Guild Wars 2

Well apart from hardware issues, I always tweak my operating system for the best possible performance, with a standard win7 install I have around 50 Processes working in the back ground, after I tweak this I have around 30 to 32 Processes. try this site for more Information: http://www.blackviper.com/

Yes some of these guides are old and out of date but you may find some of the information helpful In gaining a few more FPS from your system.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1315790

http://www.blackviper.com/

Core parking is a feature that Microsoft introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Depending on the resource use of the operating system it may park one or multiple cores of a multi-core cpu to reduce the computer’s power consumption and thermal emissions. Once operations require more processing power, the parked cores are activated again to assist in the tasks.

Core parking can cause games to stutter for about 3 to 5 seconds or so every time new data(achievement, new loot, w/e)

This applies to all Windows 7 X64 and X32 installations where the system is using more than 2 physicial CPU’s and/or more than 2 “logical” cores – ie: all Intel and AMD CPU’s that are Quad-Core or higher.

Go to Regedit

Find this key:- 0cc5b647-c1df-4637-891a-dec35c318583

Within this key, there is a value called: " ValueMax "

This value represents the % number of cores the system will park – the default 100% ie: all Cores are potentially park-able

Change the value from 64 to 0 so the " ValueMin " and " ValueMax " are both zero

You will have to find the key a few times and repeat the process for each time it is found – the number of instances will depend on the number of power profiles in your system [ in my computer it was only found twice ]

Do a full shutdown and power-off and cold-re-start.

All Cores are available at all times and none are ever parked – the result = even CPU loads at all times regardless of loads.

This is NOT information that i have come up with, it was gleaned from another sites and i thought it maybe of some use here.

I take NO responsibility if these changes damage your comp.

Open your Network and Sharing Connections. Go to Local area connections and then Properties.

Then (Un-check)
QoS Packet Scheduler.
Link-layer topology discovery mapper I/O Driver.
Link-Layer discovery topology responder.
Then hit ok or apply, then re-log.

If you use Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
You can also (Un-Check) > Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

I also make a few (safe) changes to the Network Card Setting, I use an onboard NIC, so these setting below may or may not be accessible for you.

Again or if your already there > Open your Network and Sharing Connection > Configure Tab > Advance.

Disable > Interrupt Moderation
Disable > Flow Control
If the changes to these setting causes any problems just revert them back.

Here is a link to a handy program that also tweaks some different internet setting, please view the youtube link first for proper configurations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevUWrAZbAY

And here is the link to the program, TCP Optimizer > http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

Enjoy.