MaddenNFL64
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We need a fricken optimization guide. best balance of IQ & frames. Or does it exist already somewhere?
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Dragon Age: Inquisition PC performance thread
- Thread starter Krappadizzle
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We need a fricken optimization guide. best balance of IQ & frames. Or does it exist already somewhere?
Just tried setting almost everything to low or off if applicable just to see if that would help and it didn't. My FPS jumped to a solid 60 as one would expect, but the freezing still occurred every 15 seconds or so. Not sure what to do now and it's incredibly disruptive to the experience.
I wish AMD would do those awesome optimization guides that Nvidia releases for every game they partner with.
- FX 8350 @ 4.3ghz
- GTX 580 SLI (1.5GB VRAM)
- 16GB RAM
Set everything to high (didn't see much of a difference from Ultra at first glance) and disabled AA. I'm getting 60fps with some dips to 50/55.
I'm ok with this at the moment. It will probably tank when I reach an open area though.
By the way, I'm getting some flickering in the ground too. It's totally an SLI issue.
- GTX 580 SLI (1.5GB VRAM)
- 16GB RAM
Set everything to high (didn't see much of a difference from Ultra at first glance) and disabled AA. I'm getting 60fps with some dips to 50/55.
I'm ok with this at the moment. It will probably tank when I reach an open area though.
By the way, I'm getting some flickering in the ground too. It's totally an SLI issue.
UnrealEck
Member
Caved and bought it. Only been in the starting area and ran a little ahead out into the icy area at the very start. Getting 60 FPS (I capped it) but the only drops I am seeing come from some weird stutter every 20 seconds or so. I'm not sure what's causing it.
Other than this stuttering crap it seems to be running VERY well. On par with BF4.
Yes, I think you're getting the same thing as me. How much main memory do you have?
Other than this stuttering crap it seems to be running VERY well. On par with BF4.
Yes, I think you're getting the same thing as me. How much main memory do you have?
MaddenNFL64
Member
MaddenNFL64
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hbao
UnrealEck
Member
Well I thought it might be a lack of RAM. I only have 6GB. Probably not that then.
I hope it's not that Denuvo protection that's constantly scanning and changing things.
Possibly VRAM then. My VRAM usage was never getting near the amount I have on the card though which is weird.
Yup, I have 16gigs and it says I have 5gigs free, 5 cached and 10 available. CPU usage bounces around from 48-56% while freezing so it isn't massive CPU spikes.
MaddenNFL64
Member
Hope this new driver helps. but 5% boost... geez.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Ugh, crash after crash. Can't keep the game up and running for more than a few minutes before the screen freezes, and then the audio cuts out. 
But HBAO is more intensive right? SSAO if you want to gain some framerate?
MaddenNFL64
Member
Ya, lower it, but your shadows get less shadowy I guess.
Same. What's up with that. Sapphire 3gb OC edition. And I installed latest drivers.
Game is not running very smooth at all. In the girls is normal 30-40, sometimes higher, but then in places like Redcliffe it drops down to mid 20s, same for the initial camp in the hinterlands. FPS is really all over. Even going balls to the wall with and overdrive does nothing at all.
i7 920 ocd to 3.6
7950 3gb
16 GB ram
500gb SSD
Weird. It's an option for me and I have 7950 3GB. It's in Display Options, not Graphics Options.
Yeah I see it but its greyed out with the lock next to it.
Antiochus
Member
What resolution were you at? Were you able to use ultra texture settings while staying about 30FPS?
MaddenNFL64
Member
oh nice. Ill try Mantle when im done installing it.
Yeah got ultra textures enabled at 1080p. Gameplay seems to stays at least 30FPS, though cutscenes on occasion get a little choppy. Just in the first hour of the game so I don't know how the performance holds in more demanding areas of the game.
Edit: Though I might turn it down to high for now since the framerate is more stable and cutscenes are smoother. Hopefully with a patch and new Nvidia drivers I can bump it up to Ultra again.
Hm weird.
