Guild Wars 2

I can run the game at 60+ FPS on high/ultra settings in 90% of the areas in the game. But the game launcher (the thing with the login/play buttons) runs at 0~5 FPS consistently. Sometimes, because the launcher is running at 0 FPS, I cannot even log in because clicking the “log in” button doesn’t register with the launcher. So why am I able to play the game so easily but the launcher seems to be so terribly slow?

The launcher, I’m pretty sure, is only supposed to run at that frame rate because nothing is changing on screen. Your problem with not being able to click the ‘log in’ button probably does not have to do with the FPS you get during that part of the game’s process.

What happens when you click the ‘log in’ button and it does not register? Do you keep clicking until it does or do you relaunch the game?

I normally just keep clicking it until it works.

How many clicks/how long does it take for you to log in? Perhaps the button doesn’t function because the client is checking for updates. I can’t remember whether the game asks you to log in first or check for updates, then allows you to log in.

What is your CPU, maybe its being taxed by other programs running in the background or you are running close to the minimum. A terrible processor might be able to play the game at 60+ FPS but at a terrible resolution.

Resolution is 1920×1080 in game for high settings. As for other programs, it does this when I have nothing open. It worked perfectly smooth on my other computer, and my other computer had a craptastic GPU & processor. Plus I’m overclocked to some 3.5 GhZ/core with top of the line nVidia graphics card on my new PC. So even with GW2 running, I’m only using like 40% of my processor power (due to three really heavy threads & ignoring the other 5 cores + bottlenecking the processor and ignoring the GPU lol).

Usually about 5~10 seconds. Not terribly invasive, but enough to be an annoyance. And it’s usually about 5 seconds of clicking whether I start clicking after the launcher pops up or if I start clicking after 3 minutes of the launcher being up already.

Man I wish I had a Titan to play Guild Wars 2 with D=

Anywhos, what version of graphics driver are you running? Assuming you’re running Windows 7, this is the link to the latest and greatest:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/61261