Guild Wars 2

I started playing Guild wars 2 three days ago and everything was fine, but today i logged in and saw that my FPS dropped from 60-90 to 27-33 and its hard for me to move the mouse because of the bad FPS, Im running everything on low and i don’t mind it but what i do mind is that everything was alright yesterday but now i have huge FPS problems and i cannot fix it.

Computer specs/OS?

Im not good in these kind of stuff but im telling u that my computer is good enough to run this game at 60-90 FPS but for no reason it just went down today , if u want my Computer specs can u be more detailed in what u want me to check?

Go to the start menu/screen and type ‘dxdiag’ (without the quotes). Hit enter, and if it asks if it can check something just hit yes. On the first tab (“System”), say what it says for Operating System (3rd one down), Processor (4th from the bottom) (type and number, ie “Intel Core i3-3220 CPU”), the amount of memory (which is right below where it says processor).

Go to the second tab (“Display”) and say what is says after Name in the Device box at the top left.

Windows 7 64 bit, 6 GB ram, Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
~2.4GHz Thats for “System”, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. and thats for “Display”. if you need anything else please tell me.

Also what i saw just now in the game is that when im not moving my FPS is about 60-80 normal good FPS but when i move my mouse to turn or to look at the map it drops to 20-30. so i basicly cant move or walk i have too much FPS drops.

Ah, no. You can move fine at 20-30 because that’s my normal state so I call BS.

Put up a screenshot with your graphic settings so all can see.

No im sorry i cannot move with 20-30 fps when i move the mouse the character is lagging yesterday i had no problems etc and today its unplayable.
a screenshot with my graphic settings wont help its all on low or very low i tried it all trust me ive played with the settings nothing helped.

Lag is different than frame rate. You can have great frame rate and still have lag.

Visual lag is perceptual, same with audio. Just as an example, if someone has duller hearing, they could say that my DT990’s or HD600 running on an Schiit Asgard2 amp sound the same as a pair of Logitech headset they bought from Walmart…. It’s not THEIR fault, it’s simply what THEY hear and perceive, regardless if I may be able to pick out certain things in the different ranges of sound, their ears simply cannot pick it up.

Of course, lag comes in many different forms, but, it all contributes to what one person will perceive. That being said, I have to ask…. Where EXACTLY in the game are you getting 20-30 fps?

Are you lagging in PvE areas? Dungeons? PVP? WvW? When you say lag, do you simply mean your frames are dropping to 20-30 and you consider that too low? Or when you move rotate your camera, it feels as though the game has to catch up to where you move to, similar to a slideshow?

Realistically you should be able to run it fine on low settings with your setup at stock settings.

Hello, can you post a screenshot of your graphics settings?

Press F11 and go to the graphics section in game and post a screenshot of that part please.

No im sorry i will not post a screenshot of my graphic settings please read what i said before i tried it all its all on low or very low shadows are on none now for the other guy “Sobe” when im not moving i have normal good FPS like i said but when i rotate my camera the FPS drops to 20 from 70! the character is like moving in slow motion and stops when i stop rotating the camera as u said “Or when you move rotate your camera, it feels as though the game has to catch up to where you move to, similar to a slideshow?” its something like that and no its not lag in the ways u understand it its FPS lag i know how lags work please try to understand my problem here i think i explained it here more than enough.

“Realistically you should be able to run it fine on low settings with your setup at stock settings.”

I know the game is supposed to run on my computer cause it did two days ago it worked perfectly but now it does not and i have no idea why nothing changed and this is really frustrating.

Rather than fighting with everyone you’d probably have an easier time reaching a solution by just posting a screenshot of your graphics settings and fps.

As you can see i have 26 FPS while rotating the camera.

And now as you can see in this picture i have 70 FPS when im not doing anything (not rotating the camera) basicly not moving at all brings me to 70 FPS and when im rotating the camera it drops to 26.

when you go out of the game and come back, all of the things previously drawn are no longer drawn. So rotating the camera initially redraws it and that’s where you have frame drops. Do it once, there’s a drop in FPS. Do it twice, there might not be a drop.

Im sorry but i didnt understand you at all what do u want me to do? can u explain or tell me whats my problem? in the game oh and what can i do to fix my FPS drops because two days ago i had no problems at all with my FPS.

60-70 fps on low settings is definitely playable and enjoyable, but what happens to make it drop to unplayable variety of 20 fps?

When you start the game up, things behind you aren’t loaded into memory yet and need to be fetched from the hard drive for the 1st time. Spin in place a couple of times and then stop, pointing in the same direction. What’s your frame rate now? As you move the game will have to keep loading new areas into memory so your frame rate will dip as you move.

But again it shouldn’t be a problem moving about.

Okay. A graphics card has a set amount of memory built onto it, like system RAM. It can range from 512 MB with today’s cards to 6 GB like the GTX Titan. Every videogame loads details into the graphics card because it is fast.

