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alzapa · Feb 06, 2007, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Ok I am a noob when it comes to Computers and I have a mac book and can not figure out how much RAM it has.

here is the macBook it is the black one, and I don't see a place were it says how much RAM it has? http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...D&nclm=MacBook

Yanman.be · Feb 06, 2007, 10:02 PM // 22:02

It's called Random Accesss Memory.

You're looking for memory on that site.

I think that model has 1 GB, but you can upgrade it to 2 GB.

therangereminem · Feb 06, 2007, 10:02 PM // 22:02

you have 1 gig of ram ram is memory

alzapa · Feb 06, 2007, 10:05 PM // 22:05

thanks you two for the quick response now that I know what it is. I have 2GB of RAM thanks. Now I am headed to the store to buy Guild wars

Loviatar · Feb 06, 2007, 10:08 PM // 22:08

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Originally Posted by alzapa

thanks you two for the quick response now that I know what it is. I have 2GB of RAM thanks. Now I am headed to the store to buy Guild wars

NO MAC VERSION OF GW

swiss chedda · Feb 06, 2007, 10:09 PM // 22:09

Would upgrading my ram on my laptop from 512mb to 1gb get rid of insane loading screens? After I get past the loading screens I usually do fine but I can't do random arenas because I'm always dead when I finally load. Also, is it bad for my pagefile usage to be at a steady 300mb? I heard somewhere that pagefile will slow you down.

alzapa · Feb 07, 2007, 12:26 AM // 00:26

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Originally Posted by Loviatar

NO MAC VERSION OF GW

I have bootcamp running windows XP

tijo · Feb 07, 2007, 01:00 AM // 01:00

You should still check if you can run Gw before buying it, because even tho you have XP doesnt mean GW will run on your computer since some windows only programs dont run an a MAC at all. Some of the windows live services are an example of this, my friend cant run them on his Macbook and its almost brand new.

alzapa · Feb 07, 2007, 03:04 AM // 03:04

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Originally Posted by tijo

You should still check if you can run Gw before buying it, because even tho you have XP doesnt mean GW will run on your computer since some windows only programs dont run an a MAC at all. Some of the windows live services are an example of this, my friend cant run them on his Macbook and its almost brand new.

I just found this info, is this a person I can trust? http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...ars-id2042.php

if that info is correct I can play with this macbook. scroll down to the bottom and it says macbooks.

Also thanks every one for answering all my questions, this is a awesome group of people.

easyg · Feb 07, 2007, 06:07 AM // 06:07

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Originally Posted by alzapa

I just found this info, is this a person I can trust? http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...ars-id2042.php

if that info is correct I can play with this macbook. scroll down to the bottom and it says macbooks.

Also thanks every one for answering all my questions, this is a awesome group of people.

I would imagine you can pretty much trust that person

cannonfodder · Feb 07, 2007, 06:09 AM // 06:09

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Originally Posted by alzapa

I have bootcamp running windows XP

Therefore you are running windows.... There is still no Mac based guildwars

alzapa · Feb 07, 2007, 02:17 PM // 14:17

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Originally Posted by easyg

I would imagine you can pretty much trust that person

cool so it will work for sure on my macbook. My next question is will the game be fun running 15-20 FPS

Stemnin · Feb 07, 2007, 02:35 PM // 14:35

No..video..card.. ? Anyone know if it has a gpu?

Running 15-20 FPS average? No game is fun 15-20 fps average imho, 15-20 minimum is ok (my 7800 gs oc'd to death gets 15 fps occasionally in large cities).

Commander Ryker · Feb 07, 2007, 02:47 PM // 14:47

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Originally Posted by swiss chedda

Would upgrading my ram on my laptop from 512mb to 1gb get rid of insane loading screens? After I get past the loading screens I usually do fine but I can't do random arenas because I'm always dead when I finally load. Also, is it bad for my pagefile usage to be at a steady 300mb? I heard somewhere that pagefile will slow you down.

OMG, I don't know how you've been playing with just 512. Upgrading would most certainly help. If you've got that small of ram, it might also be worth your while to check on your graphics card. That too will slow you down.

Another thing you can do is to make a duplicate shortcut of your gw icon and change the target location to this: "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image. That will load all images and avoid taking forever to load an area. After you've done that, use the regular shortcut to load the game.

Retz · Feb 08, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40

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Originally Posted by Stemnin

No..video..card.. ? Anyone know if it has a gpu?

Running 15-20 FPS average? No game is fun 15-20 fps average imho, 15-20 minimum is ok (my 7800 gs oc'd to death gets 15 fps occasionally in large cities).

That's evidence of a CPU bottleneck, I would imagine.

Sol Solus · Feb 08, 2007, 08:16 AM // 08:16

I used to have 512 Mb of RAM and moving around, looking at things was somewhat jerky. Since I upgraded to 1 Gb + 256 Mb of RAM, GW ran smooth as silk, maxed settings. I have a AMD Athlon 64 +3400 Mobile and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600, so other hardware probably wasn't an issue, rather texture caching. I recommend playing Guild Wars with anything above 1 Gb of RAM.

swiss chedda · Feb 09, 2007, 03:05 AM // 03:05

Yea, I got the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 also. I've got 512mb ram right now and will probably add on another 512mb to get 1gb which is the max for this laptop.

Eldin · Feb 09, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40

My 7800 GS OC runs games like HL2 and CSS on 60, sometimes 70+ FPS, but for some reason I think Nvidia cards don't get along with GW, and at the highest I can only manage 40 on it.

I have 1GB RAM. Right now for gamers 1 to 1.5GB is the average, though with DX10 and all, people are starting to upgrade. I'd say at the minimum for most gamers/programmers/graphic designers, 1GB is good. I hear there is a HUGE difference in performance between 512MB and 1GB.

Gizzen Garr · Feb 12, 2007, 04:13 AM // 04:13

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Originally Posted by Commander Ryker

OMG, I don't know how you've been playing with just 512. Upgrading would most certainly help. If you've got that small of ram, it might also be worth your while to check on your graphics card. That too will slow you down.

i play with 512mb ram and have a 2.0Ghz Sempron proc. i do get alot of lag on busy sever days while others i have 70+ fps. However i do have a ATi X1600 pro 512mb PCI/e graphic card which that helps extremely. So its not entirely the ram, its a combo of sever and rig GW is running(but u prolly know that alrdy)