Enabled triple buffering in your video cards 3D settings. Download and run Contig to defrag the GW.dat file... WinXP's defrag missed it.
Moved my video card to its own rail on the power supply. It was sucking life from my HDD.
Reduce your graphics bit rate to 16bit. Minimal graphics change, and still run everything at max in game.
All of these things together will reduce your lag and eliminate 90% of your problems. Run 60FPS in your guild hall (Frozen Isle). It uses to be mid 20's
Guild wars crashes after an hour. Once in a while it will last as long as two hours. Up until that point, the game runs smoothly and often with a frame rate in excess of 60 fps. The game runs at a faster frame rate than Morrowind (though that runs for much longer times)!
Sometimes the crash is accompanied by white ares on the screen: areas start being redrawn in white instead of the proper colors/textures.The crash itself is a freeze. There is no dialog or warning or window of any sort.The usual searches have revealed nothing.
Windows ME, AMD64 running at a speed of 2.2, 512 meg ram, around 3.5 gig free on the hd, ATI Radeon 8500 with 128 meg.
Your video card is damaged, overheating, or both. Make sure your PC is free of dust buildup; make sure the GPU fan is spinning at full speed; make sure other cables and cards are out of the way to ensure maximum airflow to the video card. If the video card is dust free with a properly functioning fan and good airflow, and you're still having artifacting problems, replace the video card.
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