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[thewhitehawk]

So my framerate should be around 30fps with everything maxed. Perfectly fine for an RPG IMO.

 

[jim2point0]

Look at his rez. He's at 4K.

2560x1440 is not 4K (3840x2160)

If it's 30 FPS with 4xMSAA, I'd understand.

 

[Entropy912]

I'm really bad with specs, can anybody help me out?

i7 3770 at 3.4 ghz
12 gig ram
amd radeon hd 7770

I meet the recommended requirements except the video card should be 7870 or higher. I'm assuming I won't be able to play on ultra settings because of the graphics card.

 

[UnrealEck]

I think I'll pass on this game. The performance seems a little poor and people are saying it's all over the place. I really am suspicious of that SecuROM 2.0. I expected better from Frostbite, which makes me more suspicious of that exe protection.

 

[Phamit]

Ok, thank you

It runs okay with a 280x and a fx 8320 on ultra, not everything maxed out, felt like 30 fps and less. I need to check it with afterburner for correct number

FX 8320
R9 280X
8 GB RAM


Okay, I checked the fps now on ultra with two changed setting not full hbao and but i rised something from high to ultra instead

Most of the time it's above 30 On the open field, in fights it dipps often under 30, 24 was the lowest

In closed/smaller areas its most of the time above 40 fps highest was nearly 60 fps

 

[Dick Justice]

Heard quite a bit about a title update and new drivers, hopefully they'll make the game perform less like ass.

 

[Buburibon]

Tested the commands that "unlocked" the frame rate in NFS Rivals, and they seem to work just fine with DA:I as far as forcing cutscenes to render at 60fps is concerned. Simply copy and paste the following commands (without the quotation marks) into the "Command Line Arguments" box found within the game's properties on Origin.

"-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60"

Now, being able to keep a steady 60fps during cutscenes with the same settings used during in-game/gameplay is another story.

Please disregard if old.

 

[rybrad]

Have they said there is going to be a PC patch tonight? It seems unlikely since the game is already out in some regions and you would assume they would have wanted those patched at launch as well.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Tested the commands that "unlocked" the frame rate in NFS Rivals, and they seem to work just fine with DA:I as far as forcing cutscenes to render at 60fps is concerned. Simply copy and paste the following commands into the "Command Line Arguments" box found within the game's properties on Origin.

"-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60"

Now, being able to keep a steady 60fps during cutscenes with the same settings used during in-game/gameplay is another story.

Please disregard if old.

I'm prepared. GSync and SLI GTX 970s. Give me your fluctuating framerates, especially in cutscenes.

 

[Kiyoshi]

Needs a fix (or for someone to identify a workaround) to the cut-scene stuttering before this will be playable for me. Although FRAPS shows the frame-rate at a steady 30-fps during the cut-scenes, there's another issue because there's extreme visual frame skipping/stuttering going on. I tried to set the graphics to 'low' in the hope there was some kind of setting that was conflicting - with the idea that if it sorted it I'd start turning things up one-by-one - but it's just the same.

Would be nice to try it with Mantle, but the option isn't available; it's greyed out in the menu. Anyone know why? I have the latest drivers. I've tried turning Mantle to 1 in the settings file too. But no joy there.

 

[rashbeep]

Look at his rez. He's at 4K.

As others have said, it looked like he meant 1440p. His performance is what I'd expect from my 670 (maybe a bit worse on my end).

 

[Evo X]

Tested the commands that "unlocked" the frame rate in NFS Rivals, and they seem to work just fine with DA:I as far as forcing cutscenes to render at 60fps is concerned. Simply copy and paste the following commands into the "Command Line Arguments" box found within the game's properties on Origin.

"-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60"

Now, being able to keep a steady 60fps during cutscenes with the same settings used during in-game/gameplay is another story.

Please disregard if old.

Thanks. This is nice to know. Do you know if this caps the frames at 60 or can I still go higher in gameplay if my hardware allows?

 

[Mindman]

I think I'll pass on this game. The performance seems a little poor and people are saying it's all over the place. I really am suspicious of that SecuROM 2.0. I expected better from Frostbite, which makes me more suspicious of that exe protection.

