Guild Wars 2

So I’ve finally found a way to prevent the GW2 client from crashing every time I’m logged into the game for more than 2 minutes on my computer. I’d actually have to hard reboot it every time, which was seriously pissing me off.

Specs of my computer:
Win7 64 bit service pack 1
core i7 2720 QM @ 2.2 GHz – 8 cores
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M – 2 GB graphics memory
679 GB HDD

What I had tried so far:
-updating graphics drivers
-reinstalling client
-repairing client
-changing cpu cores that the client ran on
-disabling all unnecessary services
-changing graphics to the lowest setting
-making sure graphics card settings were application controlled
-running program as an adminstrator
-connecting directly to my router

What finally worked was when I installed the client on my crappier laptop. Amazingly enough, I’ve been able to play the game consistently for two days now, no crashes at all, minimal lag, no issues with freezing or the client. It’s obviously not that much of a downgrade, but I really have no other explanation. It’s the same internet connection, but somehow it works! So if you have another computer lying around that isn’t as good as your GW2 computer, give it a shot (: It might actually work better!

Specs of my old computer:
Win7 64 bit
core i5 M450 @ 2.4 GHz – 2 cores
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M – 1 GB graphics memory
582 GB HDD

All this says is something was wrong with your other PC or the game client on it.

I was able to run other games on my other PC (dragon age origins on highest graphics, neverwinter nights 2 on highest graphics). And I did try uninstalling and redownloading/reinstalling (as well as the repair function for) the game client on that PC.

Weird as it may seem, the OP may have a point. My wife often plays GW2 with a friend of hers from their days playing WoW together, and he is still using an ancient P4 with an onboard video chip. His graphics probably suck but GW2 almost never crashes for him. I can’t explain it either, but one thought I had was that maybe his computer loads RAM so slowly (relative to what the server is sending him) that it rarely tops out.

In any case, other threads here suggest to me that GW2 is very poorly balanced/coordinated in terms of how CPU, RAM, GPU, game engine, client, and network parameters (both server side and client side) all work together. It’s almost like there may be some optimal combinations that don’t necessarily correspond with each individual element simply meeting some minimum performance spec.

ataea.8427:

I was able to run other games on my other PC (dragon age origins on highest graphics, neverwinter nights 2 on highest graphics). And I did try uninstalling and redownloading/reinstalling (as well as the repair function for) the game client on that PC.

I completely write off any coments about other games their not this one.