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[Martin E]

I'm using an nVidia 7900GTX 512MB - and it is running the game with no real problems.



Can't check the exact settings - but I have reduced texture detail, but I'm running at 1680x1050 but not at min settings.



There is occassional slow down during larger fights (not a show-stopper in my experience though - I could further reduce some options, but for me, it's running at a fairly good balance of quality vs. speed.



Martin

[Soretooth]

Eurypterid wrote...

If you're going for nvidia, and your concern is gaming, avoid anything with a second number of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. A cheap card to look into would be an 8800 GT (the 512 MB version). You should be able to find one for $100 or less.

I just gave my daughter my older PC since I just built a new one.  The older PC plays DA:O effortlessly (Very High graphics setting, Textures maxed, 8x AA) with the following:

AMD Opteron 185 Dual-Core CPU (about the same as an FX)
Corsair 4GB RAM
Dual 8800 GT (512 MB each) in SLI (BFG factory overclocked)
850W PSU

The 8800 GT card rocks, even though it's dated now.  The 8800, as I understand, is a reference build, and is frequently used in test labs for comparison.  If you get an 8800 GT, try to find one that is factory overclocked.

As stated earlier, make sure your Power Supply (PSU) is capable of supporting your new card(s).  This is critically important to avoid constant crashing, etc.  In my older rig, I went from a 650W to the 850W when I added the 8800 GT cards in SLI and the PC works like a dream.

Also, no matter what card(s) you're using, use a fan app, such as EVGA Precision, to increase the fan speed.  Typically, the GPU fan speed is set low at the factory (25-40%).  When playing a graphics intensive game, such as DA:O, or any other newer one, I'd suggest setting your GPU fan speed (for each GPU if you have more than one) to at least 80%.  That way you won't be smelling burning plastic while you're gaming.

BTW, Newegg is the best IMO!  I'll give them a plug whenever I can.

[Sunjammer]

You might find the following interesting/helpful:

• www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,698666/Dragon-Age-Origins-System-Requirements-Benchmarks-and-Graphics-Tuning/Practice/
• www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,698761/Dragon-Age-Origins-CPU-benchmarks-75-percent-boost-for-quad-cores/Practice/

[Eurypterid]

JazzyJenna wrote...
 Canadian pricing sux.. anything you can buy stateside.. (other than Prescription drugs) costs at least twice as much here then in the U.S. even though our dollar is $0.95 American.just a crappy ripoff buying anything here.. my price was still the cheapest I could find anywhere in Canada for a new card..

You can order that card through NCIX.com (Canadian seller) for 45 bucks, not including shipping. Canadian prices tend to be somewhat higher than US, true, but nowhere near double if you look in the right places, and there are good reasons for the slightly higher prices.

[Soretooth]

In keeping with the question, but not necessarily the submitter's intent, I've got to say that I'm deeply impressed with the Nvidia GTX 200 series of video cards. I prefer Nvidia, just as I prefer AMD over Intel. It's a matter of personal choice. I'm not implying anything negative about ATI or Intel, since had I been able to afford the Intel i-7 CPU and Mobo, I would have built a new rig around those components.



The GTX 295 is an awesome beast, but out of my price range.



My new rig includes the MSI GTX275 Lightning. I could not afford two for SLI, but for the moment, I only need one GPU. The 275 Lightning is factory overclocked and nearly matches a 285, which is good enough for me. The 275 Lightning blows my previous rig with dual 8800 GT in SLI right out of the water. I can see a definite improvement in DA:O graphics with the same settings I achieved in my previous rig.



My new rig from Newegg ($1,700):

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred (7 case fans)

Mobo: MSI AM3 Tri-SLI NF980-E65

CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 Quad-Core 3.2 GHz (Oc'd to 3.7 GHz)

CPU Cooler: Skythe Mugen-2

RAM: G.Skill 6GB DDR3

GPU: MSI N275GTX Lightning with 1,792 MB memory

PSU: Corsair 1,000W Modular

OS Boot Disk: Kingston SSD 40GB (no moving parts)

Internal HD: Samsung F3 1TB

OS: Windows 7 64-bit



This is a killer rig to match up with my killer Rogue.



