A full 250 years after the original Guild Wars, massive upheavals, cataclysms, and globe-spanning events have changed the world of Tyria. Human civilization is in decline. Other races are rising up, taking control over large portions of the world; the balance of power has shifted. The dragons have awoken.

Guild Wars 2 System Requirements

28 Jun 2012 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or better
Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3 OR AMD Athlon 64 X2, or better
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI X1800, Intel HD 3000, or better (256 MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
35 GB available HDD space
Broadband Internet connection
Keyboard and mouse

PC System Analysis For Guild Wars 2 Requirements

4 GB will also be needed to achieve the Guild Wars 2 rec specs and get 60FPS. System memory for min is 2 GB.

How well optimised is Guild Wars 2 for PC? Guild Wars 2 is well optimized

7.2

Where does Guild Wars 2 rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Online, RPG, Fantasy

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Processor

Core 2 Quad Q9500 2.83GHz

Graphics [1920 x 1080]

Radeon HD 7850

RAM

4GB

Performance Report

Processor

Intel

Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0GHz

AMD

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce 7800 GS

AMD

Radeon X1800 Series 256MB

RAM

2GB

Processor

Intel

Core 2 Duo E8190 2.66GHz

AMD

Athlon II X2 235e

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GT 240

AMD

Radeon HD 5570 512MB

RAM

4GB

Processor

Intel

Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz

AMD

Phenom 9650 Quad-Core

Graphics

Nvidia

AMD

Radeon HD 5670 1024MB

RAM

4GB

Max Playable Resolutions at 30 FPS
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CPU

Core 2 Quad Q9500 2.83GHz

Our recommended setting for playing Guild Wars 2: <strong>High</strong>

GFX

Radeon HD 7850 [1920 x 1080]

RAM

4GB

Our recommended setting for playing Guild Wars 2: <strong>Medium to High Setting</strong>

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Intel CPU

AMD CPU

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Core 2 Duo E8190 2.66GHz

Athlon II X2 235e

GeForce GT 240

Radeon HD 5570 512MB

512 MB

4 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

25 GB

FPS

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Phenom 9650 Quad-Core

Radeon HD 5670 1024MB

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Win 7 64

DX 10

25 GB

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Guild Wars 2 PC Release Date:

28 Aug 2012

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