Guild Wars 2 Computer & Performance thread.

[Menae]

Now obviously I'm not looking to run the game at ultra with my desktop "computer," but I would appreciate it if somebody could give me an FPS guess on everything low/disabled if at all possible:

CPU: AMD 64 X2 4600+ 2.4 gig
GPU: GeForce 7900 GS
3 Gigs of Ram

And hey, if that sounds nearly exactly like the minimum system requirements, that's because it is. It should be noted that the fps estimation would also be for a 1024x768 resolution (or worse if it's allowed), because hey, my monitor sucks also.

[Deleted]

Latest beta drivers are 306.02 (nVidia) and Catalyst 12.7 (AMD).

Overall a very good and informative post, but I have to correct you here. I've been running Catalyst 12.8 for about two weeks now. :P

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...easeNotes.aspx

[Xuvial]

Eeek I made a whoopsie, thanks. Turns out AMD's beta drivers are behind their official drivers, i.e. they haven't started the 12.9 (or whatever) beta yet.

I hate that my build-recommendation thread got merged with an extremely generic thread asking "will my pc run gw2?", my huge post got thrown onto page 54 who pretty much nobody will ever see.

Page 54 mr. moderators, do you know how far into a thread that is? Too damn far.

Evil mods.

[Deleted]

Just for general information:

Phenom X4 960T (2 unlockable cores but not currently unlocked for stability)
Radeon HD 6870 from Sapphire (on stock clocks to avoid giving bad advice to regular users)
8GB Corsair XMS3 (on stock volts)
500GB Seagate ST500DM002 (not exactly hot shit but there you go)

I haven't defragged since install, with the constant patches going out at the moment I didn't consider it worth the time.
All driver settings squeaky clean with no modifications. As in, "let app decide AA and AF", no vsync, no triple buffer.

While generally out in the world I rarely drop below 50 FPS unless there's some weird "this rock has half the level's polycount and textures on it" kind of things. This has happened twice so far, dropped to 20 and when turning a little away it'd go back up to 60ish.
Charr main city on zone in drops me to about 25 when looking out over the terrain, then goes back up to 50 once I start moving around. The Grove (Sylvari area) and Hoelbrak (Norn area) are 70 FPS+. The whole way through, not just when there's no one in there. I'm generally only online during prime time anyway (6pm-12pm).
In story instances it's around 100-120 FPS.
WvW is sucky, sub-20s is common when more than 100 people are around. In smaller engagements (say 20v20) I'm getting around 35-40 FPS with dips to 25 when all eles and necros decide to go off at the same time.

I play with four of my friends and they run similar spec rigs (some on Intel, some AMD, some Ati, some Nvidia). They report, point for point, the same performance or slightly worse.

GW2 setting that get me these frame rates:

Resolution: Full Screen - 1920x1080
Refresh Rate: Default (60)
Frame Limiter: Unlimited
Interface Size: Small
Full Screen Gamma: 1.00
Settings Preset: Auto-detect
Animation: High
Anti-Aliasing: None
Render Sampling: Default
Textures: High
Environment: High
Shadows: Low
Shaders: High
Reflections: Terrain and Sky
Post Processing: Medium
Vertical Sync: OFF
High Res Character Textures: ON
Enable Stereoscopic Rendering: OFF

Points of improvement: Turning shadows off helps about 10-15 fps in general, doesn't help WvW much (as expected, same as in most games). Turning reflections off helps a lot in places with water but not my general frame rate. High Res Character Textures setting doesn't help / hurt at all.

I'll have a go at trying out a combination of driver settings and GW2 settings, I think I can squeeze out maybe 10 fps more in general. Obviously the game is well playable and though I haven't done any of the SPVP yet, I'm confident that I'll get good FPS in there. The issue really is the WvW. Other than that the game's been an absolute breeze and only when I actually started recording my FPS (not with fraps or anything, just using the old trusty pen and paper + options screen) that I noticed the dips. The game is smooth save for the Charr city really.

[Deleted]

Overall a very good and informative post, but I have to correct you here. I've been running Catalyst 12.8 for about two weeks now. :P

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...easeNotes.aspx

He's right too .

