Guild Wars 2

Hey Guys,

I was wondering if someone could give me some pointers on how to improve my FPS in GW2. I have talked with Tech Support and that got me no where (Ended up saying that it has to be my fault, even though I passed ever PC Benchmark they could give), so i’m turning to the community to hopefully call me a stupid head and tell me what i’m doing wrong (Cause I have tried it all).

SPECS –
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Mother Board: Saber Tooth 990FX
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight Core – 3.61 GHz
Memory(RAM): (16GB) DDR3
Graphics Card: ASUS – GTX680-2GD5
– GeForce 331.93 Driver (BETA)

MY Frame Rates Vary on where I am in the World, on low settings with a few tweaks I can get around 15-25 Frames. on High Settings I get around 10-19 Frames (This is in the heart of LA). In WVW its OK but when I get into a large zerg it becomes a slide show.

So I ask you, what specs and Frame Rates are you getting and what settings are giving you the best results ?

BENCHMARK for my system —>
BF4 (50-70FPS)
ARMA2 & ARMA3 (50-60FPS)
HitMan Absolution (50-60FPS)

http://unigine.com/products/heaven/ — (69 FPS average)

Sounds about right

You could try overclocking your cpu or lowering your settings even more specifically Character quality and model limit.

Unfortunately the problem is in the AMD processor, the reason for it has been debated and explained in several threads,. So some have got better frame rates by over clocking and lowering in game graphics settings, good luck.

You will need to over clock that CPU, get a better cooling solution and tweak your system to the requirements of GW2.

CPU-Z
GPU-Z
CoreTemp
MSIAfterburner

Get those apps and use them to learn how your system actually is working while running GW2.

Thanks For all the Posts Guys, I Have tried Over Clocking the CPU and the improvement in minimal at best. I want to know how a company like this can just brush off the obvious need for optimization? I mean you ask any real Guild Wars 2 Player and they will tell you that the game does play very well or just simply search (GW2 FPS) and you will see the Links .

I would love to play this game more and probably spend a lot more money in the cash shop, but I think that my days with Guild wars are numbered, because of this issues and this issues alone (Have around 600 hours in game, so I am no noob)

sirsquishy.8531:

You will need to over clock that CPU, get a better cooling solution and tweak your system to the requirements of GW2.

CPU-Z
GPU-Z
CoreTemp
MSIAfterburner

Get those apps and use them to learn how your system actually is working while running GW2.

So what your saying is that I need to OC my $1500 system to play a game(From 2012) that should not need that type of specialization? I mean how is this the Public answer to “FIX” the game ? Now I’m not saying this to you, thanks for the reply, I am saying this to the Devs of this game that need to fix this problem.

Lemon.9680:

Thanks For all the Posts Guys, I Have tried Over Clocking the CPU and the improvement in minimal at best. I want to know how a company like this can just brush off the obvious need for optimization? I mean you ask any real Guild Wars 2 Player and they will tell you that the game does play very well or just simply search (GW2 FPS) and you will see the Links .

I would love to play this game more and probably spend a lot more money in the cash shop, but I think that my days with Guild wars are numbered, because of this issues and this issues alone (Have around 600 hours in game, so I am no noob)

Its not optimization anymore. Its the fact that the game’s engine is Single threaded. And AMD does NOT do single threaded processes as efficiently as Intels. that is all the issue is now.

use the applications I told you about to Overclock, look at the GPU/CPU Utilization, while running GW2 and adjust ALL your settings (Driver level and in the game) until you get the performance you are after and start to see your GPU/CPU not spike out.

that FX will only do so well. But it should be tunable to be adequate for your needs.

sirsquishy.8531:

Lemon.9680:

Thanks For all the Posts Guys, I Have tried Over Clocking the CPU and the improvement in minimal at best. I want to know how a company like this can just brush off the obvious need for optimization? I mean you ask any real Guild Wars 2 Player and they will tell you that the game does play very well or just simply search (GW2 FPS) and you will see the Links .

I would love to play this game more and probably spend a lot more money in the cash shop, but I think that my days with Guild wars are numbered, because of this issues and this issues alone (Have around 600 hours in game, so I am no noob)

Its not optimization anymore. Its the fact that the game’s engine is Single threaded. And AMD does NOT do single threaded processes as efficiently as Intels. that is all the issue is now.

use the applications I told you about to Overclock, look at the GPU/CPU Utilization, while running GW2 and adjust ALL your settings (Driver level and in the game) until you get the performance you are after and start to see your GPU/CPU not spike out.

that FX will only do so well. But it should be tunable to be adequate for your needs.

