Hi all,
I’ve been playing gw2 since in the beta stages. Great experience for me and the performance is not hindering my enjoyment of this game at all. I would just like to know if my FPS is acceptable with the components in my system.
I built this computer with my bare hands around 4 years ago, so it’s my little baby; I take extremely good care of it and keep it under high maintenance. I don’t know whether it would be considered a low end or mid end gaming pc today, but what I do know is that it still runs strong.
Here are my specs:
GTX 295
i7 920 @ 3.6ghz
6gbddr3
Running GW2 at 1920×1080p (HD FTW!)
Settings all on high with all eye candy set to off or low ie. shadows, post processing etc.
Getting about…~40-50 fps in PvE (I cap my fps at 50 because of screen tearing) with the occasional random FPS drops in places like Black Citadel and LA.
My main concern here is my GPU usage. I noticed that when my FPS is capped at 50, my GPU usage doesn’t surpass 30%. As soon as my FPS drops to below 50, 49 for example, my GPU usage shoots all the way up to 100% and my FPS just keeps dropping.
Funny thing is that I’m able to fully max out the game in PvE (I just don’t because I’m afraid of over-heating) and still play the game, but as soon as there’s a zerg, BOOM 30 fps.
PvP gives me a huge problem and I’m not sure why. In most games, I usually get more FPS in PVP because there are less graphics to render within a small boxed area (I’m not referring to WvW). As soon as I join the Heart of the Mists my FPS drops to 30 for no reason at all. Changing my settings to high performance only gives me a 7 FPS increase. What gives here? This is all very confusing to me because there is no pattern that I can identify.
My rant here is over. I just wanted to know if my rig and the performance I’ve been getting is on key.
Note: I know, I’ve read the forums too. Please don’t kitten saying just to wait it out.