Guild Wars 2

I’m absolutely sure it will do the exact same as mine. Give or take up to 2 fps.
as low as 6 FPS in huge zergs in wvw (ridiculously stupidly huge zerg fight) 15 FPS when looking at the bank from the mystic forge in lion’s arch normally 20-30 in high populated area (big server high population count example I will use, Black Gate, culling options and detail set to highest,)
Absolutely great in PVE, but down to as low as 6 FPS in world boss events (new Tequatl— extremely rare for this to happen, but possibly even as low as 1 fps)
I play with everything maxed except for Reflections and Shadows (which usually now I just leave off)
I don’t know how well it does SPVP but it plays all I need it to play enjoyably for me.
It usually goes somewhere around 50-60 FPS in PVE (also I use Vsync)
By switching to ‘best performance’ though, huge events like world bosses and ZvZ become easier to see without the slideshow effect. Looks awful though.
I run my FX-8350 at stock settings, it turbos to 4.1 GHz all the time in GW2.

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It goes as low as 1fps? I use a i5 2400 with a gtx 650 and Ive never seen it go below 15fps would the fx 8350 be a downgrade?

Rarely (and I do mean, RARELY, like extremely rare) will it go as low as 1 FPS. The only time I’ve seen it go that far down was hugely extreme load going on in a localized area of the map. The intels have it superior because of their single threaded performance which this game desires over AMD’s lackluster single threaded performance. For this game, it may be a somewhat downgrade in comparison to an i5 2400, but for other games it could be an improvement.
Either way, it’s still a fantastic processor for 200 dollars or less.

Hold on OP. if ur on a 2400 i5, then DONT switch to AMD. You will have to buy a new motherboard AND a CPU. Dont do that. Instead just buy a new intel CPU that fits into ur Motherboard, Like a 2500k,2550k, or 2600k, or even a 2700k.
That said, if ur motherboard is NOT a Z77, then getitng a k version of any of the above CPU’s would be a waste as you would not be able to OverClock.
List ur current specs as precisley as u can so we can get an idea of what ur upgrading from.

Yeah, as SolarNova said, don’t change to an AMD processor for Guild Wars 2. I’d hate to say it but you will regret it if you do with the performance of intel being so much more superior than AMD for this game. You could just upgrade to an i7 2600k or just a regular i7 2600 if you don’t have a motherboard that supports overclocking (although you don’t need an overclocking motherboard to justify having an overclockable processor. Having the best CPU of a line would be enough of a merit in my books.)

Also, you could consider dropping an Ivy Bridge processor (Also LGA 1155) onto the board, but only if the board supports it. Recommendations beyond i5 2400 is the 3470, 3550, 3570, 3570K. If you’re feeling bold, i7 3770S, 3770, or 3770K. Remember though; only if your board supports it. I’m sure that it will however given that your board is already LGA 1155 but just go make sure that it does support Ivy Bridge though if you do not know.

I too would agree that Intel would be a better choice assuming your budget. You can pick up a used i7-2600k for $160+ or a used i5-2500k for as low as $130.

As far as your original post with the 8350, it looks fine so long as you don’t plan to overclock any. That motherboard will not handle overclocking.

I agree with the rest, stay with the 1155 Socket, and upgrade to a 3rd Gen i5 (K-Series would be better if you wanna OC).

If you want to upgrade the entire system, then I HIGH suggest a i5-4670K(Socket 1150-Haswell), and a HD7790. As that is what I currently run and couldn’t be happier.

Better for OP to just upgrade his processor if his mainboard supports Ivybridge. Doesn’t require a mainboard transplant at that point.

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I agree with the rest, stay with the 1155 Socket, and upgrade to a 3rd Gen i5 (K-Series would be better if you wanna OC).

If you want to upgrade the entire system, then I HIGH suggest a i5-4670K(Socket 1150-Haswell), and a HD7790. As that is what I currently run and couldn’t be happier.

He already listed looking at a 7970, downgrading to a budget card like the 7790 wouldn’t be worth his time with what he has his sights on.