Guild Wars 2

Okay, I hate when people do this but I feel like I’ve been mislead and I’ve put up with more than should be necessary.

I bought GW2 in September on the promise of a Mac client, and yes…it’s not going to perform as well as the windows client, that’s understandable. However, in its current state 3 months later, there shouldn’t be any excuse.

I am raging because my 6 year old pc is outperforming my 2 year old 15" Macbook pro by a really significant amount. Both get 25fps, but on the pc all my settings are on highest with AA and high res textures(native sampling), while on Mac they are at their lowest(sub sampling).

I’m raging over the occasional crashes and inability to access the TP that isn’t present on the windows version, and have been issues since I bought the game. I’m also upset for the dozens of other bugs that people are experiencing.

And lastly, I’m raging because they haven’t replaced the late Mr. Robert Walters.

Bootcamp, here I come.

You are aware that your 2 yr old Mac Book pro is not upto running the Mac Client which actually is NOT a native client, it is a Cider wrapper so it more grunt for that than just a 2 yr old Mac Book pro.

Your right Bootcamp is the way to go as there is as I said NO native Mac Client, thing is it sure does need one.

I run it fine, but here is the difference here are my specs.

Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon
OS X 10.8.2
6GB Mem
XFX Radeon HD 6870, HD-687A-ZDFC

I also run it under Bootcamp where yes it has the edge but then the game is written to run under WIndows.

Unfortunately you have to modify the config.ini file if you have more than 256 megabytes of video ram since that is the default setting see attachment.

Skippygoober.3051:

Unfortunately you have to modify the config.ini file if you have more than 256 megabytes of video ram since that is the default setting see attachment.

Could you post a screenshot of your graphics options menu with the fps counter in the lower right standing in Lions Arch right near the Mystic Forge? I’ve been thinking about getting one of those new iMacs or just waiting till the new Mac Pros come out but would like to see how much better performance you get on that iMac vs the one I currently have.

Skippygoober.3051:

Unfortunately you have to modify the config.ini file if you have more than 256 megabytes of video ram since that is the default setting see attachment.

I’d like to add though that modifying the config.ini file makes no difference at all in performance. If you don’t believe me try switching it back to 256 and taking screenshots in Lions Arch near the Mystic Forge. There is no difference at all in fps.

washac.2897:

You are aware that your 2 yr old Mac Book pro is not upto running the Mac Client which actually is NOT a native client, it is a Cider wrapper so it more grunt for that than just a 2 yr old Mac Book pro.

You seem to have an uninformed comment seeing as the requirements for mac clearly state my mid-2010 15" MBP should run “well” according to the specs listed on the site. I am aware this is a Cider wrapper and I said that I was NOT expecting it to run as well, but the disparity is alarming. Don’t you dare talk down to me like that.

And for all the follow-up comments, don’t assume I’m just trolling. I’ve tried every tweak provided by what was formerly a friendly mac community including the MT3D and video memory settings. Unless you’re about to invent something new, I’ve seen what is already available (for future reference tweaking the MT3D setting was the only one that worked noticeably for me, even though it only seemed to help with fps stabilization).

Take some advice from a physician—assume competency until proven otherwise.

Skippygoober.3051:

Unfortunately you have to modify the config.ini file if you have more than 256 megabytes of video ram since that is the default setting see attachment.

Thanks for this, I didn’t even know this existed! Are there any more “tweaks”?

Treehugga.2398:

washac.2897:

You are aware that your 2 yr old Mac Book pro is not upto running the Mac Client which actually is NOT a native client, it is a Cider wrapper so it more grunt for that than just a 2 yr old Mac Book pro.

You seem to have an uninformed comment seeing as the requirements for mac clearly state my mid-2010 15" MBP should run “well” according to the specs listed on the site. I am aware this is a Cider wrapper and I said that I was NOT expecting it to run as well, but the disparity is alarming. Don’t you dare talk down to me like that.

And for all the follow-up comments, don’t assume I’m just trolling. I’ve tried every tweak provided by what was formerly a friendly mac community including the MT3D and video memory settings. Unless you’re about to invent something new, I’ve seen what is already available (for future reference tweaking the MT3D setting was the only one that worked noticeably for me, even though it only seemed to help with fps stabilization).

Take some advice from a physician—assume competency until proven otherwise.

Did you discover ANY tweaks at all to increase performance? Care to point me in the right direction?