Guild Wars 2

So I just compared OSX beta with WIndows on the same laptop.

15" i5 2.2ghz
8 gigs of RAM
GT 330m

Area one
Windows 22 FPS
OSX 19 FPS

Area two
Windows 33 FPS
OSX 20 FPS

it almost seems like my OSX is capping it around 20 fps…even when I put it at the lowest settings or auto. Even lowered the resolution…it never moved above 20 FPS

Anyone have similar problems? I realize this is a beta but trying to figure out if it’s intentional or not.

I post the minimum specs combined with your information:

Mac OS®X 10.7.X or later: no information given from you.
Intel® Core™ i5 or better: requirement met.
4 GB Ram or better: more than enough.
NVIDIA® GeForce® 320M, ATI Radeon™ HD 6630M, Intel HD 3000 or better: requirement met.

These are the minimum specs, so don’t expect good fps.

also check this image out:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/66317396/Schermafbeelding-2012-09-26-om-13.21.22.jpg

If it’s really locked to 20fps it also should be on the main menu, so what FPS do you get there?

Also read this useful topic: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Low-FPS-on-2012-MacBook-Pro

Especially Piia’s post:

Go to the App Store and download a free app called gfxCardStatus. This app monitors your GPU switching and allows you to manually manage them. For the purposes of this test, just make sure that a message pops up that tells you your graphics card has switched to your Discrete (dedicated) card, rather than the integrated card (the HD 4000).

If you can make a screenshot of your settings.

To be clear this is me dual booting Windows and OS X on the same MacBook Pro.

The FPS are not locked at all in the application, I checked twice.

I did download that application as well as look in the energy settings. I had thought to check which GPU was being used and to make sure I had disabled the switching and left my 330M on all the time.

I am running 10.8.1

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To be clear this is me dual booting Windows and OS X on the same MacBook Pro.

The FPS are not locked at all in the application, I checked twice.

I did download that application as well as look in the energy settings. I had thought to check which GPU was being used and to make sure I had disabled the switching and left my 330M on all the time.

I am running 10.8.1

Could you copy/paste the information directly from the “About This Mac” window when you click on the apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen? I’m unable to find your exact model based on your processor speed indicated. Only 1 generation of 15 inch MB Pros were outfit with i5 processors, but the minimum processor speed was 2.4 GHz.

Assuming that’s just a typo, it sounds like you’ve got a Mid-2010 model, and the entry level one at that which means your dedicated card has 256 MB of memory… am I correct?

While your card does indeed meet the minimum specified requirements, what isn’t noted on the tech specs page is the minimum amount of recommended memory recommended for graphics cards, nor does it delve into dedicated vs. integrated cards, and I believe this may be what confuses some people about FPS performance.

I would think that you are getting optimal performance out of the card that you have. It will not perform as well as a card with 512MB or 1GB of dedicated memory, but it will perform better than your integrated card.

Something that may help, is selecting the “Discrete Only” mode under the gfxCardStatus app that you’ve downloaded. Sometimes graphics cards will “do battle” when under heavy graphic loads and this could affect your performance. By selecting Discrete Only you force the Mac to only use this card and never switch.

You’ve already maxxed out your RAM, but one other inexpensive upgrade that could improve your performance include upgrading your HD to a faster speed.

Good luck!

As soon as I get home I’ll post the direct link from my About section.
But it is a mid to late 2010 model if i remember correctly.

Appreciate the info…but even with the graphic power not being as high as it should be for the recommended specs why would there be an almost 15 FPS difference when in Windows vs OS X?

As promised…

Hey so i get more FPS on Windows but after about 15-20mins of playing my frame rate gets so choppy this does not happen on mac version. So atm i like playing on my mac side just cause it smoother in the long run…