Guild Wars 2

Sun : Farm, stories, PvP during afternoon. Guild missions, Meta Map (SW, DT or HOT) evening
Mon : Fractals/Meta
Tue: Raid/Fractal
Wed : PvP /Fractal
Thu: Raid/ Fractal or PvP
Fri: Achievement (leads to PvP or Stories or open World)
Sat : WB tour, removing dusts from alts, Key farm

If there is down time, most of the time I try to catch WB train.

Dual Channel will not effect dynamic performance – much – but can effect graphic quality as you’re essentially doubling the bandwidth between the CPU and GPU cores. Most graphic cards over the last few years will consume all the bandwidth the processor can supply, so it’s best to go with dual for 3D games as there is little difference in initial cost.

I would also recommend going from 4GB to 8GB RAM for fps performance improvements of around 20 to 30%. Reason appears to be within the GW2 coding.

Finally it is worth remembering that GW2 is perfectly playable at 20 to 30 fps on low settings with a AMD A4 + 4GB set up. I have about a dozens PCs of various specs and upping the spec definitely yield better graphic quality but really the dynamic improvement is poor for the cost.

Those on a low budget should definitely consider the AMD A4/A6/A8/A10 series as best value for the money preferably with 8GB of RAM – the higher frequency the better, although don’t knock yourself out. Intel remain poorer value for the money in this range, imo.

Also note that Anet appear to be driving the game towards pure PvP where graphic quality is of low concern. For what it’s worth I haven’t found any difference in MY game results between a i7 or A8 processor, but that could just be me, however I suspect it’s the nature of the PvP game.

^ You need 2 sticks of RAM for dual channel

Infusion.7149:

The GTX 900 series is generally better value due to overclock-ability, power use, and new architecture (Maxwell)

The R9 series save for the R9 Fury / Fury Nano with HBM (high bandwidth memory) are rehashes of 2012 technology circa HD7900 and HD7800 series. Those are still poor value due to the price tag.

What? The GTX 900 series is better value in some cases and the R9 series is better value in others. It depends on the tier of the card and/or the sales going on. You can get a 4GB 380 right now for $140 or a 2GB 960 for $170- the 380 is way better value. A 390 is a better buy then a 970 in general, especially if you’re playing at higher resolutions.

Neither is better value across the board; in general you should just be setting your GPU budget, checking what’s available at that price point, checking the benchmarks to see what’s the best at the price, and buying that.

I got:
- i5 6500
8 gb ram Ddr4
Asus Strix GTX 950
SSD 240

I run everything on max all the time at 1080 p
It drops to 28-35fps at zergs (tequatl) but i get 60-120fps in every other map/situation.