Guild Wars 2

its 2012 for god sake even the windows 7 is obsolete update to win7 or 8 even MS abandoned XP.

with 3770 ofc you will have better performance than the fx8150… But I dont believe he will assure you about that since the game is horrible optimized at its current state….

Last beta and stress tests were even better for some people in many ways so yeah we will have to wait…

Well if you could atleast read some of the low fps flood posts and saw people with high end machines having trouble you would understand that there was a problem with the game… So no you cant run the game at 60fps on full with its current state and there is nothing you can do about it except for waiting Anet to fix/improve the engine.

Id really love to see some official toughts on this matter aswell Im too coward to use those kinda injectors on FPS games tho I deffly will not use it on an MMO doesnt matter how awful it looks :F

Well describe your performance issues… Im not sure if its your cpu or gpu/ram…

Are there even any australian servers?

because my board is msi yours is gigabyte

and the bios version in your case is written something like Fx where X represents the number of the bios version F1 F2 F3 Fetc

http://tinypic.com/r/1z1bqio/6

highlighted revision is the one you take as reference or the one its written on motherboard itself if you have access to inside of the case or its box which ever you can access

Download Cpu-Z from here http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
check your bios version on the motherboard tab.

Then head to gigabyte’s website download latest version of bios if your board is Z77M-D3H Rev 1.0
http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4142&dl=1#bios

If your board is Z77M-D3H Rev 1.0 Rev 1.1 then head here for the latest bios update
http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4329&dl=1#bios

Unfortunately Im not taking any respobibility if you fail to succesfully update and cause any damage Eventough its a pretty simple process… As for the vbios update google it you will find tons of topics but first try mobo bios update and check if it solves your problem then go for vbios update because it can get quite hairy for someone doing it for the 1st time.

P.S if you are running windows 8 that CPU-Z might not show the info i told you would find keep that in mind.

ExPeRT.7980:

the comp is new less than a month and i cant read the message on the blue screen because it shows and go away very quickly
i don’t know if the latest bios and GPU Bios but the comp less than a month so yeah i believe its the latest

Well sorry to say this but the fact you buy it a month ago doesnt make the pc new/latest 5770 if you typed it correctly its 2 generations old already and Im quite certain that there are several bios updates which could improve its consistancy and also for your mainboard.

“Specs” would be pretty helpful here…

Zelta.6829:

Personally I would go for zonealarm and an AV program (Avira, AVG etc). Although Norton has come a long way in terms of performances/lag, it still does some stupid stuff in the background.

Exactly what I think about Norton have free whenever I receive a free nortong package I always give them to other family members who even get freaked by the name virus lulz… Try another AV will prolly fix the issue

Any overclock on the hardware?
Latest bios?
Latest GPU bios?

some system details wouldnt hurt post your specs… And the latest driver arent always the best. did you guys give a try to an older sound driver,? Also check your cpu temps and load most of sound issues comes from cpu if im not mistaken.

3rd party tools like msi afterburner or evga precision kind which you use for overclocking or monitoring your temps overclock etc causes gw2 to crash.. make sure you arent running them on background.

Well your a celeron e3400 is not gonna let you play with 25fps in WvWvW not even after a million years of optimization… You might not wanna hear this but its time you do a proper platform upgrade with atleast intel i3/amd fx4100 even then you will be having problems since the game isnt fully optimized. So your best bet is to wait for the optimization to get better before you go for an upgrade so you wont be wasting your money on parts that wont let you play or will be an overkill…

Jay wilson.1702:

i never upgraded anything i got an custom vulit pc and never upgraded it i can play skyrim at max fps and for an long time but this game for 15 mins? and i can not get an refund ether sigh i can’t enjoy games anymore

Dont freak out first just give us the specs of your rig. More detail more ideas… The game stresses cpu very much your cpu or even gpu may be overheating Ive seen on other forums people have been facing with overheating cpu/gpu just when they are playing gw2.

Moz.8264:

muslumgurseks.4951:

Well almost all of the FX processors are Black Edition with unlocked multiplier… So why bother buying one if you are not going to overclock it^_^ when you O/C they perform quite well for what they worth tho

I also mention this game almost unplayable on Phenom II’s.

And whose fault would that be?

Your cpu maybe throttling… Id try tool named Throttle Stop to see if that makes any difference and make sure your pc is on high performance power state

Glow.4159:

muslumgurseks.4951:

Well instead of going with i3 id go for An AMD platform (Fx6xxx or higher /Phenom II T1055 or higher) or keep the 4870 for a later upgrade and choose an i5 2500 or 3500 series… Believe me as it is the game doesnt even know what a gpu is ^_ so with mid settings having a good cpu will enable you to play w/o a problem…

The Ivy Bridge i3 line out performs absolutely any AMD processor in gaming (many times by a very large margin). Since most games are only dual threaded, and Intel’s per core performance is miles ahead of AMD, that leaves you with the very obvious choice of Intel.

