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That system will run PVE/PVP content fine, but will short in WvW
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What do you mean by short? Sorry for what might be a stupid question.
meaning gameplay will be laggy; as in fps will drop low.
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Posted by: Jazhara Knightmage.4389
icyunvme any system you come across will fall short on WvWvW, you would need a 6-8ghz tricore cpu to make this game run smooth in wvwvw, and even then….it would be touch and go im willing to bet.
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“smooth” is pretty subjective. Some people define it as stable 60fps, while others are perfectly happy with 30+fps.
No such CPU can get stable 60fps in WvW currently, but with the latest generation of cpu you can at least get 30+ fps at min which is very playable.
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Those who come from First person Shooter backgrounds wont be happy with GW2 no matter the rig they have since its impossble to get a solid 60fps in WvW battles.
However most peopel agree that 30fps is the minimum u need for smooth gameplay in non competative games like MMORPG’s, simply due to the nature of the game controls and the way they play..super fast response and accuracy needed in FPS games is not need in MMO’s like GW2, so 30fps or above is fine.
Even so to get that in GW2 u need a OC’d i5 or i7 CPU, so the CPU and motherboard alone would chew up the money ur thinking of spending on a whole computer.
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I think it will be ok only10-20% of the ppl plays WvW anyway… for 350$ is pretty good bang for the buck for GW2. Besides the phemon will handdle WvW just fine u should consider go to a much expensive i5 only if u plan to be in WvW 24/7.
Yeah, that seems like a very good deal. The cpu will be lacking a little bit, which is arguable the main bottleneck in GW2 because it is ridiculous CPU intensive.
As others have said, you run smoothly for PvE/PvP. You’ll be hindered on WvW. But there’s only so much you can do for that
2Gb ddr3 for a graphic card is not that much today. Most recent ones already have ddr5 installed, so 1 gb ddr5 is already better than 2Gb ddr3. Ram doesn’t have a very high frequentie. For a desktop, it is pretty low. Anyway it will run paint at 60fps without problem
2Gb ddr3 for a graphic card is not that much today. Most recent ones already have ddr5 installed, so 1 gb ddr5 is already better than 2Gb ddr3. Ram doesn’t have a very high frequentie. For a desktop, it is pretty low. Anyway it will run paint at 60fps without problem
U probably don’t know anything about videocards or PCs in general, but it is ok it is not a crime to be ignorant… saddly
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I’m pretty sure of it Rampage. DDR3 memory is not fast enough to properly use 2 GB of memory. It’s not even enough to use 1 GB. So you would definitely be better off with 1 GB of GDDR5 rather than 2 GB of DDR3. But ok, maybe you know only GDDR5 ,that’s ok i forgive you too :p
Oh and btw, ddr3 ram is used on crappy low end cards.
It is still not the point, the point is it will still run GW2 ok since 1 GW2 uses arround 400mb of memory on a single monitor, 2 the memory benefits the most the texture quality and texture filters like AA or AF, so GW2 texures are not really impressive in terms of quality, game dosn’t even support AF and the AA lvls are minimum, this means gains over memory speed will be minimum for a game like this.
But yeah overall u are right in theory, but in real world in a game like gw2 playing on a single monitor 1gb ddr3 is more than enough and anything over that won’t give u a noticeable performance boost.
P.D: not talking about the video chip only about the memory.
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Indeed, but gddr5 cards have more often a beter GPU on it. And that still matters if you want the game look pretty nice. I think the problem with GW2 is that there are so many players to render. It will hard for any game i think to get 500 players in one map, with HD graphics.
When i upgraded my computer i was amazed how awesome all the details look like in pve. The landscapes are great. And that’s why i love this game.
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Posted by: Jazhara Knightmage.4389
Rampage.7145: any videocard still using ddr3 is NOT a game card, example the 6670 has 2 versions, a ddr3 version thats HORRIBLE for modern games, and a ddr5 version thats quite acceptable for low res gaming (720p or below), I say this as somebody who has had both versions and sold the ddr5 version because a buddy needed it, The ddr3 versions still being used in a system i connect to an hdtv to watch movies and downloaded tv shows on, as it works wonderfully for that.
its like back a few years ago when some company put out a 2gb 8400 and 8600…..the cards couldnt make use of that much ram, not to mention it was VERY VERY slow cheap ram…..
you are better off with a 1gb ddr5 card then a 2gb or 3gb or 4gb ddr3 card.
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Rampage.7145: any videocard still using ddr3 is NOT a game card, example the 6670 has 2 versions, a ddr3 version thats HORRIBLE for modern games, and a ddr5 version thats quite acceptable for low res gaming (720p or below), I say this as somebody who has had both versions and sold the ddr5 version because a buddy needed it, The ddr3 versions still being used in a system i connect to an hdtv to watch movies and downloaded tv shows on, as it works wonderfully for that.
its like back a few years ago when some company put out a 2gb 8400 and 8600…..the cards couldnt make use of that much ram, not to mention it was VERY VERY slow cheap ram…..
you are better off with a 1gb ddr5 card then a 2gb or 3gb or 4gb ddr3 card.
Dude read the mother kittening thread before mother kittening post! The whole system is for sale at 350$ is the 6670DDR3 a deal breaker? hell no! it is just fine for GW2, it will run the game on mid/high setting at 30+FPS. Would the 6670 DDR5 perform noticeably different? NO!!! OFC the OP is not asking for a modern game like BF3, crysis, hitman max payne, he is asking for GW2!!! and at that price of 350$ u won’t find a better performing system. Jesus i know a gddr5 card would be better!!!! it is kittening obvious, would that change the fact 350$ is very good deal for that PC? kittening NO
Faster memory don’t mean anything if the GPU is not fast enough to process the info, OFC if the there was a 7970 GHZ edition DDR3 it would be kittening problem!!! but for a low end card like the 6670 the memory being ddr3 instead ddr5 comes close to a irrelevant factor.
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Posted by: Jazhara Knightmage.4389
it may run the game at 720p at mid low settings, I have one, it will not run any modern game at 1080p at mid settings it will totally choke.
Rampage, the 6670 ddr3 could hold him for a few weeks till he could get a decent card but….as somebody who has had both the ddr3 versions NOT FOR GAMING.
oh and the perf delta is 30-50% depending on the game, between 6670 ddr3 and ddr5, ddr5 per clock offers twice the bandwidth.
attached an image of the hwbot scores of 6670’s with ddr3 and 5, didnt specify the other system specs just the gpu as 6670
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Its a cheap computer, and could be ok, it would be OK for tera, Im just telling you, it wont be great for gw2, he will need to avoid LA for example…..he WILL drop below 30fps in LA…..thats a given.
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