Running GW2 with all maxed out on a gtx470. Make 50-65 fps even in crowded areas. Using 1920*1200. Other specs: 8gb ram 1600 cas 7, core i7 860, WD black 1tb.
Game is running good .....much better than Tera or Aion. No down spikes here in GW2. All time quite stable.
Played: Guild Wars, AoC, Lotro, CoH, Warhammer, Tabula Ras, Spellborn, Second Life, Rift, Aion, Tera. Playing: Guild Wars 2, WoT
Nope.. Even with 1024 resolution I don't get any increase in fps. Maybe 1-2 higher, but hard to notice such small change it.
I've noticed that the amount of objects on the screen (players/spell effects and such) doesn't affect my fps much, but the current view affects a lot more.
Soo.. when I'm staring at the wall I might get a decent 40fps, but when I can see further my fps drops rapidly. Certain areas are much more laggy than the others, for example that lake area in Sylvari forest in one of the laggiest.
I run at 1440x900 @ 75hz (vsync on) and I usually get around 40 and up with it being an average of 60.
I run all settings max except for reflections off, shadows set to low or medium, and FXAA off. I am really surprised I do not just always get 75 FPS due to the hardware I have.
You should indeed get much more. I play on highest possible settings with same results as you (my average could even be higher than 60), with a much weaker PC:
GW2 is one of the most fluid and optimized games I've ever played.
But to answer your question, if I want to run the game with max settings at 60fps, all I'd have to do is shut off 1 of my ATI5870 2gig cards, half of my 16gigs of ram, and shut off 2 of my 6 unlocked cores on my CPU.
What I'm trying to say is, the game runs great, even if your hardware is less than stellar. Your card is a bit tired (I ran Rift on a 4850 and had issues, even on medium settings).
If I choose the option to overscan (or whatever they call--I forget-- running at a higher resolution and downsampling to 1920 X 1200) the FPS are halved to ~ 40 FPS for very little gain in eye candy...everything else max settings.
AMD CPUs don't seem to fare well with GW2 from what I've seen but the latest generation AMD graphics cards fare extremely well: this is the only game I know of where the AMD 7970 seems to outperform the nVidia 680.
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During the BWE's I got about 10fps -30fps on this system:
Athlon X2 250 3.0 Ghz
3 GB ddr3 1333
AMD 4770 HD
windows xp sp2
I decided to do a little upgrade just to get a bit more fps and now get 30-55'ish fps.
Athlon X2 250 slightly overclocked from 3.0 to 3.2 ghz
12 GB ddr3 1333 ram
Sapphire 7770 HD OC'd edition
new 128 GB Adata SSD hard drive
Fresh new Windows 7 64bit with only GW2 installed on new SSD
What I've seen is that the game is still VERY cpu dependant. My GPU has only been operating at about 35 % while at the same time my CPU is going at 70% and up.
Next upgrade will be a new CPU unless Arenanet optimizes more for GPU utilization.
Final thought is that while I was on a budget I still bought the HD7770 because even though it doesn't preform great under Direct X 9, I have hope that soon GW2 will run DX 11 which should run much better with my card.
EDIT: The top results were on med settings, bottom results are on high settings with no post-processing and shadows on low.
Update **
I've gotten my CPU to stay stable overclocked to 3.5ghz and I am seeing better fps ... Now I bounce around from 40-70's in pve but in WvW it goes as low as 20 fps during battles. Stil playable so I'm happy.
I still think the game is very CPU dependant as even overclocked @3.5ghz my cpu stays above 70% and my gpu never really hits over 35% usage even in WvW battles. I'd really like to see some more balance so that people with older Cpu's can enjoy decent framerates in PvP. I really don't want to spend $450 bucks to upgrade the cpu/mobo just to play this game.
my 3 year old PC runs fine in PVE pretty much 60 fps all the time, only in a few places drops down to 50 or 40 when theres many ppl doing an event or something, on WvW well.... with 2 zergs drops down to 30s and if theres really many ppl iv see my fps droping to 15 or less but thats just pretty much for every1 in general, unless ur cpu is at 5ghz lol xD.
In the end I trusted fanboys, ArenaNet and NCSoft and THIS IS WHAT I GET. A SHIT DAMN UGLY GAME WHICH IS BARELY UPDATING THE SCREEN WITH IT'S VOMIT GRAPHICS HECK EVEN WOW HAS BETTER! OH MY GOD IT'S SO UGLY!
It's to bad you are new to gaming online.
Often most people who can play games at high settings is what I would consider GAMERS, we gamers know we need to upgrade our systems unfortunaly to often, we know tech will keep pushing us to get new hardware.
We know older games will run allot better then newely released games.
So who's to blame, well it's very obviosuly you yourself.
Minimum System Requirements*
* Due to potential changes, system requirements may change over time, and you may be required to upgrade your current system (or obtain a new system) to continue to play the game.
