How To Get Good Framerate & Graphics In Guild Wars 2!

[@MightyTeapot]

So good we uploaded it twice! (The previous version had a misspoken word that made it a bit confusing on a very important setting)

[@nian60]

Thanks for clarifying. I thought I was going loopy, because I could have sworn I had watched this video already.

[@Deviantloverable]

it rly says lot about you :) Perfectionist much !

[@thisiskitta]

I have one thing to note for WvW settings. I do not personally recommend lowest model limit as you lose the enemy zerg's correct position since you cannot see their models and it has personally been a world of difference for me when I went from using lowest to using medium instead. I can physically see where their characters are which is very important when you're being pushed on by the enemy. Model quality is the first one I will lower. Usually when I wvw it's model limit medium and model quality low or medium depending on how big the groups are. Also this video reminds me how much I wish Anet would implement custom graphic settings presets like they already have the backend code for. Imagine if we could make our settings for sPvP, WvW, open world pve, instanced pve, etc all their own individual custom presets you can simply swap through a drop down menu instead of having to manually swap.

[@RbDaP]

I just use my lag, the REBOND and gunpowder sounds and occasional symbol on ground to know where enemy Zerg are (jk)

[@westcoastwarriorsarchive7929]

It is kind of amusing the first few times getting bowled over by a huge swarm of floating nametags

[@darensmusicthing7264]

Wow two framerate guides in one week! Pog

[@MageSkeleton]

Effect LOD had me confused for a while, so i want it ON because then it helps my framerate. i think i got it. i also bring a message from the future for if somehow anyone reads this comment. DIRECTX ELEVEN will be the default DO NOT check the box (5:57) as it is replaced with "Enable DIRECTX NINE" and you want Eleven.

[@AnalogX64]

When "Guild Wars 2" was being developed and eventually released in 2012, it used DirectX 9 instead of the then-modern DirectX 11 for several reasons: 1. Broader Compatibility: DirectX 9 offered broader compatibility with a wide range of hardware and operating systems, including older ones. This was important for ensuring that the game could reach a larger audience, as not all players would have had systems capable of supporting DirectX 11, especially considering that Windows XP, which did not support DirectX 11, was still widely used at the time. 2. Development Focus: The development of "Guild Wars 2" began several years before its release. At that time, DirectX 11 was not yet the standard, and focusing on DirectX 9 allowed the developers to concentrate on other innovative aspects of the game, such as its dynamic event system and massive multiplayer features, without the added complexity and resource demands of implementing DirectX 11 features. 3. Performance Considerations: DirectX 9 was more mature and well-understood, which likely made it easier for the developers to optimize the game's performance. Ensuring smooth gameplay on a variety of systems was crucial for a massively multiplayer online game like "Guild Wars 2." 4. Resource Allocation: Developing for a newer DirectX version would have required additional resources and development time. By using DirectX 9, ArenaNet could allocate more resources towards content creation, gameplay design, and stability. While DirectX 11 offered advanced graphics features and improved performance for those with compatible hardware, the decision to use DirectX 9 was likely driven by a desire to balance graphical fidelity with accessibility and performance across a wide range of systems. This approach is common in the gaming industry, where developers must often make trade-offs between the latest technology and the practicalities of the market and their player base.

[@ok_listen]

Teapot you make my heart go 120fps

[@LokiTheAnsuz]

Hey! I was going to comment that!

[@bloodthirstyworks]

Lalalala la

[@westcoastwarriorsarchive7929]

You might want to get that looked at

[@dzzenok4136]

you need to go see a doctor bud or a morgue cause you'll be dead soon

[@lightofthesevenstars]

the final tip about geforce now saved my life, i was able to play at high settings and get good fps on mac. Now i’m building my own pc and if it can’t run gw2 well, it’s good to know that i have geforce now as a backup plan

[@Unapologeticweeb]

Performance is still the biggest problem this game has solo and story wise max settings work try this on a world boss or meta event And you are going to be looking at a slide show if you don't instantly set character limit and character detail to low or medium

[@Berniz123]

Great guide! Tho I still had frame drops after doing all of this. What made a huge diff for me was installing dx12 through unofficial add on manager. This was a game changer on my ryzen 5400 with 3080.

[@fluxx7217]

Dx12 ? Is that new?

[@Valco..]

@@fluxx7217 It's not new, it's a community made add-on

[@Erix2k]

Glad to see your comment! this is the solution that helped me!

