Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Thanks for the suggestion. Immediatly tried it out, but the game still freezes after fighting for a while.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition PC performance thread
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shykyoichi
Member
Game worked now! Dunno what happened.
What should be my setting? Low on all?
Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
120 GB Free Space
GeForce GTX 650Ti
i5-3570K @ 3.4GHz
8Gb RAM
What should be my setting? Low on all?
Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
120 GB Free Space
GeForce GTX 650Ti
i5-3570K @ 3.4GHz
8Gb RAM
Thanks, guys. This is kind of sad news but not unexpected. I'm getting an Xbox One next month, so it's not a complete travesty.
texhnolyze
Banned
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
So I tried putting the game in Fullscreen mode. That did change some things; for the first time ever I was able to reach the end of the battle. However, it crashed when I did. With an error sign this time. It's not much, but a lot more handy then "simply" freezing.
I'm happy to hear someone fixed their issues. Didn't work for myself, unfortunately.
Inkvoterad
Member
I'm gonna try that now, but im wondering what those visual losses are, think i'll just try the first tip.
I did both, and it didn't change anything for me. Im not even sure if the user config file even work. I could still see motion blur.
Getting 30 FPS on my laptop with a mix of high/ultra settings (almost all high, mesh is ultra, textures Fade Touched, tesselation is medium, one other medium setting, no MSAA). Will start tweaking the settings tonight to see if I can raise it but overall with a game like this that's fine.
GTX 675MX
i7-3630QM @ 2.4GHz
8 GB ram
1080p
GTX 675MX
i7-3630QM @ 2.4GHz
8 GB ram
1080p
Change Ambient Occlusion to Quality in you drivers.
Maybe it will help.It was the same with BF3 and 4 and with Garden Warfare and if I am not mistaken it is same engine.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I dont know what it will do for performance, but ill definitely be turning of motion blur and DoF jsut because I hate them. Thanks for this
So I made it through the prologue pretty much pegged at 60fps. However, once I got to Haven I now see fps between 45 and 60. I'd like to keep it at 60. It looks like I can do so by turning off MSAA but I'd love to keep that on if I could. Is there any other costly effect that I could turn off to keep it at 60?
i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz
8 gigs DDR3
EVGA 970 FTW
Windows 7 64bit
Borderless windowed
vsync off
I used automatic which was everything set to max except:
Tessallation: High
MSAA 2x
Latest Nvidia drivers from yesterday.
i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz
8 gigs DDR3
EVGA 970 FTW
Windows 7 64bit
Borderless windowed
vsync off
I used automatic which was everything set to max except:
Tessallation: High
MSAA 2x
Latest Nvidia drivers from yesterday.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Is the 30 fps cutscene lock fixed/removed?
mugurumakensei
Member
Lock is not removed by default and also still cutscene stuttering.
Even if you turn stuff way down, high NPC areas (e.g. Haven) will still sink your framerate by 10-20. Effects seem to be best candidate to turn down to High.
Hmm. I'll give that a shot. Turning off MSAA gives me 65+ fps in the areas I was getting 50 so that definitely helps. I'll have to do some comparisons on effects maxed vs lower.
Dalibor_San
Member
So...anyone getting extensive flickering on ground and sometimes mountains in the prologue area with SLI enabled?(GTX 970)
It is very distracting and kind of ruins the immersion...even more so then the cutscene stutter.I would like to maintain 60FPS however It seems that would be impossible on a single card once I reach the bigger areas.
I'm running everything Ultra,besides Post Process effects to High and 2xMSAA and getting locked 60FPS.(locked with EVGA)
I7 5820K@4.3GHZ
16GB DDR4@2133MHZ
G1 GTX 970 SLI
Windows 8.1
344.75
It is very distracting and kind of ruins the immersion...even more so then the cutscene stutter.I would like to maintain 60FPS however It seems that would be impossible on a single card once I reach the bigger areas.
I'm running everything Ultra,besides Post Process effects to High and 2xMSAA and getting locked 60FPS.(locked with EVGA)
I7 5820K@4.3GHZ
16GB DDR4@2133MHZ
G1 GTX 970 SLI
Windows 8.1
344.75
I'll try this tonight when I get home seeing as I absolutely hate DoF and Motion Blur and immediately put that to low before even starting the game once. So off completely would be nice.
I've also tried the command line, though I haven't tried it with the render ahead segment yet, but it didn't do anything for me. 60 wouldn't matter since my rig can maintain that, but even setting it to 30 did nothing at all. FPS was still jumping all around between 30-60 depending on the area. I would like to just lock the game in at 30 but I also don't feel like dealing with another program to force it.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Anyone else been getting driver crashes with most recent Nvidia drivers?
During certain cutscenes, I get random CTDs, with the driver directX error being listed as the cause during the error popup. The driver stops working (and recovers), but the game hard-locks during that second of crash.
Don't recall it happening prior to the new drivers.
