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[-Zippi-]

A lot have problems with lagging and neverending loadingscreens. But if you own a AMD desktop, the problem is probably gone now.

Yesterday another member of this forum recommended the program "AMD Fusion" to improve the game performance.

It didn't work the way it was described there, but with some configuration it WORKS :-O Thank you to that guy. Now I hope a lot of other players can enjoy this.

There are NO lagging, and the loadingscreens normaly lasts 5-30 seconds. Can be a bit longer on places with lots of action - like Denerim. Never again the 3-5 minuttes loadingscreens though.

Do this, and you will probably FINALLY be able to enjoy the game at its best (many different computers though):

First: THIS WILL ONLY WORK ON AMD DESKTOPS (not others like Intel). 

1) (First time only) Download and install AMD Fusion (official AMD product):
http://game.amd.com/...fusion.aspx?p=1

2) Open AMD Fusion as administrator.

3) Click on the small cog at the top left to get to the configurationscreen (advanced mode).

4) (First time only) Click "New" (to make a new profile)

5) (First time only) Below "Hardware configuration", click "select all". (Not all will be selected - that is no problem)

6) (First time only) Below "Software configuration", click "select all". (Not all will be selected - that is no problem)

7) (First time only) Tick "Make this my default profile", give it a name and click "save".

8) Find this profile on the bottom at the configuration window.

9) Left click on your profile at the bottom at the configuration window and click "Run Profile".

10) The program will now make your PC a gameconsole only - turning off most other programs including internet (It is possible to reopen internet but that is not recommended as the systemprotection is very poor now) and make the hardware focus all on the game.

11) Open the Dragon Age menu.

12) (First time only) Don't start the game, but open configuration.

13) (First time only) Click "video" on the left menu.

14) (First time only) Set graphic to medium, anti-aliasing to 2x and texture to medium. Tick: Play in fullscreen, vertical sync, frame buffer effects, disable multiple render targets, disable aspect-ratio correction. This make the game look like on the PS3/360. Most PC's can handle this.

15. (First time only) Exit configuration and save changes.

16. On the Dragon Age menu; click play game.

17. (First time only) On the titlescreen click options.

18. (First time only) Turn off blood gore. Turn off hit point count.

19. Unless your PC is very old or an office PC you will probably be able to enjoy Dragon Age at its best (but again - there are many different PC's). After having this confimed you can experiment on making the graphics better and enabling effects. You can also try to enable other programs like internet and protection on your profile in AMD fusion if you miss this (but note that this can make the problems return).

20. When finished playing - return to AMD Fusion, click on your profile, and click "stop profile" to turn your PC back to normal.

GOOD LUCK!

Modifié par -Zippi-, 13 décembre 2009 - 01:37 .

[-Zippi-]

*bump* Everyone with this problem have to see this.

This is fantastic. I have now played many hours with no problem at all. Finally=D

Modifié par -Zippi-, 11 décembre 2009 - 11:22 .

[JironGhrad]

As I've been saying from day 1, if something like this (or processor affinity, or the AMD Phenom patch in the Troubleshooting FAQ) can fix even some portion of the problems then it's not a true memory leak. If this has worked for anyone who wasn't able to get it working with either of the other fixes I mentioned, I'd like to see a show of hands (and I'll add it to the FAQ if we see any significant result.)

[Aerundel]

So it just turns a bunch of external programs off and then you set your graphics down? This sounds like a bunch of stuff you can do manually. I'll install the utility though, just to see what it does.

[theyeti90]

You are my hero dude it finally fixed my problem. Iv had no trouble at all either and JironGhard i did try all the other fixes that were mentioned in the other topic but none of them worked but this one finally did. Thank you again Zippi.

[Aerundel]

Meh, I'm not gonna use this PC-crippling utility just to bypass a memory leak. Whatever it is, it'll be fixed by Bioware eventually. When I first looked at the instructions, it seemed like I'd only have to use the utility once or twice. But it needs to be on while playing every time, right? I'm not going to shut off my internet just to play, let alone the fact that I own the Steam version. This isn't a real fix, imo.

[-Zippi-]

Aerundel:

You have to do a lot the first time, but later it is very quick and easy. Yes, you have to run the AMD Fusion every time, but you only have to 1) Click on the shortcut, 2) Click in to advanced mode, 3) Click run profile, and 4) start the game. Takes about 30 sec. Nothing compared to the loadingscreens we have been getting used to;-)

This is an official software made by AMD to get best possible gameplay, so I think it should be safe.

Also note that my instructions are the strongest configuration so that it works for most computers. You could try to make the graphics and effects better + enabling internet and protection++

I still think there are some bad programming in the game though. I can run Crysis without this, so it should be possible with Dragon Age too. ....and again; it only works on AMD desktops.

