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11 years ago

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CTD , High CPU Usage , loads of problems !

1) Anyone else having the game CTD (Crash to Desktop) for no reason or error or any specific situations ?? What I heard is something to do with Origin's Overlay during in game, Disabling it helps....

dragon age inquisition

Anonymous
11 years ago
I've had a very few CTDs and my I5-4690x running at 3.8Ghz under turbo-boost can reach 80-90% usage, up from 15-30% while idling. I'm not surprised that your GPU struggles at Ultra. My Gtx 780ti just manages to run it smoothly with MSAAx2, with it's 2880 CUDA cores and the same amout of VRam as you.
I don't know if the CPU usage is due to inefficient porting to PC. The game feels exactly like a port from consoles what with my mouse controls sometimes glitching out, just like they did with Skyim.
I'm sorry to say, but your rig is simply not up to running the game on Ultra, but I found that disabling Windows Aero in favor of Classic theme cuts some of the load off my system, and putting any security software in game mode might also do a little to ease off your CPU's back. In fact, run the minimum necessary of background tasks when playing DA:I.
Tesselation also piles on the pain on the GPU, as does mesh quality to a lesser extent, to say nothing of MSAA. Try running it with Ultra EXCEPT for those setting.

Herethos

11 years ago

I've noticed that the FPS during loading screens goes up in the 200+ range, perhaps it causes peoples systems to overheat and throttledown when it happens.

gh0stnova

11 years ago

No overheating problems for me , I have MSI AB running on background constantly monitoring my GPU Temp , Usage etc.
I even used CoreTemp to monitor my CPU Temp , all good here.
The stuttering I mentioned was actually only after Loading or Fast Travel and very last when exiting to Title Screen or Main Menu, since at those moments , my CPU Usage bumps up to 100% max, FPS drop tremendously, and after few seconds It will all settle down and back to normal.

In game FPS drop can't be help , since the game is so taxing. Also I think the VSYNC in this game isn't so " FPS friendly " compared to some I've experience.
Just a hunch , I play many games with VSYNC ON , usually wont have terrible FPS drop but there are some which has this problem.
How I know ? I test the game with and without VSYNC , so I know even on certain game like FC3 , I can play very smoothly with Max settings no terrible FPS drop , when VSYNC is ON , I tend to have noticable FPS drop.

In other case like Bioshock Infinite, both with and without VSYNC the game ran smoothly.
Same goes for COD Advanced Warfare , with VSYNC the FPS drops is horrible ! Im pushing out over 100 + FPS without VSYNC, so I have to suffer the ugly screen tearing to avoid FPS drop =(