Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

New to the game, started playing 3 days ago.

Installed on iMac 27", i5, 32GB, nVidia GeForce GTX680 2GB, 1440p resolution.

Performance is quite shocking if I was brutally honest. The graphics quality I can live with, but it’s the smoothness of the frame rate that I can’t handle. For example, I’m running a long the road, frame rate is smooth, then it drops, stutters for a second or two and then goes smooth. Very annoying.

Installed the GW 2 on Windows 7 Professional under Boot Camp on the SAME machine, much better performance (no stutter) with better graphics settings.

I am glad to read it is a recent ‘problem/bug’; I hope ArenaNet fixes it soon.

Hello all,

I have recently bought Guild Wars 2. I have installed it on my 27" iMac (i5, 32GB RAM, nVidia GeForce GTX680M 2GB) and I have to say, the Mac version of Guild Wars 2 is rather poor. Lots of dropped frames even on low settings. What’s the most annoying part isn’t the graphics settings or the level of detail per se (on top settings, the game looks beautiful), but the fluidity of the FPS. It runs smoothly then stutters, then runs smoothly, then stutters etc etc. So when you are running, you are running smoothly, then you stutter and then you run smoothly. With Auto Detect settings, I get around 30-45 FPS, depending on where I am and the amounts of objects to draw.

Using the exact same machine, but using Windows 7.1 Profession under Boot Camp, I get a frame rate of 45-60 FPS. A dramatic increase in performance.

With El Capitan comes Metal. I hope ArenaNet spend some time and money and get a proper Mac developer in to make a native Mac Client of this amazing game. I can understand the business economics of building a native Mac Client, but it is in ArenaNet’s business interest to create a native Mac Client to keep the user base.

Fingers crossed.