Guild Wars 2

For some reason I’m getting 5~10 FPS no matter where I go or what settings I use, I stopped playing around 24 days ago (according to the TP) and everything was fine before, I haven’t installed anything since then and the problem seems to be just with GW2.

I doubt this is a specs issue as the game was perfectly fine after the last major content update (Wintersday), but just in case

Win 7 x64
Intel Core2Quad Q9400 @ 2.6 GHz
RAM 4GB
GPU HD 6570 (2GB)

Have you just tried things in Lion’s Arch? Around the middle they added a tonne of particle effect clouds that really crush frames

I tried everywhere, LA, Divinity’s, WvW and random open world maps, it’s the same no matter where I go, plus everything was fine between Wintersday patch and when I took the break, I’m inclined to think this is caused by some random small patch that happened after Wintersday.

i got the same problem! since almost ~8 days.

I also created a topic in the german forums. I’ll let you know if i find any solution

have you tried deleting the gw2.dat file?
The program will create a new one upon booting.

No do not delete the gw2.dat file you may want to try the -repair command first but it may just be your system is to old for this game. I play from time to time on a pro two quod processer and bairly get 30 fps. Also make sure there is not anything running in the background that may open a window like Skype, any IMs or browsers. You migh try disabling your antivirus while playing anything running in the background that uses resources will have an effect on the game with such a low end system. As a last resort you can do a complete clean reinstall of Windows, run nothing but the the newest drivers and the game, this must likely boost your fps.

Tried repair now, nothing changed

And no my system isn’t old for this game at all, as I said I was playing perfectly even after Wintersday update, something is causing this FPS leak. I tried ending all unnecessary processes and leaving just gw2 but saw no improvement.

I hope the only fix is not reinstalling gw2, 20GB takes a lot to download with my bad net :/ I rather stop playing altogether.

I have the same problem, totally kills the joy of the game. PvE maps do the same as well. I didn’t have good fps ever, but never this bad either. It started around Christmas I think (or at least that is when I noticed it). At first I thought it was my internet, but I think its the game.

Download cpuz and check pcie link is 16x

Also get GPU and set it to log GPU useage its should be ,60-70+ if no problems

chris.9142:

Download cpuz and check pcie link is 16x

Also get GPU and set it to log GPU useage its should be ,60-70+ if no problems

CPU-Z http://puu.sh/6kWtT.png

in GPU-Z the usage is 100% when running gw2.

Alukah.2063:

chris.9142:

Download cpuz and check pcie link is 16x

Also get GPU and set it to log GPU useage its should be ,60-70+ if no problems

CPU-Z http://puu.sh/6kWtT.png

in GPU-Z the usage is 100% when running gw2.

There is your issue, your GPU is linked at 1x on a 16x Slot.

Get that Linked at 16x and it will fix your issue.

You can reinstall the GPU drivers, reseat everything on the card (Pull the card out of the slot, remove its 6pin GPU power plug, then plug it back in)

Also, if your PSU is failing, that will also cause some cards to link at 1x due to power restrictions.

Reseating fixed the link, it’s at x16 again and gw2 is running smoothly, I wonder how it went down to x1.

Thank you guys

Is there anything easy that a simple layman can do without messing with hardware or doing things way beyond a normal person’s capacity?

Bombsaway.7198:

Is there anything easy that a simple layman can do without messing with hardware or doing things way beyond a normal person’s capacity?

If your problem is the same as mine (can be checked with CPU-Z, doesn’t need much knowledge for this) I don’t think there’s an easy solution other than physically re-seating your GPU, but we cannot be sure until you check.

Well I’m having this issue and I don’t have the pcie link issue (is at 16x) and this started roughly around 8 days ago out of nowhere. At first I thought it was a hardware problem, but after much checking, it’s running at the regular values and numbers as before.

Places where the game was smooth before, is suddenly getting an FPS dip. Especially when the camera view is pointed towards the horizont, it feels like it has the entire map loaded for me. I really don’t know what is causing it or how to fix it right now. But I’m positive it’s game related.

Blackwyn.8127:

Well I’m having this issue and I don’t have the pcie link issue (is at 16x) and this started roughly around 8 days ago out of nowhere. At first I thought it was a hardware problem, but after much checking, it’s running at the regular values and numbers as before.

Places where the game was smooth before, is suddenly getting an FPS dip. Especially when the camera view is pointed towards the horizont, it feels like it has the entire map loaded for me. I really don’t know what is causing it or how to fix it right now. But I’m positive it’s game related.

You are going to want to verify your HW stats while playing the game.

Run GW2 in Windowed-Full screen
Run GPU-Z (Sensor tab)
Run CoreTemp (Verify CPU, Per Core, Multiplier and utilization%)
Run CPU-Z (To verify the voltage of your CPU)

and when GW2 is running open the options menu and watch the FPS
youll have to window swap quite a bit.

The idea is to get your CPU to hit 70-80% utilization and have your GPU to peg between 97% and 99%. In LA, this is not possible unless you are on a really high end CPU (i7-Extreme) Due to the kitten Snow Glob in the middle of the fountain right now. But you can do this almost anywhere else in the world.

But if you cannot get your CPU to get that high, verify that its clocked correctly and its not throttling due to high Temps. If the CPU looks OK then you need to verify your GPU’s Temps. As its going to be one of those pieces.

Alukah.2063:

Bombsaway.7198:

Is there anything easy that a simple layman can do without messing with hardware or doing things way beyond a normal person’s capacity?

If your problem is the same as mine (can be checked with CPU-Z, doesn’t need much knowledge for this) I don’t think there’s an easy solution other than physically re-seating your GPU, but we cannot be sure until you check.

yes there is, open CPU-Z AFTER you have started “rendering test” from GPU-Z, WOOHOO u have 16x link width, cpu-z obviously shows 1x link width when theres nothing happening while you open it.(tip. its called power saving) proplem is CPU-Z only update link width info when its opened, after that it wont update this info again even if you pushed pci-e off from power saving.

E: and heres the proof → http://imgur.com/CQk0h5D
someone who got power savings on can easily test it himself.

MakkeOnMies.4718:

Alukah.2063:

Bombsaway.7198:

Is there anything easy that a simple layman can do without messing with hardware or doing things way beyond a normal person’s capacity?

If your problem is the same as mine (can be checked with CPU-Z, doesn’t need much knowledge for this) I don’t think there’s an easy solution other than physically re-seating your GPU, but we cannot be sure until you check.

yes there is, open CPU-Z AFTER you have started “rendering test” from GPU-Z, WOOHOO u have 16x link width, cpu-z obviously shows 1x link width when theres nothing happening while you open it.(tip. its called power saving) proplem is CPU-Z only update link width info when its opened, after that it wont update this info again even if you pushed pci-e off from power saving.

E: and heres the proof -> http://imgur.com/CQk0h5D
someone who got power savings on can easily test it himself.

You’re missing the point by a landslide, the symptom here is not that the info shown on CPU-Z is wrong, but the huge loss of FPS in game, unless you’re implying that opening CPU-Z would have fixed it.

When I was trying to solve this I did read about power saving and that was not my issue at all, if it was power saving then after starting the game it would have fixed by itself.