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[SmartiePuff]

 My character has black eyes, I cannot change the color in character creation. I've searched the forum and have read several posts that claim the problem is a low-grade video card  and the only fix is to upgrade. However, I just got my comptuer two days ago and it has a 1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 440. I don't understand why this glitch is happening, does anyone know any other reason? 

[RaenImrahl]

Hate to tell you, but yours *is* a low end card. The Nvidia 430/440 series are budget-minded cards which are best suited to high def video but not 3D gaming. It's designed mainly for home theater - pc stuff.

[Gorath Alpha]

You haven't really paid enough attention to what the archives had available to tell you. However, before I proceed, I must offer a guarantee here. "Newness" is irrelevant. Never forget that. Only the specifications count, not the components' AGE.

Your GT440 is capable of running with the Medium and probably even the large texture files, both of which have the tints for various eye colors. Low End cards cannot handle the larger texture files without running far too slowly. All you have to do is increase the quality level in the configuration, although the max image quality settings will be beyond what a GT 440 was intended to do, and the same goes for any very high screen resolutions.

P..S.  Although the GT 430 was purpose-designed as a Home Theater control center (HTPC) graphics component, the current 440 is essentially what the GT220 and GT230 had been before, but better.  I just wrote an unnecessarily long answer to a question in a DA2 forum, but edited it back down to a reasonable length before ever posting it, all about the 8500GT, 9400GT, GT220, GT230, GT320 price bracket of sub-Mainline, borderline cards, or "Budget Game" priced products. 

On a value-received performance basis, those were not nearly as good of a value as the usual Mainline Graphics cards.  We have yet to see about the 440, but it really is closer to being a GT 240 than to a GT 230.  It's probably not nearly as good for HTPC use as the 430.  It's still new enough that there haven't been many benchmarks for it. 

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 26 février 2011 - 03:54 .

[Moondoggie]

Usually this problem is a result of having the graphics settings on the lowest settings since certain non gaming cards cannot handle the eye colours the lower settings has a uniform black colour. I'm not familiar with your card at all so i can't say much for it's performence. Hopefully one of the guys will pick up on this and be in a better place to comment. did you try downloading the latest drivers for your card? This may be the cause of the problem and it's a simple fix.

Edit: They found your post before i was finished nevermind.

Modifié par Moondoggie, 26 février 2011 - 03:47 .

[SmartiePuff]

Gorath Alpha wrote...

You haven't really paid enough attention to what the archives had available to tell you. However, before I proceed, I must offer a guarantee here. "Newness" is irrelevant. Never forget that. Only the specifications count, not the components' AGE.
Your GT440 is capable of running with the Medium and probably even the large texture files, both of which have the tints for various eye colors. Low End cards cannot handle the larger texture files without running far too slowly. All you have to do is increase the quality level in the configuration, although the max settings will be beyond what a GT 440 was intended to do, and the same goes for very high screen resolutions.

 

Oh, I didn't realize it was low-end and I only mentioned newness because I hoped that would indicate everything was up-to-date.  Thanks, though. 

[Gorath Alpha]

I don't think it really is below the dividing line that separates the Business Quality, or "Entry Level" range of video graphics devices from the Mainline, "Medium" range of Graphics Cards, although I haven't seen enough about your new card to be totally certain, and I took some exception to RI's answer lumping the 440 with the 430.

For that matter, the PRICE that nVIDIA's partners are supposed to demand for the 430 is a lot higher than the GT220 / GT230 / GT320 cards all had been. It is specialized for its particular niche. I'm not sure right now if there even is a Geforce out there carrying forward on the GT220 "Budget Gamer" borderline niche.

[RaenImrahl]

My assessment was based on what I've read online, including:  http://www.techpower...GeForce_GT_440/

[SmartiePuff]

Gorath Alpha wrote...

All you have to do is increase the quality level in the configuration, although the max image quality settings will be beyond what a GT 440 was intended to do, and the same goes for any very high screen resolutions.

Will this work? Or could increasing the quality level cause problems? You seem very knowlegable about the subject. 

[RaenImrahl]

You can always turn it back down. What are your graphic settings right now, and what kind of processor do you have in your computer?  (Example:  Phenom II x4 3.4GHz or  Intel Core Duo 3.0 GHz)

Modifié par RaenImrahl, 26 février 2011 - 04:20 .

[SmartiePuff]

RaenImrahl wrote...

You can always turn it back down. What are your graphic settings right now, and what kind of processor do you have in your computer?  (Example:  Phenom II x4 3.4GHz or  Intel Core Duo 3.0 GHz)

I'm not home right now, so I cannot check the graphic settings. But, the processor is AMD Phenom X4 955 quad-core processor 3.2GHz.

Modifié par SmartiePuff, 26 février 2011 - 04:35 .

[RaenImrahl]

Yeah, that's a pretty good CPU, so I think you'll be able to adjust the texture settings up a little. Ultimately you'll have to decide what balance you want to live with-- texture detail versus performance. And to clarify, I don't think you necessarily made a bad choice with your graphics card... it's just geared more towards HD video streaming and Blu-ray than 3D gaming.

[SmartiePuff]

Okay, thanks for the help!

[Gorath Alpha]

I have had time to look around for the data on GT 440 cards, and if this source is to be believed, the original "OEM" GT 440 is based on a different nVIDIA design, a "GF 106", and may be a less-capable design than this Retail prduct that is suposedly a "GF 108" instead: 

www.geeks3d.com/20110209/asus-geforce-gt-440-review-test-opengl-direct3d-overclocking/

The initial judgment is that OEM versions will have cheap DDR3 RAM, same as the GT 430 does, while "Retail" cards can have DDR5, and be an entirely different kettle of fish:

www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php

I'll eventually backtrack to my initial source, which was probably Anand Tech, to see if they had commented about this GF 106 / 108 dichotomy (or different kinds of RAM, but the GT 240 also had a "Cheap" version with only DDR3). 

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 26 février 2011 - 08:14 .

[SmartiePuff]

Gorath Alpha wrote...

I have had time to look around for the data on GT 440 cards, and if this source is to be believed, the original "OEM" GT 440 is based on a different nVIDIA design, a "GF 106", and may be a less-capable design than this Retail prduct that is suposedly a "GF 108" instead: 

www.geeks3d.com/20110209/asus-geforce-gt-440-review-test-opengl-direct3d-overclocking/

The initial judgment is that OEM versions will have cheap DDR3 RAM, same as the GT 430 does, while "Retail" cards can have DDR5, and be an entirely different kettle of fish:

www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php

I'll eventually backtrack to my initial source, which was probably Anand Tech, to see if they had commented about this GF 106 / 108 dichotomy (or different kinds of RAM, but the GT 240 also had a "Cheap" version with only DDR3). 

Wow, thanks for the information!

[SmartiePuff]

FYI for anyone else that has this problem that might see this thread: I downloaded the JBTextures mod here www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php  and it fixed the "black eyes" problem.

Modifié par SmartiePuff, 28 février 2011 - 01:08 .