Guild Wars 2

Revenant.4906:

3.1 GHz processor
3.1 GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 with 256 MB Dedicated Video RAM
Windows 7 32-bit through Boot Camp

FPS is around high 20s normally, around 2-9 in World V World or large fights. I can run other games just fine on higher detail levels without performance issues, which strikes me as kind of odd…

I don’t want to be rude, but that’s a terrible computer and I’m not surprised GW2 runs terribly. By “other” games on “higher details” I will assume you mean BF3 on the bare minimum settings?

Swordbreaker.2581:

It really annoys me that people say “…but I play BF3 just fine, why cant it play guildwars 2?” Because its not battlefield 3. Its an mmo that uses a lot of CPU power and not as much gpu. Just about every mmo out there is like this, including GW2. Also everybody thinks they have a really high end system when they infact dont. You have a middle of the road system now not a high end and youre playing the game at middle of the road graphics.

2600k @ 5ghz still makes this game chug. Although his system is not high end, high end systems are still crippled by it.

I assumed GW2 was large address aware already. I will check when I get home and see if there is improvement from enabling if it is not.

GW2 is on it’s own Sandisk Extreme with a couple other games, no OS, so that should not be holding it back.

Shadeblast.5231:

DerpinDerp.5437:

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Bottom line — What’s with the massive FPS drop without even seeing a single player on the screen?

It has to start rendering all the player models and their actions, even though they are out of your eyesight. Seeing from a distance you can’t see them either.

I understand that. But if my CPU can’t keep up with the rendering, there are few on this planet that can.

2600k @ 4.8ghz, 6950 @ 1000/1400 – shadows off, reflections off, supersampling off and everything else max @ 1900×1200 – Catalyst 12.8

Low FPS in WvW. Running up to Garrison last night there was a big 3 way fight. We had 20ish defenders, both walls were down and there was 50+ attacking from the opposing servers. FPS at spawn was fine, 100+. Swimming to the back door of garrison, FPS begins to dip. No enemies are at back door attacking, all up front. FPS steadily drops as I approach the back door, and finally settles in the low 30’s. This is before I have seen one friendly or enemy player or any particle effects. FPS looking over the wall was high 20’s to low 30’s, pretty much the same FPS as not seeing them. Also, character pop-ins are very slow. This is on a 20+meg line.

Bottom line — What’s with the massive FPS drop without even seeing a single player on the screen?