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Horlem · Oct 26, 2005, 07:33 PM // 19:33

GW is running well with a GeForce Go5200 (all settings to low) on my laptop. Well dose not mean perfect, but good enough to play. IMHO 512 MB ram is more important than >64 MB ram video card.

Reve2uk · Oct 26, 2005, 07:35 PM // 19:35

i had problems running on my laptop with a 64 card, but then got new ram and now works like a charm

swaaye · Oct 26, 2005, 09:12 PM // 21:12

Guild Wars is fairly light on memory usage. Usually less than 300MB in use. It's good programming for sure.

Vhayr · Oct 26, 2005, 11:55 PM // 23:55

Hmm. I think the card I'm running at the moment is 64mb, maybe even 32 (it's some crappy integrated one that isn't even compatible with Guild Wars, but it still runs fine, if a little sketchy in places).

swaaye · Oct 27, 2005, 03:30 AM // 03:30

BTW I've played the game with a Radeon 8500 64MB and a Radeon 7500 64MB. Both cards are quite playable outside towns. Both ran the game ok even at 1680x1050 on my Dell LCD believe it or not. The 7500 has problems in towns though. The players really slow it down.

One and Two · Oct 27, 2005, 04:29 AM // 04:29

I ran guild wars on my friend's laptop with a 32mb video card. low settings, but ran fine.

silentnswift · Feb 11, 2006, 11:52 PM // 23:52

I use the Radeon 8500 64mb RAM and it works great. I run it at 1280x1024 32Bit and everything medium - high. I use Athlon XP 2400+ and 512mb Ram.

Loviatar · Feb 11, 2006, 11:56 PM // 23:56

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Originally Posted by silentnswift

I use the Radeon 8500 64mb RAM and it works great. I run it at 1280x1024 32Bit and everything medium - high. I use Athlon XP 2400+ and 512mb Ram.

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swaaye · Feb 14, 2006, 08:54 PM // 20:54

Radeon 8500 is quite capable of running GW. I can run it at 1680x1050 on my 20" Dell LCD. Turning off the post processing effect really boosts fps.

People need to realize that RAM size is hardly the be all of speed indicators. A Radeon 8500 64MB is as fast or faster than a Radeon 9250 with 128MB. On low end cards they put lots of slow RAM on the cards cuz it's very cheap (and attracts the uneducated). A 256MB GeForce FX 5200 is going to still be trash, and in fact a GeForce FX5200 Ultra 128MB will dust it (heh, relatively at that).

Why do you think GeForce 6600GT is 128MB while GeForce 6600 is often 256MB? Let's just say the GT is WAY faster.

I have about 40 video cards at home with all ranges of memory. Lots of real old ones in there, and a few more recent boards. The 8500 can run with every low end card out there today, to be honest. And 8500 came out in 2001.