I currently have a Gigabyte GTX 660 Ti 2GB GDDR5 which I bought recently, also a EVGA GTX 570 which was my old graphics card.
Computer Spec’s
2Core Intel Processor with 4GB Ram and is stable.
I’ve done a clean installation of my drivers which is 306.02
I’m seeing ppl with a lower verison even outdated graphics cards getting about over 40-50 FPS which is just odd. I don’t know if its the driver that is missed up or part of Arenanets, I just want to know a solution. I didn’t have time to look around for a forum so someone give me a direct link that help for others in fixing the mess.
Not only do I second “welcome to the club”, I am getting concerned about arena.net staff on these boards fingering something simple(like a Windows update for an individual user) rather than addressing the issue as systemic on their part. Many of us saw a dramatic drop in FPS in the last 48 hours….let’s not pretend that it all comes down to someone’s indivdual setup(as many of us who now find the game unplayable, had it working perfectly on our very same systems not 2 days ago).
2Core Intel processor… what kind? I definately recommend lowering Shadows and report back. This game is more CPU dependent than relative games but if you drop shadows you should see a noticeable improvement. That said, 4 cores is the way to go.
I love the people who are like “buy a new video card”….or “upgrade your RAM” to the very same people who ran the game perfectly just a few days ago. Clearly if a large number are experiencing FPS issues who were fine before…the issue is not on their end. I may not be a computer specialist, .but that is simple logic.
What i can tell is that .. until yesterday i used a phenom iix4 955, 8gb ddr3 , gtx 560 ti fpb from evga and to get good fps i disabled shadows, reflection and post procesing on low and i was gettin like 50 – 80 fps on questing and 25 – 40 on events .. now i bought an I5 3470 Ivy with same video card and same Ram and im playin on high specs with 60 – 80 + on world and in Lions Arch i get 40 – 50 fps … conclusion its that the game its heavy bound on CPU … even if some ppl said that its not anymore. Have a nice day ppl :P
Gareson, I do understand your frustration, but ever considered they might be right?
For some, “several days ago” meant clean computer and decent temperatures.
Maybe today, they got a virus hammering their CPU at 100% and the temperatures went up to 40 degs..
I sincerely never had any problems with GW2 performance wise.
And I just did an event with I think 50-70 NPCs and players toghether. Not a single problem
@Deepcuts
Here’s the problem….I am one of those people. Two days I ran this game at 60 fps…logged on yesterday to 5-8 fps and its been the same ever since….and there are MANY of us facing this in the last 48 hours.
My system is clean….no changes to my system….but suddenly the game runs lousy….the issue for me, and many, IS NOT on our end.
To the OP, here is your problem. Your running a dual core CPU with a 670 which in GW2 makes for a large bottlneck. I guarentee this, using that same GTX 670 video card with a new sandy bridge CPU your FPS will double… that is all.
Gasian, quad quad, but make it a new series quad, not 6000 series
Otherwise, yes, you will get low FPS
I have a amd Sempron 140 processor with a single core for processing speed
a crappy nvidia geforce 6150SE nforce 430 intergrated gpu . I want to upgrade my 19th century hardware but i cant because i don’t have the money right now. So because of this fact i experience 5-7 fps on highest performance. Don’t mean to sound agressive but its really annoying.
Gasian, I know how you feel.
I started my “gaming experience” on a 486 with 4 MB of RAM.
Was a real challenge to run 1st DOOM on it. Lots of tweaks to do it.
But then again, they do specify minimum system requirements, don’t they?
And they do specify:
Note: Due to potential changes, system requirements may change over time and you may be required to upgrade your current system (or obtain a new system) to continue to play the game.
So it is not only us that advise on upgrade. As you can see, ANet specifies that also.
Wish you good luck money wise to be able to get a new system.
Gasian, I know how you feel.
I started my “gaming experience” on a 486 with 4 MB of RAM.
Was a real challenge to run 1st DOOM on it. Lots of tweaks to do it.
But then again, they do specify minimum system requirements, don’t they?
And they do specify:
Note: Due to potential changes, system requirements may change over time and you may be required to upgrade your current system (or obtain a new system) to continue to play the game.
