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zamial · May 07, 2008, 08:12 PM // 20:12

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Originally Posted by Eye ball

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i don't defrag my pc, could that be the problem?

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I recently reinstalled gw and i wanted to see how bad it was not having the .dat defraged. i loaded the guild hall fine took 2 steps and froze for over a minute. So I suggest you defrag your hard drive MORE than 1 time in a row. When I ran XP I would defrag the hard drive over and over untill it would

a) tell me that it did not need to be or could not be further defragmented.
b) the green progress bar would flash to 100% in about 2 seconds.

I defraged MULTIPLE times and know im back playing with no problems.

for testing purposes please set all options>graphics in guild wars to low/fastest.

Lania Elderfire · May 08, 2008, 03:32 AM // 03:32

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Originally Posted by Eye ball

KK, well im gunna have to try and find those things, but i am quite upset about my grafix card, he said it was really good and it would run Guildwars with no problems!

Don't trust what anyone says or go by hearsay. Do your own research and you can figure out a lot of things very fast.
You can look at a quick overview of how fast each graphics cards are here... http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...-v1-6,581.html
I don't like tomshardware.com but their charts are nice

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Originally Posted by Eye ball

How much does it cost to build your own gaming computer that will last around 1-2 years, i think i might aswell make my own one and buy the parts seperatly

In American dollars you can make a system that can make Guildwars scream for less than 600$ W/O a monitor. Maybe even less than 500$ if you get good deals. If you want to play other games and have it last 1-2 years playing high-end games... more like $1200-$2000 depending on what you want.

It's always best to make your own rig, provided you've done enough research.
The Tech Report has a make your own system article if you are interested and it'll give you a lot of info behind system building. http://techreport.com/articles.x/14610

madcat · May 08, 2008, 06:46 AM // 06:46

You're looking at about a thousand pounds for a gaming computer that'll last a couple of years. A quarter of that should probably go on the graphics card.

A 3-400 pound laptop won't be worth the boxes it arrives in for gaming purposes.

manitoba1073 · May 08, 2008, 07:29 AM // 07:29

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Originally Posted by Azagoth

Sorry, but if your neighbour told you that the FX5200 is one of the newest graphics cards then I'm afraid you've been conned and lied to. It wasn't even a good card when it was originally released many years back in 2003 (ish).

Do you know what internet connection you have? The main cause of ingame lag is down to an internet problem. Although you haven't provided the full system specs yet, like how much memory do you have installed.

Um the fx5200 is a damn good card when it came out and it still is. Ive had it in my back up since I bought it back in 2003. Used it for doing 3d modeling in multiply programs at sametime. 3dsmax,lightwave,unwrap. And it is still going damn strong. Though the only strange thing is it calls itself 5500.

Snograt · May 08, 2008, 07:51 AM // 07:51

Maybe it IS an FX5500, Mani?

A reasonable card back in 2004, not so hot now. Just saw one on Amazon going for £27 (technically ~$54, but more likely around $40 the way trans-Atlantic technology price differences go)

manitoba1073 · May 08, 2008, 08:25 AM // 08:25

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Originally Posted by Snograt

Maybe it IS an FX5500, Mani?

A reasonable card back in 2004, not so hot now. Just saw one on Amazon going for £27 (technically ~$54, but more likely around $40 the way trans-Atlantic technology price differences go)

It was in a GFX5200 box when I bought it. But according to the serials on it as I just now checked since you brought it up that it might be and it shows by its serials it is lol. Finally a mistake someone made went in my favor lol.

Not like your gonna play Crysis with it though. works fine with GW. The FX5500 is nothing really but a FX5200 thats been OC'd. Like I said Ive been using it for a long time with no problems using it to do 3d modeling and having 3-4 3d programs running at the same time. Just to show the dinosaur this compy is since its my backup.

Been going strong for the last 4 yrs lol

Lyssa Apate · May 08, 2008, 09:27 AM // 09:27

Just to confirm: the Geforce FX5200 runs Guild Wars fine, though you have to lower your settings if you want smooth play.

Eye ball · May 08, 2008, 03:59 PM // 15:59

kk, well i just played it omn the lowest graphics you can and it's even worse, it was so slow it took me 3 minutes to get the little slider bar back up to the right!

Eye ball · May 08, 2008, 04:00 PM // 16:00

oh and i only play Guildwars, it the only game that i have ever played on my pc. I just don't understand whats wrong with my pc, could tehre be parts that are broken in my pc?

