Curse

the_jos · Oct 19, 2006, 09:31 AM // 09:31

AMD Athlon 2400
1GB ram
Geforce 6200 / 265MB (since couple of days, upgraded from FX5200 which also worked nice with GW)
Creative Audigy soundcard
17" Iiyama TFT screen
Logitec Trackman marble wheel (since I use a regular mouse at work I use a trackball at home to minimise RSI).

I'm running GW on alternative hardware profile, to prevent all kinds of services to start up.
This saves me about 3 minutes startup time and does free up some ram and processortime.

Gorebrex · Oct 19, 2006, 02:20 PM // 14:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Excal

Celeron northwood 2.4ghz
256MB DDR266 RAM
Intel 82845G Graphics
40GB Western Digital HD
XP Home
(i win at worst computer hands down)

I think mine does, actually...

BTW, can anyone recommend a good video card in the $150 range(512MB, NVidia preffered).

moriz · Oct 19, 2006, 02:36 PM // 14:36

pentium 4 3.0ghz with HT
1 gb ram (no idea what brand. might be kingston)
realtek onboard sound
geforce fx5500 PCI with 256mb

yep. i have a pretty good comp with a crappy mobo.

Da Scotty · Oct 19, 2006, 03:17 PM // 15:17

i am really amazed at the moment im playing GW on a 3gig intel (no duo no ht) with 1 gig ddr400 and a mattrox 128mb card.... I play with everything turned up max. and im getting 25fps +.

Moa Bird Cultist · Oct 19, 2006, 03:36 PM // 15:36

Ooooh, machines eh, well, theres a number of different machines I use, so I'll just get on with posting them:

Guild wars/Gaming/Video rig:

AMD 64 3500 OCed to 2.4Ghz
Custom Akasa heatpipe CPU cooler
2x512MB Kingston DDR400 in dual channel
Abit AV8 K8T800pro Mobo
Leadtek Geforce 6800GT AGP @ 400/1000Mhz
Seagate 120GB HDD
Samsung 120GB HDD
Samsung DVD-ROM
Thermaltake 'Tsunami' Case, black, with window.
Tagan 480W PSU (Had fun squeezing this into the case, oh yes - took me 3 hours to route all the wiring, not to mention getting such a long PSU through such a small gap.)
Windows XP Pro SP2
Other peoples internet connections

Had this one since January last year - my pride and joy and rightly so, cause it cost me enough!

2nd Gaming rig (Work in Progress)

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
256MB Kingston DDR400
Asrock K7SX Mobo
ATI Radeon 7000 (MUST KILL!)
Maxtor 160GB HDD
Generic 8x DVD+-RW Drive
Generic, but tough and well made steel case.
Generic 350W PSU
Currently lacking an O/S

Computer I most regularly use to play GW: Internet Cafe machine

AMD 64 3700
2x512MB Corsair Value DDR400
Gigabyte mobo - ( dunno what it is, but general experience suggests that GB mobos are cheap and nasty pieces of work.)
XFX Geforce 6800GS
Maxtor 250GB HDD
LG DVD ROM
Flashy but structually-integral-as-a-chocolate-teapot case.
Downright despicable '8Mb' Bulldog internet connection.

Posted this one cause I don't have my own internet connection, so the majority of my GW time (>1400 hours) is from playing at the IC. I know whats in em, cause I helped em pick the parts they were gonna use to some extent

Quote:

BTW, can anyone recommend a good video card in the $150 range(512MB, NVidia preffered).

By that, you mean a card with 512MB ram, right?

Word of advice: When looking for a budget card, the amount of ram it has will usually mean next to nothing - what should be looked for is the speed of the ram and the type. My pick for that price range would be a 7600GT. Yeah, no 512MB, but it'll beat any card with 512MB at that price, easily.

Mushroom · Oct 19, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorebrex

I think mine does, actually...

My how things have changed! I still remember selling the Atari 400 and 800 way back in the day. Oh how I hated the "chicklet" keyboard.

