Another Frame Rate Issue Thread (please help!)

#1 - Sept. 12, 2012, 3:31 p.m.
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Okay so let me start my story by saying I just replaced my processor and video card for this game and I’m not really seeing a huge performance boost like I expected.

Before I had: AMD Zambesi (or whatever it’s called) 6 core processor like 3.3ghz each and a Geforce GTX 550 Ti.

Now I have: Phenom 965 Quad Core (great gaming processor) and I just got a new Geforce GTX 660 Ti (a HUGE improvement)

Yes I get way better graphics I’m running everything on high except with the auto detect settings I only get 30-40 fps.

So okay I turn off shadows because I don’t need them (even though I should be able to have them on) and I turn off reflections, and disable FXAA. All of these I shouldn’t have to disable but I do.

Cool now I get 60 fps all the time (usually) even when I’m fighting stuff.

Except when I’m in big cities and such it goes back down to 30 fps so the 60 constant is only in secluded areas and in dungeons and places like that.

Now let me get into the main reason, WvW.

I upgraded just to play WvW without 30 and lower fps and guess what? NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL.

Even if I turn down ALL the settings I still get 30 fps and that is not good enough.

My setup SHOULD be able to run this game smoothly with no problems, yes I have the drivers updated yes this and that. I also have 8GB RIPJAW ram if you were wondering what that was.

I play every other game you can imagine with ULTRA settings and 60 fps constant.

I am also playing on 1920×1080 with HDMI cable.

Please someone tell me this isn’t my setup and it’s just the games optimization isn’t exactly finished yet?

Help?

EDIT: My motherboard is a GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard (if that matters which I know it shouldn’t)

#4 - Sept. 12, 2012, 4:41 p.m.
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Hi Brandon – I can see no reason why you should be experiencing these performance issues with your setup. I might suggest reseating your graphics card to ensure that it is running at x16 rather than x4 or x1. Otherwise this is still an issue that we are currently collecting data on and looking into.