FPS issues

I have these current specs

Intel Core Duo 2.66 GHz X6700
2 gb ram
nvidia geforce 7950 gtx (dual 7950 gt's)

I get ~45-55 fps. I have heard people with much lower spec's get well over 70. I have defragged, virus scan, everything...I know of. Anyone got ideas to up the fps?

I also get frequent blue screens. May have something to do with it?

Vsync? Only thing that comes to mind. Well very high res might have some effect on FPS, normally not to much with better cards though. Especially with your set-up. Other than that I would make sure you cards are working right, clock speed, heat etc. Possibly ask the manufacturer if that is all good.

Sorry I can't help ya much. =\

But I'm using a 7600GT (my 7800GTX died /cry) and I get around 40-50 in town and 60-70 in zones.

Also depends on your settings. If you set to lowest quality, I'm sure that will raise the FPS.

The OP's rig is more than capable of running GW at maximum settings and returning a frame-rate of over 100fps. Hell, my FPS don't drop below 50 even in Nightfalls crowded areas and push well into the triple figures anywhere else, and my rig is slightly lower spec than the OP's.

Antec 900 case
ASUS A8N-SLi nForce4
Athlon64 3200+ 'Venice' @ 2.4GHz
2GB Mushkin PC3200
GeForce 7900GS 512MB PCI-e (500/1400)
Hiper TypeR 580W PSU

My first thought was the same as Rakeris, do you have V-Sync turned on? Have you scanned for spyware/malware and viruses?

low power supply? overheating? newer drivers?

What resolution are you running at?

I only get 45-55 fps too. I have a 7900 GTO, 2G ram but I run at 1600 x 1200 on full eye candy mode.

I'll try turning vsync off

wow what settings are your runing at beacouse i have a 7600gt oc and im getting about 30fps max anywhere 10-20 in towns. **I think that the problem is somewhere on my end because this is really not normal.

I'm running at max settings with 2x AA and 4xAF. I have the card overclocked a bit as well. It could also depend on the rest of your PC, RAM, CPU etc.

i will pm you my comp stats so i dont wreck this topic

The Low FPS you are experiencing may be caused by the AA and AF beign on. They do cause a hit in framerates and are the possible culprit. On my gaming machine (Intel 3.4ghz 651 cpu, Intel d975 mobo, 2 gigs crucial ram, X1900XTX graphics card, 2 WD 74gig Raptors mirrored) I usualy get anywhere from 85-120 FPS without AA and AF turned on. When I turn them on my FPS drop to around 50-60. Try running the game with them turned off and see if there is a difference in your framerates. Even my Laptop (HP DV8351nr, with ATI Radeon Express 200m) gets no less than 45 FPS at all times. But I have to turn down almost all the graphics setttings to get that (and to stop the lag).
Mega Mouse

im gonna try that right now

I have a 700watt psu and no overheating issues. aa=antialiasing?

Oh my god, 40fps in town sounds so sexy.

/me only gets 10fps

11FPS on average, overheating (plus automatic shutdown so I'm forced to take a break for 15 minutes) every ~3 hours...

Then again, I'm playing on a laptop so it has its' advantages..

*Overheating started about a month ago..

If you are using nTune to adjust your AA & AF you get about half the normal fps. Try disabling the nTune adjustments and using the 4xAA in GW, this should bump you to 75+ fps (like it did for me.)

Oh, one more thing. I am currently playing on a Viewsonic 19" monitor (no widescreen).

Get a cooling pad to cover the Overheating Problems.

But I feel your pain, 11 fps is terrible.

FSAA+AF will have nothing to do with the OP's problem at all. On the rig I posted above I run at max settings with 4xFSAA and 8xAF and I get back not less than 50fps anywhere in Nightfall, including the Sunspear Sanctuary. Anywhere else I'm in 100-200fps depending on what's happening on screen.

On the FSAA+AF thing, one thing that I can think about that would cause a problem is if GW is also using the driver's global settings. What you'll need to do is set GW to 'application controlled' from within the driver panel. This overrides the driver's global settings and allows GW to just use the settings from within it's own graphics menu.

What is AF first of all? Second, I heard something about a monitor's or computer's refresh rate? Can I change this? How do I change it if possible? How do I set GW to application controlled? Is the driver panel in device manager? Or somewhere else?

I am positive I do not have any viruses or spyware. I keep my computer safe, lets keep it at that.