Guild Wars 2

If the winter’s day patch has tanked your FPS, I strongly suggest cutting reflections to at least “terrain and sky” from “all”. It has increased my FPS in Lion’s arch from 22 to 55 on good hardware:

core I7 2600k, OC’d to 4.8ghz
ddr3-1866 16G
gtx-670

I’m not understanding or seeing the actual visual difference between “terrain and sky” and “all”, and would like to know, but I thought i’d post this to assist others who are logging in and wondering “wth why the sudden chop!”

All would be reflection off objects and players etc; subtle difference. Terrain and sky would just be the environment most noticeable looking at water etc.

I only started playing this morning and my fps was fine. Since the last patch, the game is unplayable for me, and I only just bought the thing…

Despite following instructions on the “Low fps” sticky, or even turning all my setting to lowest, I still only get 5-15fps.

To add insult to injury, the game dropped from $59.99 to $44.99 right after I bought the damn thing and I can’t even play it! Extremely peeved at the moment, and would appreciate any help from anyone. From what I’ve read, it’s a pretty common problem atm.

mind posting your specs

Post specs would be helpful. While you are at it try reading this.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/FPS-GPU-CPU-Performance-issues-FAQ/first#post504481

Here are my specs, appreciate the help.

Windows 7 SP1
i7 860 @ 2.8ghz
Radeon HD7950 3gb
8gb RAM

After reading that link, my CPU is probably the bottleneck in my setup, but it still doesn’t explain why I had a solid 60fps this morning. That said, I won’t be getting a new mobo/CPU just to play this one game. Everything else I play runs smoothly on max settings.

Your spec should be able to get more than 5-15fps. Where are you measuring?

Whats your CPU/GPU load, clock speed and temps? GPU bus running at right speed?

The fps is according to the settings menu in game, bottom right corner. The game is choppy enough to convince me that it’s accurate.

My average CPU usage for GW2.exe is 22%, according to resource monitor, and my GPU usage is at 100% according to GPU-Z.

As far as I know, GPU is running at default clocks. I haven’t done any overclocking with my rig.

I also tried deleting the Local.dat file, which had no effect.

I meant where in game are you measuring fps.

Suspicious GPU is running at 100% but only 5-15fps.
What does the Bus Interface say in GPU-z?

Map is called Queensdale, there weren’t/aren’t many people around.

Bus Interface: PCI-E 3.0 × 16 @ 1 1.1
GPU runs at 800mhz, memory at 1250mhz max, average is about half those readings.

There is your problem. Your GPU is running at 1x speed.

Is the card installed in the correct slot that support 16x?

blast the slot with a can of air, and clean the contacts of the card with an eraser or isopropyl alcohol

Before I go to bed, just thought I’d update. I ran the ‘Render Test’ in GPU-Z as indicated by the ‘?’ next to Bus Interface, and it now shows as PCI-E 3.0×16 @ x16 1.1. Apparently it downclocks as a power saving feature.

Even if that was the issue, it doesn’t explain how I was getting decent fps before the patch.

Tomorrow I will check the slot and clean the contacts. Thanks once again for the help guys, really appreciate it.

Managed to play all yesterday with good fps, now today it’s back to choppy land. Could it be something server side? I’ve also cleaned out all the slots with compressed air and a vacuum.

The few hours that I did play were very enjoyable though, it’s a great mmo, just wish it were more reliable.