Guild Wars 2

Dedicated GPU wise i wouldnt go any lower than a Nvidia X60m. Rememebrer that compared to desktop versions the gpu are roughly 1 stage lower. So:

Desktop 560ti = laptop 570m ..
Laptop 560m = Desktop 550 (possibly 550ti)

A ‘proper’ gaming laptop at best will cost about $1000.

For $700 you can get one that wil play Gw2 but u will sacrifice ether on the CPU or the GPU.

So yea at minimum u would need $1000 for a gaming laptop as thats the price they start at ..unless u find one on sale.
MSI do good ones and although i loathe to say it ..so do AlienWare.

if its possible to save up more money i sugest u do so.

Its odd but a 09c 124 BSOD is what OC’ers often see when they dont have enough or have to much voltage going.
Increase/decrease Vcore or QPI/VTT he will have to test to see which one it is.

Though im not sure how much control u will have over those options as the CPU is not a K version.

Honestly ..u were trying to game on a Xeon chip ?! o.0

The number of cores is not more important than the speed of the core.
Speed is everything(along with architecture ofc) with games.
A current gen intel 4 core 4 thread cpu will do just as well in a game as current gen intel 6 core 12 thread cpu.
A current gen intel 8 core 16 thread cpu however will tank.. becouse those cpu’s have slow core speeds. Xeon’s were/are not cheap ..hell no …but they are NOT meant for gaming lol.

Bassicaly most games run on a 4 thread bassis ..there are exceptions ofc but most run on 4. there for u get the highest clocked 4 thread cpu u can, which also has really good single thread performance. you take those 2 main poitns and it points u to 2nd and 3rd gen Intel i5’s. Endof story.

im not saying AoC wasnt badly coded. .maybe it was. .BUT a contributing factor would have been that it was a Xeon chip u were trying to play on which as a fact is NOT for gaming, the core clock is to slow.

Im afraid if you dont want to ‘beleve’ those ‘facts’ ..then feel free, no skin of my nose.

Hmm i would say u may have an issue with the graphics settings.

It will play the game but the 635m isnt exactly a gaming GPU.

I would say Medium settings would be what ur looking at if u want to keep fps high.

The CPU is perfectly fine for PvE .. But it will likely strugle in WvW..so just a warning there.

TBH u would be better of going with a self built desktop than a laptop if u dont need the portability.

If it needs to be a laptop then any with a 3220QM or 3240QM processor and a dedicated GPU like a Nvidia 570M or AMD 6900M or higher would be pritty much as good as could be done on a tight budget. The 3820QM or 3740Qm would be the best possible laptop cpu’s u could get along with a Nvidia 680m or AMD 7970m GPU ..but that cost a small fortune.

Integrated GPU’s that come within the CPU can run the game on low & medium settings with good fps.. So if ur ok with that then by all means go integrated.
However for high, you will need a dedicated card of atleast a 570m to keep ur fps good.

GW2 is a real pig to get good performance out of at the best of times and on laptops its next to impossible ..atleast when ur talking WvW fighting. For PvE though its not so bad. A laptop for pve will do fine so long as the GPU is not some low end media card like a 620m or somthing , and CPU is atleast modern, has 4 threads ( 2core wiht hyperthreading), and can manage 3ghz.

GMA HD is just another way of saying Integrated GPU. I.E the Intels integrated GPU is the HD 4000

A new graphcis card will indeed help in Pve ..
But if that fps is what ur getting in places like LA or WvW, then no GPU will help u.

That will be down to the CPU ..of which no Laptop CPU currently out will be able to fix.

omino.4302:

@ Solar you talk a lot but don’t say much, i saw some of your posts on this issue, your basically telling evreyone there PC suck balls and they need a PC capable of been skynet in order to run what’s a basic looking game. ofc i appreciate you trying to help but seems like the low fps ain’t down to people’s computers

Your kinda correct, though maybe a bit of a harsh interpretation :P

Bassicaly GW2 could be alot better in terms of performance and optimisations. However to get the performance to the point where people can go do somthing like WvW with 70+ people on the screen with 50+fps and no culling. Anet would need to bassicaly build a new game engine ..that is never going to happen. Considering the engine its using, and that fact its DX 9, the performance u can get if u have an up to date proper gaming rig ..is perfectly acceptable.

