[PC] Dragon Age Inquisition: Sudden bad performance, fps drops/lag
EDIT: I realized this might be in the wrong sub-forum so I'm posting it here instead.
Ok, so I haven't played Dragon Age Inquisition in some months, maybe since May. I never finished so I wanted to fire it back up and try to work my way through it.
Unfortunately, my performance has plummeted. I used to be able to play in full Ultra with no problems whatsoever and pretty short load times. I've been messing around with lowering my graphics settings and nothing seems to help.
NOTE: I have tested this on another computer, one with lower specs, but win7. So it's probably not anything with win10?
Problems I have now:
> Texture loading lag & NPC loading and movement lag. Lots of "dropping in" models and awkward hiccups. Companions and enemies are both effected.
> Runs much hotter than before.
> Lag increases dramatically during battle.
> Much longer loading screen times than before, often gets stuck on black screen with loading icon.
>Lagged animations, bad syncing with voices, cut scenes out of pace and sometimes the visuals such as model load and movement extend past the sound effects or music.
That's from testing a few different saves for about 15 minutes each, travelling and in battle in the Hinterlands. Interestingly enough, the performance is much better disconnected from the internet. If it's of any relevance I live in an area where Comcast has implemented a data cap. Also, I'm able to run Fallout 4 pretty well, as well as other games released within the last two years, so I'm wondering if it's something wrong with Origin?
I just did a fresh install this morning to see if that would help, which had the effect of slight improvements. Before the fresh install it was actually completely unplayable due to lag/fps drops.
My specs (images, let me know if you need text instead):
http://i.imgur.com/i4qbePj.png
http://i.imgur.com/1zzuwLn.png
Let me know if any further information is needed and I'll happily provide.
UPDATE 1: I'm currently testing if completely clearing the Origin cache and deleting my save games will help any. Don't worry, I backed the saves up. Will update if this provides a fix.
UPDATE 2: No fix, so it's likely not an issue with the cache or my saves. In starting a new game I noticed bad lag/poor syncing of model movement and speaking animations. Some cinematics extended past their sounds because model animations were lagging so badly...
