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    Dragon Age II, Mobility Radeon 5870, and directx 11

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Purlpo, Mar 10, 2011.

  1. Purlpo

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    This is my Directx diagnostic thingy window

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    And this is dragon age 2

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    Why wont it allow me to select very high settings? I think I need it to view the high resolution textures. I just updated my drivers to the latest official version.

    Edit: Maybe there is a way to force those settings in a config file? the game is still pretty new...
     
    Purlpo, Mar 10, 2011
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  2. maksin01

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    Don't know why it wouldn't let you chose very high, but you don't need it to view the high res textures. ;)

    DX11 Very High is pointless anyways coz even on my desktop 5850 OC'd I only get 30fps on DX11 Very High, where I get 60+ fps on DX11 High settings 2xAA.
     
    maksin01, Mar 10, 2011
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    Is there a config file? Copy it and try to change it manually with a text editor :)
     
    key001, Mar 10, 2011
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  4. kaizenmx

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    You playing demo?
     
    kaizenmx, Mar 10, 2011
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  5. JohnnyFlash

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    You can't choose very high because you need to download the "very high" texture pack first here.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Mar 10, 2011
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    Wouldn't You need more than 1GB VRAM for it?
     
    Marecki_clf, Mar 10, 2011
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  7. JohnnyFlash

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    Possibly, it says "at least 1GB", so it might be OK. He wanted to know why it wouldn't work though, and that's why.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Mar 10, 2011
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    You don't need the High Res Texture pack to play on very high, I can do it without the pack.
     
    nikolai090, Mar 10, 2011
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    Star Forge, Mar 10, 2011
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  10. mushishi

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    Yes, Dragon Age 2 performs better on AMD. BioWare developed DX11 with AMD.

    Plus it doesn't matter since AMD has a new feature that allows you to disable or customize tessellation settings.

    But that also doesn't matter since the DX11 features in DA2 are about lighting and shading which AMD has no problems with, actually may be faster than Nvidia.

    Play DA2 on high settings with the high res textures and you should have smooth framerate on any midrange performance card, HD5770/GTX450 desktop equivalent or better. No slow downs etc.
     
    mushishi, Mar 10, 2011
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  11. tpro

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    Try enabling fullscrean mode...
     
    tpro, Mar 10, 2011
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    Thats because the latest version is patched i think...
     
    tpro, Mar 10, 2011
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  13. nikolai090

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    I could turn on very high right at the release date, when no patches were released yet.
     
    nikolai090, Mar 10, 2011
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  14. Lieto

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    2 purlpo

    At least you managed to run it.
    I am trying to run it on macbook 2011 (windows 7 in bootcamp and all), and game says that i dont have directx11 and that it wont launch because of that.
     
    Lieto, Mar 11, 2011
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    How well does this game run on the G73?
     
    daranik, Mar 12, 2011
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    I'm currently running at 1680x1050 with 0xAA, 4xAF, everything at their highest (very high, high-res textures patch, etc). Noticed that when scrolling the screen, it can get a bit choppy, though battles seem to be fine (only played until arriving at Kirkwall though). I'm still trying to mess around with the settings trying to get an optimal config for my system.
     
    himura_drew, Mar 13, 2011
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