Guild Wars 2

Thanks guys, it’s very much appreciated! I’d switch all the parts over yeah, but the Dell Inspiron case is one of those slimmer models so I might just spend all of today switching everything into my current case which is a lot bigger. Hopefully everything will run a lot smoother. I’m not looking for all maxed out at ultra or high and 60fps, I honestly just want to get the game running smoothly for mainly PvP. Thanks again guys!

I’ve went through numerous cpu’s until my uncle told me GW2 only uses one core out of whatever number of cores you have which is why having a CPU that has hyperthreading or something can help. He even got me a cpu in theory said would top my old duo core cpu at 3.02GHz but I’m actually worse and found out the hard way that this cpu doesn’t even have hyperthreading!

So what I got from his talk was: GW2 is very CPU dependent and could use a dual or quad core but works well with CPUs that have hyperthreading (I’m limited to slot LGA775 on this 8 year old computer so I think I’m screwed)
If there’s any recommendations on what to upgrade, or IF I need to upgrade, I currently run:
Intel Core Duo E8600 @3.33GHz
4GB RAM DDR2
AMD Radeon HD 6670
I get lucky if I even hit 15 fps lol
Also, a family member gave us a Dell Inspiron 620s that seems like it would have a better time with GW2 because of HT. But will it? Specs are
Intel Core i3 2120 @3.30GHz
6GB RAM DDR3
Intel HD 2000
If that computer is better, I’d rather just start using that but please let me know as I only know so much about computers overall. I’ve been playing since the very first beta weekend with this fps and I’m barely deciding I want a smooth framerate when HoT hits haha