Yes, then something else causing this memory leak. And yes i don't get this very often as well. Sometimes 6-8 hours without a hiccup but sometimes it pops up in an hour and becomes unplayable. When I checked what's using all those ram, I found out it's 12-13 gb of memory in non-paged pool. So it's definitely a memory leak. Never seen something like this in any other game before.
I really wish BioWare would give us some information on what the first patch will aim to fix and when it will become available. While the game runs ok for me, I've been plagued by the "wrong gender" bug from the start because I did not want to waste any more time in the character creator trying to replicate my current Inquisitor, so I do hope that bug will be fixed soon! 
So, apparently the game has been cracked by a certain group. People starting to claim that the DRM (Denuvo) is indeed making an impact on DAI performance. Perhaps we'll see some comparison & results by next week. If it's true, will you crack the game?
Well, this is not unexpected, given that Lords of the Fallen also suffered from significant performance issues that people attributed to Denuvo. It's not the first time DRM is not so much anti-pirate as it is anti-consumer... 
I have a
i7 4790k
Geforce 780 ROG Poseidon
840 EVO SSD
16 gig 2400 ram
I get about 50 FPS running around the hinterlands, 35 fps in the crossroads.
120 fps in the desert zone.
Is it my video card that is the problem, or the game? I saw TB was using a single 980 and getting 70 fps in crossroads on ultra.
Also, please dont make me load up the game and test things. I mean I will, but I currently have the banter bug on 2 saves, and I refuse to play this shitty bug filled game until Bioware fixes it.
I have an MSI 780 GTX Gaming Edition myself and the latest drivers did nothing to improve my performance. I can only get "locked" 60 FPS everywhere except the Crossroads/Redcliffe on the following settings:
- Tesselation: Off
- Shadow Quality: Medium
- Mesh Quality: Medium
- Vegetation Quality: Medium
- MSAA: Off
Everything else is on High, not even on Ultra! I never imagined DA:I would be so hard on my system, given that I am also running the game on the following:
Intel i5-3570K overclocked to 4.4 GHz
8 GB DDR3 2133 MHz
Samsung 830 Pro SSD
It would seem that only the GTX 900-series got a significant boost in FPS with the 344.75 drivers... 