why does my Guild wars freeze when i play..my specs are like way higher than the req.uirements..?

Question

My Comp Spec:

Windows XP
Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz
1024 GB RAM
80 GB(33.8 GB Used)
nVidia Geforce 6200 With 128 Of VRAM
Sounds Doesnt Matter to Me..
Cable Internet Connection(Fast)
Keyboard and mouse

Guild Wars Specs:

Minimum System Specs:

Windows XP/2000/ME/98
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or equivalent
256 MB RAM
CD-ROM Drive
2 GB Available HDD Space
ATI Radeon 8500 or GeForce 3 or 4 MX Series Video Card with 32MB of VRAM
16-bit Sound Card
Internet connection
Keyboard and mouse

Recommended System Specs:

Windows XP/2000
Intel Pentium III 1GHz or equivalent
512 MB RAM
CD-ROM Drive
2 GB Available HDD Space
ATI Radeon 9000 or GeForce 4 Ti Series Video Card with 64MB of VRAM
16-bit Sound Card
Internet connection
Keyboard and mouse




WHY AM I STLL FREEZING?

Answer 1

Lol. Yea...Guild Wars seems to like to freeze a lot
my specs are
Pentium D 2.66ghz (two cores)
1GB RAM
ATI Radeon X600 256MB

so yea. expect it to have choppy video. the video is just so intense lol
try lowering down your graphical settings, it may help.

Answer 2

Could be a variety of reasons. The first thing to do is download and install the latest drivers for your vid card. Get them from Nvidia, not the manufacturer. Next I would download and install the latest version of DirectX from M$'s site.
Now for 'sound doesnt matter to me'. To the game it might. I felt the same way until Doom 3 wouldn't play on my system. No sound card, just the mobo's onboard. I added a SoundBlaster with full 5.1 speakers and changed my tune. The game ran and sounded fantastic. Most newer games have Dolby Digital and onboard sound chips just can't handle it. In the game turn down the sound quality to the minimum or switch it off entirely. With it's minimum as '16 bit' it shouldn't matter but it's still a possibility.
Next up, you'll hate this one, uninstall and reinstall the game. You may have some corrupted files. It could of happened during the install or just part of Window$ usual hiccups.
Just for a perc, the 6200 overclocks nicely like most Nvidia cards. Check out the CoolBits link. I got ~435mhz (375 on my old 6200 OC) and 800mhz on the RAM (700 stock on the 6200 OC) on the one I had. Since yours might not be a OC (Over Clocked - out of the box) card, you should still get about the same numbers.

Answer 3

Guild Wars (and a lot of other games) seem to have problems with NVidia drivers. This is an NVidia issue, since the old drivers (6 months or older) seem to have no problem. Try downgrading to an older driver and try that.

In short, NVidia has these issues, because they are constantly trying to "tweak" their drivers, to get the best performance out of the newest games (like Splinter Cell Vegas). The problem is that this often comes at the expense of older games (like GW, WOW, Sims 2, etc).

And as was stated earlier, try turning down your video settings. AA, Detail, etc. This can have an effect on performance as well, especially if your system is bogging down trying to fill in all of these details.