People are not saying it's all over the place, they say the cutscenes are locked at 30 with some stuttering. For the most part performance is good from what I'm reading.

Originally Posted by Derek French

To be clear, Denuvo is not DRM in the sense the DRM stands for Digital Rights Management (or Dogs Reading Magazines, or whatever you prefer). There is nothing in the Denuvo stuff that has to do with accounts or release date checking, or ownership or anything like that. It is not SecuROM. It is not Steamworks. It is not Safedisc, or any of the other DRM solutions that have been in the past. Origin is the DRM for Dragon Age: Inquisition in the exact same manner and settings as it was in Mass Effect 3. Nothing has changed here.

Denuvo is anti-tamper on the executable. This has nothing to do with mods or attempts to change textures or anything like that. Trying to hack the executable to cheat in multiplayer? This is what we are talking about.

This made me feel better about the Denuvo as well. Bring on tomorrow!

 

[Aeana]

Tested the commands that "unlocked" the frame rate in NFS Rivals, and they seem to work just fine with DA:I as far as forcing cutscenes to render at 60fps is concerned. Simply copy and paste the following commands into the "Command Line Arguments" box found within the game's properties on Origin.

"-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60"

Now, being able to keep a steady 60fps during cutscenes with the same settings used during in-game/gameplay is another story.

Please disregard if old.

:O Definitely gonna try it when I get home. I hope I can run it in cutscenes as well as I can outside of cutscenes.

 

[mugurumakensei]

As others have said, it looked like he meant 1440p. His performance is what I'd expect from my 670 (maybe a bit worse on my end).

It is poor performance barring him using lots of expensive aa. Thats worse performance than my 970 and 2500k combo on AC:U. unlocked it ran 45-60 FPS but the stuttering annoyed me so 31 fps cap through inspector it was.

 

[ref]

Tested the commands that "unlocked" the frame rate in NFS Rivals, and they seem to work just fine with DA:I as far as forcing cutscenes to render at 60fps is concerned. Simply copy and paste the following commands into the "Command Line Arguments" box found within the game's properties on Origin.

"-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60"

Now, being able to keep a steady 60fps during cutscenes with the same settings used during in-game/gameplay is another story.

Please disregard if old.

Awesome!

Will be doing this later when I get some time to play.

Also, for what it's worth, SLI 980's and a 4790k @ 4.7ghz at 1440p appears to be around 90+ FPS with max settings (no FPS counter, just eye balling it, I have a 144hz monitor), no MSAA, High post AA. I can't notice any aliasing.

 

[Turin Turambar]

2560x1440 is not 4K (3840x2160)

If it's 30 FPS with 4xMSAA, I'd understand.

He didn't mention what MSAA is using, if 0, x2, x4... maybe he is already using x4. He said "everything maxed out".

 

[dumbo]

Would be nice to try it with Mantle, but the option isn't available; it's greyed out in the menu. Anyone know why? I have the latest drivers. I've tried turning Mantle to 1 in the settings file too. But no joy there.

I had that issue - the catalyst drivers had gotten "stuck" at 14.4 (other drivers installed apparently cleanly, but the catalyst->information->software identified catalyst at 14.4). Uninstalling all the AMD stuff via the control panel->programs and reinstalling beta 14.11.1 finally fixed things for me.

 

[Deepo]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll put top men on it ASAP.

Top men, you say? Can't ask for more than that.

EDIT: And it already has a SLI profile? I suspect top men were put into action a while ago then. Can't wait to try it out.

 

[kai3345]

Tested the commands that "unlocked" the frame rate in NFS Rivals, and they seem to work just fine with DA:I as far as forcing cutscenes to render at 60fps is concerned. Simply copy and paste the following commands into the "Command Line Arguments" box found within the game's properties on Origin.

"-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60"

Now, being able to keep a steady 60fps during cutscenes with the same settings used during in-game/gameplay is another story.

Please disregard if old.

Fuck. this made it worse for me. Is there a way to reverse this?

 

[Aeana]

Fuck. this made it worse for me. Is there a way to reverse this?

Just remove it from the shortcut/properties and restart the game.

