Is this game SUPPOSED to run like this?

#1 - July 18, 2013, 2:36 a.m.

So I got guild wars 2 not long ago because it really seemed like it would be “The game that toppled World Of Warcraft”. I don’t play WOW though (I’m not willing to pay 15$ month, or 180$ a year for a game), so I didn’t really experience it. Anyways, this game was TREMENDOUS fun. And I mean tremendous! Those huge towering bosses that everyone rallies up to beat, those rewarding quests, the varied locations. It was all a shock to my system really. But now onto the main topic of this thread.

So I’m running this game on a decent system I guess. Here are the specs:
-GeForce GT 650m with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
-Intel core i7 3720QM
-8GB RAM
And the frame rate I’m getting is absolutely horrible (In my opinion). I have most settings on medium-low and maybe one on high and I’m getting anywhere from 20-49 FPS with 30-39 being my average when I’m out and about. I thought I could tolerate this extremely annoying frame rate, but 100 hours later, I just could not stand it. This is weird, since I tried the Diablo III and WOW starter editions and the performance I got was spectacular! In Diablo III, I would max everything (except for shadows. Those are on medium) and get what would look like 60 FPS (or 50-60, I don’t really know since I haven’t checked.). And on WOW, I’d get CONSTANT 60 FPS on the good settings preset (which I like to crank up to high). Is this a problem of “My system isn’t good enough”, or is this game just badly optimized? And if it is, should I take a break and wait for a performance update, or should I move on? Since I have my eyes on SWTOR at the moment. Up until now, my first impression of MMOs has been horrible. And I really hope that this problem isn’t because of my system.

Please, put your thoughts to words, as well as give me advice if you want to. Thank you for reading, and for any future posts. Have a great day/evening :p

Ashley Segovia

#5 - July 18, 2013, 2:13 p.m.

Hey there MrTheBigBadMe – Ilithis Mithilander illustrates his point very nicely. World of Warcraft, SWTOR are vastly different games and aren’t really the best for comparison. They’re essentially an entirely different “beast.” The FPS that you’re reporting getting sound about right, but you could try tweaking some of your Nvidia Control Panel settings to see if this will give you a slight boost in performance:

1. Right-click on your desktop and select “Nvidia Control Panel.”
2. Once opened, left-click on “3D settings” and select “Adjust image settings with preview.”
3. Select “Use my preference emphasizing” and move the slider to “Performance.”
4. Select “Use the advanced 3D image settings” and left click on “Take me there.”

This should take you to the “Manage 3D Settings” window. Once here:

5. Change “Power Management mode” to “Prefer maximum performance.”
6. Change “Multi-display/mixed GPU acceleration” to “Single display performance mode.”
7. Change “Vertical Sync” to “Use the 3D application settings.”

Once completed, click “Apply” and start up Guild Wars 2.

Once loaded, access the “Graphic Options” window and make the following changes:

1. Change “Refresh Rate” to “60 Hz.”
2. Change “Frame Limiter” to “60.”
3. Change “Reflections” to “None.”
4. Change “Render Sampling” to “Supersample” then back to “Native.”
5. Enable “Vertical Sync” at the bottom.

Go ahead and give these settings a try. Hope this helps!