I thinking about quitting this game, I really should not have to do this much just to get it to a playable state on my system, Shame on the development/Engineering teams and the support teams to make 20-30 FPS the “Normal” for such a great game.

Lemon.9680:

sirsquishy.8531:

Lemon.9680:

Thanks For all the Posts Guys, I Have tried Over Clocking the CPU and the improvement in minimal at best. I want to know how a company like this can just brush off the obvious need for optimization? I mean you ask any real Guild Wars 2 Player and they will tell you that the game does play very well or just simply search (GW2 FPS) and you will see the Links .

I would love to play this game more and probably spend a lot more money in the cash shop, but I think that my days with Guild wars are numbered, because of this issues and this issues alone (Have around 600 hours in game, so I am no noob)

Its not optimization anymore. Its the fact that the game’s engine is Single threaded. And AMD does NOT do single threaded processes as efficiently as Intels. that is all the issue is now.

use the applications I told you about to Overclock, look at the GPU/CPU Utilization, while running GW2 and adjust ALL your settings (Driver level and in the game) until you get the performance you are after and start to see your GPU/CPU not spike out.

that FX will only do so well. But it should be tunable to be adequate for your needs.

I thinking about quitting this game, I really should not have to do this much just to get it to a playable state on my system, Shame on the development/Engineering teams and the support teams to make 20-30 FPS the “Normal” for such a great game.

I’m in the boat (about quiting) but for an entirely different reason. This game is BORING after you hit the ‘end game’.

Anet FAILS at WvW (the current end game meta), and breaks fun events (Teqautl) and makes it so PvE is a zerg/farm fest rather then challenging.

But, the game’s design is what it is. If you don’t wanna play the tuning game, that’s really on you.

Everyone here has to tweak their settings for this game to work properly, if you don’t wanna do it that’s cool. If your going to quit over it, then I think PC games are just not for you in general.

sirsquishy.8531:

Lemon.9680:

sirsquishy.8531:

Lemon.9680:

Thanks For all the Posts Guys, I Have tried Over Clocking the CPU and the improvement in minimal at best. I want to know how a company like this can just brush off the obvious need for optimization? I mean you ask any real Guild Wars 2 Player and they will tell you that the game does play very well or just simply search (GW2 FPS) and you will see the Links .

I would love to play this game more and probably spend a lot more money in the cash shop, but I think that my days with Guild wars are numbered, because of this issues and this issues alone (Have around 600 hours in game, so I am no noob)

Its not optimization anymore. Its the fact that the game’s engine is Single threaded. And AMD does NOT do single threaded processes as efficiently as Intels. that is all the issue is now.

use the applications I told you about to Overclock, look at the GPU/CPU Utilization, while running GW2 and adjust ALL your settings (Driver level and in the game) until you get the performance you are after and start to see your GPU/CPU not spike out.

that FX will only do so well. But it should be tunable to be adequate for your needs.

I thinking about quitting this game, I really should not have to do this much just to get it to a playable state on my system, Shame on the development/Engineering teams and the support teams to make 20-30 FPS the “Normal” for such a great game.

I’m in the boat (about quiting) but for an entirely different reason. This game is BORING after you hit the ‘end game’.

Anet FAILS at WvW (the current end game meta), and breaks fun events (Teqautl) and makes it so PvE is a zerg/farm fest rather then challenging.

But, the game’s design is what it is. If you don’t wanna play the tuning game, that’s really on you.

Everyone here has to tweak their settings for this game to work properly, if you don’t wanna do it that’s cool. If your going to quit over it, then I think PC games are just not for you in general.

LOL I’m OK with “TWEAKING” Settings , But what you are saying is not tweaking, changing your CPU clock Frequency and Voltage past the manufactures Specs, just so the game might run a little better is not Tweaking, and thank you for all your replies btw its nice to have someone in the same boat.

Lemon.9680:

sirsquishy.8531:

Lemon.9680:

sirsquishy.8531:

Lemon.9680:

Thanks For all the Posts Guys, I Have tried Over Clocking the CPU and the improvement in minimal at best. I want to know how a company like this can just brush off the obvious need for optimization? I mean you ask any real Guild Wars 2 Player and they will tell you that the game does play very well or just simply search (GW2 FPS) and you will see the Links .

I would love to play this game more and probably spend a lot more money in the cash shop, but I think that my days with Guild wars are numbered, because of this issues and this issues alone (Have around 600 hours in game, so I am no noob)

Its not optimization anymore. Its the fact that the game’s engine is Single threaded. And AMD does NOT do single threaded processes as efficiently as Intels. that is all the issue is now.

use the applications I told you about to Overclock, look at the GPU/CPU Utilization, while running GW2 and adjust ALL your settings (Driver level and in the game) until you get the performance you are after and start to see your GPU/CPU not spike out.

that FX will only do so well. But it should be tunable to be adequate for your needs.

