked to 3.5Ghz)
Radeon X600 Pro (256 DDR) {Not overclocked yet}
512 Meg. of DDR2(533mhz) {yes, DDR2}
Built on Sound (RealTek Dolby 7.1)
Abit AA8 Motherboard (has built in overclocker, can overclock within windows, no restart needed)

Going to get an extra 1 Gig of DDR2 soon.


only paid $850 for it

very nice system except the CPU. the Celerons are really bad IMO. :-/

[deathslayer007]

true, but 3ghz is still good enuf as a cpu, since its oced to 3.5ghz.


I can run UT:2004 at max settings with no slowdown. =)


+ my dad is getting a comp soon with a p4 /w ht (3.4 or 3.6ghz)

and Celeron D's are good. Much better than the original p4. (w/o HT)

[Tormented Monk]

figured i'd post my new sys specs as they changed recently

dfi lanparty UT nforce 3 250
a64 3000 @2.2g
gig of mushking pc3200 at 220fsb
xfx 6600gt at 550/ 1.15
WD sata 160gb hd

runs game max settings with 4x aa and 8x af at 1280x1024 quite well

[maid heartsong]

Ok, i am not really computer literate but here goes :confused:

AMD Athlon 3200+
160g HD
1g ram ddr
geforce 9200? (i think)128mg
broadband connection

My dad is a real techie and talked to me about computers until i had a good idea of what i wanted then i went out and bought a few manuals and magazines and found a computer setup almost the way i wanted, and purchased a few more add-ons and put them in but to be honest w/ everyone guild wars is the very first game i have played on my computer. I just set up my computer this way because i wanted to be able to say i did it myself. (just so you guys know, ive have my comp for about 13 months)

[Ander Moonshadow]

Nice choice, maid heartsong.

I'll updated my system specs too, because I've upgraded away from my old pc.

new one is a laptop

Acer Aspire 1801WSMi_80

17"WXGA wide (play 1440x900)
P4 2.93GHz
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon X600 PCI Express w/128 MB vRAM
80 GB HD
DVD-RW

[Unrealer]

Currently running on a 4 years old comp:

2.53 ghz o'ced to 2.67 ghz
1 gig ddram
550 gig hd
TI 4600
SB audigy
Sony DVD RW 4x
TDK CD rw 48x
TDK CD rw 16x
Win xp
Samsung SyncMaster 191T (19 inch flat lcd)
some stupid keyboard and some stupid mouse

but heh, GW is wonderful, as compairson to how it runs in Lineage 2 (which is laggy as hell) GW have better graphic on highest setting with no lags at all. Gotta give it double tumbs up

[maid heartsong]

Thanks, i feel kinda like my computers being wasted on mundane stuff like typing e-mails and shopping online, at least that is what my brother says. He is a tried and true fan of mmorpg's
i have alot of other stuff on my computer but i cant remember what the specs are, all i know is that i hit the button and it turns on, after all thats what really matters right?

[Gkirmathal]

DFI Infinity NFII motherboard
AMD XP2500 Mobile 12.5x200 (2504Mhz,1.83gig stock)
1 gig Kingston Valueram (will be replayced shortly by Crucual Ballistix)
Sapphire Radeon 9800XT oced (441/381)
240Gb Raid 0 set

Rest is XP and such.

[maid heartsong]

Ok found the other spec's

21" flat crt compaq
microsoft wireless desktop mouse and keyboard (the keyboard is the wave kind)
audigy soundcard
cd drive
dvd rw+/-
5 usb ports
8 in 1 media reader
processor is a AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
Jbl platinum series speakers

[Gkirmathal]

Ok found the other spec's

21" flat crt compaq
microsoft wireless desktop mouse and keyboard (the keyboard is the wave kind)
audigy soundcard
cd drive
dvd rw+/-
5 usb ports
8 in 1 media reader
processor is a AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
Jbl platinum series speakers

If you want to know that kind of stuuf you got, then download EVEREST Home edition, it tells you everything you want to know about your computer.

