Optimization in GW2
They really didn’t. Some configurations work great but others get way lower than they should or are just completely inconsistent. For instance I’ll have 60fps one second and 20fps the next with absolutely nothing changing on screen.
Also, try WvW.
Just wanted to say that you guys did a great job optimizing GW2.
System:
Phenom II X4 965 3.6GHz
HD 6870 1Gb
4Gb DDR2
Windows 7 64bit
High SettingsSilky Smooth 70FPS Strong
Great FPS for an MMO. I am one happy camper. Thanks ANET!
How is your FPS in crowded WvW?
Just wanted to say that you guys did a great job optimizing GW2.
System:
Phenom II X4 965 3.6GHz
HD 6870 1Gb
4Gb DDR2
Windows 7 64bit
High SettingsSilky Smooth 70FPS Strong
Great FPS for an MMO. I am one happy camper. Thanks ANET!
How is your FPS in crowded WvW?
Haven’t tried it yet to be honest.
FPS during BWE1-BWE3 was:
20-30FPS
Now it is 70-100FPS
Very large and noticable difference overall. Zero lag when I whip the camera around.
You should test WvW, that’s the only demanding part of the game, that and large dynamic events. That will truly test your computer.
Large dynamic events do great (20+ players). Haven’t tried WvW yet.
I was only referring to open world PVE and how it was unoptimized for my system during BWE1-3. I was worried after BWE3, but now I couldn’t have asked for more.
A lot of the improvement you saw is probably due to drivers. Drivers were in a bad state for GW2 until after release.
Same driver version: 12.8
Difference was noticed 3 days after the initial rush into GW2. Anet released a day 1 update to the graphic menu options. That is when the game starting running much more smoothly.
Well aren’t you lucky…. I still think it needs major work done.
Sorry, I wasn’t trying to create a ‘why’ article on whether or not the game was optimized, but I was only saluting Anet for optimizing GW2 to a point after BWE3 that 3 completely different systems that I have playing GW2 (Mine, my wifes, and father in Laws) all have very noticeable differences in FPS wherever in the world.
My specs are around/greater than yours and I get a max of 42 fps when doing absolutely nothing in an empty area.
Odd. My wife has this:
AMD FX-4100 CPU
4Gb DDR3
6670 DDR3 VGA Card (Low End)
Windows 7 64bit
Medium Settings
She is pushing 50FPS steady. No problems.
Maybe I should note that I’m running everything super max. Including supersampling. I don’t know where other people stand on the settings.
Maybe I should note that I’m running everything super max. Including supersampling. I don’t know where other people stand on the settings.
That would explain why. Back it off a lil ;P
Now that I think about it, I don’t get any FPS increases from big changes such as scaling back supersampling to native.
CPU bottleneck?
It better not be! LOL I just bought this PC (custom built to be exact).
Copied some bits from DXDiag:
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8086MB RAM
Page File: 2771MB used, 5712MB available
Card name: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0×6818)
CPU is not bad. What is a exact model of the VGA card? They made multiple models in the 7800 range.
I’m running an i7 9200, NVIDIA GTX 560ti, and 6 GB RAM and I get a steady 50+ throughout the world running on auto-detected settings, which puts most everything at High with FXAA and high resolution textures, etc. etc.
In WvWvW I simply turn shadows off and my performance is just as solid as any other time.
This has pretty much been my experience in all games since switching from AMD to NVIDIA. Hate to say it, but AMD just isn’t on the same level.