Modifié par -Zippi-, 11 décembre 2009 - 12:04 .

[Foufoug]

I bet he said if you cant login on steam you cant launch the game x) or something like that :s If so the fix wont work for him and btw its not a perma fix its a hotfix just to decrease loading etc... my loading in denerim or anybig fight is 4-6sec at 1st load and 30sec-1min on longplay :s We still notice slowdown during fight especially when corpse decay (do not use the 1st skill of "psychomancer" dunno if same name in english^^ or a big slowdown will appear , if there is many corpse) more noticable after long playtime. I can run all my game at max setting like Modern warfare 2 etc... without slowdown or anything^^ So for sure something go wrong with DA:O .

Modifié par Foufoug, 11 décembre 2009 - 12:12 .

[Aerundel]

I'm not worried about any of the software involved. Unlike a lot of people who complain about Steam, I've never had problems with Offline mode. I'm also well aware that this utility is "safe." But what it does is lock down a lot of the functions of the PC, and possibly OCs some of the AMD-branded components, just to boost game performance. It was actually created because AMD is trying to compete with consoles by marketing its product as a complete system - CPU, mobo, GPU. It's like Intel's Centrino, but for gaming.

If I shut down all that stuff the utility suggests, I can't log onto Steam, Bioware's servers, my IM client, my Teamspeak server, torrents, etc. I think the last time I sacrifice multitasking for a game was in like 2001, heh. While it's nice that you can play 10 hours and not have any problems now, I'm not really in the position to play that long at once. I take reasonable breaks, and simply restart the game, thus resetting the leak.

In any case, the utility DOES do what I thought it did in my original post - a bunch of stuff I can do manually.

Modifié par Aerundel, 11 décembre 2009 - 12:23 .

[Creesen]

tag

[Serinthium]

Worked for me, although it should work without. I will use it until BioWare decides to fix the problem. Thanks for the post.

[Creesen]

Is this a program pretty much anybody can use? Or If you don't know alot about these kinds of things will you have trouble with it?

[Apex Sammoth]

I got a better idea even though this one is very helpfull. BIOWARE FIX THE DAMN GAME.

[Mortiquendi]

maybe its not biowars game thats the problem but all the crap we put on our machines like java, flash, aim, yahoo messenger, msn messenger, scype, adobe acrobat, yadda yadda yadda wait, no, lets blaim everything on the program that exacerbates the issue and ignore the fact that all the programs on our machines have there own problems But anyways



To the OP'er, Thank you

[Aerundel]

Creesen wrote...

Is this a program pretty much anybody can use? Or If you don't know alot about these kinds of things will you have trouble with it?

If you install it, it doesn't do anything until you tell it to. When you get to the part of the instructions where it says to "select all" in Hardware/Software, just go ahead and scan the lists there and you'll see what the utility can control. All of them are something you can access via services.msc, your BIOS, through your driver control panels, etc. It's really there just to automate it all so that anybody buying an AMD system off the shelf can lock it into "Gaming Mode." Woo...

[Creesen]

Well, I thought it was going to work...I played for about 1.5hrs then I froze up again causing me to hard boot, I wish I had any problem but this one, sigh

[-Zippi-]

Creesen wrote...

Well, I thought it was going to work...I played for about 1.5hrs then I froze up again causing me to hard boot, I wish I had any problem but this one, sigh

The software probably wont stop the crash-bug for those having that. But for most players with an AMD desktop, it will stop the lagging and neverending loadingscreens.

Modifié par -Zippi-, 11 décembre 2009 - 04:56 .

[Apex Sammoth]

The CTD issue is a real problem and need to be adressed by Bioware but, hey I am sure we will see the DLC before a fix on those major issues. They will not see a DIME of my money untill they fix CTD, Memory Leaks, and Long Load Screens. That means if it's not fixed by ME2 or Knights release that will be 2 more titles I had planned to purchase not getting purchased. Thnx for trying OP sometimes I wish Bioware would put as much time and resources that you guys put into fixing there product. I really appreciate the time and effort you guys put into doing this but, the reality is Bioware needs to fix it.

[xb360]

Your Welcome To Those That This Worked For!

[OneBadAssMother]

Trying it out now, if this works, I'm sticking your name on my signature and proclaim you HERO!

[Rubbish Hero]

Bioware should be fixing this problem, not us.

[JironGhrad]

Apex Sammoth wrote...

