Re: New patch - still doesn't work

When you get one of the video settings too low, it turns the people's hair in the game into hair that looks like something on a cheap plastic doll.  Think right shape, and color, but one mass of plastic stuck to a head, and you get the idea...

At higher texture settings it looks more like real hair, with textures and strands...not perfect but WAY better than the lower graphics quality.

I have turned all the settings down to medium and have been able to move further towards the rift in the opening scene than ever before which is great but the stuttering  / freezing is still bad and I can't see that I will be able to play the game still.

I ran the sytem idle process tool and got this information - see below - a lot of text and not sure if it is of any help in finding solutions to making the game playable on my system. but if you spot anything I'd be grateful for your advice

Process CPU Private Bytes Working Set PID Description Company Name
DragonAgeInquisition.exe 48.30 2,199,980 K 1,938,176 K 6656 Dragon Age™: Inquisition Electronic Arts
System 24.84 660 K 7,392 K 4
System Idle Process 16.86 0 K 24 K 0
WmiPrvSE.exe 2.90 11,720 K 18,748 K 6480 WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation
procexp64.exe 0.95 27,508 K 49,608 K 9384 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Interrupts 0.86 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs
dwm.exe 0.70 37,540 K 44,608 K 2232 Desktop Window Manager Microsoft Corporation
SearchFilterHost.exe 0.65 2,696 K 6,576 K 10876 Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host Microsoft Corporation
SearchProtocolHost.exe 0.64 2,568 K 6,184 K 9564 Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Microsoft Corporation
BTHelpNotifier.exe 0.61 5,308 K 6,012 K 2888 mcci+McciTrayApp Alcatel-Lucent
taskmgr.exe 0.48 4,208 K 11,900 K 6696 Windows Task Manager Microsoft Corporation
audiodg.exe 0.42 19,768 K 21,364 K 4624 Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation Microsoft Corporation
avgidsagent.exe 0.37 20,612 K 35,484 K 2664 AVG Identity Protection Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
SearchIndexer.exe 0.25 53,224 K 38,784 K 6456 Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation
RapportMgmtService.exe 0.17 36,416 K 32,220 K 1232 RapportMgmtService IBM Corp.
svchost.exe 0.16 35,700 K 55,292 K 1452 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe 0.14 3,292 K 16,548 K 972 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
Origin.exe 0.12 92,940 K 132,192 K 10736 Origin Electronic Arts
Garmin.Cartography.MapUpdate.CoreService.exe 0.11 31,544 K 44,520 K 3956 Garmin Core Update Service Garmin Ltd or its subsidiaries
csrss.exe 0.06 2,688 K 5,256 K 900 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
MAHostService.exe 0.05 1,736 K 6,132 K 2860 MAHostService Alcatel-Lucent
node.exe 0.05 40,432 K 46,264 K 2940 Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript Joyent, Inc
avgrsa.exe 0.04 10,156 K 25,860 K 548 AVG Resident Shield Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
lsass.exe 0.03 8,288 K 16,848 K 652 Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 0.03 9,076 K 12,996 K 1164 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
avgui.exe 0.03 8,368 K 22,624 K 4348 AVG User Interface AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 0.02 3,376 K 9,764 K 1656 MobileDeviceService Apple Inc.
nvstreamsvc.exe 0.02 4,148 K 10,088 K 6080 NVIDIA Streamer Service NVIDIA Corporation
lsm.exe 0.01 3,092 K 4,892 K 544 Local Session Manager Service Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 0.01 5,628 K 11,352 K 1028 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
nvstreamsvc.exe 0.01 7,176 K 16,388 K 6112 NVIDIA Streamer Service NVIDIA Corporation
RapportService.exe 0.01 51,216 K 41,156 K 3700 RapportService IBM Corp.
fshoster32.exe 0.01 7,096 K 17,532 K 3748 F-Secure Host Process F-Secure Corporation