Guild Wars 2 is no exception. As you move, new details are loaded into the graphics card’s RAM and then displayed. The process of it loading up is what makes your frame rates dip. And the first time you spin around in the game after start up or Alt Tabbing back into the game, it needs to do this process again. This process is always happening as you move, but the one time you spin around it happens the most. Basically it’s the more that happens such as objects being loaded up onto your screen, the more your fps can drop.

I tried what u said myself two days ago when i logged in and saw that my FPS is really low
so i was playing for a bit with my friend for about 10 min, in different areas of the map and i even did the same yesterday for 5 min and i have to tell you that there is no change i still have a hard time moving with these drops and im starting to give up this is really frustrating so no i dont think this is the reason of these drops.

I understand what u guys talk about but do u have a suggestion of what should i do now? should i change something with my graphic card or change options somewhere? do you want to see more information about my graphic card?

Could try reinstalling the game or something or deleting the .tmp file in the install directory. Unless you have a download cap like me don’t re-dl it. I’m not sure what your fps drops could be caused by other than what Behellagh and I have said. He might know more.

I already re-installed Guild wars 2 while waiting for more answers today and it didnt help so yea.. thats not the problem here but i really appreciate your help so thank you.

Actually another thing you could try checking is if your CPU is being throttled down. I think you can check this with CPU-Z which will show the CPU clock at the current moment and any changes.

I have no idea why would it be the cause of my FPS problems, the game worked fine and now it doesnt for no reason.. i didnt change anything.

I am going to open my PC in the end of this week and clean it from the inside move the graphic card a bit its an old PC so maybe a little clean up will change something overall.
thats the only thing i can do and think of at the moment.

I mean that the cpu could be the cause of these fps drops if the processor is not running at the desired speed of 2.4 GHz. It could be running at 800 MHz for all we know.

Yea maybe but how can i check that or fix it as i said im not good with these kind of stuff. but im happy to tell you that im not the only one with those low FPS problems in the forum.

I already mentioned how you can check it, by using CPU-Z. Small program, no install required version available

I had no idea that its a program , but can u give me a link or should i just write CPU-Z in google?

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
on the right side of the page there’s some download ones. You can choose the one that requires an install or you can use the one below that that just needs to be unpacked and can be run anywhere.

Will i be able to contact you tomorrow “Avelos” cause i have no time to check this program now so i will check it tomorrow and update this post

And GPU-Z can do something similar with your video card.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

No install, just run it.

Also the utility CoreTemp can show your current clock speed and CPU temps in case it’s a thermal issue that’s affecting your CPU.

As i said i have to go for some hours and my point is will u guys be here tomorrow after ill check those two programs u sent me so we can go further in finding the cause of this problem?

You can check back whenever you want, Porani. This is the forums after all, topics never die. They just get really old lmao.

Im not using forums that often and when i do they tend to fade away and get lost in other posts so i rarely get answers to my problems. but when ill check those programs can u be more detailed in what im looking for?

On CPU-Z, on the lower left hand corner of the front tab which is the first to show by default, you’ll find Clocks (Core #0) which represents the status of the first core on your quad core processor. If it reads 2.4 GHz as is your Q6600’s default frequency, it should be fine. If it reads a lower frequency during Guild Wars 2, there’s an issue somewhere.

Alright i get it now well thank u guys for your time i will get inside the game tomorrow and check the things u said with the program and ill post the info ill get tomorrow.

Okay ive checked my core during Guild wars 2 and it says 2.4 GHz so its supposed to be fine but still FPS drops so i dont know dude..

Did you try Behellagh’s suggestion of running GPU-Z from techpowerup to see if your GPU is being utilized?

I already found the cause of my FPS problem and i cant say i fixed it by myself it was more like an accident well you see my computer is old so today it crashed (blue screen)
2 times in a row after those crashes i thought well maybe the game will work now without problems and as weird as it sounds it did work and im playing at this moment with no problems at all clean smooth 70 FPS so now the cause of the problem is my computer start up, when im turning my computer on it takes time for it to “wake up”
but anyway i found the cause of the problem and im going to clean my computer in the end of this week from dust and stuff so it will start up faster or something like that. so yea my problem is solved i kinda understand the cause of it and i know what i need to do in order to make it stay as it is now hopefully. (also im saving money for a new computer). so thank you guys for your time. and ill contact this forum if ill have more problems in the future.

If you wanted to you could probably find a used GTX 470 somewhere and put that in the computer for now and turn up the visuals and get a better experience from GW2 if you wanted to. Glad to know that the issue is fixed!

A game is not always about graphics im having a great experience plaiyng GW2 with my correct settings and i want to buy a new computer for many reasons one of them is that i dont think that in the future i will be able to manage fixing it so many times for it to solve my correct problems which are fine now and also its really old not that i care but its starting to crash more often and the parts are really old and some things just doesnt work as they used to, but thank you for your suggestion. also i just want to have fun with the game i dont mind the poor settings or graphic im focused on making this solution for my FPS problems permanent so as long as its smooth i dont mind playing on low.