[@Farligakurt]

Great vid. havnt't played gw2 for a while but tried out the new xpac and thought it felt a lil laggy when alot of players was on screen (around 30-40 fps). turned on DX11 and now it never dropps below 70

[@semafreak]

Lies

[@Sevenics]

*(Reuploaded to fix a few errors)* Re-Thumbed up for fixing the few errors.

[@victorruas1463]

Why the DX11 option does not appear, only DX9 appears in my settings? Does anyone know why? Thanks

[@sadvsam]

Dx11 now is automatically enabled

[@DaFunkz]

I really hope we one day get game mode specific graphics settings as well as dynamic settings a culling.

[@tecqnize3274]

if you still have low FPS you can also lower your render sampling.

[@equinox5306]

I thought i went completely crazy after i couldnt find the video again

[@096anthony]

Very good guide, thanks :) DX11 is really effective : i went from 40 to 80 FPS

[@dridri6452]

EDIT : but useless for End of Dragons

[@MrJueKa]

on my AMD PC desktop system (5600X CPU + RX 6700 XT 12GB GPU + 32GB RAM) bought in 2021 I`m playing GW2 with up to 140 FPS in 2024 with very good in-game settings

[@jorgeluisborges934]

hey tyvm! especially the DX11 rendering. i have an old GPU and didnt think it would support DX11 but it definitely kept my FPS from plummeting in situations

[@westcoastwarriorsarchive7929]

directx11 is surprisingly old. You only have to worry if your computer was bought pre 2012 and you somehow have gone 14 years without upgrading your gpu.

[@realdragon]

I will try out those options and maybe I will have stable 15 fps EDIT: So i tested to have playable farmerate for mashed potatoes laptops the biggest difference is resolution, GW2 already sets everything to low or lowest but not the resolution, make sure the resolution is same aspect ratio as your monitor. My monitor is 1920x1080 but I play at 1280x720 the quality change isn't that big but more than half pixels aren't rendered. Also for some reason full screen works better than window view

[@IBradFrazer]

While these settings can somewhat help, the fact is Guild Wars 2 is beyond unoptimized. I know someone with a 3090 who is lucky to get 45fps on medium graphics. If he is doing zerg content, he averages 25fps. I had a GTX 1080 and was getting the same results, which proves the problem isn't hardware-related. Well, at least not GPU hardware. The game is all CPU.

[@syncopatedglory]

thank you! had no idea about geforce now, gonna go check that out. loved the bit with the egg owo

[@MikkiZHskDK]

the issue is that the game is run via CPU and not GPU so a good graphic card doesnt get you anything, my girlfriend has a better CPU but a very bad 980 graphic card and can run this at fluid 60 fps ultra settings while me at 1080ti cant even run at 40 in town

[@amennono379]

By far the best FPS increase you can get is by windowing the game and playing it on smaller window size or going into windows display settings -> scale and layout -> Advanced scaling settings and setting it to 200% or even 300% for big dick FPS. The rest of the windows interface will be pepega tho, so dont over do it.

[@speedsquishstupid]

I've played since launch and there are a couple things about the framerate that always come up: 1) I have the latest XXXXX video card, why dont I get descent frame rates? --> Many of the settings are CPU intensive not GPU intensive. You will get "better" framerates, but not what you are expecting. 2) The game is using (I believe) a modified version of the original Crytek engine as it started development back in 2007. It has never been good at rendering other players on the screen, especially a lot of other characters. I can pull 120+ fps on max settings most anywhere in the PVE world, but as soon as I get into an intensive fight in WVW, that framerate will drop to 15 fps unless I disable shadows, drop shader and texture quality, and put both character model settings on low or med. 3) The un-official DX12 mod dramatically increases framerates as it (finally) moves the rendering to the GPU, which fixes most of the issues (which is why i can pull 120fps.)

[@IkBenSampo]

Thanks the game performs better than i do now :(

[@garregalen83]

How to i logg in to my gw2 account in Nvidia Now? When i play gw2 in Nvidia Now its only on a new account.

[@fufu1405]

I have a feeling most graphics settings don’t matter that much, because the game is so CPU dependent.

[@noobydoo3433]

can you use arcdps in dx11?

[@antoniodeb94]

I am from the Future! DX11 is enabled now c:

[@AgallochBR]

How is enable DX 11?

[@johnrupesh4535]

Thanks a ton for the video.