So it is not only us that advise on upgrade. As you can see, ANet specifies that also.
Wish you good luck money wise to be able to get a new system.
Yeah need to look for a job and not a lot out their for 16 year old’s ,but thanks and I appreciate the support
He does not need a newer system. Have you not read other comments?
People with super powerful computers are having problems.
The game is clearly badly programmed and you just need to look at the forums they are full of people experiencing very low FPS on some very high end computers.
It is developers like ANet that cause pc players to move over to consoles.
Why should we have to upgrade our computers when we all clearly meet and exceed the minimum specs that they advertise on the back of the game.
Got also hard fps drops . A few hours ago I played with every setting on high etc. with 30 fps , and now logged in again and I only have 4-12 fps with high settings and only 28 with low settings . I got a nvidia geforce 550 Ti , 8gb RAM , i7 … Got also the newest driver . Anet fix this FAST !
Well haven’t experience any of that but do know how you guys feel but my situation is prolonged and will run in low fps until i get my system requirements handled. rather buy 150 dollars worth of equipment then a whole new system and do it myself
I did every single thing that Arena.net told me to do and even after downloading the latest driver and analysing my PC with their own program my FPS hasn’t even went up by one. Actually, it even went down. The only way I can play is by putting all the graphics settings on low and i have a merely 20-30 FPS in the best cases. This problem is REALLY starting to get on my nerves.
2Core Intel processor… what kind? I definately recommend lowering Shadows and report back. This game is more CPU dependent than relative games but if you drop shadows you should see a noticeable improvement. That said, 4 cores is the way to go.
Don’t encourage him to go buy new hardware. It seems that everybody who has no clue of what’s going on with the game are tossing around advices, telling people to upgrade. ‘’crap setup’’ is one of the popular terms. I suggest waiting for updates that will improve your performance with time. In the meanwhile you can pick up another game. In my case I have nothing to play and it’s just painful waiting.
Best not comment if your full noob. Op is running current gen GPu with a 5yr old processor & is wondering why his FPS are horrible? You bunch of morons coming in here saying it’s Anet’s fault… Jesus Christ….
I love the people who are like “buy a new video card”….or “upgrade your RAM” to the very same people who ran the game perfectly just a few days ago. Clearly if a large number are experiencing FPS issues who were fine before…the issue is not on their end. I may not be a computer specialist, .but that is simple logic.
He does not need a newer system. Have you not read other comments?
People with super powerful computers are having problems.
The game is clearly badly programmed and you just need to look at the forums they are full of people experiencing very low FPS on some very high end computers.
It is developers like ANet that cause pc players to move over to consoles.
Why should we have to upgrade our computers when we all clearly meet and exceed the minimum specs that they advertise on the back of the game.
As above, best not comment if your full noob. By the looks of it, you win the nobel prize for being a maximum noob who sooks about brand new games running like crap on 6yr old hardware.
TO THE OP: Your processor is way to old to be running a Core2 with a GTX660. As you’ve already discovered, your fps are awful. You processor feeds the graphics card information, if it can’t keep up then your choking it. Yes, you need to upgrade your processor if you want better performance. That simple..
i7 3770k@4.8Ghz / AIR
GTX 6GB Titan@1160Mhz
3007WFP@2560x16000
I love the people who are like “buy a new video card”….or “upgrade your RAM” to the very same people who ran the game perfectly just a few days ago. Clearly if a large number are experiencing FPS issues who were fine before…the issue is not on their end. I may not be a computer specialist, .but that is simple logic.
As above, best not comment if your full noob.
But the game was running perfectly for me at max settings… until today. Now it’s unplayable at the lowest settings.
My specs:
• i7 2600k
• Win 7 64 bit
• 8GB RAM
• 2x Radeon 6950s in Crossfire
I love the people who are like “buy a new video card”….or “upgrade your RAM” to the very same people who ran the game perfectly just a few days ago. Clearly if a large number are experiencing FPS issues who were fine before…the issue is not on their end. I may not be a computer specialist, .but that is simple logic.
As above, best not comment if your full noob.
