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Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Minimum specs for Guild Wars 2:
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or better • Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3, AMD Athlon 64 X2, or better • 2 GB RAM • NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI X1800, Intel HD 3000, or better (256MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
My current specs:
AMD Athlon II P360 Dual-Core | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 | Windows 7 HP 6.1 | 4gb Ram
I'm on a HP Pavilion g6, all that's really letting me down is my GFX, is there a way I can change it or is that a no-go for a laptop.
Also I have an old HP t000 if I can do anything with that... So, what's the cheapest way for me to make a computer that can run this ****?
Cheers in advance
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Just buy the best graphics card you can with whatever your budget is. Then fit it in yourself (very easy; don't pay some business to do it for you)
Games shouldn't need an amazing processor these days, and 4GB ram is enough. You'd be surprised how well a cheap computer can run games if you put the graphics settings to low. -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2(Original post by Harolinho)
Minimum specs for Guild Wars 2:
My current specs:
AMD Athlon II P360 Dual-Core | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 | Windows 7 HP 6.1 | 4gb Ram
I'm on a HP Pavilion g6, all that's really letting me down is my GFX, is there a way I can change it or is that a no-go for a laptop.
Also I have an old HP t000 if I can do anything with that... So, what's the cheapest way for me to make a computer that can run this ****?
Cheers in advance
Read what Camoxide has written..............
Also you should clan out the dust in your laptop to improve your performance
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Basically you cannot upgrade a laptop's GPU.
Therefore the option that I suggest is that you build a computer.
You can get the motherboard, memory and CPU from here for only £108
From here: http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-am...SY2.html?src=3
I would just buy the cheapest ATX case. like this http://www.dabs.com/products/best-va...16N.html?src=3
And then spend the most of the money on a good GPU and just buy a HDD.
Simplez
But I will warn you
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW24250 is an on-board GPU chip therefore the performance may be a bit lower when compared to a GPU running on a PCI-X slot.
But I definitely have to agree that the 4250 is way more powerful than the x1800 -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2I think this would be pretty cheap if you buy this desktop. Install your own OS and use your current keyboard/mouse and monitor.
Just buy a decent graphics card with whatever you have to spare and it'll be pretty decent for the cost and for awhile.
http://www.ebuyer.com/389050-zoostor...p-pc-7873-1061 -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Thanks everyone! I have a monitor, OS, keyboard, mouse etc already so that's cool!
Prefferably i'd like to run GW2 on medium settings though/ and it might be worthing paying a bit more for a computer that wont become outdated so quickly right?
The cheapest place to do this is pcspecialist? or dabs or ebuyer?
I also have NO IDEA how to put a computer together! -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Most of the stuff can be viewed on youtube and some other components come with a manual so you should be fine,(Original post by Harolinho)
Thanks everyone! I have a monitor, OS, keyboard, mouse etc already so that's cool!
Prefferably i'd like to run GW2 on medium settings though/ and it might be worthing paying a bit more for a computer that wont become outdated so quickly right?
The cheapest place to do this is pcspecialist? or dabs or ebuyer?
I also have NO IDEA how to put a computer together!
You could also try www.scan.co.uk
They are located in Bolton so you could just pick up the parts from there. -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2pcspecialist make it for you, they give you options for a build.(Original post by Harolinho)
Thanks everyone! I have a monitor, OS, keyboard, mouse etc already so that's cool!
Prefferably i'd like to run GW2 on medium settings though/ and it might be worthing paying a bit more for a computer that wont become outdated so quickly right?
The cheapest place to do this is pcspecialist? or dabs or ebuyer?
I also have NO IDEA how to put a computer together!
Are you thinking about building a desktop?
Cos I can give you a list of tutorials. -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2How well do you want to play it? My pc is quite old now and runs it on nearly max settings, it's not a demanding game at all.... My pc's specs are:
nvidia 9500gt
AMD Athlon dual core 5200+ 2.8ghz
4gb ram.
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Here's the component list that I'm looking for on pc specialist(Original post by Iqbal007)
pcspecialist make it for you, they give you options for a build.
Are you thinking about building a desktop?
Cos I can give you a list of tutorials.
The quote is for £431 - are you saying I can get all that for better if i build it myself?Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3470 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H61-MX: uATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 630 - DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
And yes I'd rather get a desktop as I can upgrade it if need be!
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Certainly you could do better, that psu is poor, so is the graphics, and motherboard(Original post by Harolinho)
Here's the component list that I'm looking for on pc specialist
The quote is for £431 - are you saying I can get all that for better if i build it myself?
And yes I'd rather get a desktop as I can upgrade it if need be!
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2really? Can you tell me what specs I could get for like 450-500 quid?(Original post by Iqbal007)
Certainly you could do better, that psu is poor, so is the graphics, and motherboard -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Have you got a windows dvd for the os?(Original post by Harolinho)
really? Can you tell me what specs I could get for like 450-500 quid?
If you do it'll make your parts even better -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Some games are run purely on prcessing power...(Original post by Matthew P)
Just buy the best graphics card you can with whatever your budget is. Then fit it in yourself (very easy; don't pay some business to do it for you)
Games shouldn't need an amazing processor these days, and 4GB ram is enough. You'd be surprised how well a cheap computer can run games if you put the graphics settings to low.
Flight simulater X for example.... -
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Re: Cheapest way to make a pc capabale of playing GW2Yeah dude I have windows 7 and I don't have to worry about word I have all that on my laptop(Original post by Iqbal007)
Have you got a windows dvd for the os?
If you do it'll make your parts even better
