Crash to desktop before first cutscene
I downloaded the game from origin a couple of days ago and have never been able to get past selecting race/class/gender and loading the world state. I get to a black loading screen right before (I a...
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Had a look inside, there's only one PCI-e slot, though it will run with the side panel off. From the cards I've been looking at it seems I would need a new 400w power supply as well, is that even worth doing? Or should I just forget about DA:I until I an afford a cheap(ish) gaming pc? I'm a student so my budget is not fantastic.
Sorry about any stupid questions/my awkward pc, I only got into pc gaming a couple years after I bought the thing.
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In my own reply, I suggested the possibility of swapping cases to have access to a more standard form factor power supply. The link is ONLY representative, being for what is called an "iTX" form factor mainboard. Of course, I don't KNOW what what physical size the mainboard in your PC really is, but this so-called "cube" is on a rebate deal at $30:
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@Chouxie wrote:
Had a look inside, there's only one PCI-e slot, though it will run with the side panel off. From the cards I've been looking at it seems I would need a new 400w power supply as well, is that even worth doing? Or should I just forget about DA:I until I an afford a cheap(ish) gaming pc? I'm a student so my budget is not fantastic.
Sorry about any stupid questions/my awkward pc, I only got into pc gaming a couple years after I bought the thing.
Technically, the cards involved absorb BACKPLANE spaces, also sometime referred to as slots as well, so that any adjacent "slot" has its space overshadowed by the "two slot" card that actually is only physically plugged into the one PCIe16 video interface. Without illustrations, and I don't try that in this area, my explanation is only a ghost compared to a great deal more detailed articles that you can refer to on the internet.
Generally speaking I really dislike the cases that the OEMs tend to use. The link above is just to use for reference.
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