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black7hought · Mar 13, 2008, 02:55 AM // 02:55

I've been playing GW for a little over two years and with each passing year the game seems to get worse when running on my computer. I've changed computers in that time and my video card three times. When I first started playing I had an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 1 Gig pc2100 RAM and an Nvidia FX5200 (AGP) on mostly high settings it ran at about 30-40 fps at 1024 X 768.

My current setup is an AMD 64 3200+, 1 Gig PC3200 RAM, EVGA GeForce 7600 GT KO PCI-E. I upgraded from a PNY Geforce 6600 to the 7600 GT and still get the same performance which is usually anywhere from 12-40 fps depending. Even in areas that aren't crowded. I have all the settings maxed except for the resolution which is at 1024 x 768 and even changed that by each available setting. I also put everything as low as it could go and changed the res to 800 x 600 and still get the same results. Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem? Is my CPU bottlenecking the Video Card and if so how come my previous pc performed better with components that don't even match up with my current setup.

*note someone suggested dusting off my fans on the CPU and VC but there isn't much dust on them.

Guild Wars

Guild Wars: Eye of the North

NeonXero · Mar 13, 2008, 04:17 AM // 04:17

Uhh... have you tried defragmenting your C: drive, or at least the Guild Wars folder recently. I don't think any bottlenecking would occur... but maybe. Weird situation there, maybe try the defragment thing - its helped me before.

black7hought · Mar 13, 2008, 05:31 AM // 05:31

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Originally Posted by NeonXero

Uhh... have you tried defragmenting your C: drive, or at least the Guild Wars folder recently. I don't think any bottlenecking would occur... but maybe. Weird situation there, maybe try the defragment thing - its helped me before.

I defragmented my C: Drive last week but I haven't done that to the Guild Wars folder. I'll try it. Thanks.

jbcf05 · Mar 13, 2008, 05:42 AM // 05:42

Weird, I have almost the same specs on my computer, NVIDIA 7600GT, 1GB ram, Pentium 4 3.2GHz - and I get 60-70 FPS with all settings maxed. It must be something with your GW install, maybe uninstall and reinstall?

black7hought · Mar 13, 2008, 05:47 AM // 05:47

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Originally Posted by jbcf05

Weird, I have almost the same specs on my computer, NVIDIA 7600GT, 1GB ram, Pentium 4 3.2GHz - and I get 60-70 FPS with all settings maxed. It must be something with your GW install, maybe uninstall and reinstall?

That could work too. I just installed the game earlier last week.

jonnieboi05 · Mar 13, 2008, 07:27 AM // 07:27

so umm... offtopic but where do i go to get that sytem check for GW? i am curious as to what it will tell me.

black7hought · Mar 13, 2008, 08:02 AM // 08:02

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Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

so umm... offtopic but where do i go to get that sytem check for GW? i am curious as to what it will tell me.

www.canyourunit.com it supports almost every recent game commercially released for PC

also I defragmented and my fps increased to around 35-61 outside of towns.

jonnieboi05 · Mar 13, 2008, 09:46 PM // 21:46

cool thx a bunch. ^^ yea i like the site, it's really cool

black7hought · Mar 14, 2008, 03:41 AM // 03:41

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Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

cool thx a bunch. ^^ yea i like the site, it's really cool

anytime

It definitely comes in handy when trying to decide on whether you need to upgrade to play a game or deciding whether to buy the latest game out. Having a visual image helps give you a better point of reference, esp with the specific breakdown of your system compared to the system req. of the game.