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The good folks at Tom's Hardware put GW2 through it's paces - how do things stack up? On the graphics card end, plenty of great options from both Nvidia and AMD that run the game very well. But on the processor side - Intel (especially Sandy Bridge) just dominate. Makes Phenom II owners like myself very, very sad. Hopefully Anet patches in some better optimization for AMD CPU's! Read up: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/guild-wars-2-performance-benchmark,3268-7.html
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8/27/12 8:01:56 AM#2
AHHHH Intel sandy Bridge only chip that requires awesome sauce as a thermal paste.
There is no God, there is no Devil, nor Angels and Demons, there is only us, surely thats bad enough, for no creature is able to commit such acts of hate and love, sometimes in the same day. |
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8/27/12 8:03:24 AM#3
Originally posted by kruler made me lolz (that AND the avatar :p )
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8/27/12 8:04:05 AM#4
No wonder they've toned down their aggresiveness towards Intel in the CPU market. What a disaster Bulldozer was.
Eleanor Rigby. |
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8/27/12 8:05:57 AM#5
Running it on two amd systems here, one dual core and one quad core. Plays fine on both and they both have less than what I would call high end video cards. Ofcourse the i7 is going to outperform as they do for everytning else I know of. One thing I do know is next time I'm going intel and nvidia.....
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8/27/12 8:07:11 AM#6
I'm so glad I bought an i5 instead of an amd back when I built my current machine. Sure it was more expensive. But it clearly was better too.
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My performance in game reflects this from Tom's 100% Seriously making me consider going out and buying a new board and SB i5. My system runs the game "OK" but I'm honestly at medium on a fair amount of stuff to keep 30-40+ FPS at 1080p. This is with 8gb Kingston RAM, HD 6870 OC'd and PhenomII x4 OC'd to 4.0ghz! Very sad. MMO History: |
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8/27/12 8:10:49 AM#8
I played like a junkie with a fix the past two days and my system ran great...and I have an old ass vid card. gogogogo phenum II quadcore
AMD Phenum II x4 3.6Ghz 975 black edition |
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8/27/12 8:13:33 AM#9
Originally posted by oubers Try reading that sentence with Mr T's voice. Cracked me up so hard, I'm not even gonna read the rest of the post. I wanted to type something really smart as a reply to this subject, but the Scarlet Blade ad got me distracted and I forgot what I wanted to type. |
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GeezerGamer
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Who ever said "Familiarity breeds contempt" didn't have an internet connection. |
8/27/12 8:13:47 AM#10
I have an older PC. I'm running an Intel Core2 duo 2.66 OC'd to 3.5 All in all, this game runs smoother than Rift (by far) and even when I was in the TSW Closed Beta (although that's to be expected prior to full optimization) Aside from an occasional client crash transitioning to cut scenes or changing zones, I've had a really good technical experience.
If the conversation turned "Tit-for-Tat", and I've stopped posting, Consider it your win. |
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8/27/12 8:24:15 AM#11
Originally posted by BadSpock That's wierd... it's been the smoothest running game I've played in recent history. I'm running a 9850 (2.5x4) at stock clock 8 gigs at 800 mhz ATI 5770 OC'd quite a bit, can't remember the numbers, though. 1080P all settings cranked, but no AA I'm getting solid FPS; wouldn't be surprised if it never dipped below 15, and hovers +30. It runs WAY smoother than TSW on my machine. I just assumed it was because of it only running DX 10. But then, I find this thread... Been spending most of my time in the human areas. Maybe other areas are more gfx intensive? Either way, LotRO likes to hitch alot(though the SSD helped that alot) and it slows down alot in crowds of players. Same with TSW. But GW2 and Rift both seem to run alot smoother in crowded areas on my machine, and in general.
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8/27/12 8:28:01 AM#12
Originally posted by Robsolf What the what? So under 30 fps (as low as 15 holy cow) is smooth to you?
Thank god you added some numbers to your statement. |
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8/27/12 8:32:41 AM#13
Originally posted by Robsolf
Thats a terrible frame rate with AA off you should always be above 30fps for a smooth ride. This doom and gloom thread was brought to you by Chin Up™ the new high caffeine soft drink for gamers who just need that boost of happiness after a long forum session. |
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8/27/12 8:36:17 AM#14
Originally posted by alilsneaky In really crowded places, I'll take occasional 15 fps dips in 1080P full settings on a 3 year old rig. My point isn't that my machine pwns, and I wasn't aware that this was a pissing contest. My point is that GW2 runs smoother on my machine than many other games. I'm not seeing performance dive bomb that others have experienced. At all. |
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8/27/12 8:38:26 AM#15
I have a Phenom II X4 955 BE and it runs fine with mid to high settings (always above 45 frames) but I can't max it. I hope they'll fix it eventually (if there is really a difference to Intel). Gfx card is a MSI 6870 Hawk. |
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8/27/12 8:43:24 AM#16
I run a Phenom II quad, i've had no problems whatsoever. Fraps says i am getting anywhere between 50-75 fps. In situations where there are lots of particle effects i dip to 40-50. No problems whatsoever, barely even 1 crash.
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8/27/12 8:49:23 AM#17
Originally posted by spacebot But if you spend the same money on an AMD processor wouldn't the game run just as fast or even faster? Intel is expensive and they change sockets every two weeks, that's why I stick to AMD. |
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8/27/12 8:51:32 AM#18
Originally posted by thekid1 Nope. Eleanor Rigby. |
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8/27/12 8:54:26 AM#19
Originally posted by thekid1 Intel is not that expensive, I upgraded all the house pcs to intel I5 early this year I2500k's they really kick ass. Even tested against my friends more expensive AMD based pc it kicks ass |
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8/27/12 8:55:50 AM#20
Originally posted by Treekodar Alright. Anyway, another good reason to wait for a free trial. |
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