Guild Wars 2 Computer & Performance thread.

[Norn]

Are your drivers up to date?

[Azerox]

My specs:
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
i7 2600 stock freq.
580GTX stock
12GB 1333DDR3
256GB SSD (where Windows/GW2 and WoW are on)
Playing 1920*1200 / 60 with 70+ FPS > all on high FXAA enabled and ultra shadows (max settings)

But i capped it @ 60 FPS and Vsync on, 60 is enough for any game.

[nightshark]

Running HD7970 overclocked on 12.8 drivers with i7 2600k 3.4ghz

FPS on best appearance is great everywhere, with dips in Lion's Arch.

Just did WvW last night, was in the area where it snows, FPS was dropping as low as 20 -_-

Do AMD cards just suck for this game or what?

[Xuvial]

Do AMD cards just suck for this game or what?

There's a somewhat vague trend, but nothing solid.

OC'ing your 2600K to ~4.5ghz should increase WvW and Lion's Arch framerates. Grab an aftermarket cooler.

[arukas]

Planning on buying a new laptop. Will this run it smoothly?

Intel ® Core ™ i7 Quad-Core 3610QM (Ivy Bridge)
Processor 2.3 GHz Frequency, Turbo Boost 3.3 GHz
Processor Cache 6 MB
RAM 8 GB, Type DDR3-1600 RAM
Graphics Card AMD Radeon ™ HD 7670M

Thanks

[PhazonBlazer]

Hey will my laptop run Guild Wars 2
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

AMD A8 3520M APU

5.6 GB RAM

AMD Radeon HD 6620G

[slowside]

I have GW2 on my wife & I's desktops. Everything is running great at the auto-detected settings. Haven't tried our laptops yet.

Pentium D 940
2GB DDR2-800
Radeon 4670

Core i5 2500k @ 4.8Ghz
8GB DDR3-1600
Radeon 4850 (I know it's old)

[Pyre Fierceshot]

Running HD7970 overclocked on 12.8 drivers with i7 2600k 3.4ghz

FPS on best appearance is great everywhere, with dips in Lion's Arch.

Just did WvW last night, was in the area where it snows, FPS was dropping as low as 20 -_-

Do AMD cards just suck for this game or what?

Every high end computer dips in WvW. Nothing can really handle that many players. It's nothing to do with an AMD card.

[Papalenin]

Canyourunit says I can but I want to know what kind of performance I should expect to see using my ~3 year old laptop.

Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T9600 @ 2.80GHz
4 Gigs of Ram
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series

What kind of frame rates would I expect to see with settings on low in a pvp environment? At least 30+?

[potis]

Canyourunit says I can but I want to know what kind of performance I should expect to see using my ~3 year old laptop.

Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T9600 @ 2.80GHz
4 Gigs of Ram
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series

What kind of frame rates would I expect to see with settsings on low in a pvp environment? At least 30+?

At WvW you are at unplayable levels 1-5 fps
At sPvP (battlegrounds/arena type) you can be at 10-15 with not many around.

[Raybis]

So here is my current computer.

CPU AMD Phenom™ II X4 945 Processor
RAM 2.1 GB (Will be getting a 4GB stick on sunday)
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (build 7600), 32-bit
GPU ATI Radeon HD 5450
Disk Space 760.9 GB

Will I be able to run it on ok setting? Medium preferably Will be upgrading shortly but would love to be able to play the game before the upgrade.

[Jigain]

RAM 2.1 GB (Will be getting a 4GB stick on sunday)
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (build 7600), 32-bit

You'll be a victim of the 3GB barrier.

[Raybis]

Anyway to bypass this? I am computer illiterate...

[Jigain]

Only way to bypass it is getting a 64-bit operating system.

[Raybis]

Only way to bypass it is getting a 64-bit operating system.

If I do that and get more ram will I be able to GW2?

[Holo]

Every high end computer dips in WvW. Nothing can really handle that many players. It's nothing to do with an AMD card.

My i5-3570k at 4400MHz drops to like 30fps with a single EVGA GTX 670 (FTW edition)

I'm amazed so many people are actually able to hold up with stoneage PC's in there. I'm going mad with 30fps, how can you play with less?

If I do that and get more ram will I be able to GW2?

You shouldn't need that much ram in order to play it properly. But yes it would be an improvement for sure.

[Xuvial]

If I do that and get more ram will I be able to GW2?

I can't really point at your RAM as much as your GPU (HD5450) which is barely a graphics card.

[KillerBuddah]

Check out this tweak, I got about 10 more fps and faster processing from it.
By default Windows 7 uses different timers in the CPU to calculate stuff. HPET is the newest and best of these timers, but because of default combination of timers it takes longer time for CPU to keep up all the timers and sync between them. Forcing Windows to use HPET only improves performance and leads to greater FPS.

Download this windows timer tester and test your system before and then after the tweak below.

Steps to enable this tweak:

1. Enable HPET in BIOS. If you have HPET option in BIOS then your hardware can support HPET.

2. Enable HPET in Windows by giving this command in admin credential CMD:
bcdedit /set useplatformclock true

3. Reboot

If you run into any issue you can just simply apply this command:

bcdedit /deletevalue useplatformclock

[Jigain]

Check out this tweak, I got about 10 more fps and faster processing from it.
By default Windows 7 uses different timers in the CPU to calculate stuff. HPET is the newest and best of these timers, but because of default combination of timers it takes longer time for CPU to keep up all the timers and sync between them. Forcing Windows to use HPET only improves performance and leads to greater FPS.

Download this windows timer tester and test your system before and then after the tweak below.

Steps to enable this tweak:

1. Enable HPET in BIOS. If you have HPET option in BIOS then your hardware can support HPET.

2. Enable HPET in Windows by giving this command in admin credential CMD:
bcdedit /set useplatformclock true

3. Reboot

If you run into any issue you can just simply apply this command:

bcdedit /deletevalue useplatformclock

The usefulness of this tweak depends on hardware setup. However, what appears to be universal is that you will see a performance increase if HTEP is either the only timer activated or entirely deactivated. Which of these are better for you depends, as previously stated, on what kind of hardware you have and you should experiment (if you know what you're doing, of course) to see which one suits your computer best.

More information can be found here:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10...mance-and-fps/

[rtz]

Hello,

I'm new here

I would like to buy GW2, but I don't know my comp is good enough to play this game...

These are my parts:
Intel Pentium G620 Sandy Bridge
Vertex 3D Radeon 4850 DDR5 1GB
4GB RAM
HDD Seagate 7200 Rpm
Windows 7

It's enough to play in HD on 21' monitor? And on minimum of medium details...?
I know I can forget about WvWvW, but what about normal PvP and PvE?

Please help.