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They just released an article about optimization for GW2 and being as I just built a rig for a friend specifically for GW2 I figured I would try to help him get the most performance out of it.
They posted this chart

And I was wondering what "other drivers" would be referring to that run so much better than the 301.42 drivers?
 

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Where did you get the graph? That fps disparity seems a little hard to believe.
This.

"Other drivers" being beta drivers maybe?
 

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tbh i dont think a different driver could create such a big gap in game performance with how far a long the drivers are these days
 

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The graphs and whole article seems quite meaningless with no differentiation of resolution and gfx settings from the user pool. If the game is not optimized for the latest nvidia driver..... um.
 

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The graphs and whole article seems quite meaningless with no differentiation of resolution and gfx settings from the user pool. If the game is not optimized for the latest nvidia driver..... um.
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The graphs and whole article seems quite meaningless with no differentiation of resolution and gfx settings from the user pool. If the game is not optimized for the latest nvidia driver..... um.
That's my thought on it
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The graphs and whole article seems quite meaningless with no differentiation of resolution and gfx settings from the user pool. If the game is not optimized for the latest nvidia driver..... um.
Uhhh shouldn't that be the other way around?
Generally you optimize a driver for a game, not a game for a driver.
 

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Uhhh shouldn't that be the other way around?
Generally you optimize a driver for a game, not a game for a driver.
Well i've never made a game or a driver, but a game on this scale should not perform so low compared to "other" (older) drivers. Usually after the game is released the video card company will optimize its new driver to perform better. Arena net's pitch of the article is that they have been optimizing the game. Maybe they got the colors wrong in the graph.
 

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Well i've never made a game or a driver, but a game on this scale should not perform so low compared to "other" (older) drivers. Usually after the game is released the video card company will optimize its new driver to perform better. Arena net's pitch of the article is that they have been optimizing the game. Maybe they got the colors wrong in the graph.
No, the graph is correct. The 301.42 driver is said to have known issues with GW2, so they recommend getting the 304.79 beta instead.
 

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In few weeks there will be a new driver who will optimise performance in Gw2.: source: guildwars2guru.com

They've recognised driver 301.xx is not recommended for playing Gw2. - Arena Net

I've tested 305.67 and was great. I will do more tests Saturday morning.
 

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In few weeks there will be a new driver who will optimise performance in Gw2.: source: guildwars2guru.com
They've recognised driver 301.xx is not recommended for playing Gw2. - Arena Net
I've tested 305.67 and was great. I will do more tests Saturday morning.
Is this running stable for you? What card do you have? I saw another post that someone with a 660ti was having a lot of crashing issues with the beta drivers. edit: That was with the WHQL 660ti drivers, nevermind.
 

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the beta drivers have been fantastic for me, I highly recommend them. I was having issues with many games until I switche to them. (SR3, Arkham City, Assorted shooters)
 

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Using a 500 series NVidia card, when I was able to get into a couple of the stress tests this week, the launcher for GW2 actually recommended I switch from the 301.42 to the Beta 304.79. I ran this without issue the two times I've played thus far.
 

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I'm on 304.48 right now. Will try both that and 304.79.
 

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Is this running stable for you? What card do you have? I saw another post that someone with a 660ti was having a lot of crashing issues with the beta drivers. edit: That was with the WHQL 660ti drivers, nevermind.
I hve GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme and my settings were full with Supersampling on. Worst in WvW inside keeps ive had 25 fps but i havent felt the lag and average was 40 even we were sieging.

 
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