Dragon Age II

[Mussels]

just got this and enjoying it.

ATI users should update to the cat 11.4 preview drivers, it fixes alt tab and various other issues with DX11 on 5K cards.


one funny thing however, in a conversation with bethany she accidentally had the mothers hands - old, wrinkly and weird. looked very odd.


I'm running DX11, high res texture + 2xAA

 

[pr0n Inspector]

D3D11 very high on GTX570 is utterly unplayable. D3D11 High(D3D10) plays ok but glitches everywhere. D3D9 (forced) medium butter-smooth and glitch-free.

This is the first D3D11 game/benchmark I have such a bad experience with.

Worst bolt-on D3D11 routine to date or huge nvidia driver screw-up?

 

[ctrain]

DX11 performance is fucking abysmal on my GTX 260. DX11 at LOWER settings than DX9 is like 1/3rd the framerate. I have the latest beta driver. I dunno if it's nvidia's fault or the DX11 path really just is that bad.

Also the content reuse in this game is insane. There's so little variety.

Dragon Age 1 had you going to all kinds of places... here you're just in the same town start to finish. It's not particularly big either or interesting after the 400th random quest of helping some dipshit do something that probably involves GUGHHGH BLOOD MAGES or something dumb.


It's not a bad game, they streamlined some shit which was good... but they kind of overdid it and shot straight into the DUMBING STUFF DOWN territory.

 

[Frizz]

Only issue I've run into so far is the audio, the voices are too soft so I have had to adjust the volume which is a bit of a pain.

 

[ShogoXT]

DX11 performance is fucking abysmal on my GTX 260. DX11 at LOWER settings than DX9 is like 1/3rd the framerate. I have the latest beta driver. I dunno if it's nvidia's fault or the DX11 path really just is that bad.

Also the content reuse in this game is insane. There's so little variety.

Dragon Age 1 had you going to all kinds of places... here you're just in the same town start to finish. It's not particularly big either or interesting after the 400th random quest of helping some dipshit do something that probably involves GUGHHGH BLOOD MAGES or something dumb.


It's not a bad game, they streamlined some shit which was good... but they kind of overdid it and shot straight into the DUMBING STUFF DOWN territory.

GTX 260 is DirectX10 , not 11. Probably should just keep it on DX9 anyway.

 

[Mussels]

DX11 runs great here, so i say driver issues on the nvidia side of things. Then again, i needed beta ATI drivers to get it working so nice here.


and yes, i noticed voices are too soft, but everything else is just fine as well, on a 5.1 setup. had to turn on subtitles.

 

[ctrain]

GTX 260 is DirectX10 , not 11. Probably should just keep it on DX9 anyway.

I know, there's a fallback for DX10 hardware.

 

[Lionheart]

Minor issues never stop PC gamers

So who wants to shout me this game

 

[ShiBDiB]

DX11 runs great here, so i say driver issues on the nvidia side of things. Then again, i needed beta ATI drivers to get it working so nice here.


and yes, i noticed voices are too soft, but everything else is just fine as well, on a 5.1 setup. had to turn on subtitles.

Hooray unbanned finally..


But ya, theirs alot of bitching on nvidia forums about the awful performance people are seeing. Theirs apparently a beta out for 580's only that fix the issue for them. But everyone else is screwed for now.

 

[Mussels]

Hooray unbanned finally..


But ya, theirs alot of bitching on nvidia forums about the awful performance people are seeing. Theirs apparently a beta out for 580's only that fix the issue for them. But everyone else is screwed for now.

try and stay sober this time



so its ATI and 580's who are fine, but other nvidia users are stuck on DX9?


oh well, inb4 an nvidia fanboy tries to rant on about superior drivers, and then stops to think about it

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

oh well, inb4 an nvidia fanboy tries to rant on about superior drivers, and then stops to think about it

way ahead of you. ever since 1999

DX11 performance is fucking abysmal on my GTX 260. DX11 at LOWER settings than DX9 is like 1/3rd the framerate. I have the latest beta driver. I dunno if it's nvidia's fault or the DX11 path really just is that bad.

The fact that you can select dx11 in the options on your 260 is mindboggling to me o_0

 

[Over_Lord]

FOr optimal DX11 settings,

Use High, 2xAA, 8xAF and all those DX11 fancy options disabled.

Running 60fps(some drops to around 48) on my rig


DX9 runs breezy on a mobility HD5650 too

 

[AltecV1]

wow so many people dont understand that DX11 is backward compatible with DX10 hardware

 

[ShiBDiB]

FOr optimal DX11 settings,

Use High, 2xAA, 8xAF and all those DX11 fancy options disabled.

Running 60fps(some drops to around 48) on my rig


DX9 runs breezy on a mobility HD5650 too

Optimal? maybe for your card.

wow so many people dont understand that DX11 is backward compatible with DX10 hardware

Haha beat me too it.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Only issue I've run into so far is the audio, the voices are too soft so I have had to adjust the volume which is a bit of a pain.

This bothers the crap out of me, not because I have issues with it. But my freaking fiancee playing, voices quiet, she cranks the sound, then she starts a battle and it feels like I'm standing right there being swept, I have to yell at her every time to turn it down, then I tell here to turn down the effect sounds, but she never does....

DX11 runs great here, so i say driver issues on the nvidia side of things. Then again, i needed beta ATI drivers to get it working so nice here.

It's running good for me on 11.2's, but maybe I will try 11.4's.

 

[ctrain]

DX11 seems dandy on my buddies 4850. Guess it's down to drivers.

This is a reasonably high profile game, dunno how Nvidia let this one slip through...

 

[Lionheart]

I found this if anyone is interested even though its on the PS3 Infinite XP anyone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjx2Q1HKqaI&feature=player_embedded

 

[erocker]

DX11 seems dandy on my buddies 4850. Guess it's down to drivers.

This is a reasonably high profile game, dunno how Nvidia let this one slip through...

Except it's actually running in DX9 since it's impossible for a 4850 to run DX11.

 

[AltecV1]

Except it's actually running in DX9 since it's impossible for a 4850 to run DX11.

NO!!!

 

[Mussels]

Except it's actually running in DX9 since it's impossible for a 4850 to run DX11.

silly bugger Erocker... if you run the DX11 codepath on DX10 hardware, it drops down to 10, disabling some features along the way.




I've been told that nvidia users should:

Use the latest beta drivers
rename the exe to Metro2033
Disable all DX11 effects except high res textures

and it should run fine for now.

 

[Frizz]

Enchantment...? ENCHANTMENT!

 

[erocker]

silly bugger Erocker... if you run the DX11 codepath on DX10 hardware, it drops down to 10, disabling some features along the way.




I've been told that nvidia users should:

Use the latest beta drivers
rename the exe to Metro2033
Disable all DX11 effects except high res textures

and it should run fine for now.

There is no DX10 in the game.

 

[Mussels]

There is no DX10 in the game.

brb, screenshot time.

like many other titles, you run DX11 and it has a fallback for DX10 hardware. that screenshot doesnt show it very well, but i had 'high' highlighted at the time

 

[overclocker]

Playing the game on med settings and rez at 1920x1200 and getting great fps, can play at high setting at 1920x1200 but then i get the odd lag so...

 

[Frizz]

Anyone else think that Anders is one overpowered mofo?

Playing it on hard at the moment..