Guild Wars 2

First off here are my system specs.

Windows 7 64bit Ultimate (with all SP and updates)
Motherboard: Rampage II Extreme
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1366/Rampage_II_Extreme/
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231356
CPU: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield (Overclocked to 3.4ghz)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202
GPU: ZOTAC AMP! ZT-50702-10M GeForce GTX 560
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500210

I am using the newest beta drivers for the GPU and I have tried other beta drivers as well.

In most places I get very nice FPS, but when large battles break out (namely in WvW) the results are a bit sad.

Here are two screen captures of WvW (so you can see what is going on) with my settings and FPS shown in the options menu. Changing the settings does little to effect the fps. There are numerous players over the hill, so that is impacting performance as well.

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Jnaathra/GW2/gw141.jpg
http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Jnaathra/GW2/gw140.jpg

Lastly I have attached my Dxdiag file. I hope all of this information can be useful to the devs (or others). I am also eager to receieve any feedback about what I can do to improve performance in large battles.

Thanks,

J

Additional experiment…

I tried turning the game resolution down to the absolutely min (which is 1024×768) to see if there was maybe a bandwidth bottleneck with the GPU. I was still getting the same fps.

It’s probably a cpu bottleneck.
Try OCing it more (or dropping your current OC) to see if it changes anything.

Xceptional.7985:

It’s probably a cpu bottleneck.
Try OCing it more (or dropping your current OC) to see if it changes anything.

Before I changed out the CPU heatsink and fan I was running it at stock speeds with the same fps. The OC did very little to improve things. I hope… hope, it is not a CPU problem (even more so considering the listed specs for this game).

Well I do notice a performance increase when I OC my cpu (i7 980x).
FPS never drops below 45 during WvW @ 4.5ghz.
Drops to like 35 @ stock.

Xceptional.7985:

Well I do notice a performance increase when I OC my cpu (i7 980x).
FPS never drops below 45 during WvW @ 4.5ghz.
Drops to like 35 @ stock.

So everyone needs a 4.5 Ghz processor to play WvsWvsW decently at 45 fps ?

I hope that’s a joke because the requirements for the game are really low

Elysios.9274:

Xceptional.7985:

Well I do notice a performance increase when I OC my cpu (i7 980x).
FPS never drops below 45 during WvW @ 4.5ghz.
Drops to like 35 @ stock.

So everyone needs a 4.5 Ghz processor to play WvsWvsW decently at 45 fps ?

I hope that’s a joke because the requirements for the game are really low

Yeah I am thinking the same thing to myself. How many people actually have that sorta power? How many people even know how or are willing to OC. Very very few…

Do realize that i7 980x is based on the first gen i7’s and ivy bridge cpu’s have significantly better performance per core.
The support for 6 threads helps though.
Physical cores > hyperthreaded threads.

Xceptional.7985:

Do realize that i7 980x is based on the first gen i7’s and ivy bridge cpu’s have significantly better performance per core.
The support for 6 threads helps though.
Physical cores > hyperthreaded threads.

-nods- Oh I know.. and it is also like an 800-900 dollar CPU to this day. I would say less than .5% of the player base has stuff like that for this game.

Lets move on to other ideas and other comments.

Edit-

Current CPU usage in these battles is only about 40%

Look up reviews. modern i5’s get better FPS in 90% of the games.

It’s not that irrelevant considering you and I both use first gen i7’s and for me, an OC does improve performance.

Price of the cpu is irrelevant at this point.

Yes and I will still like input beyond just yours. I’m not saying the CPU is not the problem. I just feel like there is more to this equation that just the CPU.

Tried OCing the graphics card?
It can be done easily with msi afterburner.