Im sure there are lots and lots of topics based on this problem. Im new to the game , installed it yesterday , but lots of people blame the last patch, idk. Anyway i play the game like 5 to 10 minutes then i get these lag spikes about 5 minutes or so. The fps rate drops from around 30 to 2-5 and my hole computer gets laggy. Its not from my computer cause i can make it run to 30 fps constantly. I dont have a gaming computer, but i can still play it at 30 fps.
Right you did. My mistake. Looking at the specs your are running bare minimum specs for this game. I wouldn’t expect to get much better performance than you already are. Your only real options are to upgrade to a better computer.
Im sorry to tell you but i can run the game at 30 fps really fine. The problem are those fps drops every 5 mins, i got them on the character creation too. Played other MMO`s on it and worked just fine.
How is it possible : now you run on 30 for 5-10 minutes then BUM! 2 fps for about 2-3 minutes..
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You’re running win7 64bit, 2GB ram, E5400 2.7ghz, GeForce 9500 GT. 2gb is too little for a 64bit system, likely the game is running a good portion on virtual memory stored on the spinning HD.
Again, you computer barely meets the minimum requirements to play this game. Minimum requirements does not mean it will run good, just that it will run. I don’t know what else to tell you.
Maybe download CPUZ and GPUZ and run them while you play. See what is pegging out at %100 most likely your CPU but probably both CPU and GPU. Regardless, I wouldn’t expect it to run any better than it already is.
EDIT: I would also recommend turning off settings like shadows, etc. and setting things to low and see if it improves.
Kirito i saw your post before . Tried one , didnt work .. il try more of them. So Rabbid :Yes, i know it wont go over 30 fps with those requirements, BUT i can still run it on 30 and 20 whens its crowded. But how you explain the FPS drop on character creation .. thats ridiculous..
This game is more CPU intensive than most other MMO’s. For you, your CPU is a huge bottleneck, well most of your system is, but for this game even more so. I would venture to say that what is happening (yes even in character creation) is that when the GPU passes off processing functions to the CPU, the CPU is pegging out at %100 and struggling to process. The GPU utilization will drop while it waits on the CPU. This would explain the momentary drops in FPS and is the number 1 cause of these type issues (especially with people barely meeting the minimum hardware requirements).
Download the above listed applications and run them before starting your game. Then when this happens, check them and see what is happening. I would be almost certain that when this FPS drop happens, your CPU will be pegged at %100.
the FAQ list i compiled was to help people understand/identify the problem, not necessarily a guide to fix everything, because in most case it boils down to buying new hardware as the solution =] But the stuff Rabbiddog wrote is the same content already in the FAQ list.
That im afraid its not a solution. I need too figure out one. Anyway GW2 uses like 70% of the CPU. Something NEEDS to work ! il make it work xD . Thx for the problem solution, if thats it.
Basically your whole system is a bottle neck. CPU is going to constantly peg out at %100, GW2 is LAA enabled which means it will want to use up to (and possibly more than) 2GB of RAM, but you only have 2GB total so your OS will reserve a portion of that for the core system. More RAM may improve performance some. Since you are running a 64bit OS I would recommend at least 4GB.
You could try overclocking your CPU though I’m not sure how capable your CPU is to that. In addition, if you’ve never OC’d before, then I wouldn’t recommend it with out first reading up on the subject. Unfortunately there is not much you can do short of buying a new updated system. I wish I could offer up more help, but your options are very limited with your current system.
That im afraid its not a solution. I need too figure out one. Anyway GW2 uses like 70% of the CPU. Something NEEDS to work ! il make it work xD . Thx for the problem solution, if thats it.
Start reading from Question #7 onward if you want to know why its not 100%.
I guess if you want to make it work then start learning programming and work for Anet lol. Only so much one can do on the user end of things.
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