Guild Wars 2

I’m thinking of upgrading my current machine. I can play the game fine in most places, but I really want to play in WvW and frankly it’s an god awful experience.

I currently have:
GPU: Asus GTX 660 Ti
MB: ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA 775 X48 RT
CPU: INTEL C2D E8400 3G 775 45N R
MEM: 4GB

I am considering upgrading MB/CPU/MEM to:
MB: ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core
MEM: 8GB
GPU: Keep it. (come on, it’s brand new

My question is: does anyone with a similar setup play WvW extensively? I know there is some network lag (for example, skill use lag) but I am literally feeling ill from the slide show playing at absolute min settings. If I do this upgrade I’d like to know it’s going to be worthwhile.

Good choice, OC your new CPU to around 4.4ish and you’ll be ok, So i would spent a little on an aftermarket cooler for it.

If yo can afford the Z77-V Pro version, get it, makes overclocking much easier with the cmos reset button.

Are you running any of the ASUS utilities for your graphics card? I think I remember reading on other forums, that many people were having performance problems with a particular utility running. Oddly enough, it was a utility that was supposed to boost performance.

I don’t remember any more than that, but it might be worth looking into.

Overclock the cpu to 4.2 and above, you’ll do well.

I have exactly the same build you are about to upgrade, I WvW fps can go as low as 25-30 in really heavy situations. I use FullHD res with no AA, medium shadows, and other stuff maxed out. I’m really sensitive on the FPS, but I got use to 30 it is not perfect but playable and it only occurs when you have like 100 player on your screen and everyone is shooting each other. If they are just running not shooting then there is no lagg whatsoever. I think that the processor calculates the projectiles, like arrows, how they fly, they will hit or not, stuff like that. It kills the game easily.

Kristof Kulcsar.4571:

I have exactly the same build you are about to upgrade, I WvW fps can go as low as 25-30 in really heavy situations.

Woah, wait. Are you saying you have the exact same build I have NOW, or the one I am looking at?

If now: Can you mention any tweaks and what you are overclocking things to? I’d be fine to have 25-30fps in heavy situations in WvW. I’m not close to it now, even at min graphics settings, tweaking all my NVidia control panel settings for perf, and some mild OC’ing.

Update to anyone curious.

I upgraded my rig to the one shown above (with the exception that I went to 16GB of RAM instead of 8 – not really needed, but there was a sale, so why not?)

The performance increase is, simply, amazing. I am playing the game on max settings (except Native Sampling instead of Super Sampling) at 1920×1080. In normal gameplay I’m getting around 95-105 fps. In WvWvW it’s around 50-105 depending on what’s onscreen.

The only significant disappoint I have is that I am noticing the major limitation of ANet’s engine a LOT more now since I’m playing more WvW: the invisible enemy problem. I will think there are just a couple of enemies, charge them, and suddenly an army appears. So, yeah, that sucks.

Otherwise, game is really fun now.

(Edit note: nothing is OC’d yet.)