Guild Wars 2

My 2-year old Win 8.1 PC has 12 GB memory and an AMD A10-6700 processor.

If I choose best performance, I get about 25-30 FPS max but the game looks like something from the 80s, scaled up. If I choose best appearance, I get 6-7 FPS.

The biggest performance hog seems to be native sampling. If I change it to subsample, I get a decent increase in FPS, but the game then looks like crap.

I’m curious as to what framerate I should be expecting with what I thought was a fairly powerful processor with an integrated GPU.

Try looking for “Maximum Processor State” in Windows’ Advanced Power Settings. If it’s set at 100%, try setting it to 99%. [Not sure, but I think “100%” gives Windows permission to “turbo-boost”, i.e. overclock, your processor.]

In GW2, also try turning Reflections and Distance Blur off, which I think are more CPU- intensive, if I recall [sorry for the iffiness and vaguery! hoping the forum’s tech boffins will clarify and correct].

I only have an FX-4100 which started overheating after I upgraded my video card to a GTX 750 ti, but doing the above allows me to have most GW2 graphics settings on high and still get around 60 fps most of the time, dropping to 35 or 40 at worst, with my CPU temp staying safely between 50 and 55C.

Do you have a discrete graphics card, i.e., not just the video chip on the motherboard? That would have an effect on the more GPU-intensive options.

Hoping this helps!