During certain cutscenes, I get random CTDs, with the driver directX error being listed as the cause during the error popup. The driver stops working (and recovers), but the game hard-locks during that second of crash.
Don't recall it happening prior to the new drivers.
maabus1999
Member
This seems to be pretty common (happened to me) where Mantle is currently unplayable. I get good enough performance out of D3D that I'm not chomping at the bit though.
molnizzle
Member
After roughly 12 hours of testing I've settled on what I believe to be the optimal settings for my system. My goal was to maximize IQ as far as my hardware could push it whilst retaining a perfect refresh of 30fps. Dips of any kind were not tolerated regardless of what was happening on screen. This is a rock-the-fuck solid config on my system.
Hopefully this helps someone!
My Hardware:
Display Settings (in-game):
Graphics Settings (in-game):
Nvidia Inspector Settings:
Shortcut Addendum:
Notes:
Hopefully this helps someone!
My Hardware:
i5-4570 (3.2 GHz)
GTX 770 (2GB)
8GB DDR3 1600
7200RPM HDD
Panasonic ST30 (50" plasma)
Xbox One controller
GTX 770 (2GB)
8GB DDR3 1600
7200RPM HDD
Panasonic ST30 (50" plasma)
Xbox One controller
Display Settings (in-game):
Fullscreen Mode: Fullscreen
Resolution: 1920x1080 59.94Hz
Vertical Sync: Off
Resolution: 1920x1080 59.94Hz
Vertical Sync: Off
Graphics Settings (in-game):
Resolution Scale: 100
Graphics Quality: Custom
Mesh Quality: Ultra
Tessellation Quality: Medium
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: Ultra
Terrain Quality: High
Vegetation Quality: Ultra
Water Quality: Medium
Post-Process Quality: High
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Effects Quality: High
Post-Process Antialiasing: Off
Multisample Antialiasing: 2x MSAA
Graphics Quality: Custom
Mesh Quality: Ultra
Tessellation Quality: Medium
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: Ultra
Terrain Quality: High
Vegetation Quality: Ultra
Water Quality: Medium
Post-Process Quality: High
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Effects Quality: High
Post-Process Antialiasing: Off
Multisample Antialiasing: 2x MSAA
Nvidia Inspector Settings:
Antialiasing - Mode: Enhance the application setting
Antialiasing - Setting: 2x [2x Multisampling]
Antialiasing - Transparency Multisampling: Disabled
Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling: 2x Supersampling
NVIDIA Predefined FXAA Usage: Allowed
Toggle FXAA on or off: On
Anisotropic filtering mode: User-defined / Off
Anisotropic filtering setting: 12x
Texture filtering - Quality: Quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: On
Vertical Sync Tear Control: Adaptive
Vertical Sync: 1/2 Refresh Rate
(all other options set to Nvidia defaults)
Antialiasing - Setting: 2x [2x Multisampling]
Antialiasing - Transparency Multisampling: Disabled
Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling: 2x Supersampling
NVIDIA Predefined FXAA Usage: Allowed
Toggle FXAA on or off: On
Anisotropic filtering mode: User-defined / Off
Anisotropic filtering setting: 12x
Texture filtering - Quality: Quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: On
Vertical Sync Tear Control: Adaptive
Vertical Sync: 1/2 Refresh Rate
(all other options set to Nvidia defaults)
Shortcut Addendum:
"...\DragonAgeInquisition.exe" -GameTime.MaxSimFps 30 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 30+ -RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2
Notes:
The redundant 2x MSAA in Inspector may not be doing anything, but it didn't affect performance so I left it in.
My goal with Inspector's AA settings was to get the 2x Transparency Supersampling working. I cannot say with certainty that it is, but again, the performance hit was negligible.
FXAA gets a bad rap due to the low quality of the injectors that first used it. Nvidia's FXAA implementation is much better. Blur is negligible, about the same as SMAA. This is true when playing on a big screen from 2-3m away, at least.
More importantly, FXAA provides better IQ with a lower performance hit than the in-game "post-process antialiasing" setting.
Anisotropic filtering at 12x/Quality is perfectly for the living room environment. And by "perfectly fine" I really mean "you'd think it was 16x/High Quality if I didn't tell you."
I'm still not 100% content with the antialiasing in this config, but aside from downsampling from 3840x2160 there doesn't seem to be a better option. The performance hit for the in-game 4x MSAA is far too high for only marginally improved IQ.
My goal with Inspector's AA settings was to get the 2x Transparency Supersampling working. I cannot say with certainty that it is, but again, the performance hit was negligible.
FXAA gets a bad rap due to the low quality of the injectors that first used it. Nvidia's FXAA implementation is much better. Blur is negligible, about the same as SMAA. This is true when playing on a big screen from 2-3m away, at least.
More importantly, FXAA provides better IQ with a lower performance hit than the in-game "post-process antialiasing" setting.
Anisotropic filtering at 12x/Quality is perfectly for the living room environment. And by "perfectly fine" I really mean "you'd think it was 16x/High Quality if I didn't tell you."