Its harsh but those that complain about performance when using dated and/or cheap hardware, media computers, or cheap gaming rigs.. need to understand that u get what u pay for. There will always be games that requir higher performance computer parts to play smoothly, it could be down to it being a super HD type game like Crysis ,,or it could be down to a odd game engine like GW2 ..ether way so long as its possible for a reasonable amount of money to play the game on a gaming rig ..there really isnt much to complain about.
You can build the core of a gaming rig that could play GW2 including WvW without droping below 30 fps for roughly $370 / $300 + a Low end gaming/high end media GPU like a 550ti or AMD 7770. That is not much at all in world of gaming.

Some may argue that GW2’s minimum requirments say otherwise ..those same people dont undertsand that minimum requirments simple mean that game will run ..not that it will be playable ..and thats the same for all computer software.

I cant do anything about GW2’s software ..but i can do somthing about my computer. And so can others ..people ask why they get poor performance and what they need to do to get better. I simply advise what is required and what is possible, its up to them wether they want to spend the money to upgrade their rig so they can play GW2.

No that fps is perfectly fine.
Check ur CPU and GPU usuage ..if ur GPU is not maxing out then its simply down to GW2’s single thread performance.
Even the latest Intel CPU’s OC’d to 4.5ghz will bottleneck on single thread workloads (not per core) so even when the CPU indicated say 50% usuage .it will likely be running those single GW2 threads as fast as it can and thus u will notice a drop in FPS becouse the GPU is waiting on the CPU.

Hope this explains it. There is more to it but takes a while to type out all the info lol.

Its ur CPU.

Plenty of threads on the tech forum explaining why. But long story short.

You need a Intel 2nd gen i5 or above to play GW2 smoothly and to play WvW smoothly u need it OC’d.

Bazeleel. The kinda of comment “i know its not my computer becouse i can play X” indicates to me ur not willing ot admit it may well be ur computer, and also shows a lack of understanding of how games differ from one another. Thats the first thing u need to get over.

Second. it is entirly possible that it is ur CPU causing a bottleneck becouse most people understand and accept that AMD cpu’s cannot handle the single thread processes that GW2 runs on without droping below 30 fps in heavily populated areas such as WvW, LA, and big PvE events.

Now there will always be the ‘fanboy’ argument used from both sides of the CPU argument, however those of us who regularly help out in the tech support forum must stay neutral and use the information and statistics that are available to us. With that said, as it stand now there proof that is available shows that All AMD’s suffer with GW2, with only the FX 8350 being able to play all but the most intensive GW2 areas, well. Where as Intel 2nd gen i5’s cpu’s and above can handle All of GW2 if OC’d appropriatly.

Now in ur case it may well not be the CPU thats causing the issue currently ..but we wont know that till you provide the information required.

GPU usage ,CPU usage, CPU & GPU information via CPUID & GPUID or simular software.

With that we can work out whether ur GPU is bottlenecking ..or ur CPU ..or whether there is an issue with the PCIE lanes etc.

To be honest its been sugested plenty of times and i honestly dont understand why Anet doesnt just do it from now on.

Difficulty levels.

This latest Jumping Puzzle has 3 starting positions joining up about 3/4 the way thru. Why not use that time spent designing said 3 starting points and instead make 3 different jumping puzzle entierly (Easy, Standard, hard). Have the NPC ask what difficulty level do u want ..and presto problem sorted.

Add achievmennts for each difficulty but have it so any of them count towards to final overall achiemvent. Have the rewards ‘almost’ identical so that those on easy dont feel they are loosing out agianst those on hard ..but not the same so that those on hard feel like its a waste of time becouse those on easy are getting the same rewards.

If you do that then ANYONE bit*hing about difficulty above ‘easy’ is obviosly just doing so to be a whiney PITA.

Nearly all issues with people with the 600 series come down to software (Not GW2) or PCIE lanes being wrong (1x instead of 16x). Both of which r user faults. There are ofcourse a few that can be down to hardware failures ..but those are rare.
Otherwise this forum will be aflood with thousands of people moaning about issues with the 600 seires which alot of people have ..be it a cheap 600 series like the 650 ..or an expensive 690.

