Thanks so much for all your imput! :-) I'm really not good with computers but I'll try my best to work through everything. First we need to know you graphiccard if we go into more details if it is just an internal Intel GPU this might explain a lot.But in general to increase performance you can do this : 1.)Download ccleaner or similar tool to clean your registry2.) Do you have an SSD?3.) How hot does your laptop get ? if the fan run on max all the time use a vacuum cleaner to pull all the dust out. In summer most laptop run way to hot in general I use an external cooler for this. This increase drastically the performance because if the laptop gets hot the system reduce its performance to avoid overheating.4.) Type in your program search 'msconfig' then go -> start -> advanced options -> set the max numbers of cpus at start 5.) Play with the graphics settings in game when you have a NVIDIA card you can also use settings externally NIVIDIA icon-> System Control-> Program Settings -> add -> choose Gw2 you might need to wait a moment. Most impact has the texture filter setting which is by default on high quality.6.) if it works for you , you can also try the add-on dx912pxy which use dx12 instead of dx97.) you might increase you ram to 16gb if you can. I have an Intel® HD Graphics 630 and a NVIDEA GeForce GTX 1050 The laptop doesn't really get hot - the fans only sometimes get louder, that's all. I've already added GW2 to my NVIDEA list.