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Old Dec 13, 2008, 05:56 PM // 17:56   #1
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erm yea im looking into buying a new graphics card is this one any good to run guild wars nicely? :P 512mb radeon hd 3650 thank you
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Old Dec 13, 2008, 07:22 PM // 19:22   #2
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Thats actually a lot of overkill to make it look nice, so yeah it should.

That is if your computer is anything less than 2 years old; a graphics card doesn't automatically make games look nice, your ram, cpu, and screen also matter a lot.
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Old Dec 14, 2008, 08:33 AM // 08:33   #3
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Yeah whats the other specs of your computer?

That graphics card should do just fine, for Guild Wars, though.
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Old Dec 16, 2008, 06:22 PM // 18:22   #4
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You will like how GW looks with that card. Make sure you download the latest Catalyst Control Center and drivers, currently 8.12. The current version includes a slider bar that lets you regulate the fan speed which regulates the card temperature. The fan speed on the CD has a default speed of around 27% and the GPU will be a little hot. The default on the latest software is 50% which is the highest it will run quietly. That should be good enough.
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Old Dec 16, 2008, 06:44 PM // 18:44   #5
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That card should run gws with no problems, but more information would be helpful.

But a 3650 will probably not be good enough to run newer games (unless the only game u play is gws).

So information on your cpu, ram, motherboard and PSU would be nice.
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Old Dec 17, 2008, 02:21 AM // 02:21   #6
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you can get really good deals on the new 4670 now which is a more powerful card than the 3650 by a decent bit. How much do you want to spend??? You can get a 4670 for sale under $70 now.
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