Guild Wars 2

As the title says, GW2 is lagging and I’m not sure what to do anymore. I run the preset for best performance and the Razer Game Booster and i only find myself peaking at around 30 fps. Am I doing something wrong? Is there something else I should add?

Specs:
Processor: AMD A6-520 APU with Radeon™ HD Graphics 2.00GHZ
RAM:8.00GB
x64 Operating system with an x64 processor
Graphics card:AMD Radeon HD 8400
814GB of hard disk space free

I will be attending my little brothers birthday party so I probobly won’t review these posts until tonight. Thank you in advance!

Ok from what I can tell, you are running on a low end Notebook and your APU is actually a A6-5200M (you cut off 1 number on that APU So its very hard to be sure about that)

You need to at least confirm if you are on a desktop or Laptop at this point, and if its a laptop what is the complete laptop model.

So since I assumed your on a laptop here are your 3 Options

1. Buy the best possible APU for your Motherboard Socket and live with yet still a poor quality system (With out knowing your Laptop Model I cant be sure what your Socket is, so I cant say ‘Buy XYZ APU and Profit’)

It really looks like every notebook equipped with the A6-5200M has it soldered to the Motherboard via BGA. So upgrading this APU is simply not possible. I would NEVER buy a notebook that has their CPU installed this way. This is what was done in 1997-1999~

2. Buy a Intel Motherboard(that has dedicated Graphics) for your laptop’s series, buy a decent medium Ranged i5, and Possibly a new CPU/GPU heatsink and Fan. Then rip and replace the Laptops Guts to get a solid Upgrade.

All Laptops now are referenced, so your AMD motherboard’s are the same layout as your Intel motherboards. Swapping is easy, its matching the part numbers that’s a bit of a pain. But its very possible, as that is how I now upgrade laptops for my co-workers and family. (I have now done 20~ AMD Conversions to Intel, and the average price per machine for the hardware is about 190~ depending if you go the i5 or i7 for the generation CPU you need).

3. Buy a new updated, properly specked, laptop to replace your LOW end current one.

sirsquishy.8531:

Ok from what I can tell, you are running on a low end Notebook and your APU is actually a A6-5200M (you cut off 1 number on that APU So its very hard to be sure about that)

You need to at least confirm if you are on a desktop or Laptop at this point, and if its a laptop what is the complete laptop model.

So since I assumed your on a laptop here are your 3 Options

1. Buy the best possible APU for your Motherboard Socket and live with yet still a poor quality system (With out knowing your Laptop Model I cant be sure what your Socket is, so I cant say ‘Buy XYZ APU and Profit’)

It really looks like every notebook equipped with the A6-5200M has it soldered to the Motherboard via BGA. So upgrading this APU is simply not possible. I would NEVER buy a notebook that has their CPU installed this way. This is what was done in 1997-1999~

2. Buy a Intel Motherboard(that has dedicated Graphics) for your laptop’s series, buy a decent medium Ranged i5, and Possibly a new CPU/GPU heatsink and Fan. Then rip and replace the Laptops Guts to get a solid Upgrade.

All Laptops now are referenced, so your AMD motherboard’s are the same layout as your Intel motherboards. Swapping is easy, its matching the part numbers that’s a bit of a pain. But its very possible, as that is how I now upgrade laptops for my co-workers and family. (I have now done 20~ AMD Conversions to Intel, and the average price per machine for the hardware is about 190~ depending if you go the i5 or i7 for the generation CPU you need).

3. Buy a new updated, properly specked, laptop to replace your LOW end current one.

actually its a 23 inch all in one desktop. Are these specs bad or something?

Galistriace.8054:

actually its a 23 inch all in one desktop. Are these specs bad or something?

Yes, very bad.

that entire APU is classified as a low end ‘notebook’ processor.

So you will want to rip and replace your Motherboard and CPU at the very least. and team it with a decent Video card.

But you still didnt give a model number on your system.

You are probably going to need a better power supply as well.

sirsquishy.8531:

Galistriace.8054:

actually its a 23 inch all in one desktop. Are these specs bad or something?

Yes, very bad.

that entire APU is classified as a low end ‘notebook’ processor.

So you will want to rip and replace your Motherboard and CPU at the very least. and team it with a decent Video card.

But you still didnt give a model number on your system.

what would you recommend? I’m not a pro at computers so could you give me some ideas or links to products for good performance? (I don’t have that much money to spend on this) By the way the computer is an HP Pavillon 23. I hope this info helped!

