Guild Wars 2

In regards to the SSD: I have an SSD now but started GW2 on a USB 3.0 hard drive and I don’t notice any FPS difference, however GW2 does load a lot faster.

Is it really worth it, considering loading screens are already fast and few-and-far-between, not really.

If an FPS boost is what your’re looking for the money can be better spent else where.

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe if you get a Intel i5 and a new mobo then the ddr2 ram WILL NOT fit into it. So something to consider when upgrading your CPU and Mother board is that you will need new RAM at the same time.

Good news is your GTX 560 is gonna be fine for GW2 in most situations.

Crap, I was afraid someone was gonna call my CPU out. When I was building this PC years ago I didn’t know a whole lot and I thought number of cores was all that mattered so I fell for the 8 core gimmick. Now I know it’s 4 cores physical, and 4 cores…imaginary i guess is the right word.

I’ll look into grabbing a i5 and new mobo, thank you for the tip!

Thank you for the tip knives. Can you help me identify if tempature is an issue with my current rig by chance? My current GPU is sitting at 56 degrees C with the GPU fan at the lowest setting (This is while playing GW, mind you)

I also have 4 fans on my rig, 3 inlet, 1 top exhaust. If that good?

Do I need another EVGA 660, or will any brand 660 do? Just get the card, plug it in, link it up and go? My mobo, 990FXA-GD65, is good to go for SLI right?

Thanks for making this clear for me guys

So the weakest link is the gfx card? Does GW2 even support SLI?

The game auto detects the graphics for me at High/Ultra for all the settings and I get ~50 fps in general but in towns and especially WvW fights I drop to ~20.

My current specs are:

AMD 8150 (OC to 4900 ghz)
NVIDIA GTX 660
Corsair 8 gb 1600 ram
900w power supply (So you know how much juice I have to work with)

So what is the weakest part of my rig and what is the minimum I need to get a solid 60 fps on all encounters in the game or at least pretty close? =)

Made a handful of toons and the ranger is the one I like the most. Will I be let down at end game or should I keep trucking?

So the melee classes are the easiest It sounds like. I might give the warrior a swing just to get a feel for the game in general.

I do kind of want to play a ranger/thief but surfing around on their forums tell me that they aren’t in a real good spot right now so Ill probably wait on those.

Thinking about getting back into the game and am looking at the classes and don’t really know what I would like. Admittedly, I’m not very good at these kinds of games but do enjoy playing them quite a bit despite my lack of skill.

I think I will really like the pvp aspect of the game the most if that helps with anything. I also think I would like ranged more than melee.

So I guess what I’m asking is what classes are “easy” to play and what classes are kinda “hot” right now?

Thanks a lot guys.