My 4850 gains nothing from 12.8 or 12.7, 12.6 ftw! Jk need new card.

[Assass1n]

Looks like folks are into debating rather than actually helping folks out in some cases. lol. Replaced my AMD X2 255 with a X6 1045T. That was my bottleneck. I know get 50-60 frames on average and at times it will shoot up over 70.

[nbm02ss]

So I'm curious if anyone else is getting random split second artifacts with their AMD card, and if you're not, what driver version are you on? I suspect it's either a problem with GW2, or AMD drivers. I know for a fact it isn't my 7970, since every other game is fine, and I can put it through Kombustor and Furmark with absolutely no issues.

[Needshelps]

Hello all i am needing help n deciding which to upgrade first for guild wars 2 my CPU or graphics card my specs are
Processor AMD Athlon II 250 x2 250 processor 3.00 GHz
4.00 GB ram
Graphics card geforce gt 240

[Darlok]

Hey guys.. Have a quick question about GW2.. I haven't gotten it yet.. Would like to know how much FPS i should expect with a:

2.4 GHz Core 2 DUO
4 GB of Ram
260 GTX Nvidia w 2G Ram
Windows 7 64 Bit

Would the gameplay be choppy for me? at say medium settings with shadows disabled? Let me know.. Thanks

[Bers3rk]

I have the feeling that my PC is either way under performing or people aren't being truthful about their settings under which they are reporting extremely high and stable fps.

My current system:

Intel Core i7 2600k @ 3.4ghz
MSI Geforce GTX 660 Power Edition OC
8gb ram
Asus Maximus Gene-Z z77 mobo
Gaming @ 1680x1050 resolution
306.02 Nvidia Drivers

I'm currently just questing in the Charr starting area, my settings are as high as they possibly can be. This includes supersampling and FXAA, if it can be turned to an ultra setting it is. I'm getting anywhere from 18-68 fps as I move through the zone, rotate my camera, or engage in combat. I would say my average is around 45 fps. Ambient occlusion is turned on in the nvidia control panel as well.

I just purchased the 660ti and I'm pretty disappointed with its performance. Is my FPS where it should be for my system? Does anyone know if I could have made a better video card purchase in the $300 to $350 price range?

[Jtbrig7390]

My Computer Spec Is
Motherboard: Foxconn A74GA
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Processor: AMD Athlon(TM) II X2 B22 Processor 2.80ghz
RAM: 6GB DDR3 PC3-10600
Video Card: Sapphire AMD Radeon 6450 1GB DDR3
Resolution: 1440 x 900
Fraps On: 10-15fps
Fraps Off: 25-30 *sometimes a little less depending the place and i can WvWvW*

I made this video yesterday for friends to check out the pvp part of guild wars 2 and how it looks its not the best but gives them a idea. With fraps i was running 10-15fps without i run 20-30 depending where i am at but mostly around 25fps.

what is holding me back is my CPU cause its a duel core and i plan to upgrade it at some point.
I made this computer on the cheap cause i wanted to play diablo III and Guild wars 2 and didn't matter to me if it was on max settings. cost me around 220$ total my Dvd buner/HD was gave to me and i already had a custom case. Not the best in the world but runs the game really well for what it is.
*remember to watch the video in 1080p if u can*

Edit: fraps was making the loading screens longer then they should be so i did edit them a little.


Edit: for those still not sure go to http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx and chose guild wars 2.

[Evolixe]

Hey guys.. Have a quick question about GW2.. I haven't gotten it yet.. Would like to know how much FPS i should expect with a:

2.4 GHz Core 2 DUO
4 GB of Ram
260 GTX Nvidia w 2G Ram
Windows 7 64 Bit

Would the gameplay be choppy for me? at say medium settings with shadows disabled? Let me know.. Thanks

It will run. But not likely on anything higher than the lowest posseble settings with native sampling.

Hello all i am needing help n deciding which to upgrade first for guild wars 2 my CPU or graphics card my specs are
Processor AMD Athlon II 250 x2 250 processor 3.00 GHz
4.00 GB ram
Graphics card geforce gt 240

Same as above, you are able to run the game, but going above the lowest settings is just going to cripple you in competative play.