EDIT: Model No.:23-h024

Galistriace.8054:

sirsquishy.8531:

Galistriace.8054:

actually its a 23 inch all in one desktop. Are these specs bad or something?

Yes, very bad.

that entire APU is classified as a low end ‘notebook’ processor.

So you will want to rip and replace your Motherboard and CPU at the very least. and team it with a decent Video card.

But you still didnt give a model number on your system.

what would you recommend? I’m not a pro at computers so could you give me some ideas or links to products for good performance? (I don’t have that much money to spend on this) By the way the computer is an HP Pavillon 23. I hope this info helped!

EDIT: Model No.:23-h024

You are going to need to build/buy a new computer.

That 23-h024 is garbage. The Motherboard is actually a ‘laptop’ motherboard with all the connections being internal to the LCD’s Case. And I hate to say it but other then RAM, HDD/DVD, and Wireless there are NO upgrade options for that system. The CPU is soldered to the Motherboard, and there are no PCI-E slots for a Video card upgrade.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c04074282&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en#N262

sirsquishy.8531:

Galistriace.8054:

sirsquishy.8531:

Galistriace.8054:

actually its a 23 inch all in one desktop. Are these specs bad or something?

Yes, very bad.

that entire APU is classified as a low end ‘notebook’ processor.

So you will want to rip and replace your Motherboard and CPU at the very least. and team it with a decent Video card.

But you still didnt give a model number on your system.

what would you recommend? I’m not a pro at computers so could you give me some ideas or links to products for good performance? (I don’t have that much money to spend on this) By the way the computer is an HP Pavillon 23. I hope this info helped!

EDIT: Model No.:23-h024

You are going to need to build/buy a new computer.

That 23-h024 is garbage. The Motherboard is actually a ‘laptop’ motherboard with all the connections being internal to the LCD’s Case. And I hate to say it but other then RAM, HDD/DVD, and Wireless there are NO upgrade options for that system. The CPU is soldered to the Motherboard, and there are no PCI-E slots for a Video card upgrade.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c04074282&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en#N262

Are you saying there is no hope for me? Theres nothing I can do but buy a new computer? If there is something if anything let me know because i simply don’t have enough money for a computer.

Yes, your computer is performing as it should. It is a low end model with budget parts, thus you are getting low end performance. This is because much of the cost of that system was spent on the all in one form factor and touchscreen rather than performance components. There are no magic fixes and there is no upgrade path.

So you have two options, accept and live with your current performance, or start saving and try to sell your current HP to get enough cash to build a new system.

Galistriace.8054:

Are you saying there is no hope for me? Theres nothing I can do but buy a new computer? If there is something if anything let me know because i simply don’t have enough money for a computer.

Correct.

You can try and resell the HP. The touchscreen is the only feature that will attract anyone. You maybe able to list it in the local College papers and get lucky there.

If you can get 600-750 for it, that is PLENTY to build a decent system to replace it with.

Do you have a Microcenter or Frys Electronics near you? That is where i would buy your LCD, Case, PC Speakers, and probably keyboard/mouse. Then I would use TigerDirect for a MB/CPU combo, and Windows License (system builder or OEM, bundled with the Combo!), then Newegg for your HDD/SSD, GPU, RAM, and misc Cables.

If you shop around, you should be sitting pretty good for that price above. But the first thing you need to do is come up with a budget, then any of the 6 of us here (myself, Loc, Avenos, Bell….ect) can work with you to put something together, speck wise, to meet your needs.

sirsquishy.8531:

Galistriace.8054:

Are you saying there is no hope for me? Theres nothing I can do but buy a new computer? If there is something if anything let me know because i simply don’t have enough money for a computer.

Correct.

You can try and resell the HP. The touchscreen is the only feature that will attract anyone. You maybe able to list it in the local College papers and get lucky there.

If you can get 600-750 for it, that is PLENTY to build a decent system to replace it with.

Do you have a Microcenter or Frys Electronics near you? That is where i would buy your LCD, Case, PC Speakers, and probably keyboard/mouse. Then I would use TigerDirect for a MB/CPU combo, and Windows License (system builder or OEM, bundled with the Combo!), then Newegg for your HDD/SSD, GPU, RAM, and misc Cables.

If you shop around, you should be sitting pretty good for that price above. But the first thing you need to do is come up with a budget, then any of the 6 of us here (myself, Loc, Avenos, Bell….ect) can work with you to put something together, speck wise, to meet your needs.

this is really good advice, ill try this. THANKS!