Guild Wars 2

Case: Bitfenix Shinobi USB3.0 Midi Tower – White (default choice, options available)
- Power Supply: Corsair GS 600w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.50GHz Ivybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler
- RAM: TeamGroup Elite 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Samsung 840 120GB SSD & 1TB HDD
- Graphics Card: GeForce Nvidia GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5
- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Drive
- Wireless: Asus USB-N10 Micro USB Network Adapter Wireless-N 150Mbps

No idea why it’s doing it. My old laptop could run it on high without issues. When I go to best looking graphics, it’s the same as auto detect. I know it can run it comfortably but I don’t get the sharp FPS drops (50 to 20) when turning.

Anyone care to help?

Well all i can do is ask a few questions…

- Did you make sure you have the latest (WHQL) Drivers for your gfx card?

- Have you tried choosing lower settings for the gfx to see if the problem persists, not that lower settings is a solution, but perhaps there is a specific setting (like anti-aliasing) that causes the drop specifically, and with that it is easier to look for what is causing it. Perhaps a setting in the N-videa control panel for GW2 that is conflicting with the game settings…

It is easier to find such an issue from within the game, as determining which setting is responsible for the sharp drop in FPS will help you find the cause somewhere else…

as far as i know, this is normal behavior.

when you are turning the camera, the game has to load the textures, objects, and assets that you will be viewing at this new angle

this fps drop is most likely just the game slowing down so these things can be loaded

You are not alone

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Camera-Rotation-FPS-Impact

Like GoF said

I just accepted this as normal. My fps is about 100 on a still picture, any movement, including camera rotation drops that slightly.

The program is very CPU intensive so a processor upgrade might help you. I’ve just ordered a new mobo and 8 core processor.

He has a top of the line CPU and videocard, upgrade is not an option… U can just lower refections and shadows mate (reflections should be totally disabled tbh they kill performance), also try delete Local.dat file located in my documents gw2 folder. Delete (use a specialized uninstaller like “revo unninstaller” highlly recomended) and download brand new drivers. U can also check inside your case if the videocard and memory sticks are properlly seat up, sometimes they appear to be ok but they can give u awfull performance trouble if they are seat wrong on the ports (even while working sometimes)

Happens to me too, hopefully Anet can check this out and provide a fix soon~