Curse

Perfected Shadow · Nov 05, 2006, 11:18 PM // 23:18

Currently sitting at 15 on pve instances, less at towns and pvp. I think it's pretty bad. Any good advice on how to increase it?

generik · Nov 05, 2006, 11:28 PM // 23:28

Buy a new computer.

P.I.E · Nov 06, 2006, 12:57 AM // 00:57

Dont listen to him. It really depends what the problem is, alot of people once nightfall came out have had fps drops, bad lags. People say its a bug and they are working to fix it.

Im at a low fps to your not the only one. Currently at about 20+ sometimes i would go down to 3-10 fps.

cherikku · Nov 06, 2006, 01:23 AM // 01:23

turn your graphics settings to the lowest possible quality, and turn the sound quality down too. defragmenting your gw.dat can also help, as well as increasing the size of your page file. (you can search this forum for guides on how to do that)

i used to have FPS like you, now it ranges from 1-50 fps (average is about 20), so the things i suggested helped somewhat. but i think the best thing to do is, if your video card is old, upgrade your video card.. (i use ATI 9200SE, which is pretty much ancient by today's standards).. or increase your RAM. i'm no expert tho

Gorebrex · Nov 06, 2006, 04:08 AM // 04:08

Turning down graphics setting, as already said, is the first step. Also, what kind of connection do you have? Broadband or dial up? That could be part of it too. Personally, I look more for "smoothness" in the display, rather than a certain number. Ive had some games run fine at less than what youre getting(Dungeon Siege) on the system I had before I upgraded to what I have now(new motherboard, CPU). Also need to know your current system spec, what video/sound cards you have, what CPU, motherboard, memory, ect.

Eagles99 · Nov 06, 2006, 04:09 AM // 04:09

How Do I check my Fps in Guild Wars?

Ulivious The Reaper · Nov 06, 2006, 04:36 AM // 04:36

Am i the only person that gets 15 or so frames per second and notice no difference between 15 and 70 frames per second, its the same speed in my eyes... (i'll get 15 fps while fighting and ~60-70 fps while in towns) can't tell a difference, i think my pc is just stupid

Tachyon · Nov 06, 2006, 05:22 AM // 05:22

I haven't noticed any difference at all since I installed Nightfall. Same settings, everything maxed out with 8x FSAA and 16x Ansio, but still getting a constant 80-100fps.

Omega X · Nov 06, 2006, 05:35 AM // 05:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eagles99

How Do I check my Fps in Guild Wars?

In your Guild Wars shortcut.

Next to the target file Gw.exe, Press Space once and put in -perf.

It should look like this:
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -perf

The next time you start up the game, it will display the information in the top right corner.

TheTrueTroop · Nov 06, 2006, 05:42 AM // 05:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azagoth

I haven't noticed any difference at all since I installed Nightfall. Same settings, everything maxed out with 8x FSAA and 16x Ansio, but still getting a constant 80-100fps.

your epeen was glad to get its hard-on today

riojin · Nov 06, 2006, 05:44 AM // 05:44

ideal fps is 60fps but usually your eyes cant tell much difference from 25upwards - i run 50-80 depending on where and doing what

l)l2UNl( · Nov 06, 2006, 05:52 AM // 05:52

hmm well mine dropped from a 20-30 average to a 5-10 after NF came out but today it shot up again...

i really dont mind as long as it goes 20+

Tachyon · Nov 06, 2006, 06:04 AM // 06:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheTrueTroop

your epeen was glad to get its hard-on today

Yeah, and it's way bigger than yours too!

Nov 06, 2006, 06:05 AM // 06:05

anything over 30fps is good, aslong as its stable.

you wont be able to tell the difference between 30 fps stable and 60 fps stable.

like i said aslong as its a stable fps, youll notice the lag when its starts to dip or rise, thats when screen tearing happens.

vsync if you can. vsync locks my fps at 30 but it varies and i can see the lag. which only started happening in nf ><"