Curse

samus535 · May 16, 2008, 04:29 PM // 16:29

Hi everyone,
I just installed GuildWars and when I start the game it freezes. I just have time to see the title screen and there's nothing more to do with my computer. I have to reset it...

My computer specs are:
- P4 3.06 Ghz
- 1.5 Go Ram
- Geforce 6800

I've tried to update my video card's drivers, I've the latest DirectX version. It's the only game that I have such a problem.

Thanks in advance and have a nice day
--Samus535

Lord Sojar · May 16, 2008, 09:20 PM // 21:20

Corrupted dat file if it is only Guild Wars that is freezing. If your temps are not not acting like a 2 year old monster, and in a total state of flux, you are safe to assume it is a OS bound. Remove the gw.dat file and download a new one via the -image switch.

Brianna · May 16, 2008, 10:33 PM // 22:33

Also, if your 6800 has any dust in it, try and remove the dust.

The card could potentially be freezing because it's too hot, I heard that 6800's run hot just like all the other high end versions of the Nvidia GPU lineup. And - Since the 6800 is getting aged now, the Thermal Paste on it could be weakening, causing temperatures to raise.

Cheers and hope you get it fixed.

samus535 · May 17, 2008, 12:33 PM // 12:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief

Corrupted dat file if it is only Guild Wars that is freezing. If your temps are not not acting like a 2 year old monster, and in a total state of flux, you are safe to assume it is a OS bound. Remove the gw.dat file and download a new one via the -image switch.

My gw.dat was about 940Mo. I deleted it and I download a new. the file is now 3.55 Go but I still have the same problem. Any other idea ???

Snograt · May 17, 2008, 08:41 PM // 20:41

You say that GW is the only game that you have a problem with - what other games do you play?

1.5GB is an odd amount - how is it configured? 3x512MB or 1x1GB + 2x512? Maybe upgrade to a pair of 1GB DIMMs - a reasonable idea in general.

Follow Bree's suggestion of dust removal - that can fix no end of problems.

Check in your Guild Wars folder - is there a file called ArenaNet (or Arenanet.txt if you have "show known file extensions" enabled) - that's a crash log. If so, zip it up and attach it, or copy+paste the contents into a post here.

snaek · May 17, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

-dx8 -noshaders -nosound -windowed

add these all
if ur gw runs, remove them 1 by 1 and run again
(remove -windowed first, then -nosound, then -noshaders, then -dx8)