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Old Jan 17, 2009, 10:09 PM // 22:09   #1
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Default So i bought a new computer...

Ive had the game for a while, but my old computer wouldnt run it. The graphics card wasnt good enough.

Is this ones?
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=8221531
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Old Jan 17, 2009, 10:22 PM // 22:22   #2
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so wut r u aksing exactly?

that linked pc should be able to run gw jus fine
(at low or medium-low settings)
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Old Jan 17, 2009, 10:48 PM // 22:48   #3
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Yay!
Thats what i was asking. thanks
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Old Jan 18, 2009, 01:45 AM // 01:45   #4
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Type: Integrated
Graphics Processor / Vendor: ATI Radeon X1200 shared video memory (UMA)

Ew.

Nearly $500 for that is a sin. Have a look at the price guide here - http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10305872 - and check out the $500 system. It owns the Walmart one several times over.
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Old Jan 18, 2009, 03:53 AM // 03:53   #5
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what snograt means is this:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10305872

copy and paste carefully!
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Old Jan 18, 2009, 10:20 AM // 10:20   #6
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offc the one in the price guide doesn't come with a screen. you could buy the econobox + a nice monitor (i recommend samsung monitors but whatever). that econobox will run guildwars flawlessly.
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Old Jan 18, 2009, 03:12 PM // 15:12   #7
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Good monitor = 250+ dollars. 250 dollar PC = sin. It is like putting rims on a junker... only fools do that. You don't pair a really good monitor with a bad graphics card.

If you get that PC, fine. But... put a better GPU in it, or you are doomed.
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Old Jan 18, 2009, 04:25 PM // 16:25   #8
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Quote:
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what snograt means is this:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10305872

copy and paste carefully!
Bah, carelessness - sorry :/

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offc the one in the price guide doesn't come with a screen. you could buy the econobox + a nice monitor (i recommend samsung monitors but whatever). that econobox will run guildwars flawlessly.
Do you know, I keep forgetting that we don't include a monitor in those specs. Ah well, all that will change in the not-too-distant future.

Watch this space
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Old Jan 19, 2009, 02:40 AM // 02:40   #9
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you can build a complete pc system that will handle GW flawlessly for less than that Walmart one (which will be crap for GW or any other game of the last several years)
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Old Jan 19, 2009, 04:22 PM // 16:22   #10
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I think the key phrase here is in the title of the thread - "So I bought a new computer."
It may be too late to recommend a different option, and not everyone is keen on building their own anyway.

@OP - the integrated x1200 graphics will run GW, but at relatively low settings. It does have a PCIe graphics slot though, so you could upgrade the graphics later.
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