Here is the first computer I worked on:

My mother was a programmer, so I often played around with "Computer Games" on it. Who can forget "XYZZY", "PLUGH", and "You are in a maze of twistly passages, all alike"? Oh how far games have progressed in the last 35 years.

My first "Home Computer" (not counting the "portable" my mom used occasionally, a paper printout dumb terminal with 300 baud acoustic modem) was a Commodore Pet:

After that came a slew of them. VIC-20, C-64, Lisa, and the original Macintosh. Then I got my first "PC", a Franklin PC-8000.

An 8088, 512K RAM, 2 floppy drives, CGA graphics. I added the 40 MB SCSI hard drive myself. After that camy my home-built 80286, 80386SX, 80386DX, 80486 DX, Multiple AMD K6 and Athlon systems, to my current one.

Looking back so far, it is amazing how far we have come, in such a short amount of time. Now excuse me, while I search the net for a copy of "Colossal Cave".

Warrior Of The Toon · Oct 19, 2006, 05:20 PM // 17:20

Intel Pentium 4 2.95 Gz
160 Gb HDD (5200 RPM)
756 Mb (total) RAM
Some 64 Mb Gfx card

, gonna upgrade to a 512 soon though
Windows XP Home SP2

Saphrium · Oct 20, 2006, 09:24 AM // 09:24

Pentium 3 700Mhz
512M SDR
Geforce 4 TI4400

Athlon64 1.8Ghz
Geforce 6600GT
Abit AN8

mrcake · Oct 20, 2006, 09:51 AM // 09:51

Cant remeber if i posted in this thread or not.

CPU Type AMD Opteron 146, 3000 MHz (10 x 300)
Motherboard Name DFI nF4 Series
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB G Skill LA (PC4800 DDR SDRAM)

Video Adapter Radeon X1800XT Series Secondary (512 MB)
Video Adapter Radeon X1800XT Series (512 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI R520
Audio Adapter Creative SB0240 Audigy 2 Sound Card

Riesz · Oct 20, 2006, 11:02 AM // 11:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Excal

Celeron northwood 2.4ghz
256MB DDR266 RAM
Intel 82845G Graphics
40GB Western Digital HD
XP Home
(i win at worst computer hands down)

Your CPU is better than mine...

1ghz here.

R_A_M_Z_A · Oct 20, 2006, 11:15 AM // 11:15

Time for you all to laugh at the 'poor kid'- I've got a Emachine...

Processor
2.2 GHz Athlon 64 AMD

RAM
1 GB DDR SD

Mem specification compliance
PC3200

Mem speed
400 MHz
Two DDR Channels

RAM Factor
DIMM 184-pin

RAM upgrade rule
Max 2 x 2 GB module

Video Output
NVIDIA GeForce 6100
Integrated

Hard Drive
200 GB

Spindle speed
7200 rpm

Cache Memory
512 KB L2 cache

Cache per processor size
512 KB

Mainboard
NVIDIA nForce 410
Data bus 800 MHz

Video Memory
128 MB (UMA)

Doesnt look like much, but it runs GW like heaven, and the monitor is HUGE

Horseman Of War · Oct 21, 2006, 12:50 AM // 00:50

p4 2.0 ghz
2x512mb ram
x1600pro 512mb sapphire
enermax 420W psu
old soundblaster Live!
built by me

edit- razer krait & icemat ftw

Excal · Oct 21, 2006, 09:01 PM // 21:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riesz

Your CPU is better than mine...

1ghz here.

Hehe thank god I don't have that old pile of sh*te anymore, even then that Celeron wouldn't be much quicker as it's based on Pentium 2s IIRC and has a tiny L2 cache of 128kB.

The Pointless · Oct 21, 2006, 09:39 PM // 21:39

Intel Pentium 4 (3.8GHz, Dual Core)
2GB Ram
nVidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Soundcard: A cruddy Integrated one, but I also have a PCMCIA SoundBlaster Audigy (Note to self: Get some speakers)
Native res: 1920 x 1200

Kick in the face: Alienware released their new Aurora (with SLI) a couple of weeks after ordering.