I'm still not 100% content with the antialiasing in this config, but aside from downsampling from 3840x2160 there doesn't seem to be a better option. The performance hit for the in-game 4x MSAA is far too high for only marginally improved IQ.
porkchopexpress
Member
The new nvidia driver bumped my avg FPS to 38.2
thank you kind sir, i will try this now, i dont want to lower post processing, i just dont like motionblur ;D
So I tried putting the game in Fullscreen mode. That did change some things; for the first time ever I was able to reach the end of the battle. However, it crashed when I did. With an error sign this time. It's not much, but a lot more handy then "simply" freezing.
I'm happy to hear someone fixed their issues. Didn't work for myself, unfortunately.
I got this exact same CTD with my 780 Classified during the
Pride Demon
Complistic
Member
So disabling fraps and the origin overlay game me a massive fps boost and the stuttering is gone. (except for the cutscenes.) So happy. Was there a work around for the cutscene fps?
nvm It was easy enough to google.
-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60+
nvm It was easy enough to google.
-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60+
You have the option in Origin to add command line arguments directly
exemple:
and yes people seem to be playing with those command. See if it helps
I haven't got the game yet myself, but I am very familiar with the DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error unfortunately.
This used to happen to me on all Frosbite engine games that I own (BF4, PvZ, BF Hardline beta) exclusively.
People told to underclock the graphics card, increase voltages, re-install directx, reinstall windows, etc. but nothing worked. I then flashed my graphics card's (gigabyte GTX 780 ti) BIOS to a newer version and guess what - no more error in any of those games apart from PvZ which still occasionally crashes with that error. In ~20 hours of BF4 gameplay since flashing, not a single error.
My suggestion is to check if there's an updated GPU bios version available for users who are getting this error and flash the bios. Don't flash the gpu bios unless you know what you're doing.
This used to happen to me on all Frosbite engine games that I own (BF4, PvZ, BF Hardline beta) exclusively.
People told to underclock the graphics card, increase voltages, re-install directx, reinstall windows, etc. but nothing worked. I then flashed my graphics card's (gigabyte GTX 780 ti) BIOS to a newer version and guess what - no more error in any of those games apart from PvZ which still occasionally crashes with that error. In ~20 hours of BF4 gameplay since flashing, not a single error.
My suggestion is to check if there's an updated GPU bios version available for users who are getting this error and flash the bios. Don't flash the gpu bios unless you know what you're doing.
I'm pretty sure it's a conflict between RTSS and Origin overlay. I had the problem huge in BF4 and slightly in Dragon age. Turning off RTSS removes the stutter. I recently turned off the Origin overlay so I'll be trying RTSS again.
Sanctuary
Member
Haven't really had much in the way of technical issues (aside from the random teleporting/flickering actor model in the background during cutscenes), but my god this game has some of the worst loading times I've seen since the original The Witcher before the patch that changed all of the 30s - 60s loading times to around 2s. There's absolutely no reason for it to be taking as long to load as it does.
Are you using an HDD or SSD because my loading on my SSD is pretty short. 10-15 seconds tops when transitioning areas.
I've got a custom bios on my 780, so not sure there will be a newer version :/.
You could play it on PS4, but if you have a capable PC, I would recommend PC.
Your choice. If you have a better hardware on PC, then go for it. Otherwise, PS4. Both versions are fine.
huh?? wat exactly is wrong with 30s to 45s load times?
doesn't sound too long to me on a mechanical drive
Leatherface
Member
Hey guys I'm trying to enable the framerate to be displayed in game via the console but the command posted isn't working. perfoverlay.drawfps 1 right?
What am I doing wrong here? It doesn't seem to recognize the command.
What am I doing wrong here? It doesn't seem to recognize the command.
UnrealEck
Member
What does this command do?
If you type 'perf' and hit tab it will show a list of commands starting with 'perf.' Then if you type the next part and hit tab again like 'perf' tab 'draw' tab 'fps' it'll fill it in for you.
But I see what you're doing wrong. The boolean or qualifier is not '1' it's either 'true' or 'false', the former being used to turn FPS counter on and the latter to turn it off. So it'll be 'perfoverlay.drawfps true'
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Looks like were crashing at the exact same battle. I doubt that's a coincidence.
Did a clean driver install and uninstalled Inquisition. I'll try again tommorow, when the game officialy releases in the EU.
Thanks for the suggestion. However, I can't for the live of me find the location of where I could download a possible new version. Any idea?
MSI GTX770 2GB Lightning. Couldn't find it on MSI's official site.
Thanks so much for this! Great bit of info. I totally agree that the FXAA implementation from the Nvidia CP is usually beter than what's found in game. I'm going to give that a shot. Did you find that forcing AF in the Nvidia CP improves IQ in the game?
Leatherface
Member
perfect, thanks. The post I read had it with that info was wrong I guess.
I don't think you can. Someone asked earlier in the thread and that was the response I saw.