[mevere]

My Dell 9200 Inspiron has:

1.6GHz Pentium-M Processor
512MB RAM
80GB HDD
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Graphics card

Seems to be running fine. I was getting a bit of a lag in Ascalon City though :confused: Not sure why

[aragorneo]

Dell Inspiron XPS
15.4" WUXGA
P4 3.4 GHZ
1024 Dual Channel DDR SDram
256mb DDR ATI mobility 9800 Radeon

I can play the game at max settings with 1920x1200 resolution with no lag. But the text is just too small. Good for screenshots :D

Usually play at 1280x1200

[Master of Might]

Dell 8400
1.8G -Pent 4
512 R-Dram
Old Nvidia Geforce3 -64bit Graphics Card
-Nevered had a problem playing GW

[Buddah]

AMD 64 3500 939 Socket
250g HD
1 gig of Corsair RAM
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
19' ViewSonic A90f+

Game played like crap last month at first. Under 10fps, then I did some trouble shooting and saw that a drivers update had been released a week earlier. That really fixed things and got me well over 40fps.

[dofwarrior]

P4 2.8 W/HT
512 Dual Channel DDR
GFORCE 4TI 128

Runs great on my system

[draceena]

Dell P3 733Mhz
80 Gig HD Primary
20 Gig HD Secondary
511 MB Ram
Radeon 9200 128 MB

Connection: Rogers Yahoo Ultra Light High-Speed Cable Connection. (92 down and up)

All game settings on Normal, reduced only the graphics to just less than half and the game runs smoothly 99% of the time.

[ShadowGoat]

hm...

3500 athlon 64 (939 socket)
1gig ram
160 western digital HDD
Geforce 6600gt (im thinking of going dual 6600gt's this summer... i can run SLI :p )
19" viewsonic E90f ( a little 1600x1200 for me? :p, it makes everythign so pritty)

and my motherboard is hardcore so i dont need a soundcard. im running 5.1 easly.

i dont know my FPS but i can do tombs with no lag or choppyness...

from what iv seen i think i have the best computer... obvoiusly i didnt look through all the threads but all i say was like 2ghz-3ghz 512mb of ram from everyone...

[deathslayer007]

Yeah, your processor is better than mine, but my 512 Meg of DDR2 is just as good, if not better, than 1 gig of DDR (ddr2 can handle tons more)

[ShadowGoat]

hmmm ddr2... how much did you spend on that? and what motherboard did you get. i was looking for ddr2 but no SLI mobos ran ddr2.

[Thalanor Thornhale]

My System is on the low end:

AMD ThunderBird 900 Mhz
640 MB
Nvidia Geforce FX 5700 LE 128 MB

I run my game on 1024*768 resolution with second to best quality. Only the shadow options have been reduced to medium. The game runs smoothly.

Now, this makes me wonder (this is not EQ2 bashing). EQ2s minimal requirements are:

-Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
-Processor: 1GHz or greater
-RAM: 512 MB
-Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory
-Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware

They do recommend the following though:

- Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
- Processor: 2 GHz or greater
- RAM: 1 GB
- Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible; pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 128 MB or more of texture memory
- Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware

Guildwars requirements in contrast are:

* Windows® XP/2000/ME/98
* Intel Pentium® III 800 Mhz or equivalent
* 256 MB RAM
* CD-ROM Drive
* 500 MB Available HDD Space
* ATI Radeon 8500 or GeForce 3 or 4 MX Series Video Card with 32MB of VRAM
* 16-bit Sound Card
* Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse

Recommended System Specs:

* Windows® XP/2000/ME/98
* Intel Pentium® III 1GHz or equivalent
* 512 MB RAM
* CD-ROM Drive
* 500 MB Available HDD Space
* ATI Radeon 9000 or GeForce 4 Ti Series Video Card with 64MB of VRAM
* 16-bit Sound Card
* Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse


My impression is that the requirements are much higher for EQ2 compared to Guild Wars. My question is whether that translates into a proportional amount of increase in terms of graphics quality. I have the impression that it does not significantly look better though if someone here plays EQ2 also, I'd like to hear some first hand experience. If it is not that much better, I really wonder how ANet was able to get more performance out lower end systems...

