Guild Wars 2

As the title says, it ranges from 30-40 frames looking in first-person at the ground to 10-20 looking anywhere else. I check MSI Afterburner and GPU usage shoots up to 100%.

I have:

HD 5770
I5 760 2.8 GHz
4 GB RAM

Not the best setup, I know, but it used to run the game much better. My laptop with an 840m runs the game better. I can still run pretty much every game that it should be able to handle, but this one is just terrible. VSync does nothing, frame limiter does nothing, even resolution changes barely change it.

Can anyone help?

As always please post a screenshots of GPU-Z, first page and sensor page, with the game running. Also a screenshot of the game’s graphic settings.

Did you check your hardware? Make sure the card is in the x16 slot closest to the CPU and the external power connect is still firmly plugged in.

Also what version of the driver and if you changed this recently or are you new to the game?

1. Card is in the x16 slot, yes. As I said, everything else runs as it should, this game is the exception.

2. AMD latest beta drivers installed. I have played the game since 2012.

3. I have tried changing all settings, none make a significant difference.

First GPU-Z is reporting that the card is only connecting at x2 and not at x16 (Bus Interface, half way down rightmost column).

Even though a card slot looks like an x16 doesn’t mean it’s actually an x16 slot electrically. That’s why I asked if it was in the x16 slot closest to the CPU as this slot is almost guarantee to be a true x16 slot. Then again it could be dust or some other minor physical issue that pulling the card and reseatting it could fix.

Also beta drivers? Sorry not a fan of upgrading from a stable WHQL, 14.12 to beta drivers. Unless of course you are playing Witcher 3.

No idea why this happens to players, the card not waking up to use the full x16 but it happens from time to time.

At least the 15.3 beta drivers were fine. Had the least blackscreens with them since
the drivers from the first half of last year.

Behellagh.1468:

First GPU-Z is reporting that the card is only connecting at x2 and not at x16 (Bus Interface, half way down rightmost column).

Even though a card slot looks like an x16 doesn’t mean it’s actually an x16 slot electrically. That’s why I asked if it was in the x16 slot closest to the CPU as this slot is almost guarantee to be a true x16 slot. Then again it could be dust or some other minor physical issue that pulling the card and reseatting it could fix.

Also beta drivers? Sorry not a fan of upgrading from a stable WHQL, 14.12 to beta drivers. Unless of course you are playing Witcher 3.

No idea why this happens to players, the card not waking up to use the full x16 but it happens from time to time.

Well I see now from GPU-Z that it’s in an x2 slot, which makes no sense as I’ve looked up my motherboard and it should have x16 slots. Tried the render test, it didn’t budge. I’ll try reseating the card but I’m not confident that’s the issue.

The card still works great for other games, so I’m confused as to how this is possible. I know GW2 is somewhat demanding, but I should not be getting the performance I am.

Edit: Checked CPU-Z, also shows link width of x2. It has to be either faulty software or the motherboard then. I see people on the internet with the same issue, I’ll check it out. Might also try resetting the BIOS by taking the battery out.

Are you getting these 2x readings while gw2 is running?
There’s Power saving options that reduce bus link speed while idle.

What motherboard do you have?

MrFayth.3546:

Are you getting these 2x readings while gw2 is running?
There’s Power saving options that reduce bus link speed while idle.

Yes. I ran the render test which should show x16 reading as it stresses the GPU, however it didn’t.

Behellagh.1468:

What motherboard do you have?

EVGA P55V. I really should change it as it doesn’t even allow for overclocking. Looking at it further, the BIOS settings are very sparse.

Well looking at the game again on lowest settings, I seems to get 90-120 fps when NOT looking at players or enemies other than myself, but as soon as I look at one, drops down instantly to 20 fps. Even with the generic models on. This is getting ridiculous.

Humenkind.9587:

Well looking at the game again on lowest settings, I seems to get 90-120 fps when NOT looking at players or enemies other than myself, but as soon as I look at one, drops down instantly to 20 fps. Even with the generic models on. This is getting ridiculous.

your cpu kinda suck these days. The performance on your current cpu is similar to vishera or amd 8350. In fact 8350 might be faster since it has higher clocks

It seems pretty normal

Never compare clock speed between CPU architectures. Back in the day it was called the Megahertz Myth.

Behellagh.1468:

Never compare clock speed between CPU architectures. Back in the day it was called the Megahertz Myth.

I am comparing the relative speed of both cpu with respects to both arch and clock.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/319/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8350_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-760.html

i5 780 just sucks. It is no longer a good processor anymore.

According to to that site vishera is less than 10% slower at stock but you can overclock vishera like crazy so vishera might be faster overall.

http://www.overclock.net/t/858385/the-i5-760-oc-club

OP, overclock your cpu.

I understand that my CPU purchased in 2011 is not up to 2015 standards, but I know that it was able to run GW2 moderately well in 2012, 2013, and 2014. It can still run many games now, but GW2 is a problem. I mentioned that I cannot overclock as well.

In any case, I am planning on upgrading, and I can still play the game on my laptop. It just seems ridiculous to me. I’ll try a repair.

The problem seems to be the x2 bus to your video card. Honestly yank it, inspect the edge connector, possibly clean it, compress air the slot and reseat it. Can’t hurt.

As for your game settings, lowering the Reflection, Shadow and Character Model Limit should lower the load on the CPU. Also defrag the drive the game is on. I use Auslogics free DiskDefrag on mine and it allows you to just defrag a folder or file. If your drive is really full that could also be a problem since you only have 4 GB of ram.

Humenkind.9587:

As the title says, it ranges from 30-40 frames looking in first-person at the ground to 10-20 looking anywhere else. I check MSI Afterburner and GPU usage shoots up to 100%.

I have:

HD 5770
I5 760 2.8 GHz
4 GB RAM

Not the best setup, I know, but it used to run the game much better. My laptop with an 840m runs the game better. I can still run pretty much every game that it should be able to handle, but this one is just terrible. VSync does nothing, frame limiter does nothing, even resolution changes barely change it.

Can anyone help?

4GB of ram just isn’t enough.

For now, your best bang for the buck will be two things:

memory

ssd hard drive

Go for at least 8GB and I believe you will see a marked increase in your gameplay – zergs are slow motion but at medium settings, with more memory at the very least, you won’t be sitting still and burning up that CPU.