Guild Wars 2

Hi all,
now I’m playing GW2 on an Acer laptop with 4 GB memory, Intel I5-450M processor, with an ATI mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphic card. And it works only with the lowest settings and with really low FPS in WvW and big events.

I want to get a desktop pc to improve my game and I’ve got a gift card that I can use in a local shop, so my choice is limited.

I’ve seen an ASUS desktop with 6 GB memory(upgradeable to 16GB), Intel I5 3470 processor (3.2-3.6GhZ), with an NVIDIA® GeForce® GT630 (2 GB DDR3) graphic card.

Would it improve my playing experience? How much?
Will I be able to play actively in WvW at a normal graphic (Medium settings) ?

Thanks for all the answers

Best advice? Build your own. Even if you buy the pieces from the local shop.

Expect to pay 200 for a GOOD intel i5 CPU (15-20 more for the K Series).
You will probably want to get a 1150 socket motherboard and a i5-4000 series CPU.
If you get a K series CPU you need to get a Z chipset to do the overclocking.
For Cheap you can get a HD7790, I paid 119 after taxes.
and memory, its cheap for decent ram today. I got a set of CL10/11/10/24 1866 2×4GB for 49.99 local just a couple days ago.

and go cheap on the HDD for now, you get can between 500-1TB for 50-75 bucks via Newegg. Going cheap here (SSDs are 100+) will let you put more into the CPU/MB/RAM (the core of the system).

Then you need a keyboard/Mouse/Monitor if you dont have that already.
But the desktop I described above (same thing I run in my Signature really) will be leaps and bounds faster then your laptop :-)

You should get fairly decent fps with those specs the only concern I can see is the ram 6G ram is kind of odd, ram needs to be installed in pairs and come in 2, 4, and 8G sticks. Also the number of ram slots on a motherboard are 2 or 4, so to have 6G would mean that this PC has 3 2G sticks assuming the motherboard has 4 ram slots then one set of slots has only one stick in it. The PC will run ok like this but it make cause timing issues and slow you system down a little each time some app used that third stick.

Feirlista Xv.1425:

You should get fairly decent fps with those specs the only concern I can see is the ram 6G ram is kind of odd, ram needs to be installed in pairs and come in 2, 4, and 8G sticks. Also the number of ram slots on a motherboard are 2 or 4, so to have 6G would mean that this PC has 3 2G sticks assuming the motherboard has 4 ram slots then one set of slots has only one stick in it. The PC will run ok like this but it make cause timing issues and slow you system down a little each time some app used that third stick.

On triple channel motherboards you have 6 slots and put ram in groups of 3, so 2+2+2 for 6 gig is perfectly fine and the optimal to get maximum performance out of those boards.
I run 6 sticks of 4 gig each in my computer.

RAM doesn’t need to be installed in pairs of 2+2 or 4+4. As long as the two sticks, if 2 GB and 4GB are the same spec and latency, it won’t matter.

Avelos.6798:

RAM doesn’t need to be installed in pairs of 2+2 or 4+4. As long as the two sticks, if 2 GB and 4GB are the same spec and latency, it won’t matter.

If it is not installed in pairs, it will not run in dual channel. Which cuts through put a good bit, however, this computer might be running 2×2 and 1×1 for a total of 6GB.

TinkTinkPOOF.9201:

Avelos.6798:

RAM doesn’t need to be installed in pairs of 2+2 or 4+4. As long as the two sticks, if 2 GB and 4GB are the same spec and latency, it won’t matter.

If it is not installed in pairs, it will not run in dual channel. Which cuts through put a good bit, however, this computer might be running 2×2 and 1×1 for a total of 6GB.

For dual channel, run Memory in Pairs, for Tri-Channel run them in 3’s, Quad Channel run them in 4’s…ect. Everything about the memory needs to match, else you start to load up one bank of ram over the others when they are working in Sync.

2+4+2 = bad, cause that extra 2gigs on Bank2 will cause issues (even if its 5-8%)