[@RogueCheddar]

I have it all maxed ultra, my MSI RX 6750 XT seems to handling it all just fine. FPS well above 60, probably toggle down when I hit the big mobs, but until then I'll just enjoy the eye candy.

[@henkerita1471]

What you guys raccoment for a sistem of a i-5 4750 hd graphics 4600 16gbram ddr3 and a ssd? im downloading the game and i would like to know if i can play it with a decent look.

[@Schwifty303]

For all of the people complaining with 3080s and all that jazz.. Teapot explained very clearly that you will NOT run this game at all ultra anyway.. watch the video again, turn on your brain and stop shit talking the game please. Even budget rigs are able to play comfortably so its clearly you and not the game! Thanks for the lovely content Teapot! ^^

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

I remember before I could run this on max settings np but now days something is wrong.

[@The_Conundrum_Crew]

When the game first came out it ran much better and I was on my laptop, while now I am on a better PC that is a desktop. I think they just let it slide for so long it got bloated with unoptimized stuff. It reminds me of how bad Tera got.

[@meimphisto]

Game engine just sucks and refuses to use GPU,because it only uses like 2 cores the only way to get high fps in this game is to have high-end CPU with very good single core performance.I have same FPS at 4k vs 1080p because at 4k it uses my GPU while on 1080p is like on 30% utilization.

[@majked]

awsome video, i never understood those options, and i was always confuse in raid with way too many bright skill and loosing my mouse in it xD, Thanks bag of tea

[@user-bu7nv9gn4o]

This was amazing thank you so much

[@costanick]

Thx Teapot, great video. Still have to turn Render Sampling to: subsample when I'm not solo. If i turn on dx11 my fps are much worse. Haven't heard of anybody else with this problem. Could it be because I don't have a dedicated GPU (yet ;_; ) in my new pc?

[@waveymane]

aaah sir teapot attenborough, my favourite narrator

[@nic3shoot211]

and what is the conclusion from the video?

[@AJ-te7jx]

Horribly optimized game. Even in 2022 high end machines it's a nightmare.

[@dridri6452]

Yeah even my 3070 strugle with this ....

[@simu1153]

kinda new on this. is 35fps consistent is good or bad?

[@uhohoreo430]

thats what i have. trying to fix it.

[@MrLutharr]

i got zero performance increase from dx11. sad times

[@mitiadim]

Very usefull many many Thanks =)

[@z0mb1e564]

Why would they have upgraded to DX11 in 2021? Wouldn't DX12 or Vulcan have been better.?

[@Vovi-Knight]

i have never seen my frames go to 70 fps, after this it immidiately did and my laptop has a middle of the pack beast of a graphics card i shutter to think what would happen to my frames if ray tracing became a feature rip the frames

[@hellan7344]

Ty you absolute gigachad

[@kkikkei2828]

Is it just me or does the reflections off look better than on?

[@NotDiiZE]

i run ultra, even with all Players on. i get 140fps. on my old 1080 TI. only time i got under 60 is big world bosses. i get down to 30fps. but other then that. i always sit at 120/170fps. average of 140.

[@janveenstra3929]

Does 32gb of ram help you or??? Is 16 far enough

[@yourface8485]

32gb of ram will not do you any good for this or any other game.

[@janveenstra3929]

@@yourface8485 thanks for answering pal :)

[@DaFunkz]

Unfortunately my PC stutters like hell on new maps no matter what settings I turn down, even though the fps itself is playable.

[@Gr_ywind]

Bought a quite powerful rig in the fall and just did the EoD Meta for the first time, was sitting on the lowest settings, INCLUDING down sampling, with a juicy 15 frames per second. All the while my rig was idling at 20% usage the entire time.. Who the actual fuck optimized this, or should I say tried to. This is completely unacceptable. I can run any new title with solid performance but this title just doesn't function. To say I have buyers remorse is the understatement of the bloody century. 🤮

[@Velakor9150]

they using a tweaked engine that's from guild wars 1.. so it's like 15 years old. it's absolute dogshit and only uses 2 cores on cpu.

[@zak2005]

Well i just started playing so the timing of this video is very good

[@manictiger]

If you're still using an HDD or you've not gotten your RAM to 3000mhz 16gb (preferably 3600mhz or higher and 32gb)... And if you already have a pretty modern video card that's high up on the videocardbenchmark site... And your CPU is pretty good... Fix the SSD and RAM problem. It is absolutely the bottleneck. You will go from 20fps in boss fights to 40fps after the upgrade.

