Guild Wars 2

AMD FX-8350 @4,4ghz
ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
GIGABYTE RADEON HD 7870
8 GB G.SKILL F3-2133C10D-8GXM
All drivers are up to date.

Even when playing on the LOWEST graphic settings I’m experiencing low fps in places like crowded Lion’s Arch and WvW, and I’m talking of the very lowest settings, I just can’t play with higher settings… I was wondering if there are known issues with my hardware, is GW2 compatible with my CPU?

Nope. It’s the CPU. If your FPS is like in the 20s range with max graphics with reflections and shadows off in lion’s arch and half the time hitting single digits in wvw on a large zerg (black gate style) then that’s pretty normal. 6 fps for the redone tequatl event.

Always felt like a cheap CPU, but especially in GW2, it’s unbearable.

What fps do you get on low setting The 8350 should at least do mid range with 15 + in LA I got 20+ on a pent dual 3ghz

On low i get at 3,5GHz FX 6300 , 32-40+ in LA

Go in bios set as 1 core per module… why? GW2 use only 4 cores actually even 3 core wont go to 100% usage

So you can get higher OC- with 4M/4C

Pentium/i3 stock cant compare to OC Athlon/FX even in GW2

XFlyingBeeX.2836:

On low i get at 3,5GHz FX 6300 , 32-40+ in LA

Go in bios set as 1 core per module… why? GW2 use only 4 cores actually even 3 core wont go to 100% usage

So you can get higher OC- with 4M/4C

Pentium/i3 stock cant compare to OC Athlon/FX even in GW2

Actually, that is not why you disable the 2nd core per module. its because of the I/O Resource sharing between the cores in each module. By disabling the 2nd Core per module you make the 1st core in that module more effective, add in an OC and its not that bad in all reality.

GW2 will thread on its own up to 6 cores, you can force it up to 32cores (I have tried, and was able to see GW2 spread across 32 of my 64cores when I was testing this).

Wintersun.7056:

AMD FX-8350 @4,4ghz
ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
GIGABYTE RADEON HD 7870
8 GB G.SKILL F3-2133C10D-8GXM
All drivers are up to date.

Even when playing on the LOWEST graphic settings I’m experiencing low fps in places like crowded Lion’s Arch and WvW, and I’m talking of the very lowest settings, I just can’t play with higher settings… I was wondering if there are known issues with my hardware, is GW2 compatible with my CPU?

have you verified your PCI-E Link speeds (you want 8x or 16x), did you install the OS patch for the FX core leveling? I think Win8 has it by default, but Win7 needs the patch to use the cores effectively. Did you use Prime95 to make sure your OC is stable? lets see..

oh yea, have you tested your CPU/GPU utilization with the settings inside of GW2? GPU-Z has a nice Sensor tab that will tell you Core Clock speed, Memory Clock speed, and Utilization. If you cannot get that util to 99% then its just the CPU, or how its configured.

But that FX8350 OC’d should get you mid 30’s in LA with the current Holiday Patch (my buddy has pretty much the same rig as you and that’s what he gets when looking at the fountain with all settings on High.)

Thanks for the hotfix advice! I went from 6-20fps to like 10-30 at the fountain (Ultra). ( Yes I reach 30fps, but it doesn’t get steady it’s always going back to 10 when moving camera..) It’s still unplayable in WvW, but thanks for the advice, and yeah its stable with Prime95! I’ll keep headbashing at this, cuz GW worth it.

you may get better performance if you disable 2nd core per module…