Def Ecrof · Oct 21, 2006, 10:35 PM // 22:35

Athlon64 x2 4400 @ 2.4ghz (Zalman CNPS9500 LED Copper CPU Heat Sink)
2 Gig ocz platinum ram
300 gig seagate sata hd
150 gig wd sata hd
ATI x1900xtx (Artic cooling x2 vga cooler)
Sound blaster audigy 2 zs
Dell 24" flst panel lcd
Logitech g15 keyboard
Logitech g7 cordless mouse

MegaMouse · Oct 23, 2006, 07:26 AM // 07:26

I have four computers that I run bu only 2 that I dedicate to online gaming:

My gaming rig:
intel 3.4ghz 651 prescot (replaced the older 650 version)
Intel X975XBX motherboard
2 gigs of kingston ram(budjet ram but still good)
ATI X1900 XTX video card
Sound blaster X-Fi sound card
2 western digital raptors mirrored
1 250 gig seagate hd for storage duties
HP litescribe enabled DVD burner
Lite on cd burner
Enermax 600 watt power supply(SLI certified)

my second isnt as well setup but nic none the less

2.8 socket 478 intel cpu
asus p4b533 mobo
ati 9800 pro video card
2 gigs of ram(again the kingston value select)
sound blaster audigy 2 sound card
pioneer dvd/cd burner
2 western digital raptors mirrored(the ide style this mobo doesnt have sata)
2 seagate 250 gig harddrives for storage(I use this one for video editing also so i need the space)
antec 45 watt power supply
Pinacle studios video capture and editing equipment

Both play guild wars quite well and i am very happy with them.
I dont laugh at others machines due to the fact that everyone has to start somewhere. Even I started with an original HP with a pentium 2 in it.

Mega Mouse

Ghozer · Oct 23, 2006, 08:25 AM // 08:25

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2Ghz Dual Core)
3GB Corsair XMS Pro 2-3-3-6 (2x 512Mb 2x 1GB)
1x Seagate Barracuda SATAII 200GB (16Mb, 7200rpm)
2x Seagate Barracuda ATA133 120Gb (8mb, 7200rpm) (440GB Total Storage)
Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
ATI Radeon x1800 GTO
Xion PowerReal 600watt (Version 2.01)
19" 8ms TFT (Widescreen)
17" 12ms TFT
Ideazon Z-Board
Razer DiamondBack
7.1 Audio System (Via HiFi)

there are 3 other machines in the house, one of them I use as a local web server for website development, one is my sisters pc (my old machine, she doesnt play many games, so its more than enough for her) And one is a simple, low spec P4 machine for web browsing and word processing only (no games are played on that machine)

Emik · Oct 23, 2006, 09:35 AM // 09:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreamsmith

Proving that GW runs well on modest hardware:

CPU: Athlon XP 1700+
Video: GeForce FX 5200
Memory: 512MB RAM
Motherboard: Don't remember model number, but old enough that I actually have an ISA slot.
Sound: On the mobo.

Incidently, I ran the WPE and BWE1 with a GeForce4 MX 440 and 384MB RAM, and it ran fine, if not quite as pretty...

Hehe i can top that

AMD 1400+ (1250MHz)
1 Gig Corsair
MSI KT400 (not even dual channel)
Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4200 AGP8x
Muse 5.1 DVD although i more frequently play with my Logitech headset which has a seperate driver.

Still runs smooth as hell

Tommy · Nov 09, 2006, 04:01 PM // 16:01

here is mine.
AMD Athlon64X2 4200+ with Zalman 9500 Cooler
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe
2GB Corsair DDR400 CL2
320GB WD 16MB Cache KS HD
EVGA Nvidia Geforce7900GT OC 256MB
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Music
Antec LanBoy 2 Case+Antec NeoPower 480Watt PSU
Lite-on 16XDVDRW+Lite-on 16XDVDRom
Logitech G5 Mouse+Logitech G15 Keyboard
Nec 19' LCD + Logitech 5.1 Speaker system

Rakeris · Nov 09, 2006, 04:34 PM // 16:34

AMD 64 4000+
MSI SLI Neo 4 Plat
AOpen 7800GTX
2 gig OCX Plat RAM
74GB 10k RPM HD