Guild Wars 2

yeah i know that feeling but more like because i don’t really upgrade armor until my bags get full at around level 40 i still had not replaced some level 20 gloves, but weapons i do pay attention to more and try and upgrade to the best for the level as far as pvp goes i feel that specing into the root on slow with greatsword is pretty awesome throw sword it slows and roots for a second with bolas to get a longer root is nice. from there its just frenzy+signet of rage+arcing slice into a hundred blades will usually take down anybody lower than 50%. but this is from my little experience in pvp so can’t really say yet how this will fare later

Screenie and that cpu usage is the highest i could spike it will get a WvW post up later

Don’t really know if this is relevant,
but i have the same card and an I7-3770k, the only time i experience the same problem as yours is in WvW at gates i can post some Screenshots later but running around in pve i am usually sitting at 45-60 fps except in Black Citadel but that may just be my gpu is not powerful enough
i would say take a Screenshot of task manager while you have the game running. also have you ever seen the card fully used at all?

there was something i read not too long ago about the game being stuck at x1 link speed will have do some digging to find it again