Guild Wars 2 Computer & Performance thread.

[plantation]

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Ram: 6144MB
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), -3.0GHz
DirectX 11
Video: AMD Radeon HD 6450

Does anyone have an idea what graphic settings I'll be able to play on?

[wordstl]

My Laptop AMD A6-3420m APU
AMD Radeon 6520g
4gb ram

can this handle the game?

[Terahertz]

CPU: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
RAM: 4 Gigabytes
CPU: Nvidia Gforce 540m (laptop edition)

So yeah, this is a laptop from asus. It has an integrated graphics card and the gforce one.

Oh and yeah, my laptop is Windows 7 64 bit :P

I play WoW on Good settings on a 1920x1080 monitor while my laptop is 1600x900

[plantation]

Found a pretty cool link for estimated video card graphic settings:

[Delias]

Found a pretty cool link for estimated video card graphic settings:

That's pretty old, and was made before we knew much about GW2 besides the minimum system requirements. If it's the same one as before and has not been updated, which it looks like it hasn't.

[zito]

So where is this new driver for Gw2?

[Mif]

So where is this new driver for Gw2?

The rumor was that it would be released on the 15th, or next week if it didn't go to plan, and it looks like it didn't

[Xern]

I7 920 @ 4.2 GHz, stable for over a year now
Windows 7 (64-bit)
Ram 12Gb
MSI N580 GTX Lightning XE

I had a major problem with last nights stress test. I could leave the game idling in the character creation or selection screen for atleast 30 minutes without getting any crashes, but when I loaded into the game I would either get a gray/blue/green screen, gray or white stripes or just straight up BSOD.

Sometimes when I got the gray stripes my display drivers would recover, only to be followed by another crash 5-10 seconds later which would usually repeat a few times until I'd get a BSOD. I tried the following drivers :

280.26
290.53
296.10
301.42
304.79

And all of them had the same problems. Some of them (Namely the beta 304 drivers) managed to play the game for 5 minutes before a bluescreen. Now, if it wasn't for the fact that I don't have this problem with any other games (And I can run furmark overnight if it counts) I might believe that the fault is in my GPU. But it isn't.
While I'd like to think that the new upcoming drivers might fix this problem, if there isn't another 4-5 hour stress test with them before the release I might just have to get a refund, since afterall there is no other way to test the stability of the drivers otherwise.

[Deleted]

That's pretty old, and was made before we knew much about GW2 besides the minimum system requirements. If it's the same one as before and has not been updated, which it looks like it hasn't.

Yeah it's pretty old.

They say my 560ti should be able to handle Ultra.

And while it did, it wasn't able to go above 40-50 fps in most areas. Not too bad, but still.
And beta (or stresstest ) is beta

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I7 920 @ 2.67 GHz
Windows 7 (64-bit)
Ram 6Gb
2x ati 5770

screen 1920 x 1080

[n0cturnal]

So where is this new driver for Gw2?

It is released http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html but only supports GTX 660Ti for now. You can hack it to install on other cards though. http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/...0#entry1745064

[omarion2322]

How well will I be able to run Guild Wars 2 with these specs?

4 GB Ram
Radeon HD 6870 1GB
Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06GHz
Windows 7 64 bit

[drigoly]

How well will I be able to run Guild Wars 2 with these specs?

4 GB Ram
Radeon HD 6870 1GB
Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06GHz
Windows 7 64 bit

medium-high depending on how much is going on on the screen, your cpu isn't the best and GW2 is very CPU dependant.

[Delias]

Yeah it's pretty old.

They say my 560ti should be able to handle Ultra.

And while it did, it wasn't able to go above 40-50 fps in most areas. Not too bad, but still.
And beta (or stresstest ) is beta

When I turned off vsync I had 100+ FPS in a lot of areas. Some dipped to 50 if there were too many people, but that's not really a big deal in an MMO. 560ti as well. 560ti IS enough for ultra, but the list is still old. =P

[omarion2322]

medium-high depending on how much is going on on the screen, your cpu isn't the best and GW2 is very CPU dependant.

The Radeon 6870 is a GPU I'm planning to upgrade to, since I have a very awful Geforce 210 at the moment.
Is there a budget CPU that you'd be able to recommend to me?

[Deleted]

Yeah it's pretty old.

They say my 560ti should be able to handle Ultra.

And while it did, it wasn't able to go above 40-50 fps in most areas. Not too bad, but still.
And beta (or stresstest ) is beta

Heck, it doesnt even show my Graphics card at all!

(AMD Radeon HD 7850 OC)

[drigoly]

The Radeon 6870 is a GPU I'm planning to upgrade to, since I have a very awful Geforce 210 at the moment.
Is there a budget CPU that you'd be able to recommend to me?

http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/cpu#

[Deleted]

Now is the GF 470 GT a better GPU?

I think it's about 45% faster card (almost double fps in most benchmarks if I recall correct) but the rest of my pc is kinda crap so not sure how much of a difference it would be with your system.. maybe 1-5 fps dif!? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[omarion2322]

Thanks a lot for the help, but I have one last question.
The Radeon 6870 HD should be able to support the game on High/Ultra, but I need a CPU to match it.

3 CPUs caught my eye as "value CPUs"- AMD FX-4170, AMD FX-4100 and the AMD FX-6100
From what I've read, out of these three the 4100 is the "worst" of the CPUs, but is about 65$ less than the other two.
Will the 4100 suffice? Or should I invest in either the 4170 or the 6100?
Thanks for sticking around drigoly you've been a big help

[rhandric]

Thanks a lot for the help, but I have one last question.
The Radeon 6870 HD should be able to support the game on High/Ultra, but I need a CPU to match it.

3 CPUs caught my eye as "value CPUs"- AMD FX-4170, AMD FX-4100 and the AMD FX-6100
From what I've read, out of these three the 4100 is the "worst" of the CPUs, but is about 65$ less than the other two.
Will the 4100 suffice? Or should I invest in either the 4170 or the 6100?
Thanks for sticking around drigoly you've been a big help

Your current CPU is an Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 , which is an LGA775 socket. In order to upgrade it you'll need to upgrade your motherboard as well, and most likely your RAM. Depending on what your budget is, that may or may not be feasible.. If you provided a budget it'd be fairly easy to tell you what to get (though you might want to take it to the Computer Build subforums