Braggin' rights are in the eyes of the beholder, and I'm beholdin' very nicely.



(No, I didn't build a new rig just for DA:O. I had a chance to do it and at the same time give my daughter and her husband a very decent previous rig for Christmas -- along with DA:O, of course.)

[Sam -stone- serious]

Just dont get the GTX275. Get the HD5850 instead. Same money but new and much better than even the GTX285. Do yourself a favor.

[KeeVasha]

For the simple reason, I can't afford better.. since hubby was cut back on hours for the Winter
I have the NVidia GeForce 8600 GTS and it runs pretty well on a medium setting. Not the greatest by far.. by hey - it runs my game pretty well

[DJ Evoke]

I have a BFG nvidia 260 OC and it runs this game easy on full settings.

[Eurypterid]

Sam -stone- serious wrote...

Just dont get the GTX275. Get the HD5850 instead. Same money but new and much better than even the GTX285. Do yourself a favor.

Yeah, if you can find one. The ATI 5800 series cards are heavily allocated and suffer from long waits due to back orders.

[Gorath Alpha]

Soretooth wrote...

In keeping with the question, but not necessarily the submitter's intent, I've got to say that I'm deeply impressed with the Nvidia GTX 200 series of video cards. I prefer Nvidia, just as I prefer AMD over Intel. It's a matter of personal choice. I'm not implying anything negative about ATI or Intel, since had I been able to afford the Intel i-7 CPU and Mobo, I would have built a new rig around those components.

The GTX 295 is an awesome beast, but out of my price range.

Have you been reading about nVIDIA's plans to survive the price drop when AMD's APUs start becoming available during 2012?  They hope to be selling into a multi-GPU market of high powered business computers with four and more GPU cards driving them (at very high unit costs), and there will also be Intel bombing with their own initial version of an APU for at least a year beyond AMD's release (their "Larrabee" was supposed to introduce an Intel GPU that was semi-competitive before the end of 2009, or early in 2010, but that has been proven to be a halfway dead end idea already). 

Pertinent Larrabee article: www.dailytech.com/Intel+Cancels+Larrabee+GPU+Focuses+on+Future+Graphics+Projects/article17040.htm

There will also be a continuation for a further time for the Production Graphics card market, which is only a small market compared to end user video cards. 

Gorath
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Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 07 décembre 2009 - 06:57 .

[Psython]

I have an OCed nvidia 260gtx card (running at close to 285 stock speed) and I am running this game at 1900*1024 rez with 16qAA and 16x AF. This looks amazing with no slowdown ever. This computer also has 12gigs of 2000mgz ram and an overclocked i7 processor. However, I do agree that the new AMD cards (5000 series) are a better value. I would recommend the 4860 card for the original poster or maybe an nvidia 9800gt or 9800gtx.



I played dragon age on my laptop before I got that new desktop. My laptop has an nvidia 8600gt video card, 2gigs of ram and a 2.4gtz dual core processor. This was sufficient to run the game at medium settings at about 20-35 fps. Usually it was a little choppy but playable. Oddly enough, putting the textures on high did not effect fps much. I had to run without frame-buffer effects (i.e. fancy lighting and post processing) because they cut my frame rate in half.



To the original poster, I am sure you would be ok at low settings on the 8400gt equipped computer. To be honest, the game scales well and still looks fine on low, unlike some games that look severely butchered on low settings.

[bonscott87]

ATI is the way to go for price/performance. Heck, I have an old 3870 that runs this game on super high everything and I still get 40-50 fps with no slowdowns in big fights.



You can get a "lower end" 5000 series 5750 512 meg for just $129 or less. And it's fully DirectX 11 compliant no less. If you can up that to $150 the power goes up even more. If you're stuck at $100 then the high end 47xx and 48xx are easily in reach and will run circles around most Nvidia products at the same price.