2 hours from now, the 3rd and last beta weekend will start. But as much as I want to attend, I don't see any cause for it. That doesn't mean I'll logon though Reasons for me NOT to play in this beta weekend is pain and simple down to 2 reasons.    1. As always, I don't want to spoil too much of the game by playing extensively in the beta's. Since I 'got into beta' only because I pre-purchased, I'm not really obliged to participate    2. With this beta weekend, the servers have been wiped. This would mean I have to restart all over (my previous char was level 5 *LOL*) for an event that will take only 3 days... Of course, there are reasons to logon for half an hour as well... The above movie is a good example of that. Graphically the game is just stunning (I've said it before and I'll say it again). But up to the previous beta weekends, the graphical processing was handled by the CPU instead of the GPU. It's said that with this beta weekend the GPU will be the graphical handling power (as it should be). This alone is a reason to hobble around for half an hour and see how the performance will be on my system. Though I think it'll run good, I just want to make sure about it. In the past, my FPS didn't come above 15 when 'out in the open' (20 if I was real lucky), and I want to make sure that ArenaNet did keep it's word on the GPU handling. Then there's also that odd toggle of DirectX 9 in the GW2 setup. I understand that when the CPU handles graphics, you can't really implement DX10 or even DX11 (since those are handled by special processors on the GPU), and I hope that with this beta, DX10/11 will be implemented as well.

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