As the above 2 have said. .the 600 series is fine.

Chances are its becouse of your CPU.

Where exactly are u getting this ‘bad fps’ other than LA ?

If its in LA, WvW, Large PvE events ..its likely that ur bottlenecked by ur CPU.

In LA as it is now there is more for ur GPU to deal with thanks to wintersday ..what is ur GPU utilization ?

Keep the right mouse button down use it to turn. Use ‘a’ and ‘d’ to straff mid air for corrections whilst moving forward (right mouse button must still be down)

Set camera to look down on ur character enough to see where u land but not to far so u cant see whats coming.

Turn off double tap to dodge.

Learn to platfrom ..its a bassic redementry gaming skill. :P

Any1 who gamed during the days of the Sega Genseis, Nintendo , and even the Atar 2600 should be really good at platforming.
If you were to young or not born during that time then im afraid this is what happens when u grow up on the EZ Mode generation of games of the past decade

Relax ..practice. .have fun

Could you give us the Full name of the i3 pls. Also is the 560 and 560ti ..or just a 560 ?

Also where abouts ingame are u when u get this fps ?

Hmm the 7670m is roughly equivalent to a Desktop 8800 GTX ..so expect a mixuture of Low & Medium settings at most.

The CPU turbo’s up to 3.1ghz which should be fine for PvE ..Dont expect good performance in WvW, LA, or Large PvE events though.. its will deffinatly bottleneck.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/guild-wars-2-performance-benchmark,review-32511-7.html

B4 its said, no im not bassing my advice on just this.

Caedmon. I dont fanboy anything. I run purly from stats. Most AMD cpu’s cannot handle proper WvW battles wihtout droping below 30fps. There is plenty of evidence on this forum ..form benchmarks ..and other games to support that AMD processors cant manage some of the heavily single threaded processes that some games have. Like for example GW2, and MechWarrior Online (to lesser extent). Dont get me wrong u can still play, but u wil lend up being bottlenecked below the 30 fps threshold.

If your so intent on on using the ‘fanboy’ argument then please feel free to post a vid of ur AMD cpu via a monitoring program and u in WvW in a large battle staying above 30 fps.. and ill gladly recommend ur CPU and its OC.

The smallest SSD u should honestly go for is 120gb (if u want a SSD). Windows can get big with all its updates and GW2 isnt exactly small. Ontop of that, SSD’s run faster when they are NOT full. So you want atleast 25% of free space(75% usuage) to keep the performance up.

A 700W PSU is a bit overkill for a Ivybirdge processor and modern Non OC’d gfx cards. A 600w or 650W high quality PSU would be enough. Hell… i run a 750W PSU on a highly OC’d 3930k (6core 12 thread Sandybridge) and a OC’d 560ti, and have plenty of wiggle room.

Do NOT go AMD with the CPU ..it will hurt u in GW2 ..specialy in WvW. The only AMD u can probably use is the FX 8350 but even that wont handle WvW without droping below 30fps. Intel cost more ..but they are worth it.

The CPU is not a K (which means no OC’ing and thus bottlenecks will occure in WvW)) ..and the GPU is a media card.

However it should run GW2 on Low/Medium graphics settings and PVE should be fine. LA and WvW will make ur fps drop though.

The reason people get ‘tricked’ into buying media cards is becouse places advertise a premade computer as a ‘gaming computer’ with a good CPU like the 3570k ..or 3770 ..then stick in a media graphics card ..which is just stupid . .But non tech savy people dont know this ..So it cant be helped.

Its ok but the graphics card is pants ..u need a better one ..one thats designed for gaming on not one just for media,wordprocessing ,and browsing like the 620.

Your best bet to save money Tilrune is to build a computer urself.

STOP ..right there. .dont panic ..its easy ..its like lego nowerdays. Seriosly.

