Guild Wars 2

(Posted this originally in the “Players Helping Players” section but I think I might get more assistance here)

Hey all,

I was just wondering if any of you could assist me in understanding why my FPS is where it currently is. I play on maxed settings and typically get between 40-50 FPS in non-stressed zones.

However, when I move into a zone that has even remotely taxing environmental or graphical displays, my FPS drops to 20-30 and can even go as low as 10-15 in highly populated WvW or DE’s. This is especially prevalent in areas with a lot of water.

This normally wouldn’t concern me all that much, as playing on maxed settings should put quite a strain on a computer. However, I recently purchased a new computer that I thought would be able to play just about any game on the market with completely maxed settings, without sacrificing any FPS.

Here are the specs:
Alienware Aurora-R4
Alienware Aurora X79 with ALX Chassis
Intel Core i7-3960X (Six Core Extreme, 15MB Cache) Overclocked up to 4.2Ghz
32GB Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690
512GB SSD 6Gb/s MAIN + 1TB 7200RPM Storage
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, English, w/Media

Please avoid commenting on the fact that I purchased an Alienware. I am aware of the stereotype and would prefer if the focus was on the issue, rather than the brand I chose. I’m not all that tech savvy, didn’t have the expertise to build my own rig, and had the money available.

That being said, any help would be much appreciated. Thank you all for your consideration and time.

Oh and the Overclock is factory settings, I have not manually Overclocked.

There’s no reason your rig shouldn’t play the game at 60-140fps at all times with everything on the absolute highest settings. So ya its partially an nvidia driver problem/ partially a game optimization problem.

I’m pretty sure this is an nvidia GTX 6XX series issue. Also, avoiding the Alienware hatred is nearly impossible, but people might be nice since you asked nicely to be excluded from it. (Although you probably paid a thousand dollars or more too much for it.)

Nice rig That is a bit curious you are getting such low fps. You are playing in fullscreen and not widowed mode correct? It may very well be nvidia drivers if that’s the case. The only reason I mentioned full screen mode is sli/crossfire won’t work in widowed mode.

Yeah, same here bro…

i7 3930k @ STOCK
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
32 GB Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz
2 x Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 SLI
256GB SSD 6GB/s Main + 3TB Storage
Win 7 Prof 64bit

As you can tell, not much a difference in our spec.

Guess what, i get really bad FPS too in WvW… (everything set to max)

Anyways, welcome to the club, your PC is fine, don’t worry about it. It’s the engine of gw2 and the current nvidia drivers.

himmelweiss.1469:

Yeah, same here bro…

i7 3930k @ STOCK
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
32 GB Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz
2 x Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 SLI
256GB SSD 6GB/s Main + 3TB Storage
Win 7 Prof 64bit

As you can tell, not much a difference in our spec.

Guess what, i get kitten FPS too in WvW… (everything set to max)

Anyways, welcome to the club, your PC is fine, don’t worry about it. It’s the engine of gw2 and the current nvidia drivers.

You’ve got a double whammy here. SLI will obviously be an issue for a little while since GW2 isn’t yet supported by it, and as I previously stated, the game seems to be having issues with 6XX cards, but mainly the high-end ones.

Same counts for the OP, the GTX 690 is basically SLI

himmelweiss.1469:

Same counts for the OP, the GTX 690 is basically SLI

I think it’s two GPUs on one board, but yes.

I don’t play in Windowed Mode, so it would seem the Nvidia card is the problem then. That’s really unfortunate. If that is the case, do we have an ETA on when it will be supported properly by GW2?

Animus.6073:

I don’t play in Windowed Mode, so it would seem the Nvidia card is the problem then. That’s really unfortunate. If that is the case, do we have an ETA on when it will be supported properly by GW2?

I don’t believe so. This is an issue on Nvidia’s side, not A-nets.

Also, not sure if this would help in determining the cause, but I did update my driver to the most current version and the GW2 launcher informed me that there was a hardware issue.

Once I reverted back to the original driver that was installed on the computer the prompt went back to normal.

306.23 is what you need

ignore the message of the launcher

and make sure to check “clean install”