explorer.exe 0.01 31,624 K 52,868 K 2284 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation
LMS.exe 0.01 3,404 K 5,872 K 4068 Local Manageability Service Intel Corporation
MusicManager.exe 0.01 61,076 K 71,352 K 2652 Music Manager Google Inc.
nvstreamsvc.exe 0.01 8,712 K 12,152 K 4332 NVIDIA Streamer Service NVIDIA Corporation
IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe 0.01 23,792 K 22,828 K 4720 IAStorDataSvc Intel Corporation
Last.fm Scrobbler.exe 0.01 29,120 K 47,548 K 9608 Last.fm Last.fm
FlipShareServer.exe < 0.01 5,268 K 11,576 K 3400 FlipShareServer
avgwdsvc.exe < 0.01 12,420 K 25,032 K 2684 AVG Watchdog Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
iusb3mon.exe < 0.01 2,548 K 6,400 K 4032 Intel(R) USB 3.0 Monitor Intel Corporation
iPodService.exe < 0.01 3,412 K 8,428 K 5760 iPodService Module (64-bit) Apple Inc.
WDBtnMgr.exe < 0.01 2,672 K 7,956 K 4236 WD Button Manager Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
wmpnetwk.exe < 0.01 11,056 K 12,696 K 7692 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation
NvBackend.exe < 0.01 16,804 K 22,616 K 2964 NVIDIA GeForce Experience Backend NVIDIA Corporation
taskhost.exe < 0.01 27,300 K 23,252 K 2140 Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 13,940 K 21,932 K 1404 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
PnkBstrA.exe < 0.01 1,704 K 4,808 K 4276
Amazon Music Helper.exe < 0.01 4,672 K 10,780 K 2460
IAStorIcon.exe < 0.01 27,232 K 25,184 K 3712 IAStorIcon Intel Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 15,208 K 19,136 K 7880 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
iTunesHelper.exe < 0.01 4,624 K 12,892 K 4472 iTunesHelper Apple Inc.
sftlist.exe < 0.01 8,988 K 20,704 K 3516 Microsoft Application Virtualization Client Service Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 15,228 K 17,804 K 1664 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
integratedoffice.exe < 0.01 27,508 K 43,152 K 4468 Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 8,500 K 16,012 K 3016 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
pcControlHost.exe < 0.01 22,736 K 30,448 K 6032 mcci+McciControlHost Alcatel-Lucent
BingDesktopUpdater.exe < 0.01 4,148 K 8,872 K 2712 Bing Desktop updating service Microsoft Corp.
IBurn.exe < 0.01 3,072 K 8,948 K 1312 InstantBurn UDF Tool CyberLink Corporation.
WLIDSVC.EXE < 0.01 7,996 K 16,120 K 5980 Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service Microsoft Corp.
uBBMonitor.exe < 0.01 2,800 K 6,268 K 3672 BBMonitor ArcSoft, Inc.
nvtray.exe < 0.01 6,664 K 14,432 K 1856 NVIDIA Settings NVIDIA Corporation
pcContextHookShim.exe < 0.01 1,472 K 5,784 K 3088 mcci+McciContextHookShim Alcatel-Lucent
iCloudServices.exe < 0.01 3,588 K 11,580 K 2184 iCloud Apple Inc.
nvvsvc.exe < 0.01 5,476 K 13,584 K 1832 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 347.25 NVIDIA Corporation
NvNetworkService.exe < 0.01 2,412 K 6,300 K 3644 NVIDIA Network Service NVIDIA Corporation
FlipShareService.exe < 0.01 15,484 K 24,816 K 3068 FlipShare Service
nvSCPAPISvr.exe < 0.01 2,696 K 5,928 K 1116 Stereo Vision Control Panel API Server NVIDIA Corporation
AsSysCtrlService.exe < 0.01 3,516 K 5,848 K 2588
wininit.exe < 0.01 1,660 K 4,800 K 960 Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation
mcsacore.exe < 0.01 19,896 K 4,972 K 5096 SiteAdvisor McAfee, Inc.
WmiPrvSE.exe 3,660 K 8,300 K 10220 WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation
WLIDSVCM.EXE 1,848 K 4,096 K 6320 Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service Monitor Microsoft Corp.
winlogon.exe 3,452 K 7,904 K 532 Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation
unsecapp.exe 2,148 K 5,840 K 6272 Sink to receive asynchronous callbacks for WMI client application Microsoft Corporation
UNS.exe 4,588 K 11,048 K 6984 User Notification Service Intel Corporation
TomTomHOMEService.exe 1,544 K 3,640 K 6024 Windows Service for TomTom HOME TomTom