That cpu is perfect .. a 3570K or a 2500K/2550K will do great for GW2.
You then need motherboard that goes with it. Like a Asus or Gigabyte LGA 1155.
A good aftermarket cooler. The Coolmaster 212 Evo would do nicely.
Some DDR3 RAM 1600mhz (8gb) G.skill r good and pritty cheap
A 600w/650w PSU
A good gaming GPU (like a Nvidia 560ti/660ti or AMD 7850/7950 )
A ATX compatable Case.
You will need SATA Hardrives. A single 500gb or 1TB Sata III 7200RPM drive would do.
A Optical Drive (CDrom/DVD)

And thats ur box done. Anything else would be things like a keybaord. mouse. .monitor, and sound system.
i was on neweg earlyer today looking for a premade computer for som1 else on these ofrums and the cheapest PC they have which has a OK GPU and a good Intel CPU is $900. So thats the kinda price area u should be thinking.

EDIT: These are what i found ..but i would still advise building one urself.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227445
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227441
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227453
The last one i think is the better of the 3 as the GPU is better (AMD 7850). The other two are 650 non ti and 660 non ti ..both of which would have been much better had they been Ti versions.

Yea but the problem is some people ..not all but some ..of those with problem absolutly refuse to accept that its becouse of their CPU ..they are adimant that their CPU is more than powerfull enough ..even when facts show otherwise.

LA, large PvE events, & WvW all requir a OC’d Intel 2nd/3rd gen i5 to stay above the 30fps minimum most consider acceptable in a non competative game.

Its sound like some monster expensive CPU but they really are not, and OC’ign them is easy nowerdays. A 3570k/2550k + Motherboard + Cooler capable of OC shouldnt cost much more than $370 / £300 which is nothing in the world of gaming computers.

And those with capable computers that have the issue’s turn out to have them becouseo f software related problems . .Like drivers ..unstable OC’s or some such. its just easier for every1 to blame Anet.

Ill admit ..again .. The GW2 could be betetr optimised ..but for how new it is ..what game engine its running ..and then umber of people playing in a single area ingame ..the performance aint bad.

Im afraid that computer simply isnt up to the task of running GW2 any better than what u r getting.

Its runing a AMD cpu, and its a old AMD cpu. Both of which mean you wont get good performance form a CPU bound game like GW2.

The graphics card is non existant and instead is using the Integrated processor which is woefully weak.

The only help we can provide is recommendations on an upgrade.

CPU :
Intel —i5 k (i.e 2600k/3570k) OC’ing it would allow u to play WvW 30fps+ all the time.
AMD —FX 8350 (will be ok with everything except WvW)

GPU: Will handle Medium Settings easyily.
Nvidia: 550ti
AMD: 7770

You would likely need new PSU since ur one i expect is small.

600W should be enough.

Turn reflections to terrain and sky and shadows to high it helps alot with the camera issue.

Also dispite ur upgrades and ur nice Graphics card. Your CPU will strigle with GW2 in some areas. One of them being the camera turn fps drop. With a faster CPU the drop is less noticble ..its still there though. Also once u head into WvW, with big fights, u will have <30 fps no matter what graphics setitngsu use.

The frame rates u posted are normal bassicaly ..adn what i just said is what u can expect.

DareWreck.4107:

For those of you saying that this JP is incredibly easy, can I ask what control scheme you’re using to do it? Are you simply holding down the right-mouse button the entire time like someone suggested? How do you ensure that you angle your jumps perfectly each time? Thanks!

I personaly keep my right mouse button down the entire time You kind of have to, to be able to make those turns and any slight corrections.
I also use ‘a’ and ‘d’ whislt the right mouse button is down and whilst moving foward to straff mid air to correct my direction if needed.

Also make sure u have turned of double tap dodge so u dont accidently dodge and roll of into the abyss.

other than that just make sure ur getting a smooth frame rate so u dont have to worry about that.
having the camera looking down on ur character more instead of from behind will help with landing ur jumps. Not to much that u cant see whats coming ahead ..but not to little that u cant accuratly figure out distances.

Once u done that its all just basic platforming .. now granted like most MMO’s Gw2 isnt very accurate when it comes to your characters movements and interaction with the environment, nor is the hitboxes ..but its still easy.

Hmm ok so has ot be premade then.

Are u able to buy from Newegg .. im not form the US so i dont know anywhere else people usualy buy from ..but anyway i’ve searched newegg and found these that i woud recommend.

If you can stretch to $900 then i sugest the following. Its on sale aswell, its usualy $1k.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227453

If not then for $800 this next one should do fine .. the GPU is a 650 non Ti which is shame . would have been better iwht a Ti ..but it should still handle GW2.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227445

$800 ..

