Guild Wars 2

First, I think I’ll start by describing my current setup:

• Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K (Overclocked)
• CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 × 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10R
• MSI Z97-Gaming 7 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
• CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm
• EVGA 04G-P4-2982-KR GeForce GTX 980 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Superclocked G-SYNC Support Video Card (Overclocked)
• Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Where GW2 & my OS are installed)
• CORSAIR HXi CP-9020074-NA 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Power Supply
• Internet speed tested: 27 ping, 17MB/sec download, 2MB/sec upload
• Ping according to GW2 options, average: 50
• FPS according to GW2 options, average: 120
• CPU temperature after 24 hour stress test: 40C

My problem is that the longer I play guild wars 2, the more my performance drops. I’ll be running fine, with no latency, no fps drops, no ping. However, after 1 hour, it feels like around 500 ping. After 2 hours it’s around 2k ping. After 4 hours it’s around 6k ping, and so on.

My options menu doesn’t show that I have any ping, and yet I rubber band all over the place, up down backwards sideways…mobs and players are teleporting around me, I’m taking random damage and random rallies, skills play after a 10+ second delay, it won’t change maps without a similar delay…etc. I’ve tried unplugging & plugging back in both my router & my modem, and my internet is wired through a CAT6 cable if that’s of any assistance. Also, when GW2 starts acting really odd like this, restarting does not fix the problem, however other games (like GTA5 or ESO) don’t have any problems. It’s only GW2. What’s going on, and how do I fix it?

Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K (Overclocked)

So overclocked to what? and how did you validate the overclock?

Chances are you are running to hot and that is why the game ‘slows down’ after a while of playing.

And when you are throwing out Ping stats here, were are you getting that information from? You say ‘feels like’, but that is not ‘it is’.

If we’re going based on what “it is” then it is 50 (at least as far as I can tell). And there’s no problem. But clearly there is a problem, so I think the ping counter is wrong. Also, I don’t remember what it’s overclocked to, I think it’s around 4.5ghz. But the problem remained even when I turned my overclock off. Lastly, the stress test also only got my CPU up to 40C. When GW2 starts having issues I check the temp for various parts of my cpu, and never is there one more than 45C. I don’t think that’s unusually hot, especially for gaming. So I don’t believe it’s a heat issue.

Then it’s not ping, and it’s something else causing the problem. Especially if as the time goes on, it gets worse and worse.

My PCs’ In-Game Performance Hasn’t Suffered To The Point Where I Become Frustrated And Log Out But I Have Noticed A Few Lag Spikes (I Assume Due To Testing). My Only Gripe Is Zoning Between Lands … I’m Waiting Two Or Three Times The Amount Of Time To Zone Into Where I Want To Go. It’s Not A Game Breaker But An Inconvenience (That Shouldn’t Be Happening With My Gaming PC).

DeadSurvivor.6157:

My PCs’ In-Game Performance Hasn’t Suffered To The Point Where I Become Frustrated And Log Out But I Have Noticed A Few Lag Spikes (I Assume Due To Testing). My Only Gripe Is Zoning Between Lands … I’m Waiting Two Or Three Times The Amount Of Time To Zone Into Where I Want To Go. It’s Not A Game Breaker But An Inconvenience (That Shouldn’t Be Happening With My Gaming PC).

That would be your hard drive. I suggest fragmenting your disk to start with, maybe investing in an SSD to throw the game on if that doesnt improve enough for you.

If it’s not ping, I’m at a loss. Do you think my computer isn’t good enough to run GW2? Am I bottlenecking somewhere?

I think the problem might be the ssd. First make sure the ssd is running at AHCI.

Also, most recent Kingston V300 have been proved to be shi_tty ssd with speeds even lower than normal hdd.

I suggest you to do a speed test to know the speeds. If they’re unreasonable low and it’s running at AHCI, the only solution would be to throw that ssd to the rubbish and buy one with one with a reputable brand like Samsung or Crucial.

Ansau.7326:

I think the problem might be the ssd. First make sure the ssd is running at AHCI.

Also, most recent Kingston V300 have been proved to be kittenty ssd with speeds even lower than normal hdd.

I suggest you to do a speed test to know the speeds. If they’re unreasonable low and it’s running at AHCI, the only solution would be to throw that ssd to the rubbish and buy one with one with a reputable brand like Samsung or Crucial.

Awe man, I didnt even notice he had a V300.

Your 100% right about the V300. It’s garbage of an SSD. Not only did Kingston swap out the Gate NAND controller between the PR review and manufacturing, they also did some Caching magic that makes the SSD ‘seem’ faster then it really is, mainly to make up for the Controller Swap in hopes that no one noticed.

The issue is that the Gate controller cannot do garbage collection + TRIM commands WHILE you are performing I/O operations to the SSD. The controller is not fast enough.

OP – I suggest trashing the V300 and buying a 850Evo, or ARC100. Seriously.

Kingston is a fail of a company in my books now, even with RAM.