I thinking about quitting this game, I really should not have to do this much just to get it to a playable state on my system, Shame on the development/Engineering teams and the support teams to make 20-30 FPS the “Normal” for such a great game.

I’m in the boat (about quiting) but for an entirely different reason. This game is BORING after you hit the ‘end game’.

Anet FAILS at WvW (the current end game meta), and breaks fun events (Teqautl) and makes it so PvE is a zerg/farm fest rather then challenging.

But, the game’s design is what it is. If you don’t wanna play the tuning game, that’s really on you.

Everyone here has to tweak their settings for this game to work properly, if you don’t wanna do it that’s cool. If your going to quit over it, then I think PC games are just not for you in general.

LOL I’m OK with “TWEAKING” Settings , But what you are saying is not tweaking, changing your CPU clock Frequency and Voltage past the manufactures Specs, just so the game might run a little better is not Tweaking, and thank you for all your replies btw its nice to have someone in the same boat.

If you run on a BE or K series CPU. the Manufacturer’s are EXPECTING you to over clock and push the CPU to the max. That is why they sell CPUs that are listed like that. They also offer the warranty to support it too.

Whether it be this game or another, ultimately its going to like this anyway. That is the nature of PC gaming. Just happens GW2 is soo poorly coded, we need to do this just to get the game to work ‘decently’.

And, its not like we have to pay to play this game (unlike other MMOs) so quitting is actually in their favor as it puts less load on their servers. That is the ONLY reason I have no quit this game yet, cause it doesn’t cost me a monthly fee. Even with the game as boring of a grind fest that it has become :-)

I am also struggeling with FPS issues.

I hardly played it on my old computer, as it was running slow (old specs: Core2Duo E6750, 4GB RAM, GTX 260).

But I thought i was due to my old hardware.

Now I got the old graphics card from a friend. It is “just” a GTX 470 but this should be sufficient.
I also upgraded my CPU to a FX 6300 with 8GB RAM.

I am aware this is nowadays not a high-end rig but it should be quite fine for a 2012 game.

The game runs quite smooth (60fps) when i run around on my own and do some heart but as soon as i go to WvWvW or play a world boss with lots of players around my fps drops to under 10 – even with all settings set to minimum.

I can run Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag with everything maxed with constant 30+ fps for example.

I know my hardware is still not high-end but it should be far enough to play GW2 on lowest possible settings.
And regarding the AMD single-thread stuff: i doubt it runs on single thread as 4 of my 6 cores run at 100% usage when playing GW2.
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rDr.6728:

I am also struggeling with FPS issues.

I hardly played it on my old computer, as it was running slow (old specs: Core2Duo E6750, 4GB RAM, GTX 260).

But I thought i was due to my old hardware.

Now I got the old graphics card from a friend. It is “just” a GTX 470 but this should be sufficient.
I also upgraded my CPU to a FX 6300 with 8GB RAM.

I am aware this is nowadays not a high-end rig but it should be quite fine for a 2012 game.

The game runs quite smooth (60fps) when i run around on my own and do some heart but as soon as i go to WvWvW or play a world boss with lots of players around my fps drops to under 10 – even with all settings set to minimum.

I can run Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag with everything maxed with constant 30+ fps for example.

I know my hardware is still not high-end but it should be far enough to play GW2 on lowest possible settings.
And regarding the AMD single-thread stuff: i doubt it runs on single thread as 4 of my 6 cores run at 100% usage when playing GW2.
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You will want to lower your ingame settings, load up GPU-Z and CPU-Z to verify CPU Load/Clock Settings, and CoreTemp (GPU-Z>Sensor) to verify heat. And tweak your settings accordingly.

My AMD system runs a Phenom II 830, gets 28FPS looking at the Fountain in LA on Medium/Low Settings (with the current patch). 15FPS in WvWvW Zergs, 10-15FPS in the World Boss train. But 45-60FPS out in the open world, and 60-75FPS in MOST dungeons. That is the system I would upgrade to a Phenom II 965BE (And Hope to get at least a 30% Increase).

My Other system is an i5-4670K, now OC to 4.6Ghz, Looking at the fountain last night on Ultra settings, 32FPS. In a WvW(30vs45~) I was getting 28-32FPS. In my BL Cit looking north at the new Winter Decor, I was getting 80FPS. Out in the Open world I get 90-115FPS (In caves It will pop to 175FPS until players enter).

But looking at both of those system (One was assembled back in 2009~, the other assembled a month ago) what is the common denominator? GW2 Player presence. So you gotta tweak your settings around that.