Guild Wars 2 Computer & Performance thread.

[Zorohon]

this!, if you are not traveling constantly buy a desktop, you will get nearly double your moneys worth. Another option would be to upgrade your laptops graphics card, the other system speccs are fine to run GW2 on medium-high.

It's possible to upgrade a laptop's graphics card without causing complications?

I like laptops because I can sit with my family downstairs in the living room, and still play games. Then at the drop of a dime I can go upstairs into my room and continue playing when they all decide to go to bed. It essentially allows me to play and be social. I am semi-open to the idea of a desktop though.

If we were talking about a budget of 600-800 dollars (what I can get within the next 6 days prior to the release of GW2) what would be the recommended desktop and laptop equivalent?

[Delias]

It's possible to upgrade a laptop's graphics card without causing complications?

The cards you will have to choose from will be very specific, usually tiny upgrades, and will be expensive and hard to install. For 800$ you can realistically get a laptop or desktop that should be able to run GW2, but the difference will be "Hey, I'm running it but lagging on low" vs "Hey, I'm running it smoothly on high with AA/shadows turned down"

[drigoly]

with 600-800$ you can easily get both a laptop and a desktop that can run GW2 on high settings but desktops have the benefit of beeing more easily to upgrade.
A scenario: your graphics card gets outdated,
laptop: buy a new one or pay a lot of money and invest a lot of time to upgrade your laptop without gaining much performance
desktop: buy a new graphics card for 80-100$, install it in 5 minutes and play all new games on medium-high.

[Zorohon]

with 600-800$ you can easily get both a laptop and a desktop that can run GW2 on high settings but desktops have the benefit of beeing more easily to upgrade.
A scenario: your graphics card gets outdated,
laptop: buy a new one or pay a lot of money and invest a lot of time to upgrade your laptop without gaining much performance
desktop: buy a new graphics card for 80-100$, install it in 5 minutes and play all new games on medium-high.

I understand all of that already.
You say I could easily get a Laptop that can run GW2, what did you have in mind?

[drigoly]

I understand all of that already.
You say I could easily get a Laptop that can run GW2, what did you have in mind?

I just browsed through some laptop sales sites and crap, it's madness how expensive laptops with decent graphics cards are, sorry but there isn't one for 800$ that could run GW2 on high settings :/ The best offer i found was a custom built laptop on the hp-website, that one could run GW2 on low-medium with 30-40 fps , a desktop for the same price on the same site could run it easily on high with 60+ fps.

[Deleted]

OS: Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6670
CPU: AMD FX-4100 Quad Core 3.6GHz
RAM: 8GB
DirectX 11
1920x1080 resolution

[Deleted]

Hello, a friend and I am considering to have a look at Guild wars 2.
We have spent a long time playing World of warcraft and other games together,
now I know that I have a computer that would be able to run GW2, the problem is my friend.
This is what he is currently running.

Operating System: Windows 7 Home premium 64-bit
RAM (Memory) : 6144mb RAM
CPUProcessor: Intel(r) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 , 2.80GHz (8CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Direct X: Direct X 11
GPU (Graphics card): ATI Radeon HD 5450

So the big question here is, would my friend be able to run it? and if so at roughly what performance
should he be able to expect?
I most definately hope that he will be able to, as if not, that will kind of defeat the purpose of eighter
of us getting the game.

Thank you in advance for the feedback.

[drigoly]

Hello, a friend and I am considering to have a look at Guild wars 2.
We have spent a long time playing World of warcraft and other games together,
now I know that I have a computer that would be able to run GW2, the problem is my friend.
This is what he is currently running.

Operating System: Windows 7 Home premium 64-bit
RAM (Memory) : 6144mb RAM
CPUProcessor: Intel(r) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 , 2.80GHz (8CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Direct X: Direct X 11
GPU (Graphics card): ATI Radeon HD 5450

So the big question here is, would my friend be able to run it? and if so at roughly what performance
should he be able to expect?
I most definately hope that he will be able to, as if not, that will kind of defeat the purpose of eighter
of us getting the game.

Thank you in advance for the feedback.

should be able to run it on low, the problem is the grapics card, cpu & ram are good enough for high settings.

