Guild Wars 2

Hi there, so, when first built my gaming computer i used a small screen i found lying around, it worked fine and my fps was stable and high in my main game (Guild wars 2). Then i switched to a screen, still very old but it seemed to work great. Then i started noticing some FPS drops whenever water animations, smoke, or fire came up, sending my FPS crashing from 120+ to 40…. So i decided to buy a new, expensive monitor 1980×1080 and i am having exactly the same FPS troubles. I have searched what seems like every page of google for a solution and none have come, i have no idea why a bigger screen/higher resolution would effect only those certain things on my game. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

r water animations, smoke, or fire came up, sending my FPS crashing from 120+ to 40

there is your problem

That doesn’t explain why it’s only on certain resolutions or how to fix it

Why would you think that a change in an output device like a monitor would make any difference? That’s like putting VR rated tires on your minivan and expect it to go faster.

Behellagh.1468:

Why would you think that a change in an output device like a monitor would make any difference? That’s like putting VR rated tires on your minivan and expect it to go faster.

Mind giving me a reason as to why this happens that, currently that’s all i’ve got

All your monitor does is display an image as fast as your graphics card will send it. It has no role in the processing to get that image there.

What is your full system spec? also when was the last time you updated drivers etc? Dxdiag if possible; will be simpler to just say what FPS you should expect.

Previously you were playing on an old monitor (probably with low resolution; 1600×900 ?). Now, when a 1080p monitor is plugged in, game renders at the monitors native resolutions, which is 1080p. Given this example, its ~50% increase of gpu load and probably in cpu too. I assume this is the case.

My spec is gtx 550ti
8gb of ram
i5-2500k cpu 3.30ghz.
Also i am not sure about the drivers. If there is anyone to update all drivers i would love to know how. Thanks

Self Ignition.1640:

Previously you were playing on an old monitor (probably with low resolution; 1600×900 ?). Now, when a 1080p monitor is plugged in, game renders at the monitors native resolutions, which is 1080p. Given this example, its ~50% increase of gpu load and probably in cpu too. I assume this is the case.

Yes i was indeed playing on a screen similar to that

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

Go here, choose your 500 series graphics card and your operating system (it will be 64bit with 8GB of ram)

This will give you the latest 340.52 download. It’s recommended you uninstall your existing drivers first.

A 550ti isn’t a very powerful card. It’s fallen below medium-range by todays standards as you can buy a card roughly twice as powerful for £100 (~$150). So that on a 1080p is most likely the cause of your FPS issues beyond driver issues.

Remedies are obviously to turn down in game settings. Reflections / shadows are fairly big offenders in GW2. If at the lowest and you still feel you need more FPS you may want to consider lowering resolution / enabling subsampling. Subsampling maintains UI fidelty but you may find particularly ugly.

Xonal.5426:

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

Go here, choose your 500 series graphics card and your operating system (it will be 64bit with 8GB of ram)

This will give you the latest 340.52 download. It’s recommended you uninstall your existing drivers first.

A 550ti isn’t a very powerful card. It’s fallen below medium-range by todays standards as you can buy a card roughly twice as powerful for £100 (~$150). So that on a 1080p is most likely the cause of your FPS issues beyond driver issues.

Remedies are obviously to turn down in game settings. Reflections / shadows are fairly big offenders in GW2. If at the lowest and you still feel you need more FPS you may want to consider lowering resolution / enabling subsampling. Subsampling maintains UI fidelty but you may find particularly ugly.

Would you reccomend upgrading my gfx card then? And if so, to what model?

What is your budget?