Impossible FPS

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Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

07 Jan 2008 at 07:49 - 1
Hi guys I'm a little frustrated here >_<

My GW was running pretty ok at 30-40+ FPS.
Then i did a re-install of XP which, some how makes made my GW run real slow..
Now I am getting only 10-25FPS and with lag spikes during PvP alot! Its unbearable and now i cant play much at all!
This is, of course (in both cases) all the lowest settings with AA and all the post-procs and filtering disabled. GW is fully downloaded with "-image" and the computer is fully defragged. OCing the vid card helped a little with 5-10FPS at certain places, but when PvPing, framerates are still unreliable.

How frustrating...what's going on? I'd love to play GW again!

Specs:
Windows XP Pro SP2
PIV 2.4Ghz
768MB ram
ATI 9250 256MB AGP OC @ 315/234
DX 9.0c

If more info is needed ask. I really want to play

Wrath Of Dragons

Wrath Of Dragons

Burninate Stuff

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Mexico

E/Mo

07 Jan 2008 at 07:56 - 2
update your video card drivers, as well as make sure you have the most current directx version

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

07 Jan 2008 at 07:58 - 3
What Wrath said.
Also, you don't have all that much RAM, so make sure you're not running too many background processes at the same time as you're gaming.
And, of course, nothing which uses the net while you're gaming (ie no filesharing - that will definitely give you unbelievable lag).

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Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

07 Jan 2008 at 08:00 - 4
Updated. Actually, i'm using the Omega drivers, which actually give me a nice FPS boost compared to the ATI one.
I'm using same omega drivers as before the reinstall, because ATI stopped making drivers for my card. =\ The latest dx is also installed

EDIT: I'm actually pretty good with computers. So, I of course I always use task manager to stop all processes except the required ones. Right now i'm running 18 processes , including firefox which is usually closed during gameplay =)

L33TNeMiSiS

L33TNeMiSiS

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2007

Graveyard of Undying Heroes

E/

07 Jan 2008 at 13:17 - 5
freebies: I agree with the rest get the new video drives.. if that doesn't work. a Friend of mine had a similar problem .. turned out there was some corruption in his .dat file. In which case a clean install of Gw will help

Maybe copy out your existing client and install/download another one. Let it do the few updates that it needs, and see if your fps are any better

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

07 Jan 2008 at 14:36 - 6
-image can help.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

07 Jan 2008 at 18:01 - 7
Yes it can, if the problem is due to corrupt files, but you should probably warn freebie that the -image keyword makes the game download a complete Guildwars installation, replacing all files. If he's got all three chapters he's looking at a 3.6 GB download, and that's pretty painful even with a decent connection.

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

07 Jan 2008 at 18:54 - 8
updating my GPU driver fixed a fps problem with 1 of my games (portal) so i may do the same for you GW

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Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

07 Jan 2008 at 23:38 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by L33TNeMiSiS
freebies: I agree with the rest get the new video drives.. if that doesn't work. a Friend of mine had a similar problem .. turned out there was some corruption in his .dat file. In which case a clean install of Gw will help

Maybe copy out your existing client and install/download another one. Let it do the few updates that it needs, and see if your fps are any better
But the thing is...like i said earlier, ATI stopped making new drivers for my card about a year ago, so there really isnt any "newer" drivers for the card since 2006

Also, I already downloaded the full game with "-image" before playing the first time after the reinstall of XP, as well as a full defrag afterward.
But I'll delete the DAT and redownload and redefrag once again, hoping that it'll fix it. I have a pretty quick internet so 3.6g normally only take me 2-3 hours so I dont see any downsides

I'll update you guys afterwards, thanks!

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Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

08 Jan 2008 at 07:39 - 10
Yay!
Deleting DAT file and redownloading with -image and defragging again seems to have fixed it! And now i know redownloading 3.6gb of GW only takes me 3 hours
Now i am getting about 25-35FPS with 30fps average, which is ALOT better than the laggy 15-20 w/lag spikes I got earlier

Thanks guys!

I still have a little problem with my other computer running GW, but i'll get to that in a later thread.

Thanks again!

SeraphimSkye

SeraphimSkye

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

Uk

The Kings Finest

D/Mo

09 Jan 2008 at 20:39 - 11
Always nice to hear a happy ending to FPS issues.

rubina1

rubina1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2007

09 Jan 2008 at 20:46 - 12
What do you all consider to be good FPS?

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

09 Jan 2008 at 21:30 - 13
60 with vsync, 90-100 without.

Coridan

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

09 Jan 2008 at 21:35 - 14
i run around 60-75 with everything set on max... my old pc was around 5-8..

so anything between 6-75 should work

Sorn Xarann

Sorn Xarann

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Us Are Not [leet]

W/

09 Jan 2008 at 21:37 - 15
what exactly does vertical sync do?

Also i heard that you get more fps in fullscreen than in window, true?

Coridan

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

09 Jan 2008 at 21:40 - 16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_synchronization