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    GW2 R3 Settings?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by GBomb, Aug 26, 2012.

  1. GBomb

    GBomb Notebook Enthusiast

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    All,

    Fired up GW2 for the first time last night on my i5 R3. Was fairly surprised that my system chugged a bit on this game. In order to get playable 30+ framerates had to set most settings to Low/Med. Anyone else experiencing performance issues on this game? Havn't even attempted WvW combat yet.

    I have mainly stock settings and run a small OC on my GPU. Using 304.79beta driver. The game is whitelisted.

    Would love to hear what other peoples settings or experiences are with this game.

    Thanks!
     
    GBomb, Aug 26, 2012
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    nccknight Notebook Enthusiast

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    R3 with i7 stock settings 301 drivers I logged in for a little bit just to see how it handled. With GW2 auto-detect settings I was getting FPS in the 50s but that was in light/single player combat. I'd imagine in PVP or world events it'd drop. Will test more in the days to come.
     
    nccknight, Aug 27, 2012
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  3. CEUOTC

    CEUOTC Notebook Evangelist

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    Here are my settings for GW2:
    Res: 1366x768 fullscreen.
    Refresh: 60.
    Frame limiter: Unlimited.
    Animation: Low.
    Anti-Aliasing: None.
    Enviroment: Medium.
    LOD: Low.
    Reflection: None.
    Textures: Medium.
    Renders Sample: Native.
    Shadows: Low.
    Shaders: Medium.
    Post-Processing: Low.

    V-Sync: Off.

    Game Play appears smooth.

    Avg FPS : 40-50.

    Cpu Max Temp: 72 'C
    Gpu Max Temp: 72' C

    Bottom left of palm rest gets a little toasty :)

    Regards.

    C.
     
    CEUOTC, Sep 8, 2012
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    CEUOTC Notebook Evangelist

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    With the above settings 15 fps when in large fight.

    Regards.

    C.
     
    CEUOTC, Sep 9, 2012
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