Guild Wars 2

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I am going to work now. Let us know on your decision. Maybe Icizzle will change your mind by the time I get back. ;P

Well, it seems to me that you are already set on it. If your really that heart set on it then go for it. It is your money; we are just here to gather an opinion for you.

Notebook check is alright, but their numbers are very skewed when it comes to fps benchmarks. They tend to get the info out as fast as possible to give you the very basic test of what you might see in a game. My numbers would be about accurate when it came to guild wars then. Low to medium settings running around 30-40 out of combat. I’d say in the low to high twenties in events. The lag would be very noticeable to me anyways.

Btw, I know your old laptop is basically crap now when your comparing the two( no offense :P ), but I just can’t justify that for a decent gaming experience just because you can afford it now. I would save up for something even better than that like the asus rog series or something. This is just my opinion though. I would rather save up for something 100% better than 50%. This is just my logic on technology in general.

The AMD A6-3410MX is a mobile chip meaning for a laptop. It will meet the minimum requirements, but I would not expect it to play very well(30-40ish fps with low to medium settings and that is a standing still environment with no combat). The point is if your going to buy something new then I suggest always going 15-30% above whatever your average gaming settings would be. In your case going a little above my recommended upgrade path is kind of needed. The A6 starts at 1.7ghz and oc to 2.4ghz. The game for recommended settings requires a dual core with 2.6ghz or higher. The point being is gw2 will not use more than 2 cores. It is already considered under the recommended setting ghz even though it is a quad-core processor. Your everyday needs such as being a multitasker for instance would increase, but nothing incredible gaming wise.

Your current dual core processor meets the bare minimum, but you wouldn’t notice a difference gaming wise by upgrading. If the A6 laptop came with a decent dedicated graphics card then you might see a few higher fps from what I stated, but not by much. The cpu would bottleneck the dedicated graphics card depending on what it is exactly. There is software that lets you oc the A-series cpu’s above their current cpu speed, but I wouldn’t recommend oc a cpu like that in a laptop. I have seen plenty do it though. It is your money in the end. I don’t think you would be happy with it though.

I don’t see this laptop lasting very long considering its specs and lack of dedicated graphics. If you have to have a laptop and are not willing to get a desktop. My suggestion is save up for something better. I am more than happy to assist you on the matter if need be?

I misused the term lag. I was meaning fps dropping/stuttering. My bad on that one. I know someone will swing around this post and curse me sideways for stating lag as fps when they are totally separate things. :P

I am running:

i5 3570k (oc 4.7ghz)
Asrock z77 Extreme 4 Motherboard
8gb of ddr3 1600 ram
128gb Corsair SSD/3 Hitachi 1tb 7200rpm hard drive
Rosewill 1000 watt Power Supply.
Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce

I also game at 1080p with vsync. Soon to be 2560×1440. We are all in the same boat with these 6xxx series Nvidia cards. I also keep reflections turned off or on terrain/sky. Everything else doesn’t make a difference going low to high settings. My fps fluctuates just like yours does. I also have some severe random lag in WvW. If it starts snowing then my frame-rate comes to a screeching halt. My buddies run amd systems ranging from the 6850/6950/7970. I noticed they still have the same random fps drops like us in certain areas, but the lag is almost nonexistent. They still lag a bit in WvW, but it’s mainly in big fights. My system tends to do whatever the heck it feels like in gw2. It still doesn’t bother the play experience for the most part. It’s more of a waiting game between driver updates for us and many others. I’d say they will have it figured out in a few months. All we can do is enjoy the game and relax. I just wanted to throw my input out there as well.