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Tracy7972
7 years ago
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I have 3 toons that cannot progress in Ossus. All 3 crash during the cutscene's consistently. I have sent 3 helpdesk tickets letting them know I already tried the same steps they keep asking me do an...
  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    7 years ago

    @Tracy7972 

    I think you will find that the game will look different too just by able to play with higher gfx settings 

    I imagine you will be able to put all settings on high except keep shadows on low , but it will be trial and error but the intel 4600 would be a gaming bottleneck for you at present regardless of the issue in swtor.

    Let me know how it all goes though 

    May The Force Be With You

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proxos666
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7 years ago

@Tracy7972

Possibly try uninstalling the video driver that is currently installed with ddu , sometimes if a manufacturers driver is installed it can stop an intel driver install

edit - another consideration is to buy a dedicated budget video card , if you took your system to a computer store they should be able to help, your PC appears to have a slot available

Tracy7972's avatar
Tracy7972
7 years ago

I do appreciate everyone's assistance and advice. I just find it strange that the game plays fine with cutscene's and such until Ossus. That really doesn't make much sense. I will try uninstalling my driver to see if that helps and consider purchasing another graphics card.

  • Tonfu's avatar
    Tonfu
    Seasoned Hotshot
    7 years ago

    Sadly there are some cinematics in the game which create a higher load on the video card than the rest of the game. There are also some class mission conversation at the ship holoterminal for Imperial Agents which can have the same effect. My guess is that this is an engine thing. 

    • Tracy7972's avatar
      Tracy7972
      7 years ago

      So I am currently looking at adding a graphics card. The two I am looking at are 

      EVGA - NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card - Black  2GB for $55 and a  PNY - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Black for $200

      Basically I am trying to decide if I can get away with the 2GB verses the 4GB. I don't want to spend $200 and that not solve my issue. I would be more comfortable with $50 if it does not work. If that makes sense?

      • proxos666's avatar
        proxos666
        Hero+
        7 years ago

        @Tracy7972 

        I look at this way, given your computer is an i5 - 4570 the CPU that isnt that bad you can see a benchmark for it at this link

        Now the intel video card you are currently using is built into the CPU and i'll provide the benchmarks for comparison 

        Intel 4600 - benchmark link = 711

        Nvidia 710 - benchmark link = 680

        Nvidia 1050 - benchmark link = 4649

        edit - sorry just saw you listed a 1050 ti its benchmark is below

        Nvidia 1050ti - benchmark link = 5979

        Now using the 1050 will have an impact on performance on any game you play over using one of the others.

        the Nvidia 710 should solve the issue but performance wise it will be no different to using the intel card , we usually call these cards clayton video cards, meaning a video card when you do not have a video card.

        Hope this helps you make the decision.

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