Curse

TyrianFury · Apr 06, 2007, 11:17 AM // 11:17

Hi all

Since the update last night I am suffering a massive drop in frame rate when playing Guild Wars. I used to get between 50-70 fps without any troubled and now I'm lucky to scrape 20. The update has made the game virtually un-playable.

Is anyone else having a similar experience?

Terra Xin · Apr 06, 2007, 11:22 AM // 11:22

nope, but theres like a thin line at the bottom of my screen that constantly flashes all the time. I don't think it's tied to my graphics because I've reduced it to nothing and it was still there :S

People who usually suffer from FPS end up reinstalling GW. I don't know of anything else.

Theus · Apr 06, 2007, 11:25 AM // 11:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terra Xin

nope, but theres like a thin line at the bottom of my screen that constantly flashes all the time. I don't think it's tied to my graphics because I've reduced it to nothing and it was still there :S

People who usually suffer from FPS end up reinstalling GW. I don't know of anything else.

I too have noticed this.It's quite annoying.

Kas · Apr 06, 2007, 11:26 AM // 11:26

Shader effects went completely moo for me.
After the update they no longer show even though they're activated. Plus the framerate dropped by 40 FPS. It was completely fine before the update... hmm.

/edit:
I wonder if there is some problem with the Shaders that cause such a loss in FPS.

Taala · Apr 06, 2007, 11:27 AM // 11:27

My fps is pretty much as steady as it always has been, but during fighting there are annoyingly often moments when the picture freezes for about a second. Gets a bit annoying when I try to lure and it freezes right after I fire the arrow.

This hasn't been happening to me before the latest update.

TyrianFury · Apr 06, 2007, 11:29 AM // 11:29

I just don't get how this could of happened with the update. Was playing for a few hours yesterday afternoon, apart from dying a DoA a few times the game was running fine. Logged on last night after the update and now the game runs now at a snail pace.

I'm guesssing the audio codecs upgrade my be the cause since I'm using on board sound with the default Vista driver, but all was fine before

All my other games run fine

These are my PC's spec

Windows Vista Business 64-bit
AMD 64 X2 4200
1 GB RAM
Asus An8 SLI Motherboard
Nvidia Geforce 7600 GT 256 MB
RealTek Ac'97 on board audio

Wacky · Apr 06, 2007, 11:35 AM // 11:35

Similar problems, my gw is running badly.. or rather not running badly, it crashed my laptop twice today.

XP Pro / 1GB Ram / Pentium M 2Ghz, ATI Mobility Radeon X700.

Milennin · Apr 06, 2007, 12:09 PM // 12:09

Seems to run better than ever, but also have that flashing line at the bottom of my screen, it's only on title screen and character select though.

stealthslicer · Apr 06, 2007, 12:14 PM // 12:14

my gw is running fantastic today, better than it has ever run before! That line is annoying though. Does the line ever change size for you guys? My line seemed to get thicker. :S
Also my fps is down quite a lot =[

Lonesamurai · Apr 06, 2007, 12:41 PM // 12:41

I haven't noticed a drop in framerate, but i HAVE noticed that the game feels a little heavy when moving the camera around, its not as snappy as it used to be

beanerman_99 · Apr 06, 2007, 12:45 PM // 12:45

YES. Last night I was getting horrible lag, stalls and rubberbanding while capping Elites in Shiverpeaks. It lasted about a half and hour then began to run smoother. Not sure if it was just a hiccup or what.

TyrianFury · Apr 06, 2007, 02:20 PM // 14:20

Tried the latest sound and graphics drivers, still no improvement, re-installing the game. I run the game on max setting and have done so for over a year. When I disable antialiasing the frame rate picks up but as I said I have had it it set to 4x for ages without any problems.

Jarhok Belouve · Apr 06, 2007, 03:42 PM // 15:42

So glad its not just me. Yeh Im getting exactly the same. I used to get 60FPS in fact I was last night, but now this morning and throughout the day im getting 20fps outside and it drops to 13-15 regularly at outposts/cities etc.
Im running Windows Vista with latest updates installed before logging off last night (could be problem)
Amd Athlon 64 X2 3800+
1gb Ram
160gb HDD
Asus Nvidia Geforce 7600GT 256mb
Onboard Realtek high definition audio codec

TyrianFury · Apr 06, 2007, 10:43 PM // 22:43

Still no luck, re-installed guild wars after defragging my HDD and still no joy 13fps oh joy. If I turn off antialiasing I get 60 fps but I used to get this with 4x switched on on both Windows xp and Vista which I have been using with GW since December.

Is this caused by the recent game update or something else as it only started with the game update?

isamu kurosawa · Apr 06, 2007, 11:01 PM // 23:01

On my machine i've always ran at an average of 15fps, so hearing someone say 20fps is "virtually un-playable" is quite strange

Dex · Apr 06, 2007, 11:11 PM // 23:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

I haven't noticed a drop in framerate, but i HAVE noticed that the game feels a little heavy when moving the camera around, its not as snappy as it used to be

Same here. I've had no trouble at all:

Athlon 64 X2 4200+
2GB RAM
Radeon x1900xtx
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

Note that I'm not using onboard audio. This can really make a difference in some games. This certainly sounds like an audio issue to me...seeing as how they've made a major update to the audio engine in the last update it would make sense. Can you guys tell us what type of audio hardware you have, how recently you updated your audio driver, and what OS you're using?

Delta_24 · Apr 06, 2007, 11:13 PM // 23:13

Well, on this machine which is the only one I play GW on, usually, played the game well before the update. Now, though, I seem to be lagging every couple of seconds, and then it's fine again for about 10 seconds, then another lag burst. And sometimes the sound starts sounding echo-y, sounding again and again really quickly. Nothing about my machine has changed...

Squalus the Ipno · Apr 06, 2007, 11:14 PM // 23:14

same problem here, Vista geforge mobile go 7600GT 256MB.......after update if i enable antialising cannot play.......think problems between graphics driver GW and vista....

TyrianFury · Apr 06, 2007, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by isamu kurosawa

On my machine i've always ran at an average of 15fps, so hearing someone say 20fps is "virtually un-playable" is quite strange

When you play at 60 fps all the time it is a hugh decrease, besides I would not bother playing any game at 15fps. It only happened since the last update the other day. I have played gw for on Windows Xp for 18 months and since december on Vista with no problems, all my other games still run fine. If I disable antialiasing then I get 60 fps again but jaggies galore

As I said had the game on max settings before, 4x antialiasing and no problems until the 05/04/07 update.

I have an ausus nforce 4 sli motherboard with onboard sound, no problems with sound just graphics since the update. Maybe there is now a conflict, I just hope arena net see this thread and can shed light on the matter.

About to do a system restore to see if that fixes my problem.

If anyone else plays on Windows Vista 64 let me know if you have similar issues.

Thanks all

flamercrazy · Apr 06, 2007, 11:27 PM // 23:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terra Xin

nope, but theres like a thin line at the bottom of my screen that constantly flashes all the time. I don't think it's tied to my graphics because I've reduced it to nothing and it was still there :S
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same for me

noticed it recently.. and i only get it in Elona towns and explorable areas.. not in Tyria or Cantha.. still its really annoying, hope they fix it soon