Playing around with DA:I I have noticed that the video resolution, unless specifically set in game, dynamically changes to the windows resolution.
Just to get the game started, can you try doing this,
In 'Documents>BioWare>DragonAgeInquisiton>Save' folder, if it's there, rename your 'ProfileOptions_profile' file to 'ProfileOptions_profile bak'.
Right-click on desktop and set your windows screen resolution to 1280x720 (or lower), and then try launching the game.
I suppose you have tried these, http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dragon-Age-Inquisition/Patch-made-performance-MUCH-worse/m-p/4107017#M28146
This driver has also helped a few non-gtx980 owners and maybe worth a go, http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3607
Indeed I have, I am by no means a tech expert but i get the distinct feeling as though there may be some sort of compatibility issue going on here between the game and my set up more than anything else.
Of course thats just my wild speculation. Im hoping this situation wont simply get ignored and looked over because I've noticed im certainly not the only one and worse yet there are varying degrees of this issue, and it would be nice if EA/Bioware could do something about this. It's sad that so far im noticing the community helping the community far more than anything else, but hey maybe they are truly working hard on fixes for this among many other issues.
There seems to be an issue with Windows 7 and AMD FX processors which have caused some games to crash. Microsoft have released some hotfixes that apparently are not implemented in the windows automatic updates. They relate to poor thread optimisation and parking cpu cores. They might be worth looking into to. Also check your PC has the latest motherboard bios.
Thank you very much for this idea, indeed two of my cores are parked which is odd given i explored any issues with my CPU extensively and never saw that get mentioned once. I'm currently in the process of giving this a try once i can get the damned hotfixes applied, and I shall report back any success i have with this.
Found this thread, http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dragon-Age-Inquisition/DAI-Performance-Issues/td-p/3999987 ,which has an fx4100 set affinity solution that might work. Good luck.
