Guild Wars 2

I’ve been hoping to get a new computer, but I don’t know what to buy. I prefer not to build my own. Is there a desktop that is under $600 and can run about 25 ish frames in wvw? I’m in Kaineng and it is the worst wvw server so it doesn’t need to be anything super special.

There is no computer under $600 dollars that will run about 25 FPS in wvw. Best computer I’ve seen is SolarNova’s machine powering an i7 3930K at 4.6 GHz with a GTX 780 barely pushing 25-30 fps. The CPU alone in that monster is 500-600 dollars.

I forgot so have an edit.

What visual settings are you wanting? High? Low? If low then you don’t need much. And then with Kaineng you probably don’t have to look far.

Yep, for WvW you need as good CPU as you can afford, regardless of settings. There’s no CPU that can keep steady 30 fps in the biggest of the battles. As for graphics card you really don’t need much.

I highly suggest considering building your own again as prebuilt rigs tend to have stuff you don’t need, lack the stuff you do need and cut the costs on some important parts you don’t want to fail (such as PSU.

No matter what, $600 is gonna be tough. For 800-900 you would get everything GW2 has to offer.

For 800-900, IF you built it yourself, you would get more or less everything GW2 has to offer.

SolarNova.1052:

For 800-900, IF you built it yourself, you would get more or less everything GW2 has to offer.

Good addition indeed. As I said, prebuilt has made (the wrong) compromises for your needs, even if you buy $1300 prebuilt, there might not be everything you need but a huge load of junk you have no use for.