Guild Wars 2

For WvW you would want a good CPU, 2nd gen or higher intel core i5/i7. This should be your first priority before getting a GPU upgrade. Large scale battles in WvW rely very heavily on CPU power.

Get the best CPU on this list you can afford
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html
(2500k, 3570k are popular ones. Get K version to overclock)

For GPU get something with score higher than 3k on this list.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpukittenml
(7850, 7870, 660, 660ti, 670 are popular ones)

You didn’t list your PSU, but 500W+ should be fine.

Look at this thread to see other people’s specs & fps

Depends on your wireless adapter/driver installed, reception quality and your router wifi settings. If wireless is too unstable try playing with a physical Ethernet cable.

Interesting. My client all i see are * * * * *. I never see characters there.

updated video drivers?

lock next to the icon means the file has custom access permissions

bluescreen is drivers and device related errors. What error code did the bluescreen give?

Hmm your cpu usage & temp looks fine for a core i7

Does fullscreen windows mode make a difference?

That screenshot doesn’t show the CPU load. Try using task manager or HwINFO sensor mode.

3-4months old? Thats like release date build.

Wouldn’t be surprised it has to download a fair # of files.

GPU looks fine. What about CPU? What is the load and temp while running GW2?

• run as admin
• try disabling avast
• try google dns or opendns instead of your default isp dns
• try -repair or -image command

all you really need is gw2.dat and gw2.exe

how old is that gw2.dat? There was a large update patch just a day ago.

Well his screenshot shows 19fps and looks like Lion Arch which his system should be capable of better.

What is your CPU/GPU load and temp while running gw2?
Run GPU-Z and post the screenshot.

Most likely cheaper too and get exactly what you need/want.

Maybe this relates to your card.

http://www.behardware.com/news/12705/black-screens-and-radeon-hd7870-a-solution.html

Yes GW2 is very CPU-Bound atm. If you want to know what the devs have said and plan to do read Q11 of this thread

as long as its a Z77 chipset to do overclocking it should be good.

matjazmuhic.1649:

Evo?

Hyper212 Evo is the improved version of Hyper212+
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/rpisano01/DSCF1461.jpg
Only difference is the heatpipes are closer together for better cooling.

I’m using a Hyper212 Evo with 3570K @4.2 OC. Runs prime95 at 59C, but playing GW2 i get 42C since GW2 doesn’t fully use all cores.

For gaming you won’t see much difference between a i7-3770 and i5-3550/3570. Probably not worth going i7 unless you have specific applications that use hyperthreading like video editing etc and use it a extensively.

Get a Coolmaster Hyper212+/Evo. Best low cost cooler you can get, cheap at $15-25 it will let you overclock 4.4-4.6 very well.

Buster.7814:

Wait… so i can just move GW2 game folder to the 64bit program files and it will in a 64bit environment? i dont get it, because as far as i was aware there was only a 32bit client for GW2

If you are running Windows 64bit OS, it can execute both 32/64bit applications.

You would move GW2 folder to C:\Program Files (x86) if you want the default location it would normally be. It doesn’t have to be there, it could be on another drive or whatever.

19% CPU utilization while running GW2 on your CPU is very low. Could be why you are having issues when turning camera. Should be closer to 60% with quad core. Maybe try high performance profile in power management?

rickyp.5240:

I monitored the CPU usage using the graphs in the Task Manager and I noticed that the CPU usage jumps from the average 19% or 22% up to 36% each time I turn the camera.

Hmm your core i5 is only at 19-22% CPU usage? Seems rather low. My core i5-3570K @4.2 uses 45-60% CPU while running around at solid 60fps capped.

Move your mouse to the right side menu of the minimap until you see a HAND mouse pointer. (Like somewhere inbetween the + and – button) Then drag it back down.

Monitor your CPU/GPU loads via graphs etc if there are spikes when turning around with tools like HwINFO or MSI-Afterburner. Try turning down shadows graphic settings.

Vertigale.3812:

The rest of that crash report.

—> Error Logs <—
Disk read failed (1450); retrying: file ‘I:\Documents and Settings\Ashley\Desktop\Guild Wars 2 GAME\Gw2.dat’
Disk read failed (1450): file ‘I:\Documents and Settings\Ashley\Desktop\Guild Wars 2 GAME\Gw2.dat’

Try moving the GW2 folder somewhere else and/or change the permission.

same as wow. just copy the GW2 folder over. it will be about 15GB

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Download-client-crashed/first#post193707

Just make a copy of gw2.dat (~15GB) file as backup before patching in case things fail.

Whats your system spec and tried the newest drivers?

guess you will soon learn to make backup copies of gw2.dat before patches =]

does -noui command still work for you?

try the -repair and/or -image command.

if that doesn’t work, rename your GW2 folder to something else and try reinstalling.

try deleting local.dat?

run as admin?
got enough hard drive space?
antivirus interfering?
Try moving the GW2 folder?

Whats your system spec? Drivers up to date?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/FPS-GPU-CPU-Performance-issues-FAQ/first#post504481

Read Q11 on culling issues. Devs explained why.

what does “show details” tell you in the error dialog?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Download-client-crashed/first#post193707 Might be informative.

Good chance it will work, but not guarantees. Even Gw2 isn’t officially supporting win8 yet, but it works.

http://steelseries.tumblr.com/post/36807496986/a-new-version-of-the-steelseries-engine-has-been

StarVenger.2813:

—> Crash <—
Assertion: A file was corrupted in the archive. Please run once with ‘-repair’!
File: ..\..\..\Game\Main\MainCli.cpp(591)

since you said -repair failed. Have you tried -image and/or deleting local.dat?

Eventually, you’ll probably still crash since it is a 32bit OS limitation. Best to upgrade to 64bit and get more ram.

If you can’t try this or lower graphic settings.

System specs and error log/codes would be nice to see.

How about trying a virtual machine like virtualbox and see if you can download the game.

Assuming its a completely fresh install of windows 7 with no other things installed but yet you still can’t install GW2. Guess its time to look at your router and/or internet connection.

Just install it, and afterwards move it wherever you want.

Gw2.dat ~15GB in size is the important file

your GTX 560 should be able to run near max settings, just depends how much FPS you want. It is more likely your CPU @ 2.5GHZ is holding you back more.

But if you really want to upgrade GPU look at this chart for starters.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpukittenml above 3500 score should do max setting.

What was the source of the problem or did you do fresh install of windows?

Try reading this thread. Even longer.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/error-code-7-11-3-189-101/first#post6332

There is your problem. Your GPU is running at 1x speed.

Is the card installed in the correct slot that support 16x?

I believe it would be like 225k+ if it was from scratch without DVD

I meant where in game are you measuring fps.

Suspicious GPU is running at 100% but only 5-15fps.
What does the Bus Interface say in GPU-z?

If you cleared GW2 and can’t install from scratch then something in your OS or 3rd party programs are preventing it from installing. You can troubleshoot and try to find out where or what. But, i say just do a fresh windows installation.