Yeah that is true for only gaming i3 might be a better choice but I cant stress this enough for only gaming(Dual threaded)… But you should not forget this, a PC isnt only meant for gaming and not all of the games are dual threaded So yeah I’d still go for more cores and Overclock them as much as I could.

Well almost all of the FX processors are Black Edition with unlocked multiplier… So why bother buying one if you are not going to overclock it^_^ when you O/C they perform quite well for what they worth tho

Well instead of going with i3 id go for An AMD platform (Fx6xxx or higher /Phenom II T1055 or higher) or keep the 4870 for a later upgrade and choose an i5 2500 or 3500 series… Believe me as it is the game doesnt even know what a gpu is ^_ so with mid settings having a good cpu will enable you to play w/o a problem…

Dubious.7403:

Swordbreaker.2581:

Dubious.7403:

Xceptional.7985:

You forgot to mention your specs

What good would that do?
Obviously the problem is not with his computer, nor with anyone else experiencing this low fps issue with a system that passes the minimum requirements.

This is Anet’s problem, not our systems.

Ya whats a PCs specs have to do with performance of a game youre trying to run on it. /s

At this time it means jack squat, simply because ALOT of other people, me included, are also experiencing these problems. Anet even replied one my emails stating there’s a problem and they’re working on it.

If his problem will continue after Anet fix their shi t, then and only then will his specs mean something.

LoL couldnt agree more ^^

Try newer betas if the dont work try older drivers than 301.42 300ish 29xish not sure of nvidia drivers there are lots of em ^^ just not the one marked faulty with gw2

Yippie.9708:

Ok I am quite ashamed of myself now. My previous BIOS version dated back to 2009 blushes I’ve updated it to the latest version available on the ASUS site hopefully this fixes the issue or else I am going to cry!

So far really thanks for your help muslumgurseks!

Cheers hope it does the trick

Plus there is always cheaper solution called AMD ^_ a Tseris Phenom II or 4-6Cores of FX are quite cheap and performing quite well when overclocked even with their stock heatsinks… They wont perform as good as 2500k but with that price its only natural.

then you might unfortunately need to update you vbios… Google it you will prolly find many people having the same issues

What CPU you guys are using and what are the max temps you get? Id say its caused by the cpu getting overwhelmed by the events and its failing to render sound cuz its too busy rendering the game…

Also forgot to mention it may persist through out GPU driver updates so make sure its still disabled when you update your ati drivers. Hope it works out for you too.

If you are 100% sure that your non of your hardware is overheating Id suggest that your PSU might not be supplying enough power to your rig… Have you changed any hw recently GPU cpu or Added additional hdd/ssd or ram? If you did they may be causing the failure since your psu is not able to keep up the whole rig running cuz it was already at its limit before the upgrade.

thats odd did you try disabling that fan thing on CCC?

Download Sapphire TRIXX and then try disabling ULPS thing in the settings tab… Ive got the exact same problem with my 6950@6970 its caused by some weird power management thing in CCC with that disabled you will be free as the wind^^

PS: Btw you will have to the same procedure everytime you make a fresh windows install cuz the problem persists…

Did you eliminate driver / Os updates and dust out of equation? Im pretty sure that you pc has more dust in it and its overheating more than hers ^_ Id surely check those 1st and clean the dusty fans / air in-outtakes.

Ps: Also make sure your pc is virus-free for obvious reasons^_^

ReCyKo.8263:

Onizuka.3089:

ok, but see this
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/screenshots/news/images/00060863/000.htm

this is no correct my friend have the Nvidia Geforce 250 GTS and he have 55-65 fps and no 30-40….

Doesn’t necessarily mean that its not correct mate… Cpu on this game has a huge impact on frames… I tried 4670 1gb with athlon 64 +5000 cpu and FX-8120
Athlon gave me 15-25fps pve 3-5WvW FX one gave me 60-80FPS pve 20-30on WvW with same crappy 4670 ofc with Auto-detect…

Eventough this is a “CPU bound game” as people say it doesnt utilize all cpu power anyways (not even mentioning 30%ish gpu usage) you mate will have to wait for better performance just like the rest of us.

Have you tried disabling CFX? Im running single 6950@6970 Im not having much issues with pve on best appearance with Fxaa and everything tho.

PS: Im using 12.8 with CAP2

5 minutes on this game killed my beloved g73 make sure you arent facing with a northbridge or any other sort of hardware problems else you might end up with a dead laptop just like me ^^

With that msi afterburner tool you can choose the fan speeds according to the temp it gets. you see the little user control button just right side of the fan speed control click on it you will see what im talking about.

Id make sure to use the latest beta drivers anything except for that 301.something that Anet stated causing issues with GW2 then make sure your system is cooled enough mostly cpu and finally dont overclock GW2 doesnt like it :F WvWvW imho is not close to being optimzed but my friend with almost same system as yours get 20-25fps in most intense fights.

Id go for the cpu mobo and ram 1st as upgrade since the game is a cpu bound in every aspect… 550ti is not that bad you can leave it in the system with the upgrade Im suggesting but beware of the power usage you might need a new psu after upgrade..