[@manictiger]

Just to add: the reason you might want the 32gb, is that games tend to page the hard drive a lot. Too much paging on an SSD might hurt its performance, introduce errors and lower its lifespan. SSD and RAM work together, like a roof and a gutter. You want both of them to be optimal. SSDs also just really cheap. My mind was blown to see a 500gb SSD for 28 bucks. If it burns out in 3 years, it'll be the best 10 dollar a year subscription I ever had.

[@automobilership9888]

No game should run at 5 fps with high-end specs on lowest settings. Good guide, but no settings changes can fix this mess of a game.

[@IceCommander1111]

But in reality, Ping are the biggest problems we keep hearing.

[@ihrverarscht9336]

thanks love u

[@Elite7555]

6:00 Now Dx11 is the only available renderer and performance is still shit.

[@Velakor9150]

thing is, no matter what settings or how powerful your rig is. you're never going to run this game well. the game is using such an old and crap engine it just doesn't utilize resources well. have a 3080? doesn't matter. it's going to use 10% of its power. I'm on a 9600k and a gtx 1080, get 20% gpu usage & 60% cpu in wvw on the settings Teapot uses and still drops to 30-40fps in zerg vs zerg. Open world isn't to bad, as long as you aren't in a zerg of course. They really should have gone DX12 so they could have implemented DLSS and FSR.

[@Alran109]

Step one: Turn on DX11 beta. Step two: prosper

[@Vujkan]

well explained,but lets be honest i have last gen cpu intel and RTX 30+ series and this game in massive fight is terrible!So game is not optimized after 12 yo and Arenanet still not fix this problem and what i see there is no plan to fix that problem!Probably working on something new!

[@isaacgarcia2979]

And most importantly, have a good CPU and GPU!

[@beneteus3833]

here we go again

[@freeNode5]

my framerate was fantastic, until I switched from an i7 to an i9 :/

[@yourface8485]

You must mean a newer one...with P cores etc. I mean anything less than 12th gen this wouldn't make sense that a i9 would run worse than i7.

[@freeNode5]

@@yourface8485 no clue what this thing is, but i had to turn off turbo-boost because it was crashing, even with a 1kW psu

[@yourface8485]

@@freeNode5 That's not normal. It's something up with your specific system. Turning off turbo boost would cripple performance. If it's a 12th gen proc, maybe GW2 doesn't like the way the P cores and E cores work. Talk to Arenanet maybe?

[@utubekoray]

Thankkkkk youuuuuuuu so muchhhhhh

[@officialovercoming]

The juiciest settings!!! 😂😂😂

[@HeroOfTheWeb]

12900k + 3080 TI FTW3 ULTRA (DX11) @ 1440p I have to essentially hook the GPU up to a reactor. . . . . . . . . . 100 FPS lolol this game

[@HeroOfTheWeb]

Ok nm I'm trying different locations. Aurene's Pool - 245 FPS / room before where everyone gathers up 145-185 FPS Verdant Brink Jungle - 145-245 FPS (varies wildly) Amnoon - 115 FPS I just came back to the game so we'll see how this goes in the xpac

[@ashantharantha6654]

Me just auto detect and play in potato laptop

[@westcoastwarriorsarchive7929]

Massive resolution screens with no graphics card... Looking at YOU apple!

[@petejp6189]

And yet Im still lacking due 290 ping all time 🤣

[@yukimizuno4046]

lets be honest this only if you got a crap pc idk why i got this recomended wen i was trying to search what lod did

[@johnpratts2856]

Looks like I need a better GPU!

[@TopBadge]

GPU actually has very little impact on this games performance.

[@kaibe5241]

This game is fucking awful for perforamnce. Decided to test it out on my new 3080 Ti, max settings, still can't get above 45 fps regularly and regular drops down to less than 20 fps. Absolutely shocking lol

[@rodolphethomas732]

Ok, for have a best frame rate, reduce graphic. ok captain obvious

[@mariablanco8678]

Don't have a ten year old computer

[@Partyaner]

LoL that game can run on toster... I have mediocer pc and i run evrything on max... Its like 170+- FPS On masive world boss fights its like 50 to 80.. And i am talking about 100+ players

[@boazon2049]

Just buy a 4K gaming computer and you can max out all settings and hit 130fps at 5120x1440 like me 😂

[@BigChilla420]

Optimization what they need to figure out before this next expansion sucks having 1999 looking player models during PVP and fix my damn Norn girls mouth its all jacked up.