The CTD issue is a real problem and need to be adressed by Bioware but, hey I am sure we will see the DLC before a fix on those major issues. They will not see a DIME of my money untill they fix CTD, Memory Leaks, and Long Load Screens. That means if it's not fixed by ME2 or Knights release that will be 2 more titles I had planned to purchase not getting purchased. Thnx for trying OP sometimes I wish Bioware would put as much time and resources that you guys put into fixing there product. I really appreciate the time and effort you guys put into doing this but, the reality is Bioware needs to fix it.

I hate to say it, but that's a silly approach to the issue.  The team that does the DLC is different than the team that fixes issues. So the release schedule is completely unrelated.  By the same token, both other games you mentioned are being developed by a different group of people so the issues here are completely unrelated to the development there. 

Further, I'm fully convinced that there are problems with this game but they're not memory leaks or long load screens or CTDs.  The "so-called memory leak" is clearly a problem with processor thread handling.  How much of it is Bioware's fault or can be fixed by them remains to be seen. The fact that CPU affinity, CPU patching and swapping CPU's has resolved the problem in any cases at all proves that there isn't actually memory leak.  Likewise, the long load screen issue is based on the processor speed and is directly related to the processor thread handling issue.  CTDs may or may not be a problem with the game, a problem with a particular driver, a bad sector or cluster on the HDD, failing memory modules, conflicting programs running in the background, overheating CPU/GPU or a corrupted OS/spyware/virus infection. 

There's a lot of "ifs" there that have nothing to do with the game itself.  If the problems that occur lie anywhere outside the game code, no matter how many fixes they implement at Bioware it will never go away. Therefore, let's all back away from the nerd rage, get some air, do the "holiday thing" and see what happens as the people at Bioware do their jobs and fix what they can on their end.

Modifié par JironGhrad, 11 décembre 2009 - 06:07 .

[Apex Sammoth]

JironGhrad wrote...

Apex Sammoth wrote...

The CTD issue is a real problem and need to be adressed by Bioware but, hey I am sure we will see the DLC before a fix on those major issues. They will not see a DIME of my money untill they fix CTD, Memory Leaks, and Long Load Screens. That means if it's not fixed by ME2 or Knights release that will be 2 more titles I had planned to purchase not getting purchased. Thnx for trying OP sometimes I wish Bioware would put as much time and resources that you guys put into fixing there product. I really appreciate the time and effort you guys put into doing this but, the reality is Bioware needs to fix it.

I hate to say it, but that's a silly approach to the issue.  The team that does the DLC is different than the team that fixes issues. So the release schedule is completely unrelated.  By the same token, both other games you mentioned are being developed by a different group of people so the issues here are completely unrelated to the development there. 

Further, I'm fully convinced that there are problems with this game but they're not memory leaks or long load screens or CTDs.  The "so-called memory leak" is clearly a problem with processor thread handling.  How much of it is Bioware's fault or can be fixed by them remains to be seen. The fact that CPU affinity, CPU patching and swapping CPU's has resolved the problem in any cases at all proves that there isn't actually memory leak.  Likewise, the long load screen issue is based on the processor speed and is directly related to the processor thread handling issue.  CTDs may or may not be a problem with the game, a problem with a particular driver, a bad sector or cluster on the HDD, failing memory modules, conflicting programs running in the background, overheating CPU/GPU or a corrupted OS/spyware/virus infection. 

There's a lot of "ifs" there that have nothing to do with the game itself.  If the problems that occur lie anywhere outside the game code, no matter how many fixes they implement at Bioware it will never go away. Therefore, let's all back away from the nerd rage, get some air, do the "holiday thing" and see what happens as the people at Bioware do their jobs and fix what they can on their end.

I have to agree. That why I am still not playing it the game is FUBAR at the moment. See the problem with the DLC has alot to do with the company as a whole. All money generated by any company is split up into dvisions and spent. I seriously think they should spend more time and resources Fixing this issue with DAO then worrying about content. The Approach to The Other games is my own way of Boycotting them untill they fix the Issue with DAO. I have done multiple tests and hardware swaps and its the same thing. So What does that say ? I am not going to say it's everyone that has these issue due to the game but, the reality is this should be working as advertised. I did not spend money to scroll through thread of workarounds trying to get this game to work. So its over a month since release and sit here patiently and yet to see a patch on this issue. Keep in mind Bioware has already acknowledged these issues on an old thread.

Modifié par Apex Sammoth, 11 décembre 2009 - 06:59 .

[Jaredor]

Will this AMD fusion thing work with the steam version?

[-Zippi-]

Jaredor wrote...

Will this AMD fusion thing work with the steam version?

I have only tried on the DVD-version, but I dont think there are any difference on the Steam-version. It is no problem to run steam in offline-mode. But the first time - remember to not start the game direct, but right click and enter the disc-menu so that you then can enter the configurationoption (see OP).