Hmm odd indeed .. pritty much ruled out hardware.

You could try running different Graphics drivers. Older ..newer …beta’s etc.

Hmm odd .. Nothing going wrong with ur GPU from what i can see.

Any chance ur CPu is downclocking/throttling ? . .What temps do u get from ur CPu when in Gw2 ?

I just went ot same place and i dont think your CPU should be bottlenecking, the usuage shouldnt be to high, atleast not high enough to get into the bottleneck region.

And with ur settings set to minimum ur gpu shouldnt be causing the issue ether.

Hmm ..GPU-Z might well show the issue .. I suspect u may have ur GPU in a x1 slot instead of a x16.

What FPS specificaly are you getting and Where ?

EDIT: Ah ok ..Link didnt work for me when i posted .Does now .. I See LA ..19 FPS ..ouch.
As below .. What is ur CPu and GPU usuage at when in that area ?

Sure i vote yes. More the better imo.

There isnt enough customization in GW2 imo. You see som1 with a 2h weapon and u know exactly what skills they have ..becouse u have no choice. Atleast if there were more weapons there would be a bit mre variation.

However i woud personaly want GunBlades put in over battle Axe’s.

We have rifles ..and pistols ..So there is no reason not to have a GunBlade ..both 1h and 2h versions.

TBH i think u should look into building a computer urself.

Give us a Budget price and we could recommend the parts. All you need to do is put it together ..which is easy nowerdays ..its like Lego bassicaly :P

Nice link Zerk.

However i can safely say that its incorrect.

The full load fan speed of the NH-D14 is around 1254 RPM +/- 5% ..not 862 RPM. So the Load temps would be alot lower than what that chart says

EDIT:
The following link is a bunch of coolers tested on a Sandybridge E 3960X processor OC’d to 4.6ghz at 1.4v. Its a LGA 2011 socket but these coolers are all compatable with 1155 chipsets.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/LGA-2011-i7-3960X-Air-Overclocking,3130-17.html

Price for perfomance the 212 Evo is the clear winner but for pure performance the Noctua wins.

I’ve seen a few posts with peope saying they get caught out by the snowflakes disapearing at the start ether before they load, as they load ..or very soon after.

I would point out .. this is NOT a problem with the JP ..its a problem with YOUR computer being to slow. That is not somthing that Anet has any responsibility for.

I have plenty of time for the 1st jump ..infact i load in and have to wait about 3-5 seconds before the snow flakes first apear.

Trying to play a game on a non gaming computer and/or a very old computer (4+years old) and then complaining about things that are the result of loading times is silly. Thats like trying to play Crysis on a Amega ..or an Atari Consol ..or a 486/100 bassed PC then complaining that the game is at fault becouse it wont run -.-

You state that you find the comments that AMD cant game funny .. then prove those people partialy correct by saying that you dont WvW becouse of the performance you get lol. Now AMD CAN game ..but not all games , and not GW2 when u get to WvW.

WvW is perfectly playable if you have a rig that can handle it. GW2 could do better in performance yes. .but considering what it does atm with the number of people involved ..its not to shaby ..30fps minimum in 100 man WvW fights is nothing to complain about. You just need to accept that u need a OC’d Intel 2nd or 3rd gen i5 to do it. And tbh buying a new motherboard and intel i5 k CPU doesnt cost all that much .i beleve atm u can get it on newegg for about $350.

Its all well and good being a fan boy of ether side. .But we are here ot give unbiased technical support to those that want it. The facts are the facts and as it stand GW2 WvW and highly populated Pve events cannot be run above 30 fps with a AMD cpu.

Any Gigabyte or Asus motherboard that is ATX (not Micro ATX) would be great.

The higher models just have extra support for OC’ing, more PCIE slots & more Sata ports. etc but all models have enough support for the type of OC’s you will be looking at.

Ivybridge CPU’s run hoter than Sandybridge so which ever you choose you will need a good aftermarket cooler to OC.

