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dantheman23312 · Sep 14, 2006, 05:38 AM // 05:38

ok im going to scan with my scaner,and defrag my comp right now,do u have any more advice to what i should do?

dantheman23312 · Sep 14, 2006, 05:42 AM // 05:42

ya it says i have 24.97 of free gb space after i d loaded guildwars,i also have 64% free space on my comp

N E D M · Sep 14, 2006, 05:56 AM // 05:56

see if you can find a PCI (NOT PCI-E) Video Card (preferably ATI or NVIDIA) with at least 128ram on it for sale at your local comp store/or online, Buy it, and follow installation instructions included with it.
It may be difficult to find Pci cards as Agp kinda made them obsolete, and PCI-E is making AGP obsolete.

Something like THIS: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...=84766&CatId=0 Should be able to run Guild wars for you.

dantheman23312 · Sep 14, 2006, 06:08 AM // 06:08

anything less then 30$....

N E D M · Sep 14, 2006, 06:18 AM // 06:18

Not likely.

Wrath Of Dragons · Sep 14, 2006, 06:38 AM // 06:38

i bought a gforce4 for 16$ after 20$ mail in rebate
ran gw. not well, but it ran

Bowman Artemis · Sep 14, 2006, 06:50 AM // 06:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by dantheman23312

ok im back,so i cant do anything to help me!so i have to like sell guildwars off someone?i have a question too,i played WoW before and it didnt do this?

WoW has slightly lower graphical demands. There is also a known problem with Guild Wars and Intel Integrated Graphics.

beta man · Sep 14, 2006, 08:18 AM // 08:18

seems like a overheating issue to me. resit ur heat sink

Bowman Artemis · Sep 14, 2006, 08:34 AM // 08:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by beta man

seems like a overheating issue to me. resit ur heat sink

Hint: He has a prebuilt Dell. If it's overheating, it's not the seating of the HSF. Also, overheating is mainly characterised by CPU throttling causing lag and/or shutdowns. Not BSODs.

Gli · Sep 14, 2006, 08:46 AM // 08:46

BSODs are usually the result of faulty system memory or messed up drivers. Reinstalling the video drivers (newest version) might fix the BSOD. I've no experience at all with GW on Intel integrated so it's just a random suggestion.

Also, see if setting all video quality settings to their minimum changes anything. (If they aren't already, they should be on a system like that.)

xXa1 · Sep 14, 2006, 10:59 AM // 10:59

to the OP

press F11
choose the Graphics tab and do the following

resolution: 800x600 (its the lowest)
quality: fastest (move the slider to the leftmost)
then set everything else to off/low/none

choose the Sound tab

quality: set the slider to the leftmost

might be able to run the game, i know it works on laptops

Venom4112 · Sep 14, 2006, 11:01 AM // 11:01

Trust me mate, if you cant play GW you deffinatley cant play WoW ^^

Locutas · Sep 14, 2006, 04:25 PM // 16:25

Why would you want to play WoW... ?

GW ROX

DeanBB · Sep 14, 2006, 05:07 PM // 17:07

With an upgraded video card, even a PCI card, you can run GW OK. Your specs are about the same as mine and I also have an older 1.3ghz Celeron running GW fine. Both have upgraded video cards though, the old one with 128mb of video ram and mine with a PCI card with 256mb ram.

Make sure you have sufficient free disk space as well, My Computer will display it as will a defrag.

gabrial heart · Sep 14, 2006, 06:08 PM // 18:08

You're pretty much stuck. The only REAL option you have is to take that machine to a dell authorized service provider (check the website) and have them stick a video card capable of playing games (and do the maintenance to run better overall). That machine happens to be bottom of the barrel and you being non-computer savy will most likely do more harm then good trying to buy and install a card yourself. And yes it will cost you more then 30 bucks.

Yeah, that machine will play WOW, horribly slow, but it will play. If you were a bit more savy with computers you might even be able to get GW to run longer then an hour on it too, but chances are you have a ton more problems with that computer then it's minimal system specs.

Airbag · Sep 14, 2006, 06:44 PM // 18:44

I'm able to play both GW and WoW on my laptop, a P4 2,2 with 512MB RAM and an Intel Extreme 2 'graphics' thingie, which should be a bit slower than your Dell.

However, both are aggrevatingly slow even on the lowest settings (GW a bit worse than WoW.. as long as you stay FAR away from IF/Orgri

). Never got a BSOD tho...

dantheman23312 · Sep 14, 2006, 07:26 PM // 19:26

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I HAVE THE GRPAHIX THING DONT I?

Ristaron · Sep 14, 2006, 07:43 PM // 19:43

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Originally Posted by dantheman23312

gay..

Alright, seriously. So far you've double-posted, single-word-posted, used improper english, and failed to cooperate with the people who are trying to help you; and now you're being a derogatory brat. Could you break any more forum rules? I don't care if you find that kind of homophobic bullshit acceptable in your personal life, but it doesn't belong on these forums. If it were up to me you'd get banned right now, and I'm sure if you keep this up some wise administrator will come to the same conclusion. So either smarten up and be a mature poster, or shut up and leave the forums.

My $0.97.
(You don't have to pay if you take my advice.)

Locutas · Sep 14, 2006, 07:56 PM // 19:56

I have a quick question did you buy the pc , if so didnt you thell the salesperson it was for games .... If you did , they sold you an inferior computer ... demand a computer that cad DO what you wanted it to do.... If it was a present .............

and just another question (somthing Ristaron might be interested in 8) ) .. Is english your second language ? (and No I'm not trying to offend anyone I would just like the clarification)

The Pointless · Sep 14, 2006, 07:59 PM // 19:59

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Originally Posted by dantheman23312

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Intel Extreme Graphics 2? Sounds integrated, sound rubbish. Enough said, I'm afraid. You need something like an ATi Radeon or an nVIDIA GeForce, really.