Guild Wars 2

Before i go any further these are my specs

Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard
i5-3570k @3.40Ghz
Geforce 560 GTX
16GB DDR3 1333

Settings in game is High on everything (No ultra on those that offer it), Best Res and Tex checkboxes as well.

In most PvE areas where im somewhat alone and nothing much is happening im getting between 25-40 FPS.

In WvW and large DEs my framerates drop to single digits, as low as 2 FPS sometimes.

Only time i manage to reach 60 or higher is only when im doing dungeons or sPVP.

Anyone can tell me if its got to do with settings?

That 560 is slowing it down I think. Can’t expect a budget-midrange card to run new games maxed. Turn off best res/character res, and lower shadows/LOD/reflection down a notch if you have to.

Your fps are way too low for that system.

Have you tried running 3dmark 11 (http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/) to check if there’s something wrong with your setup?

BTW: Your GPU can’t handle supersampling so make sure the renderer is set to native resolution.

deltaconnected.4058:

That 560 is slowing it down I think. Can’t expect a budget-midrange card to run new games maxed. Turn off best res/character res, and lower shadows/LOD/reflection down a notch if you have to.

The 560 may not be the fastest card available, but it doesn’t explain the low fps.

Are you deffly sure that your card is installed on correct PCI-E slot? Download CPU-Z or Gpu-Z to check it if PCI-E link is anything lower than 16x(such as 4x /8x) you installed it on the wrong slot…

Try disabling reflections, it will make a huge difference (as in 50fps vs 150fps huge on certain spots!).

Will try 3D Mark 11. As for the PCI-E slot yes its on PCIE-16X slot. I built the machine myself.

Im on native texture sampling, i’d consider Supersample ultra.