Guild Wars 2

Ignore everything. I am just another idiot. I mis-read my GPUz. Double checked it this evening and it was running at x1. Video card was in the second PCI-E slot. Moved it to the first (proper) slot and everything runs as it should.

Thanks for the help and for putting up with my idiocy.

Hey guys,

Thanks for the replies.

I did check my graphics card and it is indeed running @x16. I’m not at home so can’t post a screenshot but i did already confirm this.

@Sassy, i’ll list what I have tried so far.

1. Updated all video card drivers to the latest versions
2. Updated my mobo bios to the latest version
– Have not updated chipset drivers. Will try that.
3. Installed all the latest Windows updates
4. Turned off my AVG antivirus and ran the game.
5. Uninstalled AVG antivirus and ran the game.
6. Updated the firmware on my router and
7. Setup port forwaring rules on my router for Guild Wars 2
8. Created an Outbound Windows Firewall rule for Guild Wars 2
9. Disabled Windows Firewall
10. Disabled all background processes on Windows startup (excluding Windows services)
11. Adjusted NVIDIA Control Panel settings:
– Changed Power management mode to “Prefer maximum performance”
– Changed “Multi-display/mixed GPU acceleration” to “Single display performance mode.”
– Changed “Vertical Sync” to “Use the 3D application settings.”
12. Ran a repair on the Guild Wars 2 installation
13. Deleted the .dat file and re-downloaded the entire game.
14. Cleaned up the registry with CCleaner
15. Added the -clientport 80 command to the end of the .exe and tried running the game.

I’ve been having very poor performance problems with Guild Wars 2 the last couple of months. I built a new rig a year ago with the following specs.

i7 5820K
ASUS X99-A
16 GB DDR4 Memory
NVIDIA GTX 970
Crucial 256 GB SSD
Windows 10 Pro

Previously I was running Windows 7 Professional and was running at about 10-20 FPS. After the upgrade to Windows 10, I am now stuck at 5 FPS, no matter what area I am in or what the graphics settings are at. I have an old gaming rig with an older i7 processor and GTX 560 that can run the game at 60 FPS. This seems very strange to me.

I’ve looked at countless threads and worked with tech support for about a month and tried numerous things to resolve this with no results.

Has anyone else had similar problems? Or does anyone have any suggestions on what else I might try to resolve this?