[arukas]

Any help with this:

Processor 2.3 GHz Frequency, Turbo Boost 3.3 GHz
Processor Cache 6 MB
Intel ® Core ™ i7 Quad-Core 3610QM (Ivy Bridge)
RAM 8 GB, Type DDR3-1600 RAM
Graphics Card AMD Radeon ™ HD 7670M

Thanks

[Deleted]

Ok im terrible when it comes to computer but i think this is what's important
Windows7
Graphics card Geforce GTX460
RAM 4094
I think this is the motherboard, lol: ACPIx64
CPU, AMD PHENOM(tm) II X6 1055T processor

how will the game run how bad / good would the fps be?

[Deleted]

should be able to run it on low, the problem is the grapics card, cpu & ram are good enough for high settings.

Thank you for the responce, I was wondering, what kind of a graphics card would he have to actually get to be able to run it on atleast medium settings?
And it would be nice if it is taken into account that his budged is abit strained. Just wondering if it would be possible to get away with a semi cheap upgrade to make the experience more enjoyable.

[jmt]

For those of you wanting a gfx card on the cheap for GW2, geeks.com has NEW 4770s for 40$ with 10% code GEEKBERT.

Doesnt get better than that.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...&CJPID=4485850

[drigoly]

Any help with this:

Processor 2.3 GHz Frequency, Turbo Boost 3.3 GHz
Processor Cache 6 MB
Intel ® Core ™ i7 Quad-Core 3610QM (Ivy Bridge)
RAM 8 GB, Type DDR3-1600 RAM
Graphics Card AMD Radeon ™ HD 7670M

Thanks

medium, in low populated areas even some high settings could work

Ok im terrible when it comes to computer but i think this is what's important
Windows7
Graphics card Geforce GTX460
RAM 4094
I think this is the motherboard, lol: ACPIx64
CPU, AMD PHENOM(tm) II X6 1055T processor

how will the game run how bad / good would the fps be?

medium-high depending on how much is going on, more inclining to high settings.

For those of you wanting a gfx card on the cheap for GW2, geeks.com has NEW 4770s for 40$ with 10% code GEEKBERT.

Doesnt get better than that.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...&CJPID=4485850

agree, that's a good deal :P , that graphics card is able to run GW2 on medium+ (w vs w might need low settings)

[jmt]

I was thinking medium to high depending on resolution.

This is a great deal for anyone looking to add a card or upgrade from the card their big box computer came with.

[GG4Eva]

Does anyone know if crossfire will be available at launch?

[Jovanaar]

I'm completely derp with computer hardware stuff, so help me out.

OS: Windows XP

Intel Pentium III Xeon-processor

Visible Memory
3.3 GB

Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Graphics memory
1536MB


Do I require any updates, or updates for my drivers? Help me out here (:

[Deleted]

What performance will these two PC's push out on GW2?

ebuyer.com/390395-chillblast-v1000-desktop-pc-ivyv1000np
ebuyer.com/370436-cyberpower-commando-800-gaming-pc-ecc01110

Also all that power only on a 500w is tat dangerous or will it be okay? (for the second link.)

Also will they manage any future expansions?

[Blackmist]

I'm completely derp with computer hardware stuff, so help me out.

OS: Windows XP

Intel Pentium III Xeon-processor

Visible Memory
3.3 GB

Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Graphics memory
1536MB


Do I require any updates, or updates for my drivers? Help me out here (:

Are you quite sure on that CPU? Run CPU-Z or something and tell us what it says.

[drigoly]

I was thinking medium to high depending on resolution.

well if you could play it 320x240 even my 10 year old pc should be able to run it, on todays standard 1650x1050+ that card is deffinatly not gonna run the game on high :P

[kenn9530]

ebuyer.com/370436-cyberpower-commando-800-gaming-pc-ecc01110

Will this computer be able to run max settings on GW2 with high Fps? Its a lot of money if it doesnt..

Also all that power only on a 500w is tat dangerous or will it be okay?

Also will it manage any future expansions?

This one would cost around 50 more but you could get a slightly lower graphics card if you dont want to go over 800, i think this setup would be much better for you, if you have a little extra a SSD would be a nice addition also, im getting my comp built on the dinopc website as they are at a reasonable price and i dont want to build mine on my own.

CPU: 2085 - NEW! Intel Core i5 3570K
Operating System: 11014 - Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: 4139 - NEW! Asus P8Z77-V LX
Memory: 5041 - 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drives: 6028 - 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 7003 - 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: 9049 - NEW! AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
Sound card: 10001 - Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: 17035 - Zalman Z9 Plus
PSU: 18039 - NEW! 600W Xigmatek