SixthExtinction.6035

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been checking back on this thread since my problem was solved. I see a lot of you saying, "I'll update my drivers to see if that fixes it". This is the complete opposite of what fixed my problem. Go back to my post where I fixed it and read: I did not update my drivers to the latest ones, I DOWNGRADED to older drivers. If you are not trying to play newly released games you have no reason to update your graphics drivers. In fact, it is advised that you do not keep up-to-date with the latest graphics drivers. New drivers are usually just "Game Ready" drivers which add support for newly released games, but something in the update could cause problems with older games. If you noticed performance loss after a driver update, use a program like "Display Driver Uninstaller" to remove all traces of your current drivers, and then download and install the older drivers which didn't cause a problem. Old drivers can be found on the Nvidia site (it might be easier to search for the specific driver version on Google, and then select the Nvidia link).

Downgrading to the old driver version has definitely solved the problem for me. I'm glad it's not a problem with the GW2 client.

It appears this could be a Nvidia driver issue. I was advised to downgrade to an older driver version (version 385.28) and so far I haven't experienced any FPS drops. If I still experience the FPS drops I will update this thread, along with my reddit thread.

Yes, I have the 64-bit client. I've played the game without this problem since launch, and I've used the 64-bit client since it was released.

I should add that over the past 5 years I've never experienced FPS drops like this. I always got FPS drops in large zergs such as in WvW or world boss events, but it would fluctuate depending on what was happening on-screen. I'm getting FPS drops in instances with few players, or even by myself in my home instance. This has been happening since around the time the patch adding DPI Scaling was added as an option. Toggling this option doesn't solve the problem though.

I've been experiencing random FPS drops over the past couple of weeks. One moment it'll be 60fps, the next it will be 8fps (8fps seems to be the magic number it almost always drops to). This can last from a matter of seconds, to several minutes. The frame-rate doesn't fluctuate once it drops, it stays consistently at the same number as if the frame-rate was locked. Sometimes I can go a whole session (several hours) without FPS dropping, other times I get them constantly. What I've done trying to fix it: Set the graphics to lowest.Checked hardware temperatures. Everything was normal.Checked resource usage (CPU, GPU, RAM). Everything was normal, no unusual spikes when FPS dropped.Removed third-party apps (DPS meter, etc.)Reinstalled display drivers (Nvidia)Deleted and redownloaded gw2.datCompletely reinstalled GW2 from scratchCompletely reinstalled Windows 10 from scratchSo far nothing has fixed it, and I'm still experiencing these random FPS drops. At this point I'm thinking it's either a problem with GW2 itself, or it's a problem with my hardware. However, I've run benchmark software to stress my GPU and CPU, and everything ran fine. My specs are: GTX 970i5 4670k8GB DDR3 RAMAny advice or info is appreciated. Other people are experiencing the same problem, see my reddit post for more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/7bsdw2/fps_drops_randomly/ EDIT: Downgrading my Nvidia graphics driver has fixed the problem. Download and use Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) to uninstall your drivers, and then install version 385.28 (can be found here: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/122543/en-us).