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titatita · Oct 15, 2006, 02:29 PM // 14:29

My computer has 1024 ram and is 2.4 ghz
I am using GeForce Fx 5500 and my fps is usually lower then 15

can some 1help me?

Gorebrex · Oct 16, 2006, 01:06 AM // 01:06

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Originally Posted by titatita

My computer has 1024 ram and is 2.4 ghz
I am using GeForce Fx 5500 and my fps is usually lower then 15

can some 1help me?

Theres the problem, Id say. Thats a pretty old card. Mines a FX 5900(also kinda old now), but I get about 30-70 fps depending on the area, with max settings(except for AA and AF, which I never use anyway).

Katari · Oct 16, 2006, 02:48 AM // 02:48

My previous setup was:

2.5GHz P4
GeForce 5500FX
512 RAM

It ran GW allright. I couldn't put settings to max, but the framerate could hit acceptable levels simply by lowering a few settings. I don't think the card is the problem, unless the OP has settings set to max.

titatita · Oct 16, 2006, 05:41 AM // 05:41

wuts AF i dunno lol

Doomlord_Slayermann · Oct 16, 2006, 06:08 AM // 06:08

The FX 5500 SHOULD run GW without problems - it was a solid card in its day and GW isn't exactly that demanding. What type of processor do you have? 2.4 GHz could mean a couple different things.

titatita · Oct 16, 2006, 06:52 AM // 06:52

I am using intel pentium 4 2.4ghz? wut u mean different thing?

Doomlord_Slayermann · Oct 16, 2006, 06:56 AM // 06:56

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Originally Posted by titatita

I am using intel pentium 4 2.4ghz? wut u mean different thing?

That's exactly what I meant. Could have been a Celeron, a Xenon, an Athlon, or something else for that matter. Because of differences in architecture, 2.4 GHz could mean a lot of different levels of performance.

Anyways, I'm kind of stumped. Your system should run Guild Wars just fine. What settings are you running at?

titatita · Oct 16, 2006, 07:31 AM // 07:31

In game settings is terrain medium texture medium rest low or none and i am getting like 2 fps in chest running

Gorebrex · Oct 16, 2006, 02:00 PM // 14:00

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Originally Posted by titatita

wuts AF i dunno lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filtering

As to low fps, what else is running besides GW? What other programs are you using? Also do a virus scan to see if theres any one your system(they eat up alot of resources too).

moriz · Oct 16, 2006, 02:21 PM // 14:21

what kind of slot does your graphics card use? agp, pci-e, pci?

my geforce fx5500 uses a pci slot, and it can achieve 24-30 fps in a gvg.

anyways, the pci version is quite rare, so you probably got the agp version. the agp version is technically 80x faster than the pci version, so i have no idea why your fps is so low. do a few virus scans and spyware scans and tell us what you find.

titatita · Oct 17, 2006, 10:57 AM // 10:57

i have a spyware doctor running and i had virus scans and spyware scans. All is clean

Emik · Oct 17, 2006, 11:19 AM // 11:19

I'm running GW on a 1250 MHz Athlon XP with 1024 mb RAM and a GeForece4 Ti4200 AGP8x.
No problems on my end so it's deffo not the gfx card.
Maybe try updating your gfx driver software if that's possible

PS: how many background or resource processes have you got running?

Maybe install Cacheman to empty out all that excess on mal-used virtual memory.

titatita · Oct 17, 2006, 12:17 PM // 12:17

I only got spyware doctor running and nothing else

Emik · Oct 17, 2006, 12:24 PM // 12:24

Install Spywareblaster and Spybot S&D instead

No required background process and no spyware either

titatita · Oct 17, 2006, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Any other way other then that?

Doomlord_Slayermann · Oct 17, 2006, 02:34 PM // 14:34

My friend has a similar system, and when I messed with GW on his it ran without issue on almost maxed settings. Here's one other thing: do other games have performance problems?

howaj · Oct 18, 2006, 12:44 AM // 00:44

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Originally Posted by titatita

I only got spyware doctor running and nothing else

try not running it in the background or running a program like nod32, which imo is great program that uses hardly any bandwidth but still has the great protection. It has been recognised as good software for gamers who play online.

Also on the graphics card I just built an old computer with a FX5500 running on it and it runs fine on medium to low graphics, I think your problem is you need to reformat your computer or even just defragment the hard drive.

Your processor should run it fine

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2.4 GHz could mean a couple different things.

Yes quite right my AMD 64 3800+ which cuts your P4 processor like you wouldn't believe only runs at 2.4GHz, so yes it 2.4ghz could mean alot of things.

My advice is reformatt dude, it is recomended to be done every few months and if you haven't done it in a while you should do it, it requires you dto reinstall windows and wipe the hard drive, so back up the stuff you want before hand.

titatita · Oct 23, 2006, 11:06 AM // 11:06

I reformatted my comp and the fps is as low as ever