Curse

comrade igor · Aug 07, 2008, 04:24 PM // 16:24

When my computer is working really hard (when a mission starts, before during or after cutscenes) my computer crashes and goes to a blue screen. But this only happens when I'm playing Guild Wars and more precisely EoTH and Nightfall. Can someone help me out?

Alexandra-Sweet · Aug 07, 2008, 04:42 PM // 16:42

What are your computer specifications?

Videocard, RAM, Processor, ect.

zamial · Aug 07, 2008, 04:43 PM // 16:43

computer make and model (stats)
what kind of prossecor does it have, how much ram,onboard or add-in video card?
what is the exact error on the blue screen?

we would love to help you but we need more info please.

please do not post your account info, we do not need or want it.

EDIT: beat by the sweet....

comrade igor · Aug 07, 2008, 05:58 PM // 17:58

Dell Dimension E310
Pentium 4 2.80 GHz
504 mb RAM
As for my videocard, I have the standard card that comes with the PC. I'm not quite sure how to find out becuase Dell.com no longer carries information on Dimension computers. I searched around in the device manager but to no avail.
And for the error code, I'll get that next time it happens.

moriz · Aug 07, 2008, 06:04 PM // 18:04

after some search-fu, i found that you have intel GMA915 integrated graphics, which is the cause of your problems. the only good way to fix your problem is to buy and upgrade to a real graphic card.

unfortunately, your computer only features a PCI-e X1 slot, which is a pretty big bottleneck. this is the most powerful card you can hope for:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161197

otherwise, you can try to use 3danalyzer to fix your problem. however, that will yield very weird results and will definitely damage your computer in the long run.

Brianna · Aug 07, 2008, 08:56 PM // 20:56

Bah I don't wanna give another run down on Integrated graphics.

It's just poo in other words, you can get a PCI-slot GeForce 6200 or something for your computer, that will be much better.

Try this though: Right click your Guild Wars Icon, and at the end of the target line add a space, then put " -noshaders -dx8" without quotes. It will look something like this: ""C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -noshaders -dx8" without quotes.

Might help your card some.. but if you are playing EoTN I'm not sure how far that's going to get you.

Your card lacks simple features to run EoTN and Nightfall specifically, which is why you blue screen. If these switches don't work, you are better off just upgrading your whole computer or at least getting yourself a new graphics card.