Guild Wars 2

Ok so i have a major issue with FPS in guild wars 2. it only happens in GW2.
i have tried re installing the game. iv updated my drivers (unless they didn’t fully intall).

here my specs.

8.2 gigs of ram
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Windows 7 64 bit
DirectX 11.0
1.5 TB
3.6 GHz
AMD FX 4100 quad core CPU

if theres anything else that i missed please let me know.
i get around 15-30 fps on low and max.

any help i could get would be greatly appreciated.

and if there is already a forum about my issue please let me know and sorry for posting another.

That is what you should expect..

Turn shadows off and set Draw distance to a lower setting. Might also work to set foliage to low(grass and kittens)

iv had everything on low. still low FPS :/

Shadows to low and having it turned off are two complete different things. Have you turned shadows off or do you have it running on low.

iv had them off.

i really no longer think its my graphical settings at all.

I believe the problem is in your Graphical Driver. Your card should be able to run the game at around 30-40 FPS constant on medium to probably even high settings.

What you could do is Delete your Videocard drivers, Reboot your PC into safemode and Use a Driver Cleaner (like driver cleaner pro) to delete any remaining files of your videocard driver. Then Freshly install the latest Ati Radeon Drivers, or even there Beta drivers.

Ok thanks man. I’ll try that.

before i clean anything what exactly do i need to clean to get rid of my current driver? theres a lot of options so i just want to be sure.

I followed this guide for reinstalling drivers, works a treat.
http://www.overclock.net/t/651378/how-to-install-drivers-and-use-driver-sweeper

iv trued to download the suite but it never actually downloads. so idk how to get the suite to work :/ any tips?

It’s not his computer that’s not doing its job, people…. it’s the game.

There are hundreds of players with high-end machines capable of running other games flawlessly, but that cannot get any good performance with GW2. The game needs optimization. Period.

However, ANet still hasn’t released any official statements on the matter.

i7 920 OC 3.3ghz – ATI 5870 (12.8 without cap 2) – 8gb ddr3.

I’m personally getting a constant 60 fps in all areas of game except for major cities and during relatively big fights in wvw. My PC is just under 4 years old and I’m very happy with the performance, this is also using High Settings for all options with native FXAA.

Remember 2000000 people have purchased the game and although there are a number of people having fps problems the majority of users are happy with there frame rates.

I am confident alot of players with low fps problems posting on the forums are more or less not familiar with optimizing windows correctly.

I do agree that this game is much more demanding than what the minimum requirements suggest and there are still plenty of optimizations that need to be considered by the devs. But if your rig is more up to date than mine and you are having issues with fps, I can only assume your running alot of CPU dependent process’ in the background. I personally have 37 process’ running while playing the game.

If changing the graphics settings makes no difference then the problem is probably your CPU. Try going into the in-game sound settings and change the sound quality to “fast”, it may help. Good luck!