I'm in need of some advice here, gents.
So yesterday, I got a brand new 120 gig ps3 slim. Yay, right? I pick up 2 games to go with it: Dead Space and Dragon Age. Dead Space looks pretty great, but I can't help but notice the shadows are all blurry and pixelated. Oh well, I think, some devs have trouble programming on the ps3. No biggie. And then... I try to play Dragon Age. Oh, my god. Fucking suck city. I'm getting maybe 20 fps, characters are bugging out and disappearing during cinematics, I'm pissed but the game is still playable. When I get out into the wilderness tho, it all goes south. Fast. The "ground clutter" disappears and reappears as I move around, trees are popping out and in and in general there's so much gliching out that I'm getting dizzy. Also, at this point, the ps3 sounds like an old hatchback trying to climb up a hill. It's not sitting on carpet or anything dumb like that. So, I switch my tv from 1080i to 480p, and lo and behold, Dragon Age improves to around 45-50 fps, the pop in decreases, but everything looks.. well, like 480p. The question I'm posing here is this:
Did gamestop sell me a used and apparently heat damaged ps3 slim that was supposed to be brand new? Or did this one maybe take a nasty shock in transit? Or do these games (mostly dragon age) seriously work so poorly on the ps3 in 1080i, in which case double fuck that. Thanks!