Guild Wars 2

Hello,
I have desktop PC; Core 2 Duo 2x 2.33 GHz, 2gb RAM, Geforce GTS450 1gb and WinXP.
I know it is not much, but i can run many games very well (can run WoW on high or Witcher 2 on medium smooth). GW2 spvp, wvw, large events are literally non playable for me. I’ve seen ppl playing this game on laptops with better fps.
The main problem are huge fps drops; from 30-35 while questing, 15-20 in Lion’s Arch and sPvP to 5 fps in WvW and 15<; ppl events (mainly event chains in orr or dragon fights). And yes, this game maybe is cpu bound, but i dont think that desktop intel core 2 duo is so bad. Where is the problem?

That should be about right for a C2D. GW2 is very heavily cpu bound and yes, it is that bad. I say overclock if you can’t upgrade for better fps. I am using Q6600 @ 3.2ghz and get 40-60fps in PVE, but still 15-25 in LA.

Like many, the cpu is being bottlenecked, you can verify it yourself here Q4

Its about game. I know your system higher then Minimum System Req. but MMO games mostly have optimization issues. So in some cases Minimum system req. is enough like PvEing alone. But most cases like group events, sPvP, WvW. Game needs high-end systems. Yes, GW2 has serious optimization issues. Even Stock i7 and i5 CPUs cant handle high populated areas like LA, WvW… So most cases you have to OC your CPU. That means you have to be kind of expert about hardware (cooling, voltage management, BIOS, MOBO etc).

In my opinion game optimization will not get fix. If game survive 1 or 2 years new CPUs (2014 release CPUs) will handle game. Because game will be 2 years old.

But, shame on Arenanet because they want to play game on wide spread computer specs. But they made most power hungry game of 2012. Yes Guild Wars 2 needs more system req. then any other game in 2012.

I can’t understand why they used old GW1 engine for game launched in 2012 that is supposed to be played for years. One day the technology just will be too old. Ok, thanks guys for the answers. I expected something like “lol, just upgrade your kitteny pc”
@kirito The topic you linked answers almost every question, I just didn’t find that.

Yeah, this game takes alot of CPU.
I’m running on 60fps with a hexa core, my girlfriend, however, has a maximum of 40 in PvE and 25~ in WvW. She has a quad core.

update: First Lost Shores event – 10 fps, game crash. When gw2 running in background (minimized) impossible to run browser. IT IS TERRIBLE ANET.

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@kirito The topic you linked answers almost every question, I just didn’t find that.

yea, if only they would sticky threads