I found a fairly easy way around this with Radeon graphics cards:
1) Uninstall your old driver software through Control Panel
2) Make sure you remove all ATI software. Drivers, Catalyst Control Center etc.
3) Ensure the ATI folder on your C: drive (if you chose that as your default location) is removed --> reboot your PC normally
4) Download the newest beta driver --> http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64 (I use WIndows 8.1 x64)
5) Install the newest beta driver. It'll also install the "AMD Gaming Evolved" app. If it doesn't, your old drivers haven't been removed completely
6) Once the new drivers and AMD software has installed, launch the "AMD Gaming Evolved" app. It'll scan your machine for installed games...it doesn't take long
7) Launch Origin, click the "Origin" menu item at the top left of the Origin window and select "Application Settings". In the "Origin In Game" section of the settings, uncheck "Enable Origin In Game"
8) Close Origin to system tray or just minimize the Origin window
9) Go back to the AMD Gaming Evolved app and launch Dragon Age from there. You don't necessarily HAVE to optimize your games (I didn't optimize mine) and I'm playing on high settings
10) The game may or may not crash by doing this. If it does it'll only crash once or twice. In this case, just restart the game via the AMD Gaming Evolved app and play. I've played for 11 hours straight by doing this
Good Luck 🙂
