My graphics card worked just fine for BWE3 now I tried to update the patch just so I am prepared for launch and it is saying my graphics card is incompatible I have an ati radeon HD 4300/4500 series

Originally posted by sinloi

My graphics card worked just fine for BWE3 now I tried to update the patch just so I am prepared for launch and it is saying my graphics card is incompatible I have an ati radeon HD 4300/4500 series

I think they announced this some time ago, where a whole list (mostly Intel) graphics cards where incompatible with the game

how the hell do they just suddenly make a graphics card incompatible that was compatible a month ago...grah this is why I hate pc gaming.

Woah! I used to have ATI Radeon HD 4500 Series too (used it for BWE2), just switched to Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti a few weeks ago. But I didn't know about this... Where can I find the list of the incompatible graphics cards? Maybe my new one won't work at release. :(

They said something about improving the engine and making it compatible with older graphics cards before release. I hope they sort this out, because otherwise they'll have lots of pissed customers.

Anyway, a 550 Ti will surely run the game just fine on High.

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Originally posted by dekou
Anyway, a 550 Ti will surely run the game just fine on High.

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It did in BWE3, I just hope it's not on that list for some reason. D:

It's one of the most common high-end gaming cards. Putting it on that list would be suicide.

Alright, thanks. I guess I'm just being paranoid, lol. I want everything to be perfect for release.

Originally posted by dekou

It's one of the most common high-end gaming cards. Putting it on that list would be suicide.

Do you know what high end gaming cards are?  These have never been high end.

I don't think it's that high-end, it was pretty cheap. xD I just want to play GW2, that's all.

It should really be easy enough to work out that they mean "deemed not good enough" not "literally will not work with" is it actually stopping you from installing?

Wait, what? I need a new graphics card....

Do they let you pre-purchase the game and then they make it incompatible with your graphics card?

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Originally posted by dekou

It's one of the most common high-end gaming cards. Putting it on that list would be suicide.

Do you know what high end gaming cards are?  These have never been high end.

No one knows what exactly high-end gaming cards are. However, I'd say anything that's good enough to play modern games on High is high-end.

Originally posted by coretex666

Do they let you pre-purchase the game and then they make it incompatible with your graphics card?

No, when they say incompatible what they really mean is below minimum specs. It will still be able to play the game, but the performance will be lower.

druing BW3 i was getting bad FPS .... was getting way better FPS druing First beta!!!!

i has a GTX 580 Superclocked Edition and it was struggling to get past 60FPS and was veryy annoying coz it would drop low as 30s and 40s

i5 2500k 12GB ram

anyone els noticed that game needs lot more omptimization? i was hoping for stable 60 Fps... i mean jeez.... its a GTX 580 its not a weak card..

Originally posted by dekou

No one knows what exactly high-end gaming cards are. However, I'd say anything that's good enough to play modern games on High is high-end.

If only we had some kind of system to indicate a cards power, or any kind of website where these things could be found... Are you high?

Well, at least you now have time (and reason) to purchase new graphic card ;)

In BWE3 my wife was playing using an Nvidia 8500 gt. Had some performance issues on lowest settings but still ran.

Anyone looking to upgrade you can find cheap nvidia 460 that would do the trick.

Originally posted by wartyxwt

Originally posted by dekou

No one knows what exactly high-end gaming cards are. However, I'd say anything that's good enough to play modern games on High is high-end.

If only we had some kind of system to indicate a cards power, or any kind of website where these things could be found... Are you high?

I think you misunderstood what I wrote. Let's use the 550 as an example. It's a 100-ish dollar card that's definitely a gaming card and can probably run modern games on High, if not maxed. So, is it a high-end gaming card? Well, I'd say it is, but some people think only truly expensive cards, like 670s or SLI setups, are high-end. Ultimately, the phrase "high-end gaming card" is poorly defined, so there's little point in arguing what is or isn't one.