taskeng.exe 2,504 K 6,712 K 2372 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 8,580 K 19,464 K 1376 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 19,992 K 24,588 K 1344 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 18,396 K 21,188 K 1896 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 2,972 K 6,352 K 1568 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 2,508 K 6,680 K 5896 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 2,824 K 6,528 K 7272 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
SSScheduler.exe 4,124 K 10,744 K 3440 McAfee Security Scanner Scheduler McAfee, Inc.
spoolsv.exe 7,348 K 13,780 K 1792 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation
smss.exe 544 K 1,228 K 380 Windows Session Manager Microsoft Corporation
sftvsa.exe 1,996 K 5,460 K 5680 Microsoft Application Virtualization Virtual Service Agent Microsoft Corporation
services.exe 6,828 K 10,764 K 1016 Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation
SeaPort.EXE 4,620 K 9,788 K 4644 Microsoft SeaPort Search Enhancement Broker Microsoft Corporation
rundll32.exe 2,536 K 6,620 K 5188 Windows host process (Rundll32) Microsoft Corporation
rundll32.exe 2,184 K 5,976 K 5628 Windows host process (Rundll32) Microsoft Corporation
rundll32.exe 7,872 K 8,696 K 3460 Windows host process (Rundll32) Microsoft Corporation
RAVCpl64.exe 9,716 K 12,144 K 2880 Realtek HD Audio Manager Realtek Semiconductor
procexp.exe 2,624 K 7,852 K 7760 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
pcCMService.exe 3,016 K 10,040 K 4760 mcci+McciCMService Alcatel-Lucent
pcCMService.exe 2,544 K 7,848 K 4524 mcci+McciCMService Alcatel-Lucent
nvxdsync.exe 9,120 K 21,164 K 1824 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component NVIDIA Corporation
nvvsvc.exe 2,968 K 8,096 K 1092 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 347.25 NVIDIA Corporation
mDNSResponder.exe 2,304 K 5,976 K 2836 Bonjour Service Apple Inc.
jusched.exe 2,364 K 8,384 K 4512 Java Update Scheduler Oracle Corporation
jucheck.exe 4,192 K 11,920 K 1868 Java Update Checker Oracle Corporation
Jhi_service.exe 2,192 K 6,012 K 5036 Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface Intel Corporation
HeciServer.exe 2,232 K 6,380 K 4960 Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service Interface Intel(R) Corporation
GfExperienceService.exe 2,524 K 6,928 K 4860 NVIDIA GeForce Experience Service NVIDIA Corporation
dllhost.exe 3,216 K 8,236 K 8940 COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation
CVHSVC.EXE 8,452 K 17,052 K 6752 Microsoft Office Client Virtualization Service Microsoft Corporation
ctfmon.exe 2,352 K 4,796 K 4824 CTF Loader Microsoft Corporation
CTAudSvc.exe 1,368 K 4,424 K 1544 Creative Audio Service Creative Technology Ltd
conhost.exe 1,416 K 3,424 K 2976 Console Window Host Microsoft Corporation
conhost.exe 1,516 K 3,680 K 6120 Console Window Host Microsoft Corporation
conhost.exe 1,996 K 5,436 K 6140 Console Window Host Microsoft Corporation
avgnsa.exe 10,020 K 17,012 K 3380 AVG Online Shield Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
avgemca.exe 2,296 K 7,228 K 3408 AVG E-mail Scanner AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
avgcsrva.exe 25,632 K 163,788 K 580 AVG Scanning Core Module - Server Part AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
atkexComSvc.exe 7,428 K 10,716 K 2072
armsvc.exe 1,220 K 3,912 K 1248 Adobe Acrobat Update Service Adobe Systems Incorporated
AdminService.exe 2,088 K 5,864 K 2612 AdminService Application Atheros Commnucations
aaHMSvc.exe 2,832 K 5,580 K 2552

I'd try to first let the game decide on your video settings, then turn tesselation on 'low' (if it hadn't done so by itself). That option is a resource hog and for me setting it on low saves me a ton of stuttering.

/hope this helps!

Tried that and making some progress so thanks for the tip