1.18 is great but we still need better optimization of the game.

[Abriael]

i know what you going to say why am i still rocking a gtx 260 when the rec is a gtx 460, well various reasons the first being that all my other games (cysis2, witcher 2, batmanAA etc) work great and i can have most games on default high, and secondly i have a lot of bills to pay so a new gc has to wait:P

Comparing single player games with MMORPGs performance-wise is never a good idea. The number of characters on screen simply varies too broadly.

20 FPS in a crowded area with a medium range PC like yours in a MMORPG with a high end engine is pretty much to be expected.

You might manage to get a bit more juice out of your rig by using gamebooster, but don't expect miracles.

PS: forcing vsync like written in the guide you're following will cap your fps and considerably lower performance (funny that he downloaded rivatuner to do that, considering that both nvidia and ATI cards have it in their settings, anyway, better not to use it if you're already struggling).

[Zephir]

forced vsync limit up and down FPS at a price of a lower high limit

[Esk]

I cant see huge improvements coming in hi player load areas, the level of detail is very hi for a mmo, but more some of the systems they use would need massive changes to reduce it.
The game defiantly has a lot more optimization to be done and a lot that has, but then all mmos do till they are a good 18months old at least.
(look at what EvE is capable of now I remember 50+ man lag fights not 1-2k+)
So with the focus in other areas atm it will take a least a year before we see much imo.

Only advice is if its a 216 core GTX260 you should be looking at a 680-700mhz OC really. (Do not go up past the 680 unless your sure with your Oc'ing)
My bad 216core 260 would hit 700 though and the good one stable over 720 with careful tweaking.

PS: forcing vsync like written in the guide you're following will cap your fps and considerably lower performance (funny that he downloaded rivatuner to do that, considering that both nvidia and ATI cards have it in their settings, anyway, better not to use it if you're already struggling).

That guide looks to be based mostly of the beta settings where vsync forced on and some other things did actually boost fps a little, I've no idea if it is still valid now with the live client though.
(I did personally use it along with other tweaks also with and without the crysis sli trick on my then GTX260's and gain 3+fps (7+fps with sli trick) in most places)