Guild Wars 2

Hello… Since my motherboard is dying im looking for new one and cpu. I’m thinking about Intel i3-6300 or i5-6600. I would buy cheaper one… but… if I3 will work like my old phenom II x4 and provide 10-20 fps in zerg battles ill take i5. Which one would you recommend?

I’d definitely recommend the i5. It’s what I use and some larger battles have a noticeable FPS drop. It’s manageable, but I imagine a step down would not be.

Yep. Anything close to 4hz (or more) and between 4-8 cores. Shouldn’t even need 8 cores for just Guild Wars 2 though, but if you get any newer games that “may support” multi-core processing, then 8 could help.

I7 is already a pretty “old” processor and a lot better than the lower ones. That would give you the best for your money imo.

I run an ASUS ROG I7 laptop and don’t experience this lag that seems to haunt many people. .

I did a post some time ago that had a link to single thread processing speed.

Swamurabi.7890:

Find your processor’s single thread benchmark here

That’s what you want for GW2.

Zordon.8237:

Hello… Since my motherboard is dying im looking for new one and cpu. I’m thinking about Intel i3-6300 or i5-6600. I would buy cheaper one… but… if I3 will work like my old phenom II x4 and provide 10-20 fps in zerg battles ill take i5. Which one would you recommend?

i3, i5, i7, i9… you will get 10-20fps in zerg battles regardless.

Anyway do not get an i3. They are obsolete. Can it run GW2? Sure, np. Do you plan on only playing GW2 for the rest of your life? Any new game taking advantage of multiple cores will see fps tank on the i3.

The i5 is… questionable. A 6c/12t Ryzen will be similar price and smack the i5 around like a baby in multithread perfomance, while having 90% of its singlethread performance. If you plan on overclocking alot (ie reach 5ghz) the i5 is a better deal for now I suppose (6600K then obviously, not 6600).

Swamurabi.7890:

I did a post some time ago that had a link to single thread processing speed.

Swamurabi.7890:

Find your processor’s single thread benchmark here

That’s what you want for GW2.

Based on your link… if I want to play GW2 on Windows 8.1 I should pick Intel Core i3-6098P, Intel Core i5-4690 (I won’t OC) or Intel Core i7-4770? I’ve only picked CPUs with good price/performance ratio. Can i use my old ram for i5/i7? It’s 2×4gb 1333Mhz ddr3. I know that i3-6098P needs ddr4.

I’m only playing GW2 so i don’t want to spend too much for new components… and I’m too old for new games ;P

Dawdler.8521:

Zordon.8237:

Hello… Since my motherboard is dying im looking for new one and cpu. I’m thinking about Intel i3-6300 or i5-6600. I would buy cheaper one… but… if I3 will work like my old phenom II x4 and provide 10-20 fps in zerg battles ill take i5. Which one would you recommend?

i3, i5, i7, i9… you will get 10-20fps in zerg battles regardless.

Anyway do not get an i3. They are obsolete. Can it run GW2? Sure, np. Do you plan on only playing GW2 for the rest of your life? Any new game taking advantage of multiple cores will see fps tank on the i3.

The i5 is… questionable. A 6c/12t Ryzen will be similar price and smack the i5 around like a baby in multithread perfomance, while having 90% of its singlethread performance. If you plan on overclocking alot (ie reach 5ghz) the i5 is a better deal for now I suppose (6600K then obviously, not 6600).

I’ve bought my Phenom II 960T for GW2 and it failed, so I won’t pick their cpu again, sorry.

Single thread performance varies according to its architecture which is something technical, isn’t a branding thingy.

I would suggest you reading up reviews on single core performance before making decisions.

Zordon.8237:

Based on your link… if I want to play GW2 on Windows 8.1 I should pick Intel Core i3-6098P, Intel Core i5-4690 (I won’t OC) or Intel Core i7-4770? I’ve only picked CPUs with good price/performance ratio. Can i use my old ram for i5/i7? It’s 2×4gb 1333Mhz ddr3. I know that i3-6098P needs ddr4.

Not sure how you reached those conclusions… and you can barely even get those CPUs today. The i7 4770 in particular is considerably more expensive than a 7700K, probably the best Intel gaming CPU you can get. If you can find the 4690 I’m guessing it too will be more expensive than a newer gen i5 7500 or similar. The i3 remain a complete waste of money.

You can probably forget about the ram.

I can’t use 7th generation on W8.1

i have got i7 2700k which is a old one so w/e is better then mine will perform perfectly fine cus i never have any problems beside server giving me massive delays on skill use

reddie.5861:

i have got i7 2700k which is a old one so w/e is better then mine will perform perfectly fine cus i never have any problems beside server giving me massive delays on skill use

Thanks for THIS response

reddie.5861:

i have got i7 2700k which is a old one so w/e is better then mine will perform perfectly fine cus i never have any problems beside server giving me massive delays on skill use

Yeah, no issues with my 4-year-old i5-3570K overclocked to 3.8ghz, either…skill lag servers are OP, plz nerf…

Zordon.8237:

I can’t use 7th generation on W8.1

Aside from pointing out the obvious – Win8 is a completely dead OS and you should toss that garbage ASAP – then get a 6 series or something. Hell you could get a 6850K (6 core) cheaper than that 4770. Or the i5 6600 as mentioned. Looking at newegg, there is 6600K mobo+cpu combos down to $350 (in comparison, a 4770 there cost $400).

You havent really stated your definition of a “cheap” upgrade. Again, looking at Newegg you can get an i5 7600 combo (mobo, CPU, 16gb ram) + Win 10 Pro for $540. Prolly wanna make that $600 and get decent tower cooler with it. A Ryzen 1600 is roughly the same cost.

doesnt really matter what you run to be honest.. i run a i7700 and the wife runs a amd quad.. both do really great but the lag in the zones in wvw is being caused by a fault on thier end. The game was designed to run on VERY old cpus now. Anything new will be vastly over powered compared to what the game was deigned to run on. Graphics cards make a difference but once again, anything new will work well.. as long as you have a current cpu and a video graphics card with more than 3g of ram your golden.

The lag in wvw comes from the servers bottlenecking when 2 zergs collide and from random ddos attacks happening the past few weeks. Also there are rumors of top tier servers using some kind of lag hack/movment hack (which i have seen people flying through the air like before season 1) but anet says no one is using these hacks so it has to just be their servers.

Dawdler.8521:

Zordon.8237:

I can’t use 7th generation on W8.1

Aside from pointing out the obvious – Win8 is a completely dead OS and you should toss that garbage ASAP – then get a 6 series or something. Hell you could get a 6850K (6 core) cheaper than that 4770. Or the i5 6600 as mentioned. Looking at newegg, there is 6600K mobo+cpu combos down to $350 (in comparison, a 4770 there cost $400).

You havent really stated your definition of a “cheap” upgrade. Again, looking at Newegg you can get an i5 7600 combo (mobo, CPU, 16gb ram) + Win 10 Pro for $540. Prolly wanna make that $600 and get decent tower cooler with it. A Ryzen 1600 is roughly the same cost.

Sorry, but in my country stores have older cpus for lower prices which sounds reasonable.