Guild Wars 2

Ive got this strange problem with my i7 2600, 16gb ram and HD7970 3GB…
I play at 60FPS max everything when i first boot my PC.

Close the game back to desktop and come back to it a few hours later… My frame rate is now a 1-3FPS slideshow… Only way to fix it is to exit and restart my PC.

No other game or programs are effected, ONLY GW2

Played GW2 for over 12 months problem free running off a Samsung 830 256gb SSD and Sandisk exteme 240GB SSD Both SSD’s are fine and the Gigabyte 7970 OC runs everything else great, PC has been rock solid stable, virus free and runs cool.

This issue started at the patch that introduced the currency wallet.
I’ve tried everything now.. Removed firewalls, all virus software, old GPU drivers, new drivers, all background applications no longer run or startup with windows full system restore to when it didn’t have this problem and more, I’m at the the point of doing a full new windows 8 install to fix this issue.

I know this will most likely fix the issue ( IT ALWAYS fixes the issue ) but just wanted to ask the question first.

anyone else have this problem?

I doubt a new install would do anything. It sounds like something is overheating, probably the gpu. Do you have temperatures recorded at the time the fps drops?

it sounds like your gpu is getting caught in idle performance mode, or maybe your cpu is not switching to performance mode while gaming, or maybe your psu is getting hot and undervolting your gpu

run the Heaven Benchmark 4.0 tool, note down the temp and the score and voltage. play the game as normal, see if you can get the issue again, if you get the issue again, run Heaven Benchmark 4.0 again, check the score again if the score is lower then you might have a driver or heat/voltage issue.

for the cpu run prime95 for 15mins, this is normaly enough to check stability for gaming, make sure your cpu is running at the correct speed, check the voltage and temps, you should not ever get over 70c on stock cooler and stock speed.

if all is fine, you may have corrupted system drivers, reinstall motherboard drivers and graphic drivers.

1. make sure u hae decent cooling.
2. clean all the dust out of your hardware.
3. make sure your GPU is running on maximum power and not power saver.
4. make sure your OS is also running at max power and not power saver.
5. run a repair on gw2

also try and run gw2 off an HDD it might be an issue with your SSD set up

turn off all performance saving features both in your BIOS and in Windows

What is your CPU usage like when the FPS tanks?

Thanks for the help

CPU and GPU are 50%-100% on full load .. same as always

All other games run fine, all Benhcmarks are normal. 3D mark, Prime, everything, Its a Gigabyte costume 3 fan heatsink OCed GPU the temps are lower then anyone else online. i have 6x 140m fans in my Fractal R3. CPU is at 32/c and GPU is at 60/c cool as ice! 100% full load idles at 40/c

I’ve played GW2 for 9 hours without stopping.. not a single problem.. i exit, come back into it hours later and its 1-2FPS.. restart pc and its back to normal.. this is in no way a thermal problem its like the HD7970 drivers are not kicking in and the GPU is running with Standard VGA drivers.

Already tried everything suggested.. the PS is an SilverStone Strider Gold Evolution 750W 95% efficient….all my parts are top qty i always get the most reliable

I’m pretty sure it is a corrupted driver thats not switching on because I’ve reset the videocard ( screen flickers off and on while in windows ) and that also fixed the problem ) NO need to restart .. ( restarting also resets the GPU driver )

No permanent fix for this.. thats why i’m thinking its a format time :0(```` doh!

Not a fan of Virtual imaging a backup on SSD’s