[deathslayer007]

hmmm ddr2... how much did you spend on that? and what motherboard did you get. i was looking for ddr2 but no SLI mobos ran ddr2.

Motherboard is the Abit A88 DuraMax. With Built-On RealTek Sound (7.1), 10-100-1000 lan card, DDR2 memory only,PCI-E x16 slot, SATA Harddrive slots, and UGuru (lets me OC memory, fans, processor, Monitors my temperatures, lets me Flash my Bios, all of this though windows [no bios needed])

Roughly the same as DDR. As for SLI, You dont really see an improvement over one godly Vid Card compared to 2.
My x600 Radeon Pro (powercolor) 256meg PCI-E Vid Card can run UT2004 at 60fps easily, Max Settings (res is rougly 1000x800 or so, cant remmeber exact numbers).

DDR2 can handle a much larger load, for example, on UT2004, I can run the Pre-Load all Character Models (512meg minimum needed) and when i Ctrl Alt Dlt the game is only taking up 256meg of DDR2.

I payed only 850$ for this, and will get 1 gig more DDR2 and a P4 3.6Ghz 2meg L2 Cache 800mhz fsb real soon bumping my computers cost from 850 to about 1400.

[Ander Moonshadow]

My System is on the low end:

AMD ThunderBird 900 Mhz
640 MB
Nvidia Geforce FX 5700 LE 128 MB

I run my game on 1024*768 resolution with second to best quality. Only the shadow options have been reduced to medium. The game runs smoothly.

Now, this makes me wonder (this is not EQ2 bashing). EQ2s minimal requirements are:



They do recommend the following though:


Guildwars requirements in contrast are:



Recommended System Specs:



My impression is that the requirements are much higher for EQ2 compared to Guild Wars. My question is whether that translates into a proportional amount of increase in terms of graphics quality. I have the impression that it does not significantly look better though if someone here plays EQ2 also, I'd like to hear some first hand experience. If it is not that much better, I really wonder how ANet was able to get more performance out lower end systems...
instanced areas. That's the key... There is quite some lag in gw for some people, but always does it situate itself in public areas. Other MMO's have everything as a public area, everyone can just come in at any time. Guild Wars has them instanced. This makes for a lot more possibilities, graphically

[Ratix0]

Currently:

Pentium 4a 1.6GHZ with Crappy Mobo
256MB SD Ram(Yes crap)
Geforce Ti4200(Pretty crap in some people's eyes, but I like it)

Going to upgrade to:

Socket 754 Sempron 3100+ with Abit KV8 Pro OR Socket 754 A64 2800+ with Abit KV8 Pro
512MB DDR SD Ram
Graphics card no change.

[Ratix0]

like the pentium i was going to get yesterday >_<

You were lucky... You didn't get that pentium. Never liked Pentium Processors. I mean, well, AMD basically topped everything Intel did. The same processor, roughly same power, but going off at a lower price.

[Ander Moonshadow]

not really. I like everything AMD does, and I would've gotten an AMD 64 if I could, but pentium 4 and Athlon 64 are very close in determining who's the best. They both have their advantages, but the difference is hardly noticeable.

So whichever you get it's a good choice... except like, Celeron and them. That's just weak.

[TBMarauder]

Board: MSI KN8 NEO 'Platinum'
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+
Memory: 1024MB RAM
GFX Board: ATI Radeon X800 PRO 256
Realtek AC97 Audio (on chip)
Monitor: Iiyama S901GT VisionMaster 450 on 1024x768 @ 85 Hz
Connex: NTL Cable 2 MB

Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2

Bought and built for 'Guild Wars' and it runs very smoothly. No FPS info tho.