But the game was running perfectly for me at max settings… until today. Now it’s unplayable at the lowest settings.
My specs:
• i7 2600k
• Win 7 64 bit
• 8GB RAM
• 2x Radeon 6950s in Crossfire
Should I go run to the store and upgrade!?
Obviously you have other issues. YES WITH YOUR PC BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!!! Go start your own thread instead of hijacking…
i7 3770k@4.8Ghz / AIR
GTX 6GB Titan@1160Mhz
3007WFP@2560x16000
I love the people who are like “buy a new video card”….or “upgrade your RAM” to the very same people who ran the game perfectly just a few days ago. Clearly if a large number are experiencing FPS issues who were fine before…the issue is not on their end. I may not be a computer specialist, .but that is simple logic.
As above, best not comment if your full noob.
But the game was running perfectly for me at max settings… until today. Now it’s unplayable at the lowest settings.
My specs:
• i7 2600k
• Win 7 64 bit
• 8GB RAM
• 2x Radeon 6950s in Crossfire
Should I go run to the store and upgrade!?
Nope just turn off crossfire, I have two 6950’s as well and run perfectly fine IF i disable one.
I love the people who are like “buy a new video card”….or “upgrade your RAM” to the very same people who ran the game perfectly just a few days ago. Clearly if a large number are experiencing FPS issues who were fine before…the issue is not on their end. I may not be a computer specialist, .but that is simple logic.
As above, best not comment if your full noob.
But the game was running perfectly for me at max settings… until today. Now it’s unplayable at the lowest settings.
My specs:
• i7 2600k
• Win 7 64 bit
• 8GB RAM
• 2x Radeon 6950s in Crossfire
Should I go run to the store and upgrade!?
Nope just turn off crossfire, I have two 6950’s as well and run perfectly fine IF i disable one.
Disabling crossfire seemed to work. Any wonder why it suddenly broke as of today?
Cbuzz how about contributing instead of just calling everyone a noob? People having issues with the game, help them instead of just insulting them. Stop trying to drag this community down to the murky depths of BF3’s
If you have nothing constructive to offer, then shut up :P
Cbuzz how about contributing instead of just calling everyone a noob? People having issues with the game, help them instead of just insulting them. Stop trying to drag this community down to the murky depths of BF3’s
If you have nothing constructive to offer, then shut up :P
I’ve given plenty of advice if you care to do a search & I don’t call EVERYONE a noob you exaggerator… Only those that deserve it.
If you rock up with your 2Ghz core 2 duo/7800gt combo & sook about how badly the game is optimized. I’m going to call you a noob… Capiche?
Also, some of the people I see offering advice (or pointing the finger claiming poor programming/optimization) clearly don’t have any kind of understanding about computers, processors, gpu’s, basically everything IT related.
i7 3770k@4.8Ghz / AIR
GTX 6GB Titan@1160Mhz
3007WFP@2560x16000
Why call people noobs though, not everyone are tech savvy Asurans, how about helping them out with your infinite wisdom instead of being so rude?
No-one deserves to be called a noob, except people like me who are :P
Ps. People claiming poor optimisation might be right, I can run BF3, Skyrim and Pacman maxed on my rig. Annoying thing is that I think it’s on the Unreal engine? Maybe I should install the drivers that I used for Bioshock?
He does not need a newer system. Have you not read other comments?
People with super powerful computers are having problems.
The game is clearly badly programmed and you just need to look at the forums they are full of people experiencing very low FPS on some very high end computers.
It is developers like ANet that cause pc players to move over to consoles.
Why should we have to upgrade our computers when we all clearly meet and exceed the minimum specs that they advertise on the back of the game.
Sorry I don’t agree with your post at all.
First of all, most people with high end computers aren’t having problems. Just because you see some posts about it on forums doesn’t mean everyone is having problems.
Go check out the forums of any MMO. There are always people complaining about performance issues. The complaints never end.
I’ve seen the complaints from players with high end computers and they seem to be compatibility/driver/SLI/configuration problems. Their problems aren’t the same as people with ancient computers experiencing low FPS.
