Guild Wars 2

Hi, ever since I got Window 10 and the 64 bits client, the game fps rate has gone down alot and it’s gotten alot worse this few days!

I only averging less than 10fps in a semi popluated area and it’s become less than half of that during world bosses event! Ok sure it’s common for it to dropped during those events but I clearly remember doing Shadow Behe and Teq and it wasn’t not super lagging. It seen only when my toon are in a open landscape map (like Frostgorge) and not many people nearby that the fps is around 20fps but not for long. Before Windows 10 and using 32 it used to hit above 30.

At the moment, I had gone back to using 32 but it only improse slightly (doing WvWvW and pvp is lagging now).

Ok I admit I think the culprit could be my graphic card cos I had a couple of problems with it in the past (screen went black and went back to normal saying the driver has recover or something like that) and when I mention my problem to my semi tech friend, he points at the card too (he mention that Windows 10 use more memory on my card). Even then when I check my spec with other game using Game Debate, my card is rank the lowest among my other specs and it is holding me back on playing other current games like Fallout 4.

Ok it sound obvious I should get a new graphic card but I rather get some people opinion before I start hunting for one.

Also here is my spec
CPU- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
GPU- ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB DDR3 Sapphire Edition
RAM- 8GB DDR3 1600MHz

One last thing- This hasn’t only been affecting GW2 as had I tested another game (Borderlands: The Pre Sequel and I notice that it is lagging abit aswell).

Hmm, Your card should have enough vram.

The problem is the memory bandwith of your vram. 25.6 GB/s is quite small in comparison to what a MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning card can push out at 384.4 GB/s. 128 Bit memory bus versus 384 Bit on the same card I have again. Texture rate is a bit low too on your card. Basically as I keep comparing the specs between your card and mine, I feel as if yours is very much lacking, and is bottlenecking your computer. Your CPU is great btw, keep that one.

Loli Ruri.8307:

Hmm, Your card should have enough vram.

The problem is the memory bandwith of your vram. 25.6 GB/s is quite small in comparison to what a MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning card can push out at 384.4 GB/s. 128 Bit memory bus versus 384 Bit on the same card I have again. Texture rate is a bit low too on your card. Basically as I keep comparing the specs between your card and mine, I feel as if yours is very much lacking, and is bottlenecking your computer. Your CPU is great btw, keep that one.

If I understood that (I’m not a techie) then it means I should get a new RAM aswell a grapic card?

Renkencen.6127:

If I understood that (I’m not a techie) then it means I should get a new RAM aswell a grapic card?

The vRAM is built into the graphics card. I suggest before you buy, get a few opinions from more than one source, and from where people know what matters.

Think you can post a screen shot like this to make sure your card is running its full PCI-E speed? Very commonly we see it running at lower than advertised speeds,even if you havent touched your GPU.

Even if it is running full PCIe 2.0/3.0 @16x, you’re both right about the GPU being the bottleneck. Pretty much everything about the card is a bit too weak for modern AAA games(like Fo4).

The good news: Your CPU is still very much a contender. Especially with a little overclocking! But we wont get into that..yet,if you dont want.

For now,if you’re thinking about upgrading GPU’s we’ll need a bit of info to help you make a smart choice.

• Budget- obviously

• Power Supply Information- If you dont remember what PSU you have in there,you can take the side off your case and there should be a sticker or label on the PSU (the little box your AC Power Cord plugs into). We’re looking for Wattage(e.g. 550watt,600,ect.) and/or and Brand name+ model number.

MrFayth.3546:

Think you can post a screen shot like this to make sure your card is running its full PCI-E speed? Very commonly we see it running at lower than advertised speeds,even if you havent touched your GPU.

Even if it is running full PCIe 2.0/3.0 @16x, you’re both right about the GPU being the bottleneck. Pretty much everything about the card is a bit too weak for modern AAA games(like Fo4).

The good news: Your CPU is still very much a contender. Especially with a little overclocking! But we wont get into that..yet,if you dont want.

For now,if you’re thinking about upgrading GPU’s we’ll need a bit of info to help you make a smart choice.

• Budget- obviously

• Power Supply Information- If you dont remember what PSU you have in there,you can take the side off your case and there should be a sticker or label on the PSU (the little box your AC Power Cord plugs into). We’re looking for Wattage(e.g. 550watt,600,ect.) and/or and Brand name+ model number.

While I am greatful that you are very helpful with my current problem, I actually just order a new graphic card just now http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-gigabyte-radeon-r9-380-windforce-28nm-pcie-30-%28x16%29-5700mhz-gddr5-980mhz-gpu-1792-streams-dp-hdm so I apologize for being hasty and not getting a full feedback.

I trust my tech friend on this matter as it was his suggestion on building this pc including the CPU (no he didn’t recommend the card, I won it 2nd placed in this competition which lead me to building my pc).

Ok sure I admit the price is high but what do I know since I got my current card from 2nd placed.

I decided to order it asap cos I realise that Wintersday is coming (heh I just made a reference) and currently jumping is impossible/ lagging as hell at the moment.

Even then I know it’s high time for a new card cos on Game Debate (spec test sort of site) my card is no longer listed there and even then when it was listed, it fail the minium specs for current games. I mean I do want to played Fallout 4 or Overwatch etc.

Oh as for the PSU, I know I got a good one- http://www.corsair.com/en/tx-series-tx650-80-plus-bronze-certified-650-watt-high-performance-power-supply

Your new graphics card is sufficient. Happy gaming!

That card is a good one!
It’s actually what I recommend for an upgrade for people with systems similar to yours.

And your PSU will do fine with it.

Had issues with choppy “freeze type” game when u kinda frooze for 1sec every 10sec or so and I went back to Windows 8.1 and it stopped instantly. Iv heard about this issues and Win10 with nVidia but never seen until now in Gw2.

One commen problem people are having with upgrading to Windows 10 is the fail to check for updated motherboard chipset drivers. If those drivers are not up to date then you will have all sorts of problem, also while your at it look into bios updates to some motherboard manufacturers have released bios update for related Windows 10 issues.

I would always recommend a complete clean install of gpu drivers from the ones Windows 10 tries to install too. Make sure you go through Windows updates and untick “update devices from 3rd parties” and install your drivers after deleting everything from the previous install. This is especially important when installing your new gpu. Google DDU or display driver uninstaller and use this to perform a clean install of the latest BETA Crimson driver from AMD.

I get the same thing since I went to Windows 10 running GTX770 Every so often I’ll get a hard freeze for a few seconds and then it comes back. Very annoying. I’ll check with intel for updates but most Mother boards won’t have windows 10 updates if they are 2+ years old.