Guild Wars 2

I have an AMD FX-8120 proccessor that runs GW2 pretty good. So with Turbo Core Boost I get a stedy 60+ fps when PvE-ing and in sPvP. In WvW I get anywhere from 35 to 60 fps from the highest loads.
The problem is that I have a cooling issue. This CPU runs at 3.4 Ghz with turbo boost, on all 8 cores but hits 59-60C(in Guild Wars 2) and at 61C its starts droping its Voltage and its Frequency. When I start a recording program it hits 61C and it becomes unplayable.
When I stop my Turbo Core Boost via BIOS, it still runs at 3.1 Ghz on all 8 cores and get no more than 55-56C degrees and with a recording program I get to no more than 58-59C degrees.
But I can not get more than 40 fps at PvE and in WvW , well its from 40fps to less than 20fps, not ideal for recording.

I can not comperhand what the deal is. My brother is playing GW2 from his laptop that has 2.7 Ghz Dual Core Intel CPU and a GT540m VGA and has more fps then me on 8 cores each with 3.1Ghz

CPU: AMD FX8120
VGA: NVidia GTX650 Ti
RAM: XyperX 2x 4GB 1333mHz
MB: GigaByte GA-970A-DS3
HDD: WD 500GB 7200rpm sata2

I droped the stock cooling cuz it was way too noisy at high temps. Went to 5000rpm+
I’m currently running an Arctic-cooling Freezer 13 and installed a second 120mm FAN at the back for better air circulation.
Atm the room temp trough the day is around 30-35C and at night 20-30C.

Hello. Well I’ve the same processor but I turned off the turbo. And like you, I couldn’t stand the stock fan. So I brought the “A50” fan which was alright, I clocked the pc to 4,3 without any in game problems. And I didn’t even touch the volt etc, just the freq. But I started to record and stream more often, I used to record with fraps. Then I tried a few other softwares which I liked more. But my pc started to have bsod, I had to lower the GHz for temp issues. At this point I can only recommend you to buy a good fan/cooling system, if you really want to overclock. The whole motherboard is also important for that. For me, my pc runs at 3,8 and I can stream and record without any problems. But even so, I might get a better cooling soon.

These games, they don’t depend on all 8 cores, it’s more important to get the core freq higher (and stable if so). But either way, hope someone can give you another answer about this, I don’t use the turbo at all.

The problem with AMD cpus is they seriously lack performance unless they can use multi-threading (GW2 does not). The equivalent Intel CPU will probably be pushing double the fps using the same settings, because they are MUCH better at single thread processing.

Also the 650ti is not a very powerful card, so you will never get amazing fps from it. There are huge leaps up to the 660 and 670 in performance (768 stream processors vs 1344), which is what most are using for games like GW2 to get good fps with high+ settings.