How much memory? - Guild Wars Forums

Halc yon · Jul 26, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

Just wondering how much memory Guild Wars takes up for everyone else out there.

Please say if you got factions+prophecies or just one or the other, and how much of each continent you have explored.

I just re-installed Guild Wars Prophecies and it currently takes up 610 MB.

Loviatar · Jul 26, 2006, 09:13 PM // 21:13

both

2.33 gigs

luauelveneno · Jul 26, 2006, 09:58 PM // 21:58

i have both

2.85 gigs

kratic · Jul 26, 2006, 10:04 PM // 22:04

Both

3.01 gigs - 375mb (pictures) = 2.63 gigs (as of 7/26/06 6:00pm est) <-- will change w/ all the updates they are giving us right now

Jetdoc · Jul 26, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11

Mine's well over 2 Gigs as well.

I'd actually like to see if anyone's tested to see how much RAM GuildWars uses while idle. I would image it's at least 300MB of RAM, and in the heat of action it's probably over 500MB.

kratic · Jul 26, 2006, 10:15 PM // 22:15

probably in the heat of the battle its like 600 b/c on my laptop w/ 512 ram it gets framey during Alliance Battles w/ ele spike nukes. it runs fine when idle though like in a town.

logan90 · Jul 26, 2006, 11:19 PM // 23:19

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Originally Posted by Jetdoc

Mine's well over 2 Gigs as well.

I'd actually like to see if anyone's tested to see how much RAM GuildWars uses while idle. I would image it's at least 300MB of RAM, and in the heat of action it's probably over 500MB.

Your predictions seem a little high. Guild Wars only requires a minimum of 256MB RAM to be run. Most ive ever seen it use is about 350MB and that was after a few hours playing.

On topic: Mine takes up 2,433,155,072 bytes (not including screenshots). Oh you want it in GB?

~2.26GB. I have both Factions and Prophecies, but that doesnt really make a difference. If you had only Prophecies you would still have many Factions files such as the weapons, character models, armors, skins etc as you would need to be able to view them if a Factions character travels to Prophecies.

Hollerith · Jul 27, 2006, 01:13 AM // 01:13

Heh, I thought you were asking about RAM. Who cares about diskspace anymore?

Mine topped out at 377 megs so far tonight.

Opeth11 · Jul 27, 2006, 06:09 AM // 06:09

2.29 gigs taken up of my hard drive.

**Marty Silverblade** · Jul 27, 2006, 06:19 AM // 06:19

Shouldn't this be in the off-topic section? Oh well, I have nfi how much space GW is taking up on my computer {it would be alot though. And I mean alot.}, because 1) I couldn't care less, 2) Theres lots of free space, and 3) It's a 'family' computer and I don't take care of the technical stuff (I usually have to fix some of the crap though)

Akuma · Jul 27, 2006, 07:05 AM // 07:05

I have both prophecies and factions and mine's only 1.89GB, how is everyone elses larger :O

Drithlan · Jul 27, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39

i got both as well but i use the -image in the command line every once in a while to makeshure i got it all. 2,996,944,896 bytes (W/O screen shots 3.9 with them)

Hockster · Jul 27, 2006, 07:59 AM // 07:59

Mine's arund 2GB as well, which is nothing compared to the 11.2GB taken by UT2K4

Gorebrex · Jul 27, 2006, 01:09 PM // 13:09

I think the question was misunderstood somewhere. Halc wants to know how much RAM GW uses, not how much hard drive space. I saw some one say 2gigs, and was like "No way!

That cant be right"
This is mine(Prophecies only)
At login screen

In Ascalon, US dist 1, 2pm GMT

Rereading post, Im confused now, so I looked, and my GW folder is 3.3 GB, but Ive converted my screens to .jpg, to save space http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4213/gwpicscp6.jpg

Kaguya · Jul 27, 2006, 01:22 PM // 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorebrex

I think the question was misunderstood somewhere. Halc wants to know how much RAM GW uses, not how much hard drive space. I saw some one say 2gigs, and was like "No way!

That cant be right"

Seeing that Halc said 610MB at the start, and GW certainly doesn't eat that much of RAM, I'd assume he means hard drive usage.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AkumaZ

I have both prophecies and factions and mine's only 1.89GB, how is everyone elses larger :O

You haven't been to some places, you haven't been around during some of the festivals etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kratic

probably in the heat of the battle its like 600 b/c on my laptop w/ 512 ram it gets framey during Alliance Battles w/ ele spike nukes. it runs fine when idle though like in a town.

Memory usage probably isn't very high, but vidcard slowing down as there's too much action for it to draw, causing drop in FPS. I doubt GW gets above 350MB with 'normal' settings.

Gorebrex · Jul 27, 2006, 05:53 PM // 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halc yon

Just wondering how much memory Guild Wars takes up for everyone else out there.

Please say if you got factions+prophecies or just one or the other, and how much of each continent you have explored.

I just re-installed Guild Wars Prophecies and it currently takes up 610 MB.

Thats what threw me off. It said memory, so I thought he/she meant RAM, because hard drive space isnt memory.

Eugaet · Jul 27, 2006, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Last time I checked, GW was using just over 2GB of drive space. I have both GW:P and GW:F.