Second, no amount of patches or optimization will make WvW run smoothly on old dual core machines. I suggest that if you want to partake in WvW with smooth FPS, upgrade to a modern quad core CPU. This magic fix all you seem to be waiting for is never going to come. There are simply far too many calculations your CPU has to do during massive WvW battles. No amount of optimization is going to change that.
Oh and meeting the MINIMUM requirements doesn’t guarantee anything. It doesn’t mean that you will be able to enjoy every aspect of the game with enjoyable FPS.
Minimum means you will be able to install the game on your computer and run the game.
BeatTakeshi.3924: = It is developers like ANet that cause pc players to move over to consoles.
Are you kidding me? Read the BF3 forums for 5 minutes and you’ll see why players choose consoles. It’s the same reason why so many films that come out nowadays are aimed at the tweens market! They are suckers and easy to milk cash from!
He does not need a newer system. Have you not read other comments?
People with super powerful computers are having problems.
The game is clearly badly programmed and you just need to look at the forums they are full of people experiencing very low FPS on some very high end computers.
It is developers like ANet that cause pc players to move over to consoles.
Why should we have to upgrade our computers when we all clearly meet and exceed the minimum specs that they advertise on the back of the game.
Sorry I don’t agree with your post at all.
First of all, most people with high end computers aren’t having problems. Just because you see some posts about it on forums doesn’t mean everyone is having problems.
Go check out the forums of any MMO. There are always people complaining about performance issues. The complaints never end.
I’ve seen the complaints from players with high end computers and they seem to be compatibility/driver/SLI/configuration problems. Their problems aren’t the same as people with ancient computers experiencing low FPS.
Second, no amount of patches or optimization will make WvW run smoothly on old dual core machines. I suggest that if you want to partake in WvW with smooth FPS, upgrade to a modern quad core CPU. This magic fix all you seem to be waiting for is never going to come. There are simply far too many calculations your CPU has to do during massive WvW battles. No amount of optimization is going to change that.
Oh and meeting the MINIMUM requirements doesn’t guarantee anything. It doesn’t mean that you will be able to enjoy every aspect of the game with enjoyable FPS.
Minimum means you will be able to install the game on your computer and run the game.
Quoted for truth.
i7 3770k@4.8Ghz / AIR
GTX 6GB Titan@1160Mhz
3007WFP@2560x16000
I currently have a Gigabyte GTX 660 Ti 2GB GDDR5 which I bought recently, also a EVGA GTX 570 which was my old graphics card.
Computer Spec’s
2Core Intel Processor with 4GB Ram and is stable.
I’ve done a clean installation of my drivers which is 306.02
I’m seeing ppl with a lower verison even outdated graphics cards getting about over 40-50 FPS which is just odd. I don’t know if its the driver that is missed up or part of Arenanets, I just want to know a solution. I didn’t have time to look around for a forum so someone give me a direct link that help for others in fixing the mess.
-Thanks
I have an nVidia GTX 690, which is currently just about the fastest graphics card you can buy, and GW2 has lower framerates that other games with a lot more detail.
I think the issue is either driver issues, GW2 coding, or some combination of the two.
One thing I notice is that GW2 doesn’t seem to fully utilize CPU or GPU, and certainly not more than one of them.
Lot of games are like that to be fair, and there are various programming reasons why it can be harder to make happen with an MMO.
For one thing, your frame rate is heavily affected by your network frame rate as well.
my processor is a i5-2400 3.10GHz, my graphic card is a Radeon 7450 HD, 8GB and windows 7 64bit and i have 14 to 30 fps with all the setting on low, is this normal?
my processor is a i5-2400 3.10GHz, my graphic card is a Radeon 7450 HD, 8GB and windows 7 64bit and i have 14 to 30 fps with all the setting on low, is this normal?
No it’s not normal. My game uses only 50% of CPU and 50% of GPU no matter what – new beta driver makes no difference.
I wrote a support ticket, they answered after a week to send them a dxdiag and gameadvisor report, no reply.
my system:
Core i3-370m 2,40 GHz
GT540M 1GB
8GB DDR3
Most games run very fine on this notebook, but this kitten …
