Guild Wars 2

Not sure if this the right spot to post this but I know this is a very active forum so I will give it a shot.

Anyone tried this game on a ATI 6770 Video Card?

Im currently running on a ATI 5570 and I had to turn the settings down to med or low and turn anti-aliasing off completely just to have an acceptable frame rate.

A guy has a ATI 6770 for sale used for $50 bucks. Would that be a solid upgrade that would allow me to up the eye candy factor on this game? I want to experience this game in all its splendor with the graphics settings maxed or close to max

Also, will a better video card keep the framerate from bottoming out when I get in a populated zone? Or is that their server load? Cant be my internet, its 40mb down and 5mb up

If your FPS goes down, its a user system issue. Simply getting a mid range video card wont do much. Especially if your CPU, HDD and ram are ancient.

Also, internet speed as little bearing on FPS/latency. It’s how solid , stable the connection is, and if you use landline based internet, you have attenuation, decibels etc to deal with which all play a part on latency.

I’m currently running two 5570’s in Crossfire. I have a used 6770 on the way (via eBay). My wife already has a 6770, and it looks incredible next to mine. The auto-detect sets all of her options to “High” or “Ultra.”
Then again, she has a Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition and I have a Phenom II X4 910. That might make a difference… If you like, I can post back here later this week to let you know. It should be here tomorrow, or possibly Wednesday.

I run on a 6770 (actually a 5770 but they are the same card) with a triple core cpu clocked to 3.5 ghz. I run almost everything on high (I intentionally turned down some things I didn’t care about for performance) and I run pretty much everything at 30 fps minimum in big fights. Occasionally I dip down around 20 but that is rare. Running around without fighting I get 50-60.

The 6770 is definitely better than the 5570 and will dramatically increase your performance. Also, 50 bucks is a great deal for this card, I know because I have been looking for a cheap one to buy in order to crossfire with my 5770.

In short, buy it!

2×6970 + i7 3930k@4,2Ghz fps47-50 on “ultra”
2×6970 + Phenom II x6 1100T@4Ghz fps20-23 on “ultra”
scene is the same (lion arch, loking on lion-fontain)

Q: Is GW2 such CPU dependant?

Just upgraded my old ATI 55 70 to a Nvidia GTX 550 Ti. Its still just a mid-range card but it was only $50 bucks on Craigslist so for that price I just couldnt pass it up.

Anyways, I can run smooth at 45+ with everything maxed out and Full anti-aliasing. Its like night and day looks so much smoother and more detailed. and no lag even in populated instances. Im telling ya, im hog heaven with this new card.

Q: Is GW2 such CPU dependant? supposedly its coded for 4 core CPU, but I dont think its optimized that great. Also, I think it uses DX 10 , which isnt as demanding as DX11.

KOS.1057:

2×6970 + i7 3930k@4,2Ghz fps47-50 on “ultra”
2×6970 + Phenom II x6 1100T@4Ghz fps20-23 on “ultra”
scene is the same (lion arch, loking on lion-fontain)

Q: Is GW2 such CPU dependant?

Yes, GW2 is very CPU dependent, especially in WvW.

noobdestroyer.4271:

Just upgraded my old ATI 55 70 to a Nvidia GTX 550 Ti. Its still just a mid-range card but it was only $50 bucks on Craigslist so for that price I just couldnt pass it up.

Anyways, I can run smooth at 45+ with everything maxed out and Full anti-aliasing. Its like night and day looks so much smoother and more detailed. and no lag even in populated instances. Im telling ya, im hog heaven with this new card.

Q: Is GW2 such CPU dependant? supposedly its coded for 4 core CPU, but I dont think its optimized that great. Also, I think it uses DX 10 , which isnt as demanding as DX11.

It’s CPU dependent but still use DX 9. Game engine is heavily modified GW1 engine.

RoyHarmon.5398:

I’m currently running two 5570’s in Crossfire. I have a used 6770 on the way (via eBay). My wife already has a 6770, and it looks incredible next to mine. The auto-detect sets all of her options to “High” or “Ultra.”
Then again, she has a Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition and I have a Phenom II X4 910. That might make a difference… If you like, I can post back here later this week to let you know. It should be here tomorrow, or possibly Wednesday.

Actually, the card arrived yesterday; they put it in my neighbors’ box, though, so I didn’t realize it was here until last night, and I haven’t had enough time to really work with it yet.

I did install it, however, and apparently my CPU is indeed my bottleneck. It’s either that, or some setting somewhere. I saw little improvement on the “auto-detect” settings, either in the settings themselves or the FPS they yielded.

Just to be sure it wasn’t some kind of problem with the card (the sticker on it actually said 6750 DDR3 something, though GPU-Z confirmed it’s a GDDR5 6770), I swapped it with the card that runs on high-ultra settings at 60+ FPS on my wife’s computer. No change whatsoever. I even tried it in Crossfire, with the bridges and everything! Still not a sliver of a difference.

So either I’m overlooking some settings (with which I’ll tinker endlessly, I can assure you) or my Phenom II X4 910 isn’t cutting the mustard like her Phenom II X6 1100T is. It’s odd; aside from the CPU, I would have said I had the better system, but I guess that’s like saying, “Yeah, aside from the engine, I totally have the beefier truck.”

TL;DR: If the rest of your computer is beefy but your graphics card is significantly less capable than a 6770, then yes, you stand to gain much in terms of performance. Otherwise, the 6770 may not be your bottleneck, and something else could be holding up your system.