Guild Wars 2

Ok, so I have a low-budget computer:

CPU: AMD FX-8350
RAM: 4GB DDR3
GRAPHICS: AMD R7 265
HDD: 1TB 7200rpm
MOBO: ASRock 970 Pro3 2.0

I have a very good, better than I expected, performance in almost every game I play.

I run Alien Isolation with highest settings flawlessly, BF4 likewise, Dragon Age Inquisition the same.

The only issue I’ve noticed is in Guild Wars 2 is an annoying stutter.

For example: I’m playing GW2, all MAX, 40-60fps. Suddenly there is this stutter that lasts for
some seconds, then it all goes back to normal. I’m running down some hill, killing mobs with 10-20 people around me, all fine and fluid. Suddenly, stutter!

Fighting Claw of Jormag, which is probably the most intense fight I’ve been in, the game stutters to 1fps, then back to normal (in this fight I usually get around 30fps), than stutters, all thins in…what, 30s-1m intervals.

Is this ram wise? Is it the AMD CPU bottlenecking the system?

It’s probably the motherboard being unable to properly support the fx 8350 with steady power. For the fx 8xxx line, 990fx boards are recommended. Try to disable the turbo clock and see if that fixes the issue, although it might come at the cost of a couple fps.

Here is some info when the stutter spikes happen!

The HDD is 100%, the RAM is 95%.

The CPU is at 44% with only 56º temperature.

Maybe you could temporarily remove some of those processes while playing GW2. That might help your Hard Drive and RAM.

Good luck.

Chackan.2813:

Here is some info when the stutter spikes happen!

The HDD is 100%, the RAM is 95%.

The CPU is at 44% with only 56º temperature.

I would say the 95% ram usage is the problem because windows then starts to swap
to your HDD.
Upgrading to 8GB would be the best.

RAM is most likely the issue – or perhaps even the PSU if it’s not delivering enough power.
It does sound like overheating, too, though – double-check temperatures using more means if possible.

Is your OS 64bit or 32bit? If 64bit, I would suggest adding another 4GB of memory.

I’m guessing your stutter may be from Windows going to the HDD for the swap file.

You can try to manually adjust your swap file size (rather than let windows do it…the default) and see if that helps. Google setting swap file size for your version of windows.

The RAM is almost always the issue when someone is experiencing ridiculously slow speeds or freezes, I would recommended upgrading it as soon as possible.

OP, you have 102 processes running – that may be causing a software conflict with GW2.

I recommend that you disable ALL unneeded processes and programs from starting up:

http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-8-tip-manage-startup-applications

Just as an example, on my Windows 7 desktop (with Firefox open) I have 42 processes showing in task manager. Four of those are my antivirus and three are for my G15 keyboard.