 

[furfoots]

Yes the 60 fps cutscenes show that it looks pre-baked animations running at something like 25-29 fps. If you want to force everything to 30 (including framerate ingame) you can go for:

-GameTime.MaxVariableFps 30 -GameTime.MaxSimFps 30 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 30

This still wont fix the cutscene judder but atleast make it "easier" on the eye.

 

[Rip]

Any word on 21:9 support?

 

[Aeana]

Yes the 60 fps cutscenes show that it looks pre-baked animations running at something like 25-29 fps. If you want to force everything to 30 (including framerate ingame) you can go for:

-GameTime.MaxVariableFps 30 -GameTime.MaxSimFps 30 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 30

This still wont fix the cutscene judder but atleast make it "easier" on the eye.

That's how I've been playing, because the constant changing between 30 and 60 was giving me motion sickness.

 

[elelunicy]

Any word on 21:9 support?

Cutscenes are in 16:9 but otherwise works just fine.

 

[Rip]

Cutscenes are in 16:9 but otherwise works just fine.

ty!

 

[Rhaknar]

Tested the commands that "unlocked" the frame rate in NFS Rivals, and they seem to work just fine with DA:I as far as forcing cutscenes to render at 60fps is concerned. Simply copy and paste the following commands into the "Command Line Arguments" box found within the game's properties on Origin.

"-GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60"

Now, being able to keep a steady 60fps during cutscenes with the same settings used during in-game/gameplay is another story.

Please disregard if old.

megaton, will try this right now. do I leave the " " on?

 

[Felix Lighter]

What's up with the cut scenes? They aren't prerendered, why are they so screwy? Why would anyone in 2014, use 30 fps animations?

 

[Hixx]

Well this is disappointing.

970, 2500k, 8GB RAM, 1080p

Mix of high and medium settings and I'm getting anywhere between 24(!!) and 46 fps. While I'm standing still, doing literally nothing, just inside a small town. This is despite the game recommending I max everything out.

And the load times are a pain in the arse. Fuck.

 

[Phamit]

I think I'll pass on this game. The performance seems a little poor and people are saying it's all over the place. I really am suspicious of that SecuROM 2.0. I expected better from Frostbite, which makes me more suspicious of that exe protection.

I'm actually surprised that the game runs so well on ultra settings without Mantle or new drivers.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Are you using a AMD graphics card?

Nope nvidia 660

 

[Kiyoshi]

With the command line change I'm seeing 60fps in the cut-scenes now, but it still stutters. It just shows 60fps in FRAPS instead of 30, but no noticeable improvement to the stuttering issue.

 

[MaximusPrimus]

So the game runs at a pretty steady 60fps, with settings just about maxed for me. I've had zero issues except 1 random crash. I'm about 5 hours in. Sooooooo refreshing to play this on pc after the gongshow that is AC:U. This game looks sooooooo good. The colors!!

Specs:
I7 950 oc'd @ 4Ghz
GTX760 SLI
6GB RAM

 

[Buburibon]

Thanks. This is nice to know. Do you know if this caps the frames at 60 or can I still go higher in gameplay if my hardware allows?

It can definitely go higher. 120 worked well for me, but any higher broke the controls.

:O Definitely gonna try it when I get home. I hope I can run it in cutscenes as well as I can outside of cutscenes.

I can fairly easily max everything at 1080p/60fps during gameplay with my 980, but some cutscenes manage to bring the card to its knees. You'll have to find a balance that suits you.

That's how I've been playing, because the constant changing between 30 and 60 was giving me motion sickness.

Same here. Forcing 60fps or higher cutscenes helps to alleviate the impact of going back and forth between 30 and 60fps. Camera pans are much less jarring that way. Furfoots is right about cutscenes looking like they have been animated at ~30fps, though. It just isn't smooth, no matter what.

megaton, will try this right now. do I leave the " " on?

No, please take those off.

 

[Dick Justice]

I've noticed that some NPCs use 30FPS animations for some reason. For instance, a group of soldiers sparring will be moving around in 30FPS, while the rest of the game is running at 60. Jarring to say the least.

 

[Kiyoshi]

I've sorted out the cut-scene stuttering now. I'm doing this:-

-GameTime.MaxSimFps 120 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 120

Setting them to 60 didn't seem to make a noticeable difference during the cut-scenes at the start, but with the above I'm seeing 65-80 fps and it's a lot smoother. There's still something odd going on, because it still isn't perfect; but it's a massive improvement.

