Dragon Age II

Mussels · Mar 12, 2011

half the problems people have with the game is that it lags like crap in DX10/11, because they never updated their drivers.

the rest is people who would never have been happy.

Over_Lord · Mar 12, 2011

AnaMaria81 said:
Just wanted to ask something. I'm running the game with all details at max, except for AA=4x and AF=8x, but sometimes when cinematic dialogs occur, the game stutters really bad, going to like 4-5 fps, even less.
Running a 5870 here on DX11, with latest 11.4 preview driver.
tnks.

change the settings from very high to high, you'll be done to 60fps

AnaMaria81 · Mar 12, 2011

thunderising said:
change the settings from very high to high, you'll be done to 60fps

ok. But how much detail am I going to lose? I mean even with that High-texture pack, the texture on weapons, cloth and stuff still doesn't look that good specially when viewed close.

Mussels · Mar 12, 2011

AnaMaria81 said:
ok. But how much detail am I going to lose? I mean even with that High-texture pack, the texture on weapons, cloth and stuff still doesn't look that good specially when viewed close.

high is DX10, very high is 11.

as for the textures... yeah, even very high aint that fantastic on some models.

GSquadron · Mar 12, 2011

ShiBDiB said:
^^

PC Minimum:
OS: Windows XP with SP3, Windows Vista with SP2, or Windows 7
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater
RAM: 1 GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7)
Video: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB cards
Disc Drive: DVD ROM drive required
Hard Drive: 7 GB
Sound: Direct X 9.0c Compatible Sound Card Windows Experience Index: 4.5

I'm surprised your game starts

The game runs in 40 fps man it is not the system specs the problem
Bear in mind that i play it with minimum options

Mussels · Mar 12, 2011

Aleksander Dishnica said:
The game runs in 40 fps man it is not the system specs the problem
Bear in mind that i play it with minimum options

performance isnt everything. one example i recall from the past, was that CoD4 required an athlon 64 3000+ - people with athlon XP 3000+ and 3200+ raged when the game didnt run for them, even when they had 'enough performance'

it was the features of the CPU that mattered (SSE2 i think), and not the performance. it could be similar for you, but unlikely since your game actually starts.

AnaMaria81 · Mar 12, 2011

Mussels said:
high is DX10, very high is 11.

as for the textures... yeah, even very high aint that fantastic on some models.

I've check on the Bioware forum and you actually lose A LOT of s. effects from DX10 to DX11, like tessellation, some more dynamic lighting and shadowing specially on spells, diffusion and depth of field, advanced blurring, etc..., just to quote a few only available in DX11...

pr0n Inspector · Mar 12, 2011

Broken game is broken. Just how the fuck did that slip through QA?

http://social.bioware.com/forum/Dra...known-issues-and-driver-update-6420212-1.html

GSquadron · Mar 12, 2011

The new patch 1.01 fixes all the problems

FordGT90Concept · Mar 12, 2011

Mussels said:
half the problems people have with the game is that it lags like crap in DX10/11, because they never updated their drivers.

the rest is people who would never have been happy.

It's running fine for me on my HD5870 (Catalyst 10.11) with DX11 enabled. I am running 1.00. I should mention the game CTD'd 3 times during the tutorial but no crashes since then.

KainXS · Mar 12, 2011

I only have a problem when gaming with my GS, the game will freeze and drop from like 60fps on high to like less than 1 fps for a few seconds(I think its running out of memory) but 5870 runs the game good besides some stutter.

is there anyway to keep bethany

haven't tried the new patch though

the54thvoid · Mar 12, 2011

ShiBDiB said:
ya cant play dx9 with very high enabled.

HA

Was about to argue with you, took a screenie of the config page where DX9 is highlighted and High Res is 'Enabled'. Went into game and checked video - you're wrong actually. DX9 only allows up to medium!!!!! Not even high, let alone very high. :shadedshu

Still, it looks good enough at 1920x1200 so i'm not complaining. When they patch it I'll appreciate it even more. I know you seem to despise the game but it's not too bad. it has the same linearity when you are on certain area (not very free roaming) as DA had.

Oblivion it's not.

Shit? Nah, not that either.

FordGT90Concept · Mar 12, 2011

I agree, it is a true sequel to DAO. If you didn't like DAO, you won't like DA2. I just don't like how they changed the apperance of some characters drastically like the Witch of the Wilds. I also don't like how they changed some of the voice overs, especially Anders. All the Dalish elves have an irish accent and it just doesn't jive right too. They should have stuck with the same template for voice acting on the second as they did the first. They got it spot on in the first.

the54thvoid · Mar 12, 2011

FordGT90Concept said:
I agree, it is a true sequel to DAO. If you didn't like DAO, you won't like DA2. I just don't like how they changed the apperance of some characters drastically like the Witch of the Wilds. ...

I think she's kinda hot in a mature sort of way. How many grannies have a body like hers?

KainXS · Mar 12, 2011

yea, id opt for a paper bag over the head . . . . . lol

FordGT90Concept · Mar 12, 2011

the54thvoid said:
I think she's kinda hot in a mature sort of way. How many grannies have a body like hers?

How can she go from that, to plainly dressed, to that again? She doesn't exactly look or act crazy like she did in the first. I suppose Morrigan had to upstage her in DAO when she really didn't need to in DA2. But still, that change was completely unexpected and uncalled for. It damages congruency. The more they change about a character from one game to the next, the less you believe they are, in fact, the same character.

AnaMaria81 · Mar 12, 2011

I find those characters Qunari really boring and flat. And what's with the horns?!

AltecV1 · Mar 12, 2011

i guess all the women died somehow and only men survived.....with their goats

i hate this game its so fu.king stupid

erocker · Mar 12, 2011

Aleksander Dishnica said:
The new patch 1.01 fixes all the problems

There is no official 1.01 patch.

GSquadron · Mar 12, 2011

This is a beta patch man:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/300/index/6482838

erocker · Mar 12, 2011

Aleksander Dishnica said:
This is a beta patch man:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/300/index/6482838

Well hot dang! Thanks much!

Crap, doesn't work with the Steam version.. Oh well.

GSquadron · Mar 12, 2011

wait.... don't tell me you had problems with the game too

erocker · Mar 12, 2011

Aleksander Dishnica said:
wait.... don't tell me you had problems with the game too

Um.. everyone with Nvidia cards are having problems with DX11. Nvidia is currently working on their drivers for the game. I can play in DX9 and get 100fps+. DX11, like every other Nvidia user, I get 20-30fps.

the54thvoid · Mar 12, 2011

That patch isn't for gfx. It's for other issues such as cpu utilisation i believe.

erocker · Mar 12, 2011

the54thvoid said:
That patch isn't for gfx. It's for other issues such as cpu utilisation i believe.

Oh.. Yeah and savegames and things like that apparently. I'm having no issues there.

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