Guild Wars new computer advice

[offline]

Hi,

One of my nephews wants me to build a new system for him.
It must be able to play Guild Wars well.

My problem is the video card. I was going with an PCI-E AMD 939 3500+
ASUS based system with a 6800 GT or Ultra. Now I hear there are
freezing issues. So how about a X600 x800 video chipset?
He needs a high frame rate in heavily crowded areas - something over
20 fps. I have no clue about these MMORPG's.

Any Guild War experts out there?

[glockjs]

guild wars is more cpu intense than anything else. the system requirements are actually pretty low for a modern game. im runnin a 9800pro at higher res with no probs at all. but i know people that are running onboard to even a 9000 with no issues.

[waheed]

I dont have Guild Wars but can comment that I own a Athlon64 3500+, Asus MB, and a PCI-E 6600GT.

I have played many games (GTA Vice City, Doom 3, etc) at high resolutions without any problems. I have not had any freezing issues to date.

[rallynavvie]

Jeebus, I should think a rig like that will be able to play most anything on the market right now at high detail

[offline]

Thanks waheed.

Looks like the 6800 GT or Ultra is out as too many
people are having issues with them and the game.
I guess the ATI will have to do. A pity because
in all other cases the Nvida rocks and I have
never been a fan of catalyst drivers.

@ glockjs. I know that the 9200,9600 & 9800 work
fine but you know kids, they want the latest and
greatest

@rallynavvie

You would think so, especially as this game uses
DirectX 8, but like many things these days perhaps
Guild Wars went from beta to retail a bit too quickly.

Ah for the old days when things worked or you did
not buy them. These days we ARE the beta testers :/