[Ratix0]

^

I hate you. That mobo/cpu setup is similar to what I was planning to get in the first place, except I used a cheaper mobo. But it still ends up too costly. >_>. Decided to use 754 instead. >_>. <_<.

[TBMarauder]

^

I hate you. That mobo/cpu setup is similar to what I was planning to get in the first place, except I used a cheaper mobo. But it still ends up too costly. >_>. Decided to use 754 instead. >_>. <_<.£678.00 VAT Incl. :) UK price. Not a heartbreaker in the slightest ... and I can't wait for my next project, for the summer. ;)

[s4nder]

from what iv seen i think i have the best computer... obvoiusly i didnt look through all the threads but all i say was like 2ghz-3ghz 512mb of ram from everyone...

Wow, someone's really full of himself. I guess with a good pc you also buy the right to brag about it but the "mine is bigger than yours" attitude doesn't make you a nicer person in any way. Oh and there are people here who's rigs cost twice as much as yours, so I don't see where all that bragging is coming from.

Oh and ddr2 is only available for intel motherboards iirc, so amd64 sadly can not utilize their power, which is only a few per cent better than the usual ddr ayway, so no big loss.

Sorry about my offensive tone but I just can't stand the rich mamas' kids.

[ShadowGoat]

wow people take things the wrong way here... a lot...

im not bragging i was just supprised. i was actually wondering iv anyone had a high end system and deathslayer007 replyed to that. and im not a rich mamas boy i worked for my computer your just cry baby... and take things the wrong way... :P

[Epyn]

sigh: back to the topic:

asus a7v600
amd xp 2600
512X2 ddr 400 micron ram
wd raptor sata 10krpm 40GB
wd sata 250GB
radeon aiw 9800 pro

and of course, my 22" trinitron, 1980X1440 res :)

-sadly i havent upgraded in a year and a half, as i have quite the bill intake right now. And saving for weddings...curses...

[s4nder]

Ok, ShadowGoat, I apologize. I was in a bad mood and got a wrong impression.

Sorry for that. I'm collecting money for amd64 myself so I guess we're in the same boat hehe.

[Dael]

Hi all, my specs are:

AMD64 3400
1024 MB DDR RAM
2x120 GB SATA Hard Disks
19" Monitor
Geforce6 6800 GT 256MB
Klipsch Pro-Media 4.1 Speakers

My sound comes from the integrated chip, (Envy Crystal or something like that) but I chose Chaintech's Zenith Nvidia's 250 Motherboard so Im satisfied with the sound.

[ShadowGoat]

i want a 6800 so bad >.< im thinking about selling my 6600gt to one of my friends when they build a computer and buy a 6800 this summer... or just buy another 6600gt which will probably run as fast as a 6800. how much did you spend on ur 6800 cuz 2 6600gt costs about $500 canadian.. ($1US = $1.20CAN)

[Epyn]

Time to whore myself out:
I'll never buy another radeon card, especially with built in functionality.
and
Logitech customer support far surpassed any customer service i had ever received. Will never buy a mouse or keyboard from anyone else...wheee.

[Festerfaust]

Athlon 64 3500+
Asus A8V Deluxe
1GB GEIL Dual channel DDR
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital

[Thul Rasha]

Radeon X850 XT PCI-E video card, other stuff same as posted just above this.

[Ander Moonshadow]

Time to whore myself out:
I'll never buy another radeon card, especially with built in functionality.
and
Logitech customer support far surpassed any customer service i had ever received. Will never buy a mouse or keyboard from anyone else...wheee.
Radeon is by far the best. Anyone who knows something about computers knows never to get built-in chips. I bought a laptop, and most laptops have built-in graphics chips. mine doesn't. And I tell you, it's heaven. :) radeon X600 runs GW like screenshots.

[Excel]

GW is optimised for ATI also, go ATI :)