[Darlok]

It will run. But not likely on anything higher than the lowest posseble settings with native sampling.



Same as above, you are able to run the game, but going above the lowest settings is just going to cripple you in competative play.

Really is it that bad? Lowest settings? eeek :\ That sux... Debating whether to give the game a try or not with those options.. Not really sure yet.. But thanks

[Jtbrig7390]

Really is it that bad? Lowest settings? eeek :\ That sux... Debating whether to give the game a try or not with those options.. Not really sure yet.. But thanks

check out my video and spec above im slightly better then u on CPU and not sure about GPU but it should give u a idea.

edit: also go to http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx see if u meet the min spec.

[Johnx014]

MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz
RAM: 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 398MHz (6-6-6-18)
Motherboard Dell: Inc. 0RY007 (Socket 775)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 210

Can I run it on atleast lowest settings? System Requirements Lab says i'm good but I'd like to get some more input.

[Jtbrig7390]

MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz
RAM: 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 398MHz (6-6-6-18)
Motherboard Dell: Inc. 0RY007 (Socket 775)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 210

Can I run it on atleast lowest settings?

ya u should be able to like i told the other guy check out my video able and my system spec and if u want compare ur Nvidia to my AMD Readon 6450 and see what u find. like google or youtube things comparing them. but yes u should be able to low it on a mix of low/mid depending the setting.

but i would say mostly low settings questing u should be fine but WvWvW and really high pop citys u may down hard in fps.

[Deleted]

So I'm curious if anyone else is getting random split second artifacts with their AMD card, and if you're not, what driver version are you on? I suspect it's either a problem with GW2, or AMD drivers. I know for a fact it isn't my 7970, since every other game is fine, and I can put it through Kombustor and Furmark with absolutely no issues.

Occasionally, yeah - but so far I've assumed it's because Crossfire isn't fully supported yet. I run 2xSapphire Radeon 6950.

[Darkz0r]

Crossfire and SLI obviously isn't supported yet. People have triple 7970's and they get 40 FPS.

I run GW2 MAXED (except shadows on high, everything else at max and vsync on, etc) at 1080p with 20-70 FPS depending on how many players are on screen and the region. Its amazing because the 7970 DOESN'T run it well with max settings. If this was an FPS, I wouldn't run it maxed.
I noticed a good improvement overclocking my I5 760 from 2.8 to 3.6 GHZ (at Stock voltage, it goes above 4ghz but the cost benefit of doing it is arguable).

I have a
i5 760 at 3.6ghz
HD 7970 at stock (will probably overclock it and test if theres a noticeable difference)
Samsung SATA III 7.2k RPM HDD
16GB corsair vengeance (9-9-9-24) running at around 1200mhz. I should have bought a 1600mhz RAM for the overclock, oh well...
650w TX corsair PSU

Sure, the game looks AMAZING, characters are very good looking, the world is awesome, etc. But I expected more FPSs with a 7970...

[JDUBXL]

Anyone have FPS spikes when looking at very specific areas of very specific parts of the world regardless of graphics settings? I have found a handful of places that if I look in their direction I get a dip in my FPS no matter how low I make the graphics settings. I'm usually 60 but one look in the direction of one of these areas makes me lose between 10-15 FPS for absolutely no reason. It's really annoying when the rest of the game runs at 60 no problem on mostly high settings but these areas bug out on lowest settings and resolution.

i5 3750k
GTX 570 HD

[Loaf]

So, my gf has a 7850 and an i5 2500k. She gets maybe 20 fps if shes lucky on the lowest settings in cities and might get 40-50(also on lowest and with like no one around) when she's out and about. This baffles me as shouldn't the 7850 be more than good enough for this game, especially at lowest settings? Also, her resolution is 1280x720 and it seems that increasing the resolution(which makes it look like a mess due to her monitor) or lowering it makes no difference and neither does setting the game on subsample.

Any ideas as to why? Is the game just poorly optimized at this point?