Curse

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 03:36 AM // 03:36

-First of all, I need to know what I have to tell you to help me solve my problem.

-I have DSL.

-Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.52GHz
2.52 GHz
256 MB of RAM

-NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

-19 Programs running in background (Including GW)

-Guild Wars loads into new areas extremely slow. It's a pain.

dimirpaw · Dec 20, 2005, 03:49 AM // 03:49

Your video card stinks, barley any ram... About the onlything good about your PC from what you show is the P4 2.52.

Having like 19 programs running with low ram will kill your game, plus I take it your mother board stinks too.

Well, close off all OWNER tasks expect EXPLORER and TASKMGR then run GW.

Should work fine after that... Not great but playable.

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 03:59 AM // 03:59

Dang, there are no other options for me, lol?

dimirpaw · Dec 20, 2005, 04:01 AM // 04:01

.... I just gave you some, kill all OWNER Tasks but EXPLORER and TASKMGR and run GW. Along with Firewalls and Anti-Spyware/Virus.

Have you tried these yet?

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 04:01 AM // 04:01

Yes, I closed them all.

dimirpaw · Dec 20, 2005, 04:02 AM // 04:02

So it ran the same? Turn the game settings to the lowest... Res. ect... Update GeFORCE. ect..

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 04:04 AM // 04:04

whoa, i just loaded into Ashford Abbey in record time of 20 seconds. Usually it takes 2-3 minutes, sometimes more.

dimirpaw · Dec 20, 2005, 04:04 AM // 04:04

With tasks all off? Or settings low, or both?

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 04:05 AM // 04:05

I was reading one of the stickies, and followed that information as well as yours, i only tried loading into a city once, lets hope it will continue to let me do this.

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 04:06 AM // 04:06

tasks all off now. i also raised GW priority, (task manager, right click on guild wars, then set priority higher) I then went to adapter advanced settings troubleshoot and moved the notch one below the top.

dimirpaw · Dec 20, 2005, 04:06 AM // 04:06

Alright, just rember not to set your game settings so high when your card and PC isn't what one would call "great". However it should run playable. Load times might be still long due to Video and Computer Ram.

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 04:08 AM // 04:08

Thank you so much for the help. I've played GW like this for four months... wow do I feel FREEEE.

dimirpaw · Dec 20, 2005, 04:08 AM // 04:08

No problem, have fun and shall slow free play time last forever!

Meneldil · Dec 20, 2005, 04:15 AM // 04:15

oh dang... another 2 minute load into ashford abbey...lol

uh oh, chris is in this thread lol

chris_nin00 · Dec 20, 2005, 04:19 AM // 04:19

The reason why your maps load slowly is because there is not enough ram.
Invest in more ram if possible; you need it.
I recommend 512mb of ram

Your card is fine

See you around

Old Dood · Dec 20, 2005, 12:04 PM // 12:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris_nin00

The reason why your maps load slowly is because there is not enough ram.
Invest in more ram if possible; you need it.
I recommend 512mb of ram

Your card is fine

See you around

Yes....your ram is way too low. I would suggest 1Gb of ram. 512Mb is a bare bone min. Also a newer video card...even a $80.00 card will speed things up allot.

Dex · Dec 22, 2005, 01:14 AM // 01:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris_nin00

The reason why your maps load slowly is because there is not enough ram.
Invest in more ram if possible; you need it.
I recommend 512mb of ram

Your card is fine

See you around

I'll chime in as the 3rd. That is definitely your problem. In most games slow load times = too little RAM.

dimirpaw · Dec 22, 2005, 01:40 AM // 01:40

Well load time as a lot to do with Ram, however game play slowness can be your Graphic's card. None the less buy more ram!