Guild Wars 2

I’ve been noticing this problem for awhile, but recently it’s become rather annoying. My husband and I have almost identical computers:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k
RAM: 8GB DDR3 RAM
HDD: 120 GB OCZ Vertex3 SSD

The only difference is that my husband has an nVidia 560 TI and I have an nVidia 660. However, he has drastically better performance in GW2 than I do. He loads into zones within seconds while I take at least 10-20 seconds; in Lion’s Arch, he experiences 50+ FPS, while I’m struggling with 20, 30 tops, sometimes as low as 15.

I have updated my graphics drivers and ran a repair on my Guild Wars 2 install. However, the problem still exists. We recently ran Furmark on both our computers… my computer ran at 30 FPS while his ran at 20, so I’m very confused as to why my GW2 performance is so much worse. We have identical computers except for me having a better video card… so why is my FPS worse than his? We’re on the same network, so it’s not an ISP issue.

I’ve also followed the tips in the FPS sticky to no avail.

This is becoming very annoying… any suggestions? I’ve attached my GW2 NetworkDiag for Anet if they see this thread.

for the loading times SSDs need some free space on them so they dont dump things around on the disk. As gurus in OCZ forums said these dump thing starts after the SSD load exceeds 50ish percent and you must not really exceed 75 percent space if you dont wanna see these at all. As the space shrinks frequency of dumping increases. So this might be your problem with the loading screens. Also you should make sure that both your and your husband’s SSDs are on the same Firmware its crucial for the SSDs that you use the latest firmware(Atleast its what their tech guys say).

As for the graphical issues are you sure that both pcs running at same CPU frequency? I mean both are at stock or both are overclocked to the same levels? If not check them when they are at equal speeds(because cpu power is everything in this game). And a while back people were talking about how 6xx series cards were crippled while running GW2 this may also be the source of the problem, if this hasnt been fixed yet I’m not sure.

Ps: Also make sure that your gpu is installed on the correct Pci-e slot and running at 16x and check your power settings just to eliminate the possibility of underclocking components

PS2: As for SSD make sure its hooked up in Sata 6gpbs port on your motherboard.

Hey thanks for the reply. As far as I know we are both running stock with no overclocking. I will check the SSD firmware. Are there any diagnostic tools I can use to determine where my video card is plugged in, or do I just need to manually do it?

Madelyne Phoenix.8257:

Hey thanks for the reply. As far as I know we are both running stock with no overclocking. I will check the SSD firmware. Are there any diagnostic tools I can use to determine where my video card is plugged in, or do I just need to manually do it?

gpu Z will show you the connected status of you card just check it when the game is running or elf it will switch down to low power mode it also shows gpu load so you cann see if your gpu is causeing the problem

http://o1306.hizliresim.com/1b/x/ppx0v.png check this screen shot

Well, I’ve confirmed my video card is in the correct PCI slot. I also just gave Rift a try and found the FPS to be much more palatable. >.> This is kind of ridiculous.

Eve online ran fine for me during 1000+ player battles. But then again the game only draws player ships and skyboxes (space boxes?). Guild wars 2 however, oh man. It gets choppy as kitten sometimes even with the best hardware.