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or better
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 or better
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI Radeon™ X1800, Intel HD 3000 or better (256MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
Sorry didn't mean to sound too harsh but you might want to consider updating (if possible) your system. Since the game is very pretty on the eye's you just miss out allot on how the game actually looks.
But then again I am more of a graphics whore, I mean if I have to look at something on my screen it better be looking good, graphics should be equel to it's gameplay. Being a gamer for lets say 35 years out of 40 I already had my share of gameplay over graphic games and don't feel that is needed anymore.
Originally posted by Masa1 Speaking of SWTOR, even it ran with 60fps on my PC.
See now you are jsut going too far LOL, I know you troll GW2 a lot but that made me LOL
lol so true.
I run between 30-50(depends on the battle) fps on WvW on my laptop.
Above that in PVE.
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My i5 and GTX 570 seem to like GW2 just fine. Get around 71-75 standing still, about 50-55 if I spin in circles in a city and about 40 some when there are dozens of other people around.
Can't complain.
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I bounce between 50-60 fps with everything turned on and the game looks beautiful. Even in WvWvW where there's TONS of particle effects and zillions of objects, very very good framerate. SOME video lag. But I think that's more network/client related than horsepower on my end.
I maintain a solid 45-55 fps in outer zones and about 35-40 in Lion's Arch. I have most settings on max, even shadows on Ultra. Shaders on medium. Post processing is on. My specs are very modest:
I7 860 clocked to manufacturer settings at 2.88Ghz
Radeon 5770
8GB DDR3
But you don't really care what specs I or anyone else have. You just wanted to vent. There there.
Wow why shadows on ultra? unless you really like it its not advisable xD
i got my shadows on low and reflections off rest maxed and im capping 60 fps in pve xD with a system similiar to that
They wanted money fast so they released the game. They milked customers out of their money already so there's no more need to please those who bought the game, but can't run it well enough. GW2 is finished. At least for those with not super computers.
I'm runining it at 30 FPS on medium settings on my $600 HP laptop I bought 8 months ago... I'll even send you a screenshot if you don't believe me.
There is something wrong with your system or system settings, end of story.
I bounce between 50-60 fps with everything turned on and the game looks beautiful. Even in WvWvW where there's TONS of particle effects and zillions of objects, very very good framerate. SOME video lag. But I think that's more network/client related than horsepower on my end.
I have an nVidia GTX 570 OC.
why did u only mention ur gfx card when the key part here is the CPU xd?
I have a pretty amazing system that keeps me from even glancing at 'recommended system specs' (in my profile) on games over the past couple years. I play Guild Wars 2 with everything customized to max settings and windowed fullscreen just because my video card chips in a lot on the quality when anything is windowed. I get a consistent 30fps and it's perfect in my opinion. I never noticed a difference between 30fps - 60fps, so I couldn't be happier. I think it could be optimized a little though since I probably should be getting 60fps+.
edit: I forgot to mention I have everything in my video card's settings set to max quality over performance too, so I'm sure I could tweek that as well to get 60fps. I don't see the point though. I rather see the improved quality if it stays stable at 30fps.
I bounce between 50-60 fps with everything turned on and the game looks beautiful. Even in WvWvW where there's TONS of particle effects and zillions of objects, very very good framerate. SOME video lag. But I think that's more network/client related than horsepower on my end.
I have an nVidia GTX 570 OC.
why did u only mention ur gfx card when the key part here is the CPU xd?
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Lowest I've seen it go is 45ish in a heavy wvw battle, typically 60+.
AMD phenom II x6 1055T stock
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pretty "mid ranged" PC..
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Does GW2 use all four cores OP?
Running GW2 with all maxed out on a gtx470. Make 50-65 fps even in crowded areas. Using 1920*1200. Other specs: 8gb ram 1600 cas 7, core i7 860, WD black 1tb.
Game is running good .....much better than Tera or Aion. No down spikes here in GW2. All time quite stable.
Played: Guild Wars, AoC, Lotro, CoH, Warhammer, Tabula Ras, Spellborn, Second Life, Rift, Aion, Tera.
Playing: Guild Wars 2, WoT
Drop your resolution and youll play with 60 fps
1440x900
i7/ATI Radeon 4670 HD 50-60 FPS High Shadows off
Nope, that's what I wanted to know BEFORE I bought the game, but damn mods deleted the entire thread.
On average it uses about 1,6 cores.
Nope.. Even with 1024 resolution I don't get any increase in fps. Maybe 1-2 higher, but hard to notice such small change it.
I've noticed that the amount of objects on the screen (players/spell effects and such) doesn't affect my fps much, but the current view affects a lot more.
Soo.. when I'm staring at the wall I might get a decent 40fps, but when I can see further my fps drops rapidly. Certain areas are much more laggy than the others, for example that lake area in Sylvari forest in one of the laggiest.
If I want to run the game at 60fps with everything maxed, I can simply turn off one of my 2 ATI5870 2gig cards and half of my 16 gigs of ram.
