Changing GW's priority to realtime

MicroBlood

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Corrupted Spirits [cS]

N/Me

Although I heard that this can damage your computer(somehow) I decided to try it anyway. I noticed that whenever I set it on high, the fps becomes much better, and less loading lag. But for some reason the priority goes back down to low, why does it do this? Is there anyway to make it stay on realtime?

Gift3d

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

...are you sure you know what cpu priorities even means?

Bowman Artemis

Bowman Artemis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gold Coast, Australia.

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

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Originally Posted by MicroBlood View Post
Although I heard that this can damage your computer(somehow) I decided to try it anyway. I noticed that whenever I set it on high, the fps becomes much better, and less loading lag. But for some reason the priority goes back down to low, why does it do this? Is there anyway to make it stay on realtime?
If it's getting bumped down, that means that other system processes need the CPU time more, basically, Guild Wars is stealing too many system resources and Windows says "stop that, I need to use your computer so that it keeps working" and bumps it down the priority list.

Priority changes are good for small boosts, but really, you need a better system if you want proper performance increases.

Bigger Redd

Bigger Redd

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Demon Dawg Knights [DAWG]

Mo/Me

I think when you change window focus from GW, GW automatically switches to low priority. Returning focus to GW will then return to normal state.