A Safe and guaranteed OC for the 3570k would be 4.3ghz on the Evo 212 cooler.
If you spent more money on the cooler and got the top air cooler available, The Noctua NH-D14, you would likely be able to hit 4.5ghz guaranteed.
(Do note however if u get th Noctua NH-D14 you would have to switch to G.Skill RAM as Corsair vengence RAM has tall heatsinks which would get in the way..this cooler is huge.)

Anything above those numbers will depend on the individual CPU, as each CPU is ever so slightly different due to the way they are manufactured. One may run on a lower voltage thus giving of less heat alowing for a higher clock speed.

The choice between the 3550 and 3570k is easy. The K indicates it can be OC, and with GW2 you need to OC for WvW to stay above 30fps.

Since its an Ivybridge also it wont draw as much power as a sandybridge so you could get away wiht a smaller PSU than those who run Sandybridge, your 650W would be fine.

Finaly the other choice of the 3770k:
It is only worth getting it for extra future proofing. Since as it stands nearly all games only run on 4 Threads..so a 4 core 4 thread like the 3570k is perfectly fine.. the 3770k with 8 threads would be great for programs that use those threads ..but for gaming atm its not realy worth it.
If you can afford it i would say get the 3770k just incase ..you never know how long it will be before games start using more threads.

Alot less i would say ..specialy on the CPU side of things.

The only other game that takes as much performance form the CPU as GW2 ..well maybe not as much ..but enough. .is MWO (MechWarrior Online) ..since old Core 2 Duo’s/Quads/Extremes, 1st gen intel i processors, and many AMD’s seem to strugle a bit with it ..not to the extent we see in GW2 WvW ..but enough.

This is rediculus.

The breakdown of people having negative feedback on this is as so.

a) Dont like it cuz of poor performance caused by old outdated / or just slow system
b) Dont like it becouse they lack the skill required.
EDIT:
c) Didnt like it becouse it was to easy

Both are not problems with the game. They are your own.
Not having the skill to do somthing as simple as a jumping puzzle, i honestly cant fathom. Its such a rudementry skill for a gamer.. to be able to control your character..come on.
And having a computer that is ether new but to slow ..or old and outdated is ur own fault ..you dont need to be a rich guy to have a gaming computer and keep it up to date. Im not even working atm, been out of work for a while now thanks to the situation in europe ..but i still managed to build the rig in my sig a couple months back >.<

Sigh .. whiners will whine i guess :P

I personaly found the JP nice. the environment was well made, the puzzle itself was to easy imo .specialy compared ot the Clocktower in halloween. But its good that it doesnt count towards to overall chievment and that the rewards are not to good to make people think they NEED to do it…reduce the number of people whining about it ..i just wish that they made it harder.

Yea 2nd system deffinatly.

facepalm i must be blind then lol .. Thanks for that

The’Cold-Weather Friend’ achievment… has any1 done it ?

Can only find 3 snow piles in LA ..and NONE at all anywhere else.

Typeless.

In that case nether of those systems will run well for things you want to do.

WvW requirs a really beafy CPU to play without droping below 30 fps.

You need atleast a i5 3570k or 2550k OC’d to around 4.5ghz to not drop below 30fps in WvW not matter what grpahcis setitngs u use.

And the only AMD that comes close. .but will still ldrop below 30 fps . is the FX 8350.

The JP was a joke ..its soooo easy.. The Clocktower took me a good 20-30 attmepts to get done the 1st time. This i done within 3 tried .. The first 2 times i fell on the candy canes sticking out within the snowflake jumping section.

Once i got the jumping right on those the rest was a cake walk.
The flakes disapear way to slowly ..never even got close to me.
The presents dissapearing also were not a problem.
The Giant snowballs were pointless.
Infact the only bit that got close was my HP.

the actual design of the nevironment was nice though ..so props for that .. But the actual jumping puzzle itself was to easy.

LithePanther.5027

Check in on the tech support forums, people with good experiance and knowledge prowl there. Myself included.

I have to say that if you have $400 , you can move to Intel if you look for sales.
And i highly sugest you do. Those saying stay AMD and upgrade ur gpu honestly, and i dont like sounding insulting but, dont know what their talking about. We all appreciate people helping others out but seriosly, AMD cpu’s cant run GW2 very well aside from the FX 8350, but even that wont handle WvW well.