Joined - July 2004
You should indeed get much more. I play on highest possible settings with same results as you (my average could even be higher than 60), with a much weaker PC:
processor: AMD 1055T
GPU: radeon 6850
4GB of memory
GW2 is one of the most fluid and optimized games I've ever played.
But to answer your question, if I want to run the game with max settings at 60fps, all I'd have to do is shut off 1 of my ATI5870 2gig cards, half of my 16gigs of ram, and shut off 2 of my 6 unlocked cores on my CPU.
What I'm trying to say is, the game runs great, even if your hardware is less than stellar. Your card is a bit tired (I ran Rift on a 4850 and had issues, even on medium settings).
Joined - July 2004
i7-930 @ 4.00 GHz
AMD 7970
80+ FPS @ 1920 X 1200
If I choose the option to overscan (or whatever they call--I forget-- running at a higher resolution and downsampling to 1920 X 1200) the FPS are halved to ~ 40 FPS for very little gain in eye candy...everything else max settings.
AMD CPUs don't seem to fare well with GW2 from what I've seen but the latest generation AMD graphics cards fare extremely well: this is the only game I know of where the AMD 7970 seems to outperform the nVidia 680.
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Update **
I've gotten my CPU to stay stable overclocked to 3.5ghz and I am seeing better fps ... Now I bounce around from 40-70's in pve but in WvW it goes as low as 20 fps during battles. Stil playable so I'm happy.
I still think the game is very CPU dependant as even overclocked @3.5ghz my cpu stays above 70% and my gpu never really hits over 35% usage even in WvW battles. I'd really like to see some more balance so that people with older Cpu's can enjoy decent framerates in PvP. I really don't want to spend $450 bucks to upgrade the cpu/mobo just to play this game.
my 3 year old PC runs fine in PVE pretty much 60 fps all the time, only in a few places drops down to 50 or 40 when theres many ppl doing an event or something, on WvW well.... with 2 zergs drops down to 30s and if theres really many ppl iv see my fps droping to 15 or less but thats just pretty much for every1 in general, unless ur cpu is at 5ghz lol xD.
its a i7 920 @ 3.6ghz + hd5850 oc'ed + 6gb ram
It's to bad you are new to gaming online.
Often most people who can play games at high settings is what I would consider GAMERS, we gamers know we need to upgrade our systems unfortunaly to often, we know tech will keep pushing us to get new hardware.
We know older games will run allot better then newely released games.
So who's to blame, well it's very obviosuly you yourself.
Minimum System Requirements*
* Due to potential changes, system requirements may change over time, and you may be required to upgrade your current system (or obtain a new system) to continue to play the game.
https://buy.guildwars2.com/en/
Sorry didn't mean to sound too harsh but you might want to consider updating (if possible) your system. Since the game is very pretty on the eye's you just miss out allot on how the game actually looks.
But then again I am more of a graphics whore, I mean if I have to look at something on my screen it better be looking good, graphics should be equel to it's gameplay. Being a gamer for lets say 35 years out of 40 I already had my share of gameplay over graphic games and don't feel that is needed anymore.
lol so true.
I run between 30-50(depends on the battle) fps on WvW on my laptop.
Above that in PVE.
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Common Sense Logic = P2P logic is no better than F2P Logic.
My i5 and GTX 570 seem to like GW2 just fine. Get around 71-75 standing still, about 50-55 if I spin in circles in a city and about 40 some when there are dozens of other people around.
Can't complain.
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I bounce between 50-60 fps with everything turned on and the game looks beautiful. Even in WvWvW where there's TONS of particle effects and zillions of objects, very very good framerate. SOME video lag. But I think that's more network/client related than horsepower on my end.
I have an nVidia GTX 570 OC.
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Wow why shadows on ultra? unless you really like it its not advisable xD
i got my shadows on low and reflections off rest maxed and im capping 60 fps in pve xD with a system similiar to that
I'm runining it at 30 FPS on medium settings on my $600 HP laptop I bought 8 months ago... I'll even send you a screenshot if you don't believe me.
There is something wrong with your system or system settings, end of story.
why did u only mention ur gfx card when the key part here is the CPU xd?
I have a pretty amazing system that keeps me from even glancing at 'recommended system specs' (in my profile) on games over the past couple years. I play Guild Wars 2 with everything customized to max settings and windowed fullscreen just because my video card chips in a lot on the quality when anything is windowed. I get a consistent 30fps and it's perfect in my opinion. I never noticed a difference between 30fps - 60fps, so I couldn't be happier. I think it could be optimized a little though since I probably should be getting 60fps+.
edit: I forgot to mention I have everything in my video card's settings set to max quality over performance too, so I'm sure I could tweek that as well to get 60fps. I don't see the point though. I rather see the improved quality if it stays stable at 30fps.
Depends what I'm doing but I have between 50 and 90 fps.
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