Eye ball · May 08, 2008, 04:05 PM // 16:05

lol, just found the ram!

I got 448MB of ram.

I hope thats good.

If it isn't is there a thing i can plug into my pc to give me lots of RAM, if so where can i get one and for how much? (btw i live in england so i use £'s)

IrishCB · May 08, 2008, 04:26 PM // 16:26

From what I read on your System Specs, you are running 2 CPUs. Are these single or dual core? Second: the GFX5200 was a good card, but you are running 2 processors at 3.0ghz each; have you tried forcing to a CPU/core? I came across an issue with the 5200 and dual-core where you need to force GW.exe in taskmgr.

IslandHermet · May 08, 2008, 04:45 PM // 16:45

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Originally Posted by Eye ball

lol, just found the ram!

I got 448MB of ram.

I hope thats good.

If it isn't is there a thing i can plug into my pc to give me lots of RAM, if so where can i get one and for how much? (btw i live in england so i use £'s)

That is just under the recomended mininium for running windows XP.

Just try to find out what kind of ram you use is is SD,DDR,DDR200,DDr400 etc etc.

what brand of ram? and how many ram sticks are in the computer.

448 is a odd number

Ram normaly comes in 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 1 gig etc.

that number seems like you have mixed ram sizes like a 256 with a 128 and a 64 or something crazy like that. This is something that will cause computer problems you should not mix different ram sizes (Ex: a 512 card mixed with a 256 to make 768) it does cause system conflicts.

hope this helps, if you want to give a little more info that would help us help you.

Snograt · May 08, 2008, 04:50 PM // 16:50

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Originally Posted by IslandHermet

that number seems like you have mixed ram sizes like a 256 with a 128 and a 64 or something crazy like that.

Very likely - people tend to upgrade memory by adding a stick to what they already have. It takes a level of experience to realise this is not a great thing to do. Hey, with older systems, it just worked. It's not quite SLI-ready matched pairs

Haven't seen a 64 stick in years!

Just go to Crucial's UK site - http://crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/...aspx?Agree=Yes.

That will scan your PC, tell you what memory will fit it, then tell you prices. It's good.

[Side note to the rest of you - I've always sworn by the Crucial widget, but now I try it, it bluescreens my system with good ol' "IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL". Think it just doesn't like 64bit?]

Fried Tech · May 08, 2008, 05:17 PM // 17:17

low virtual memory is a RAM problem.
get more RAM of the same type that is in your comp (if a 256mb stick is your largest I would suggest getting another 256, or just get a 1gb stick, and take the others out. I have had problems with putting different sized RAM sticks in my computer before, even if they were the same brand,manufacturer, and type)

and why do you list a 3.0 processor twice. a computer that old will not have a dual core 3.0 processor (virtual processor maybe?)

and finally. DONT TRUST YOUR NEIGHBOR!

zamial · May 08, 2008, 05:23 PM // 17:23

Ok.

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If you have not already.

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Everyone here is telling you your hardware is bad. That rig, old as it may be, should be able to play guild wars. It may not run it on max but it should run it.
I will put up an ecto that if you thoroughly defrag the hard drive you will be able to play. Why are you still reading this? Go and DEFRAG YOUR HARD DRIVE.

Fried Tech · May 08, 2008, 05:57 PM // 17:57

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Originally Posted by zamial

Ok.
snip..

Defraging his hard drive is a good idea (and should be done).
However, low memory errors and high lag would not be caused by this problem. From what he has told us it seems like a hardware problem.

viper11025 · May 08, 2008, 06:16 PM // 18:16

It could be, your service provider sucks?

StormDragonZ · May 08, 2008, 07:11 PM // 19:11

I only lag during the beginning of the first battle I go into with an enemy group. That's the only time it happens.

Eye ball · May 08, 2008, 09:20 PM // 21:20

Kk everyone, i will ask my dad if i can re-fragment my pc, but it might take hours. If i am going too change my ram i hope it doesn't cost too much and if i do will it be hard too change it. My pc cost us £1,200. If i am gunna do all this i need step-by-step instructions. And yeh i did mean to put that thing twice!

Tachyon · May 09, 2008, 12:46 AM // 00:46

So, let me get this straight. One year ago you paid £1200 for a computer with a Pentium4, had a worse card than a FX5200 and just 448MB of RAM?

Whoever sold you that needs locking up. Whatever you do, don't go anywhere near them when you decide to upgrade.