As far as memory goes... I haven't checked it mid-game, because I'm too busy playing, but I've checked it before and after. Before I start the game, I usually shut down any unnecessary services and programs, so I start with a ~150MB baseline. After shutting down GW, it usually reports a peak memory usage of ~600-620MB. Glad I've got 768MB of RAM...hasn't ever had to page on me yet. So the max usage for GW on my computer is 450-470MB of memory. I think it hovers around ~350MB idling (200MB + 150MB baseline)...I'll have to check when I get home.

Jul 26, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03	#1
Halc yon Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2006 Guild: Sardelac Sanitarium Society Profession: W/	How much memory? Just wondering how much memory Guild Wars takes up for everyone else out there. Please say if you got factions+prophecies or just one or the other, and how much of each continent you have explored. I just re-installed Guild Wars Prophecies and it currently takes up 610 MB.

Jul 26, 2006, 10:04 PM // 22:04	#4
kratic Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida Guild: Sole Asylum [SA] Profession: Mo/	Both 3.01 gigs - 375mb (pictures) = 2.63 gigs (as of 7/26/06 6:00pm est) <-- will change w/ all the updates they are giving us right now Last edited by kratic; Jul 26, 2006 at 10:06 PM // 22:06..

Jul 27, 2006, 01:09 PM // 13:09	#14
Gorebrex Jungle Guide Join Date: Jan 2006	I think the question was misunderstood somewhere. Halc wants to know how much RAM GW uses, not how much hard drive space. I saw some one say 2gigs, and was like "No way! That cant be right" This is mine(Prophecies only) At login screen In Ascalon, US dist 1, 2pm GMT Rereading post, Im confused now, so I looked, and my GW folder is 3.3 GB, but Ive converted my screens to .jpg, to save space http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4213/gwpicscp6.jpg Last edited by Gorebrex; Jul 27, 2006 at 01:24 PM // 13:24..

Jul 26, 2006, 09:13 PM // 21:13	#2
Loviatar Underworld Spelunker Join Date: Feb 2005	both 2.33 gigs

Jul 26, 2006, 09:58 PM // 21:58	#3
luauelveneno Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: in my room behind my pc Guild: Guilty Guild [GG]	i have both 2.85 gigs

Jul 26, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11	#5
Jetdoc Hell's Protector Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: The Eyes of Texas [BEVO] Profession: D/A	Mine's well over 2 Gigs as well. I'd actually like to see if anyone's tested to see how much RAM GuildWars uses while idle. I would image it's at least 300MB of RAM, and in the heat of action it's probably over 500MB.

Jul 26, 2006, 10:15 PM // 22:15	#6
kratic Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida Guild: Sole Asylum [SA] Profession: Mo/	probably in the heat of the battle its like 600 b/c on my laptop w/ 512 ram it gets framey during Alliance Battles w/ ele spike nukes. it runs fine when idle though like in a town.

Jul 27, 2006, 01:13 AM // 01:13	#8
Hollerith Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2005	Heh, I thought you were asking about RAM. Who cares about diskspace anymore? Mine topped out at 377 megs so far tonight.

Jul 27, 2006, 06:09 AM // 06:09	#9
Opeth11 Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada Guild: Demon of the Fall [Opet] Profession: Mo/Me	2.29 gigs taken up of my hard drive.

Jul 27, 2006, 06:19 AM // 06:19	#10
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	Shouldn't this be in the off-topic section? Oh well, I have nfi how much space GW is taking up on my computer {it would be alot though. And I mean alot.}, because 1) I couldn't care less, 2) Theres lots of free space, and 3) It's a 'family' computer and I don't take care of the technical stuff (I usually have to fix some of the crap though)

Jul 27, 2006, 07:05 AM // 07:05	#11
Akuma IRC W H O R E Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Australian Trolling Crew HQ, rightful leader and administration Guild: Yale University [Snow] Profession: W/	I have both prophecies and factions and mine's only 1.89GB, how is everyone elses larger :O

Jul 27, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39	#12
Drithlan Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Antioch, CA Profession: R/	i got both as well but i use the -image in the command line every once in a while to makeshure i got it all. 2,996,944,896 bytes (W/O screen shots 3.9 with them)

Jul 27, 2006, 07:59 AM // 07:59	#13
Hockster Banned Join Date: Jul 2005	Mine's arund 2GB as well, which is nothing compared to the 11.2GB taken by UT2K4

Jul 27, 2006, 06:15 PM // 18:15	#17
Eugaet Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: US Guild: Righteous Apathy [RA]	Last time I checked, GW was using just over 2GB of drive space. I have both GW:P and GW:F. As far as memory goes... I haven't checked it mid-game, because I'm too busy playing, but I've checked it before and after. Before I start the game, I usually shut down any unnecessary services and programs, so I start with a ~150MB baseline. After shutting down GW, it usually reports a peak memory usage of ~600-620MB. Glad I've got 768MB of RAM...hasn't ever had to page on me yet. So the max usage for GW on my computer is 450-470MB of memory. I think it hovers around ~350MB idling (200MB + 150MB baseline)...I'll have to check when I get home.