Running the game

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Contents 1 System Requirements 1.1 Minimum System Specification 1.2 Recommended System Specification 2 Support 3 Command line arguments 4 Languages 5 Running the game on unsupported systems 5.1 Unsupported graphics cards 5.1.1 Intel 5.2 Unsupported operating systems 5.2.1 Linux (any variation) 5.2.2 Apple 5.3 Other operating systems 5.3.1 Windows 7

[edit] System Requirements

Official specification for Eye of the North (earlier campaigns have slightly lower requirements):

[edit] Minimum System Specification

• Windows Vista/XP/2000/ME/98
• Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or equivalent
• 512 MB RAM
• DVD-ROM drive¹
• 3 GB available HDD space
• ATI Radeon 8500 or NVIDIA GeForce 3 series video card with 64 MB of VRAM
• 16-bit sound card
• Internet connection
• Keyboard and mouse
• DirectX 8

[edit] Recommended System Specification

• Windows Vista/XP/2000
• Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or equivalent
• 1 GB RAM
• DVD-ROM drive¹
• 4 GB available HDD space
• ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 series video card or above
• 16-bit sound card
• Internet connection
• Keyboard and mouse
• DirectX 9

¹Required only for installation of boxed versions of the game.

[edit] Support

For help with problems running the game when your system meets the above system requirements, look at the official support site, where you can also ask for help from a support representative if you cannot find a solution to your problem on the support database.

[edit] Command line arguments

Command line arguments are startup parameters that can be used to alter the game's behavior. For a complete list and instructions on how to use these see command line arguments.

[edit] Languages

Guild Wars currently supports several different languages. These include English, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Bork! Bork! Bork!² Audio language is available in English, Korean, French, German, Italian and Spanish and can be freely mixed together (ex. Korean text and German voices).

²Bork! Bork! Bork! is a fictional dialect used by a Swedish Chef Muppet from The Muppet Show. More info can be found here.

[edit] Running the game on unsupported systems

Warning: Running Guild Wars on other operating systems is completely unsupported by ArenaNet and NCSoft. Use at your own risk as support cannot help you.

Note: Although running Guild Wars on below configurations is possible, performance will probably be greatly affected and things may or not run correctly.

[edit] Unsupported graphics cards

[edit] Intel

• According to this NCSoft knowledge base article, Intel graphics cards are not officially supported.
• Although unsupported, all Intel GMA900 or higher graphics processors are believed to be able to run Guild Wars (however the graphics are sometimes buggy and third party software may be necessary to prevent crashes in certain areas). All 9xx and Core 2 chipsets with integrated graphics include an appropriate graphics processor, this includes all new Intel chipsets with integrated graphics from 2005 onward and some new chipsets with integrated graphics from 2004.
• Guild Wars Guru - moriz - [Guide] Intel GMA Performance Tweaks (Intel GMA3100 graphics card, requires the third-party program 3D-Analyze).

[edit] Unsupported operating systems

[edit] Linux (any variation)

It is possible to play it on Linux using Wine, CrossOver or using a virtual machine.

[edit] Apple

Apple computers based on Intel microchips are able to run the Guild Wars client using Wine. CrossOver can be used. Otherwise, dual-booting into Windows with Boot Camp is another option. You can also use a virtual machine to play Guild Wars on Mac.

[edit] Other operating systems

[edit] Windows 7

Guild Wars will run on Windows 7 without any special software or compatibility modes, but is not officially supported at this time due to the fact that the game requirements have not been updated to list Windows 7. Windows 7 is based on Windows Vista's framework, as a result it runs the same way Vista does.