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[SideralEvent]

Let me start with, I love this game. Now, the issue.

Lately for the past few days, Dragon age is lagging like crazy. I'm on my 2nd game, and it is lagging during cutsences, normal play, and everything. Even the intro is lagging. Not a ounce of lag on my first play.

My computer is AMD Phenom x 4, 8GB Ram, 750GB HD, 9500 GS NVIDIA, Vista OS.

Any ideas? I already tried turning graphics all the way down, closeing all extra programs via Task Manger.

Thanks.

[Clammo]

Have you tried running the game on a clean boot,as if the game was working previously fine it does suggest something new is interfering.



Link is for how to clean boot if you're not sure how:



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796

[SideralEvent]

Tried that, didn't work. It lasted longer than normal before it started lagging, but lagged all the same.

[SideralEvent]

Anyone else able to offer some help? Its not just Dragon Age, other games Lag too.

[SideralEvent]

Can anyone help? Ive tried everything short of formatting my system and starting from scratch.

[SideralEvent]

Some new Info... The Lag happens about 1-3 minutes in, regardless of settings (Low or high graphics) Dragon age and all other background programs use about 53% of my CPU. All in all, my computer should no have ANY issues. I can't figure this out. If it applies, I have this game via steam.

[Sinvx]

Mm, I'm having problems with steam version too with my 2nd time playing, instead of lag though, whole game speeds up, cutscenes and movement, whatever, it's all 3x faster then normal.

[Quitzeetcha]

I am also having lag issues with almost the same pc specs.
AMD Phenom Quad 9600 black edition
8 Gigs of DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
750 Gb HD
I am Running XP Pro x64 Edition

I tried to patch the game with the latest patch and it did not help.
I was running windows 7 and had the same issue, 4 Gigs of RAM at the time. I decided to switch OS to XP Pro x64 and upgrade RAM to 8 gigs, no dice...

Think it might be a multi core compatibility issue?

PS: My version is through Direct 2 Drive. I wonder if it is a digital copy issue...

Modifié par Quitzeetcha, 20 janvier 2010 - 08:40 .

[Sibelius1]

SideralEvent wrote...

Some new Info... The Lag happens about 1-3 minutes in, regardless of settings (Low or high graphics) Dragon age and all other background programs use about 53% of my CPU. All in all, my computer should no have ANY issues. I can't figure this out. If it applies, I have this game via steam.

I have the exact same issue. Not on Steam though

I have a laptop, and at t first I was getting forced system shutdowns form overheating linked to the 100% CPU usage issue. I solved the overheating by setting affinity to one core. This also helped performance, but recently the game has just been lagging terribly whether affinity is set to single or dual core. 

I have installed a CPU monitoring utility called RIght Mark, which measures CPU and Operating System loads.

When the affinity is set to a single core (Core 0) the Core 0 CPU and OS usage percentages are 100% and Core 1 percentages sit at roughly 5-15% usage. After the game starts to lag, I Ctrl + Esc out of the game to check the figures. CPU usage for Core 0 and Core 1 is around 45%, but OS is still showing as 100%.

I don't have a clue how to address this issue, any help would be appreciated. The temps are typically around 65-70 degrees, nowhere near automatic slowdown/shutdown levels. I have tried Gamebooster to close any unneeded processes, to no avail.

Last night I updated my OS to Windows 7. I haven't had time to test it with DAO as yet, but I will post results here later.

[Cleomachus517]

I have also had lag issues, and tried just about every fix I could find on the forum to no avail.  Then in desperation I cleaned out everything in my override directory and the lag disappeared!  Of course, your mileage may vary, I just hope my input can be of use to someone else.

[Lillippi]

how do i find the "override directory?"

[Alimoris]

I think I may have found all our problems... its our AMD Phenom... I've talked to alot of people and only 1 out of 10 people without an AMD have problems anyone with them well lets just say it seems Bioware doesn't like AMD lol.

But yes, I have an AMD Phenom Quad as well and I can run Mass Effect 2 max setting, Crysis on high and not even a frame below 40. Dragon age just lag up the wall..



I will do some testing with my thoughts with another computer i have and if i am right i will report it to you guys.

[Lillippi]

What's really strange is that my game was running just fine prior to my switching from XP to Windows 7. From what I've read, Windows 7 acts similar to Vista as a resource hog. Therefore, it may simply be a Vista/Windows 7 issue. Anyone else notice the "lag" after moving from XP to either Vista or 7?

[skinman2000]

um, me i just use my ccleaner and game booster, it will take out any lag and just save it, to be deleted later, so i run max settings no lag, im on windows 7, i just set to high priority, and i use console command for lag reducer (not all commands are cheats you know!!!)

[bloodyraven]

im running with a AMD phenom 2 and 8gb ram and 5850 HD graphic card...



after i play the game for 5-10 min the game starts lagging no matter what setting i use.. super long loading times and at that time my cpu is overheated...



any suggestions how to get this lag away?



or do they the game not work probaly on AMD processors?





// bloodyraven

[Dragon Nostril]

Assuming the hardware is up to spec and running ok.
Use a registry cleaner to sort out the software registry.
Check and defragment drives if req'd
Shut down background programs
Install latest graphic drivers
Elliminate chance that any virus is running

Modifié par Dragon Nostril, 22 avril 2010 - 08:00 .

[bloodyraven]

is not overheated*** lol

[bloodyraven]

thanks for reply, will try to do that

[Jet_Truebow]

Had the same problem when I installed my new GTS250. The framerate went up but it would lag from time to time.

Installed updated NVIDIA drivers, then the clincher was this, I installed NVIDIA Physx drivers, and boom problem solved.

Hope this helps.

Computer Specs Pentium D 820 2.80
4GB RAM
Asus P5VD2-VM
Palit GTS250

Modifié par Jet_Truebow, 26 avril 2010 - 04:47 .

[Jet_Truebow]

Sinvx wrote...

Mm, I'm having problems with steam version too with my 2nd time playing, instead of lag though, whole game speeds up, cutscenes and movement, whatever, it's all 3x faster then normal.

download FRAPS

shows you your frame speed

if you have too high fps the game speeds up too fast.

Try enabling Vsync in the video option menu to lower the frame rates (I prefer 20-50 fps) and even the frame buffer effects

or I read somewhere you may also remove affinity (from 2 cores to 1 core) when playing Dragon Age.

[Dragoness75]

skinman2000 wrote...

um, me i just use my ccleaner and game booster, it will take out any lag and just save it, to be deleted later, so i run max settings no lag, im on windows 7, i just set to high priority, and i use console command for lag reducer (not all commands are cheats you know!!!)

What do you use for a game booster? What ccleaner do you use? I am having the same issue. Support keeps telling me to uninstal and reinstall the game and it's not helping. I do have Mods installed, but it's not just Dragon Age lagging, it's my MMO too, so I don't think the mods are doing it.

[SerdarS]

1st PC = Intel dual core + Radeon x1650Pro + 2GB DDR2 RAM = Dragon Age work fine. No problem...

2nd PC = AMD Phenom Quad 9600 + Nvidia 8600 GS + 6GB DDR2 RAM = Dragon Age had laging after started 5 min.



i think that is AMD issue. i hope bioware realese new update soon as posible...

[Dissevered]

I had major problems with this game, but fixed them.



Update your GPU and chipset drivers. Update directx. None of this fixed my issue but it cant hurt. Last but not least, install physx driver for Nvidia cards. That was my fix. There is talk on running with 2 cores vs 4 via setting the affinity... that helped a bit, until I installed Physx. Now I run 4 cores and everything is great, and my system is weaker than yours.