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anyone play Guild Wars

Fullmetal Chocobo

Fullmetal Chocobo

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Yes, I know this goes in GH. No one replied to sh!t in there, so I'm putting it in here. I just need a few answers real quick.

If you play GW, please post a quick description of your specs. Especially video card & processor, and how is the performance on your setup. I'm trying to figure out if the purchase of a Quadro FX 2000 will let me keep playing Guild Wars with my wife. (Quadro FX 2000 ~ GeForce FX 5800)

video: 6800 GT, AGP (wanting to go to FX 2000 or 3000, possibly 4000)
procs: dual Xeon 2.66
and it plays just fine @ 1280x1024.
 
I don't get what you meant. You trying to get a new PC or what? Why are you downgrading your 6800GT?

Quadro is not a card intended for gaming.

GeForce FX generation is the worst engineered generation. It has a design flaw in memory architecture that prevented every product except the last FX5900 from being a decent performer.
 
hehe the peeps I used to play guildwars with (I still keep in touch with some of them) are now ranked 15th in the guild ladder ^^
 
Originally posted by: AnnihilatorX
I don't get what you meant. You trying to get a new PC or what? Why are you downgrading your 6800GT?

Quadro is not a card intended for gaming.

GeForce FX generation is the worst engineered generation. It has a design flaw in memory architecture that prevented every product except the last FX5900 from being a decent performer.
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I want to put a rendering card back in my machine, because the 6800GT renders like sh!t. The cards primary use will be 3D Studio Max, but me and my wife play GW together, so I need to get one that is atleast capable of playing GW @ 1280x1024. I know the 4000 can, but if I can use a 2000 and save $450, well...
 
both of you should quit guildwars and play runesacape. it can be played with any card on the market... and its free.
 
I used to play GW on my laptop, which had an on-board Intel chip. I had to tweak a few settings, but it worked with only occasional video lag. Of course I didn't get the gorgeous picture that most new video cards would get ya.
 
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Do Quadro cards really render better? Do they get used to help with the actual rendering of CGI images?
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It's not the actual rendering that they help with, but the setting up of the scene. Rendering is all about processor & RAM (with some hd in reference to reading / writing). But in setting up of a scene, especially a complicated one, a rendering card (and it's drivers!!) makes all the difference in the world.
 
CPU: AthlonXP 2600+
Video: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 (128 MB)

GW performs very well on my system. I don't remember what resolution I have it set at, but I believe it's somewhere around 1152 or 1280 with medium detail settings.

-Tom
 
You're having problems with a 6800GT? I used to play GW with a 128mb 6800nu and it was fine. Perhaps you could look into going to AMD socket 939 instead? And maybe OC the 6800gt a little?

I re-read the thread, this post is probably useless to you, but oh well. I would assume a newer, faster Quadro would help in GW compared to an older, slower one.
 
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