Guild Wars 2

Hi, I am extremely disappointed.

Today I upgraded my i7 2600k into a i7 4790k for GW2 in hope of improved performance regarding frames per second, I don’t know what happend.

When I played with my i7 2600k I used to have around 270-300 fps when standing still in a spot that didn’t have a lot of people, and the camera wasn’t laggy.

With my i7 4790k I have MAX (when standing on the same spot with the same circumstances) 60fps, and the camera is fps dropping like crazy, literally goes down to 40 at times. I haven’t tried this out in WvW yet (still waiting for queue as I’m writing) but I imagine the fps will drop to about 1 or 5, somewhere between those parameters…

My computer specs are:
CPU – i7 4790k @ 4.8 Ghz
GPU – GTX 750
Motherboard – Z97-K
RAM – 8 GB
P. Supply – Corsair 600W
Cooler – Noctua NH-D15

Some of you might think that it’s a bottleneck issue but I doubt it. Back when I was running my i7 2600k with the GTX 750 I went to the store and bought a GTX 770 to replace it and the difference in fps was non-existent

All of my drivers are up-to-date and the cooling is great, it tops at 50 celsius.

I do not know what the problem is please if any of you have any ideas to share with me feel free to I am open to any suggestions. Am in dire need of help please reply

I run everything on lowest graphics.

Cheers guys
//Krisi

Ensure that vertical sync is disabled in-game and that it isn’t being forced under the NVIDIA control panel.

You may also need to reset your GW2 settings by deleting the folder
%appdata%/Guild Wars 2/ and the file Documents/Guild Wars 2/Local.dat.

Healix.5819:

Ensure that vertical sync is disabled in-game and that it isn’t being forced under the NVIDIA control panel.

You may also need to reset your GW2 settings by deleting the folder
%appdata%/Guild Wars 2/ and the file Documents/Guild Wars 2/Local.dat.

Ty for reply, Vsync is off in-game and NVIDIA control panel.
I’ll try to delete the folder and the file you mentioned, thank you, I’ll inform you if anything changed.

Healix.5819:

Ensure that vertical sync is disabled in-game and that it isn’t being forced under the NVIDIA control panel.

You may also need to reset your GW2 settings by deleting the folder
%appdata%/Guild Wars 2/ and the file Documents/Guild Wars 2/Local.dat.

Tried what you said, didn’t work…

I would like to add that during a stresstest of having the CPU working on 100% this is what happens:
http://i57.tinypic.com/hvxvlc.png

I suggest CoreTemp and Prime95 for testing Overclocks.

CoreTemp will show you each Cores % utilization, VID (Compare against CPU-Z), and each cores Temps.

Where Prime95 has 2 tests, Blend(over all system) and small FFT. The FFT is more for your CPU’s Temp as it hits the GPU engine in your CPU for testing, as where Blend is what you would traditionally use for an over all OC stress test for stability.

Intel’s burn in is good for a ‘last ditch’ effort, as it doesn’t tell you what you need to know.

Also your CPU is hitting 80c’s, which is ‘fine’ as the tj max is 100C on these CPUs (when you throttle)

Hitting 4.7GHz on a 4790k at 1.19v might be part of your issue.

The average for the 4790k’s is 4.6ghz at 1.25v, and going to 4.7ghz usually requires 1.288v(IIRC). So its very possible you do not have a stable enough OC on that CPU.

My 4790K hits 5ghz at 1.4v(83c), 4.9ghz at 1.38v(78c), and 4.8ghz at 1.35v(75c), and 4.6ghz at 1.25v(66c). Use that as a comparison when you are OCing that chip.

Also, you need to run programs like Prime95 for 2-3 hours before you can call your system stable. A 30min burn in test does not yield a stable OC.

May be you put the graphics card into the wrong slot. Most motherboards have 2 or even 3 x16 pci-express slots for sli/crossfire, but if you use only one graphics card, this card must be put into one specific slot and you cannot choose one of them. Often it is the slot closest to the CPU.

sirsquishy.8531:

I suggest CoreTemp and Prime95 for testing Overclocks.

CoreTemp will show you each Cores % utilization, VID (Compare against CPU-Z), and each cores Temps.

Where Prime95 has 2 tests, Blend(over all system) and small FFT. The FFT is more for your CPU’s Temp as it hits the GPU engine in your CPU for testing, as where Blend is what you would traditionally use for an over all OC stress test for stability.

Intel’s burn in is good for a ‘last ditch’ effort, as it doesn’t tell you what you need to know.

Also your CPU is hitting 80c’s, which is ‘fine’ as the tj max is 100C on these CPUs (when you throttle)

Hitting 4.7GHz on a 4790k at 1.19v might be part of your issue.

The average for the 4790k’s is 4.6ghz at 1.25v, and going to 4.7ghz usually requires 1.288v(IIRC). So its very possible you do not have a stable enough OC on that CPU.

My 4790K hits 5ghz at 1.4v(83c), 4.9ghz at 1.38v(78c), and 4.8ghz at 1.35v(75c), and 4.6ghz at 1.25v(66c). Use that as a comparison when you are OCing that chip.

Also, you need to run programs like Prime95 for 2-3 hours before you can call your system stable. A 30min burn in test does not yield a stable OC.

Got it boss, I’ll try all of this, thank you once again

Silmar Alech.4305:

May be you put the graphics card into the wrong slot. Most motherboards have 2 or even 3 x16 pci-express slots for sli/crossfire, but if you use only one graphics card, this card must be put into one specific slot and you cannot choose one of them. Often it is the slot closest to the CPU.

Hahaha it is put in the 2nd GPU slot so you might just be correct! I’ll put it on the first one and see what happens! Thanks!

EDIT: Ok, I put it in the first GPU slot and it did make a huge difference, 4790k working fine now