 

[aborath]

Well this is disappointing.

970, 2500k, 8GB RAM, 1080p

Mix of high and medium settings and I'm getting anywhere between 24(!!) and 46 fps. While I'm standing still, doing literally nothing, just inside a small town. This is despite the game recommending I max everything out.

And the load times are a pain in the arse. Fuck.

AA or no AA?

 

[Rhaknar]

yeah cutscenes at 60 still are quite stuttery, but I think I prefer it like this. at least the transition from gameplay to cutscene isnt so jarring now

 

[Nirolak]

I've sorted out the cut-scene stuttering now. I'm doing this:-

-GameTime.MaxSimFps 120 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 120

Setting them to 60 didn't seem to make a noticeable difference during the cut-scenes at the start, but with the above I'm seeing 65-80 fps and it's a lot smoother. There's still something odd going on, because it still isn't perfect; but it's a massive improvement.

yeah cutscenes at 60 still are quite stuttery, but I think I prefer it like this. at least the transition from gameplay to cutscene isnt so jarring now

I'm assuming the animations themselves are 30 fps.

 

[Kiyoshi]

I had that issue - the catalyst drivers had gotten "stuck" at 14.4 (other drivers installed apparently cleanly, but the catalyst->information->software identified catalyst at 14.4). Uninstalling all the AMD stuff via the control panel->programs and reinstalling beta 14.11.1 finally fixed things for me.

I've tried this and I still don't get the option for Mantle.

 

[veggiesaurus]

Anyone else noticing weird load times and freezes with mantle?

 

[Hixx]

AA or no AA?

No MSAA, just whatever post processing one they are using.

 

[Dictator93]

I'm assuming the animations themselves are 30 fps.

Was this game developed exclusively by japanese devs?

 

[Rhaknar]

I'm assuming the animations themselves are 30 fps.

im not sure, all the "cut scenes" in the prologue/tutorial are talky bits, its hard to tell, its just dudes talking >_>

 

[mugurumakensei]

Well this is disappointing.

970, 2500k, 8GB RAM, 1080p

Mix of high and medium settings and I'm getting anywhere between 24(!!) and 46 fps. While I'm standing still, doing literally nothing, just inside a small town. This is despite the game recommending I max everything out.

And the load times are a pain in the arse. Fuck.

the hell? thats my setup aside from me having more ram.
that is unacceptable unless there is going to be game ready driver or a fix.

 

[Zushin]

Well this is disappointing.

970, 2500k, 8GB RAM, 1080p

Mix of high and medium settings and I'm getting anywhere between 24(!!) and 46 fps. While I'm standing still, doing literally nothing, just inside a small town. This is despite the game recommending I max everything out.

And the load times are a pain in the arse. Fuck.

Shit. Same rig as me, except I have a 4670.

 

[Dick Justice]

Well this is disappointing.

970, 2500k, 8GB RAM, 1080p

Mix of high and medium settings and I'm getting anywhere between 24(!!) and 46 fps. While I'm standing still, doing literally nothing, just inside a small town. This is despite the game recommending I max everything out.

And the load times are a pain in the arse. Fuck.

Is the game more CPU-bound than GPU-bound? I'm using a 2GB 770 and i7 4770K, and the lowest I drop to is 30FPS, with 55-60 in less demanding areas.

 

[exmachina64]

I've noticed that some NPCs use 30FPS animations for some reason. For instance, a group of soldiers sparring will be moving around in 30FPS, while the rest of the game is running at 60. Jarring to say the least.

I've noticed this and it's jarring as fuck. Doesn't help that the audio of the swords clanging doesn't sync up to the animations.

 

[Entropy912]

Didn't get a response before, trying to get some idea of what type of settings I'll be able to play DA:I on with my PC

i7 3770 at 3.4 ghz
12 gig ram
AMD Radeon 7770

Thanks to all for the info thus far

 

[QuantumZebra]

Any info if my HD 7850 and i5 2500 can handle this game at an acceptable Level (1080p)?

id guarantee it