Up to date info on GPU and CPU

[Snowreap]

I tried running the game over the weekend using a Core 2 Duo E6400 with 2GB DDR2 and a 512MB GDDR3 Radeon HD 4850, and the game was unplayable (over a minute to load into zones, invisible avatar, other players not visible, etc.). I think the problem was insufficient memory, rather than things being too slow.

2GB RAM may be fine after all. I'm in Texas this week, where I have a very similar machine -- a Dell OptiPlex 755 with a Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.0GHz) with 2GB DDR2 and a 1GB GDDR3 Radeon HD 4670 -- and GW2 runs just fine. note that the Radeon 4670 runs on PCI slot power only, and this machine has the stock Dell 305W power supply in it.

the machine at home that gave me problems is an OptiPlex 745 with an upgraded power supply to handle the more power-hungry Radeon 4850. so the issue with that one is either the 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo E6400 is too slow or 512MB GDDR3 on the video card is not enough. or it could be a software problem.

or maybe Arenanet has optimized GW2 more, and it would run fine on that computer now if only I would try it again.

both computers are running Windows XP Professional, 32-bit.

-ken