Your getting 30 fps on average with ur current gpu becouse your cpu is holding u back. So upgrading ur gpu wont do anything. A 550ti though low end ..is more than capable on a mixture of High & medium settings of giving u 60 fps.

If you can find a Motherboard + Intel i5 K bundle ..get it ..even if it uses up all $400 ..get it. You Will notice a huge performance boost and be able to play WvW without resulting in a slide show.

If you can find a deal in ur area for a Asus or Gigabyte motherboard + a Intel i5 3570k or 2550k/2500k. get it.

SSD’s are the last thing u add to increase performance on ur rig. When u dont have much money to spend and have other things sub-Gaming level ignor SSD.

Again i advice checking in on the tech support forums ..browsing some threads. You will get the same advice most the time there.

EDIT : Here take a gander. The motherboard even comes with some nice High quality RAM for free .even though u probably dont need it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
With
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128543

Total price : $340 / $345

Yor remain $60 could get u a nice cooler.
Ether
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
or spend a bit above your budget and get the best
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

Skinnyb

So long as you can OC that 3570k to 4.3ghz or above you should be able to handle WvW with somwhere in the region of 30fps being the lowest you go, asuming your graphics card doesnt bottleneck first.

You would need a good aftermarket cooler to do it though. At the least a Evo 212 air cooler, most a Noctua NH-D14 air cooler. If you want to go water cooling start at the Corsair H100.

You can ‘acquire’ windows 7 64bit by other means but i cannot say what they are due to rules and such >.o ..and ofcourse i would ‘never’ endorse said ‘unstated’ ways of ‘acquiring’ it

Anet are working on different ways of using culling. Their latest attempt was… well astep backwards lets put it that way. But atleast they are working on it.

The problem is i dont think they want to put the option of culling in our hands becouse it may verywell overwhelm there systems. Think of thousands of people with 0 culling. Thats thousands of computers asking their servers for data on EVERY single person within sight. thats ALOT of data and would likely play havoc with their system.

Instead they are working on different ways of making culling to take place and hopefully trying different distances aswell.
I’ve personaly had culling take place in WvW even when my fps is sitting at 60 ..totaly not needed at all from my point of view..but its there i beleve becouse there are X number of people within my sight ..as soon as it goes over that number they turn culling on so that my system doesnt ask for to much data from their servers.

Technical support thread would have been a better place to post since some people ..myself included ..like to lend there knowledge to help ppl. Luckily i also check this part of the forum

Anyway…

laptops & gaming do not mix well unless you spend alot on them. With that said certain games would run well on your laptop. WoW being one of them becouse it uses a very old game engine that can be easily run on almost any modern CPU and GPU.

GW2 however uses a more modern game engine. Granted its the same GW1 engine ..but it is highly modified. This engine takes ALOT of performance from the CPU and as such you need a pritty beafy cpu to run it in all its glory.
All laptop CPU currently available will fall short of being able to handle GW2’s most intensive areas such as large WvW fights without droping below 30 fps.
Even top end Intel Desktop CPU’s need OC’ing to be able to stay above 30fps in WvW, and on AMD’s side the FX 8350 is able to produce simular results.

GPU wise you need atleast a top end dedicated desktop media card like a Nvida 550ti or a AMD 7770. For a laptop that wold be equivalent to maybe a GTX 570m or AMD 6900m.

I understand as a student you dont have the money for a high performance gaming laptop that could atleast play PVE.. and also dont have the ability to use a Desktop since your likely living away form home. Im afraid there isnt much you can do.

The only advice i can give you is to shutdown ever single possible process you have running the background to free up as much ram and processor usuage as you can. however if your GPU is whats slowing you down which it does look like ..there isnt anything else you can do.

EDIT: if your living at home then i see no reason why you shouldnt have a desktop computer, even is space is at a premium there is ways of making a computer not that much bigger than a small wine/beer cooler ..plus a monitor keyboard and mouse ofcourse, that could handle GW and i beleve (som1 from the US correct if im wrong here) that with current sales on $550 would net you a ncie rig.

If removing the OC worked it was likely just a unstable OC. Not all games and stability testing programs will react the same to a OC.

Go back your or OC, turn it down a notch or up the voltage a tad and see how it goes. GL