Yeah I'll try clearing my drivers and reinstalling tomorrow.
Screw it did it now, that did the trick, got mantle working.
Is there any real difference between ultra textures and "touched by fade" textures? I got like 3 driver crashes while playing this (Nvidia 780Ti) and maybe its related to VRAM being full? Or i'm just being dumb here? Sometimes it happens out of the blue, when I'm just walking around. Game freezes, driver crash.
Temps looked ok
Temps looked ok
CypherSignal
Member
The "Fade-touched" quality is intended for use by cards with a large amount of memory. If the "automatic" preset doesn't flip to that value, you probably shouldn't use it.
oh touched by fade is the best option? damn it I had mine on ultra >_> need to remember to change that then
CypherSignal
Member
Why, a "fade-touched" material is the finest and highest quality that you may find in Thedas!
(but seriously, if the game autodetects "Ultra", you should stick with that, unless you have other tools monitoring your GPU's memory usage)
UnrealEck
Member
Okay so the freeze issue, I opened the performance graph using the console and I see CPU spiking way up on the graph.
I thought it was very regular and so I timed it using a stopwatch and sure enough, it's happening every 19 seconds, on time, every time. Even in the main menu. Even during the EA Bioware logo it has this same stutter so I doubt it's anything to do with actual in-game performance.
I thought it was very regular and so I timed it using a stopwatch and sure enough, it's happening every 19 seconds, on time, every time. Even in the main menu. Even during the EA Bioware logo it has this same stutter so I doubt it's anything to do with actual in-game performance.
There must be a good reason they capped this at 30...
auto detect? who uses that >_>
...seriously, who uses that? those things always low ball every game even if you have a monster rig
is that + at the end new? I dont think it had that this afternoon when it was first posted
Far as I can tell, there isn't yet. Haven't noticed any crashes or wonky animations yet. And it's not like it could affect gameplay given it's just story stuff and flavor that's capped
GavinUK86
Member
I had the same issue with Advance Warfare. Never did find out what was causing it.
Toothless Spoon
Member
Need drivers!!! For FC4 as well
Actually my auto preset does flip to that value, sets up everything else on ultra and 2XMSAA. Switched to ultra and sems to run fine now, will run some more tests tomorrow. And to be honest I barely saw any difference between them.
Oh yeah, it was also running on fullscreen and I switched to Fullscreen windowed, since I do alt tab a lot, it might be related to that perhaps.
Need drivers!!! For FC4 as well
nvidia or amd?
if its nvidia does it specify dragon age?
aDanByTheRiver
Member
figured id share in case anyone else comes across this
earlier in this thread i saw a fix for 30 fps cut scenes and of course just threw it on.
well the game unlocks and i create my character, the cut scene runs, 3 guys surround me with swords then....nothing. i am dumped into an open area with a tower and nothing else.
after 3 restarts i go look up a lets play and see that a cut scene isnt triggering for me. check 2 other lets plays, same thing.
remove that 30 fps cut scene fix and the game works fine.
maybe ill try putting it back on after the opening of the game...
earlier in this thread i saw a fix for 30 fps cut scenes and of course just threw it on.
well the game unlocks and i create my character, the cut scene runs, 3 guys surround me with swords then....nothing. i am dumped into an open area with a tower and nothing else.
after 3 restarts i go look up a lets play and see that a cut scene isnt triggering for me. check 2 other lets plays, same thing.
remove that 30 fps cut scene fix and the game works fine.
maybe ill try putting it back on after the opening of the game...
Schnozberry
Member
i7-5820k and EVGA FTW 970 here running at factory clocks. Getting 80-90fps in game just using post processing AA. MSAA didn't really do anything perceptible to warrant the performance penalty. In any case, cutscenes run like ass. Something weird going on there. Hopefully they can patch it.
TheFNEffecT
Member
Aside from the flickering due to Crossfire, I'm getting very nice performance on my R9 295x2 and i7 4790k.
I put everything on Ultra with 2xMSAA
I put everything on Ultra with 2xMSAA
