Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

Just a quick question please.

I bought GW2 this hoping to play on desktop. Any way long story short and not getting very far playing at 4FPS its time for an upgrade!

I’ve spent hours getting lost looking at different rigs and specs.

If any of you could have a quick scan of the details below and let me know what kinda of performance i could expect out of the belwo ‘gaming’ laptop.

AMD A6-3420M Quad Core (1.5GHz, , Up to 2.4GHz in Boost Mode)

15.6" (Acer CineCrystal, 1366×768 HD, High Brightness, LED Backitten)

Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit

4GB (DDR3)

500GB

Dedicated (AMD Radeon HD 7470M with 1GB Dedicated RAM

Many Thanks!

Hi,

I would strongly advise you to use the money for a desktop PC instead of a laptop. You will get a lot more bang for the buck, so to speak. Further – if you insist on getting a laptop, at least consider an Intel CPU instead of one by AMD. They are vastly superior. AMD has not had a decent development in regards to CPUs in the past 3 years. No wonder the highest ranked gaming processor they have was out on the market roughly at that time. Nothing that came out of the Dresden factories after 2010 can match even a lowly second generation Intel i3 CPU.

Thanks for the quick reply Marmalade.

I understand intel have far superior performance but like wise they demand higher premium.

The laptop mentioned above is currently being sold at £299 which is much kinder on the wallet!

A decent spec i5 desktop with limited GPU were looking at around £500

Just concered about buying a laptop and getting it home to find GW2 is running at 10-15 FPS

You get what you pay for. The A6 is a very weak CPU, an entry level AMD. It’s paired with a GPU that’s just slightly better than integrated graphics. While it should be able to play GW2, it probably won’t play it too well (low settings with fps between 10-40 depending on how busy the environment is).

Didn’t realise the budget is that low. In that case I would advise you to give it another month till you can afford something in the 350 pounds price range. Like this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DESKTOP-GAMING-BULLDOZER-FX-4100-REWITER/dp/B005WVSFWM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1348175880&sr=8-4

It will run the game without frames per second going to unplayable levels.

Alternatively, you might also benefit from seeking a second-hand solution, if you don’t mind the lack of warranty. There is a lot of people nowadays that buy new motherboards, CPUs and GPUs 2-3 times per year. There’s bound to be some real cheap but good second hand hardware out there.