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jakebeatyou · Jul 27, 2007, 06:19 AM // 06:19

Hey i was wondering if the Intel GMA 950 graphics card is compatable with guild wars, cus i dont want to drop the 50 bucks and not be able to play it

jakebeatyou · Jul 27, 2007, 05:37 PM // 17:37

Benefits to Consumers

Features Benefits
Responsive Graphics Performance With a powerful 400MHz core and DirectX* 9 3D hardware acceleration, Intel® GMA 950 graphics provides performance on par with mainstream graphics card solutions that would typically cost significantly more.
Smooth Video Playback If you want to watch video on your PC, then utilize Intel GMA 950 graphics for smooth video playback, native 16:9 format support for wide screen flat panels, motion compensation for smooth DVD playback and support for popular HDTV display formats. The media experience is even better when your PC also includes Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) .
Broad Application Support Complete support of broad range of operating systems and APIs including: Microsoft Windows* XP, Media Center Edition and Windows 2000; multiple Linux* OSs; DirectX* 9; Open GL* 1.4 with ARB extensions.
Optimization of System Resources Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) 3.0 supports up to 224MB of video memory; system memory is allocated where it is needed dynamically.
Upgradeability¹ Expand your view across two monitors for more workspace. Option requires Advanced Digital Display 2 (ADD) card for additional display connectors. PCI Express* x16 port available¹ to upgrade to higher performance graphics card if required for extreme gaming.
Support for Media Expansion Cards Media Expansion Cards available to add TV tuner and display output options to your Intel® 945G Express Chipset with Intel GMA 950 graphics-based system.

Benefits to Business

Features Benefits
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program Hardware and software stack can help reduce total cost of ownership with improved manageability and stability of the complete platform for business client deployments. Complies with applicable Windows* Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) requirements.
Balanced architecture: Great graphics, no card required Optimization of system resource use provides excellent graphics at a lower system price. Integrated solution helps to reduce system complexity, power consumption, noise, and support costs.
Broad Application Support Support available for broad range of operating systems and APIs including: Microsoft* Windows* XP, Longhorn* Display Driver Model and Windows 2000, multiple Linux* OSs, DirectX* 9, Open GL* 1.4
Dual independent displays option¹ Provide increased display workspace for your clients for possible productivity increases. Allows re-use of excess monitors.
Upgradeability¹ PCI Express* x16 port available. Single platform can be deployed for broad range of client user needs, allowing upgrades to higher performance 3D graphics cards if required.

Specifications

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Core 256-bit graphics core running at 400MHz

Up to 10.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth with DDR2 667 system memory

1.6 GPixels/sec and 1.6 GTexels/sec fill rate

Up to 224 MB maximum video memory

2048x1536 at 75 Hz maximum resolution

Dynamic Display Modes for flat-panel, wide-screen and Digital TV support

Operating systems supported: Microsoft Windows* XP, Windows* XP 64bit, Media Center Edition 2004/2005, Windows 2000; Linux-compatible (Xfree86 source available)

High Performance 3D Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering

Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Hardware Acceleration Features:
Pixel Shader 2.0

Volumetric Textures

Shadow Maps

Slope Scale Depth Bias

Two-Sided Stencil

Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Vertex Shader 3.0 and Transform and Lighting supported in software through highly optimized Processor Specific Geometry Pipeline (PSGP)

Texture Decompression for DirectX* and OpenGL*

OpenGL* 1.4 support plus ARB_vertex_buffer and EXT_shadow_funcs extensions and TexEnv shader caching

Advanced Display Capability Up to 2048x1536 resolution for both analog and digital displays

Consumer Electronic display (Digital TV) support

Display hot plug support to automatically detect new display connection while system is operating (CRT and DVI)

Two Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) ports for flat-panel monitors and/or TV-out support via Advanced Digital Display 2 (ADD2) cards or Media Expansion Cards

Intel Media Expansion Cards available providing TV-out and PVR capability

Multiple display types (LVDS, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDTV, TV-out, CRT)

Dual screen support through ADD2 digital video devices

HDTV 480i/p, 576i/p, 720i/p and 1080i/p display resolution support

Interlaced Display output support

16x9 and 16x10 Aspect Ratio for widescreen displays

2x2 Panel Scaler

Stunning Video Playback High Definition Hardware Motion Compensation to support high definition hi-bitrate MPEG2 media playback

Up and Down Scaling of Video Content

High Definition Content Decode - up to two stream support

5x3 Overlay Filtering.

FalloutRebirth · Jul 27, 2007, 06:06 PM // 18:06

I would assume that you should be able to play GW with your onboard video. Seems that it can meet the requirements. You could send a ticket to GW support and ask them. I would suggest dropping some money into a dedicated video card though.

Tronny07 · Jul 27, 2007, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Guild War's isnt highly demanded on the video, like other games.

I'd suggest telling us what processor you have also, cause that could depict if everything flows.

[Ram would help too]