Guild Wars 2

Right now with my current computer, I have to run on best performance in WvW/PVP to avoid lag/fps drop. So I’m looking to upgrade my computer for gw2, can the spec below run gw2 on Best Appearance setting, how much is my fps for zerg vs zerk in WvW?

Operating System
Windows 8
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-3770 Processor
Memory
16GB DDR3-SDRAM 1066MHz (4×4GB)
Hard Drive
1TB SATA 7200rpm
Graphics Card
Nvidia GTX680 2GB DDR5

Sparda.9356:

Right now with my current computer, I have to run on best performance in WvW/PVP to avoid lag/fps drop. So I’m looking to upgrade my computer for gw2, can the spec below run gw2 on Best Appearance setting, how much is my fps for zerg vs zerk in WvW?

Operating System
Windows 8
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-3770 Processor
Memory
16GB DDR3-SDRAM 1066MHz (4×4GB)
Hard Drive
1TB SATA 7200rpm
Graphics Card
Nvidia GTX680 2GB DDR5

First double check the memory speed. I’m guessing you are going nuts and getting ddr3-2133 memory. If it really is ddr3-1066, upgrade to at least ddr3-1600 cas 9 memory.

Second the GTX 770 is faster and may be cheaper than the GTX 680, but I haven’t checked prices lately, places may be slashing the price of the GTX 680.

As to your first question “can the spec below run gw2 on Best Appearance setting” the answer is yes. PvE areas should look lovely to you now.

As to your second question “how much is my fps for zerg vs zerk in WvW”, I can’t guess but I’ll say not as fast as you may want. Game performance drops quickly as the number of players near you goes up. This then likely puts the CPU as the limiting factor and the i7-3770 (question: is it the K model or not?) is pretty close to the top of the CPU charts for single core performance.

Anything over this is overkill and will not help performance. Overclocking the processor helps this game the most you should be able to get 4.4GHz easy with this setup. You could even save $150 on the video card and get the 7870XT
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You wont get much better performance over that spec u posted tbh. A k version of the 3770 would allow for higher OC’s but as pointed out u can still OC that non k version to around 4.4ghz.
WvW fps should be around 20-25 FPS in BIG zergs using the culling settings below.
Character limit : Highest (see every1)
Texture Limit: Low / Medium (change as necessery to stay above 20 FPS in the larger zergs)