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9 years ago

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Sound Issues

So I just downloaded Dragon Age: Inquisition, Game of the Year edition. I downloaded through Origin, and when I open the game, not only is it maddeningly slow, but the sound echoes and skips. At first I just restarted my computer a couple of times, I've disabled Origin in-game, and I don't know how many times I've adjusted the in-game display and audio settings. I just can't get anything to work and I'm not very experienced with any advanced settings or solutions that might be able to help fix this issue.

I looked into some of these issues to see of a potential solution, but haven't found anything that works or I understand. It would be a lot of help if someone might be able to suggest some other possible solutions? I'd really like to play, but with how slow it is, even when I'm willing to mute the game, playing is pretty much unbearable right now.

As far as the hardware and things that I have, I don't know. But if anyone can let me know as to how I can find out, I can update that information if it would be of any help.

Thank you.

dragon age inquisition

Fred_vdp
9 years ago
The dxdiag reveals that your PC doesn't meet the system requirements.

You have:

CPU: Intel Pentium 2117U @ 1.80Ghz

GPU: Intel HD Graphics

The game requires at least a quad-core processor whereas you have a dual core processor. The game also requires a graphics card by AMD or Nvidia. Your Intel HD Graphics are not designed for gaming PCs.

These are the system requirements:

OS: Windows 7 or 8.1 64-bit

CPU: AMD quad core CPU @ 2.5 GHz; Intel quad core CPU @ 2.0 GHz

System RAM: 4 GB

Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 4870; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Graphics Memory: 512 MB

Hard Drive: 26 GB

DirectX: 10

Getting a game ready PC may be a bit confusing if you're new to it. If you ever need advice on a PC that can run the game, feel free to ask. For now it's probably best if you check EA's refund policy.

https://help.ea.com/en/refund/

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Fred_vdp
Hero+
9 years ago
To find out what's causing the slow performance, you will have to share your hardware specs. Read the following post and follow the instructions, especially part 2, which explains how to share a dxdiag file.

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dragon-Age-Inquisition/How-to-post-the-relevant-info-when-you-create-a-question/m-p/4356255#U4356255

Audio skips can be tied to the slow performance.

When you talk about echoes, do you mean specifically with regards to spoken dialog?
Aiwinislove76
9 years ago
Thank you for the link. I followed the steps and it told me to post this link, http://hastebin.com/lamalegobo.tex

I hope that helps.

And with the sound, I used the incorrect term. It skips and repeats the sound, and it's absolutely anything. It happens with the music, sound effects, dialogue, everything. It's so bad I wasn't even able to get past creating a character.

Thank you 🙂
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Fred_vdp
Hero+
9 years ago
The dxdiag reveals that your PC doesn't meet the system requirements.

You have:

CPU: Intel Pentium 2117U @ 1.80Ghz

GPU: Intel HD Graphics

The game requires at least a quad-core processor whereas you have a dual core processor. The game also requires a graphics card by AMD or Nvidia. Your Intel HD Graphics are not designed for gaming PCs.

These are the system requirements:

OS: Windows 7 or 8.1 64-bit

CPU: AMD quad core CPU @ 2.5 GHz; Intel quad core CPU @ 2.0 GHz

System RAM: 4 GB

Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 4870; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Graphics Memory: 512 MB

Hard Drive: 26 GB

DirectX: 10

Getting a game ready PC may be a bit confusing if you're new to it. If you ever need advice on a PC that can run the game, feel free to ask. For now it's probably best if you check EA's refund policy.

https://help.ea.com/en/refund/
Aiwinislove76
9 years ago
Thank you so much for your help 🙂