Guild Wars 2

Okay, before the LA attack patch, I was running on aprox 40 fps on medium settings. After that I ran it on aprox 25-30.
After the last patch yesterday I’m running 19 on lowest settings possible.
My specs are:

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.40GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 532MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
ASRock H61M-VS3 (CPUSocket)
Graphics
BenQ G700 (1280×960@60Hz)
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (Undefined)
Hard Drives
932GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 ATA Device (SATA)
Now, I have tried plenty of things, tinkering with this and that, nothing helps.
Someone help me, I’m losing my mind.

eindrai.2607:

Okay, before the LA attack patch, I was running on aprox 40 fps on medium settings. After that I ran it on aprox 25-30.
After the last patch yesterday I’m running 19 on lowest settings possible.
My specs are:

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 532MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
ASRock H61M-VS3 (CPUSocket)
Graphics
BenQ G700 (1280×960@60Hz)
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce GT220 (Undefined)
Hard Drives
932GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 ATA Device (SATA)
Now, I have tried plenty of things, tinkering with this and that, nothing helps.
Someone help me, I’m losing my mind.

The Bolded lines is why you are losing FPS in the game. My recommendations is to download GPU-Z, CPU-Z, and CoreTemp and see how your CPU and GPU are being utilized.

Then upgrade your system starting with the weakest component.

sirsquishy.8531:

eindrai.2607:

Okay, before the LA attack patch, I was running on aprox 40 fps on medium settings. After that I ran it on aprox 25-30.
After the last patch yesterday I’m running 19 on lowest settings possible.
My specs are:

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 532MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
ASRock H61M-VS3 (CPUSocket)
Graphics
BenQ G700 (1280×960@60Hz)
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce GT220 (Undefined)
Hard Drives
932GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 ATA Device (SATA)
Now, I have tried plenty of things, tinkering with this and that, nothing helps.
Someone help me, I’m losing my mind.

The Bolded lines is why you are losing FPS in the game. My recommendations is to download GPU-Z, CPU-Z, and CoreTemp and see how your CPU and GPU are being utilized.

Then upgrade your system starting with the weakest component.

Now I could understand that answer (albeit it’s based in opinion, not fact) if the OP was asking why he/she had low FPS relative to NOTHING in comparison… that’s what people on the web do – they offer opinions on gear.

But the OP asked (and I have seen it, too) why THIS game, relative to a few patches ago, is NOW running with decreased performance.

I’ve seen this, too – NOTHING has changed in my hardware (till today – upgraded video card) or software, yet every patch, FPS while STANDING STILL in standard areas (Rata Sum, for example) keeps getting worse as time goes on.

This is not a hardware issue.

This IS a hardware issue. And the issue revolves around the fact the game uses DX9 pushed to its limits. DX9 has its rendering done in 1 single thread. That is what pegs your i3 to its max per core performance of other games.

This topic has been beaten to death on these forums, just search around and you will see everything you need to confirm what I am saying now.