GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D:

**synthesis204** · Mar 16, 2011, 10:25 PM

Name says it all. Have the Steam version of DA2 installed on my rig, and I'm getting artifacting and piss poor framerates. I tried it originally on very high with 8X AA and no Antisoptric and ended up getting lower than 15 -- reducing it to no AA and still very high would give me semi-playable but still very annoying. It doesn't improve until I set the game on about medium...

Here's a pic:

Now, I don't think it's the card, considering this doesn't occur in any other high intensity games or benchmarks. What do you guys think it could be?

BlueMak · Mar 16, 2011, 10:39 PM

AA fault could be.
Do you have it forced on driver level?

**synthesis204** · Mar 16, 2011, 10:54 PM

Not sure what you mean. If you mean have the settings manually set in the NVidia Control Panel, then yes, I have it set to the appropriate levels and this is still occurring :/

BlueMak · Mar 17, 2011, 02:33 AM

Eh, turn them off, that was my point.
If that fails, set them to let the application decide and don't force anything on driver level.

The few times I had similar issues, most of the time it was on AA or some other driver setting. Hopefully this will help.

Lowfat · Mar 17, 2011, 07:49 AM

I assume you are not overclocking?

iPlayer · Mar 17, 2011, 01:18 PM

Are you running the beta drivers? Tried DX9 mode yet?

**synthesis204** · Mar 18, 2011, 03:36 AM

Haven't tried DX9 but will, no OC on the graphics card when this happened (it hits around 47C so no worries there), no beta drivers, and I tried this without the nVidia driver settings in the NVCP and still occurs...

mkk · Mar 18, 2011, 10:11 AM

Seems many Nvidia users are getting that problem on the maximum graphics setting "Very High" which turns on tesselation and other top end stuff. Try running on "High" for now, it's almost as good looking. Download the high resolution texture package if you haven't already, as it improves the overall look quite a bit. Choose Language | BioWare Social Network

isaak · Mar 19, 2011, 01:03 AM

Happened to me on my 570 in the demo, unplayable on higher settings but none of that tearing.

**synthesis204** · Mar 19, 2011, 04:31 PM

Seems to be a big issue. Ugh. People are saying this is the HAWX2 revenge, but at least HAWX2 was playable with ATI. DA2 isn't even playable with nVidia right now.

Curious -- Craig/Stu reviewed DA2 using a 580. I didn't see such low results during that o.O

Edit: wasn't a review, but was included in the 6990 review...

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...gon-age-2.html

Ashman II · Apr 4, 2011, 07:08 PM

I have a 580 and that happened to me on the demo but when I played the full game via Steam it works perfect.

Mar 16, 2011, 10:25 PM	#1
synthesis204 Dragonborn Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,175 Rep Power: 97 System Specs	GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Name says it all. Have the Steam version of DA2 installed on my rig, and I'm getting artifacting and piss poor framerates. I tried it originally on very high with 8X AA and no Antisoptric and ended up getting lower than 15 -- reducing it to no AA and still very high would give me semi-playable but still very annoying. It doesn't improve until I set the game on about medium... Here's a pic: Now, I don't think it's the card, considering this doesn't occur in any other high intensity games or benchmarks. What do you guys think it could be? __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure alzheimers, ALS, huntington's, parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Mar 16, 2011, 10:39 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: AA fault could be. Do you have it forced on driver level? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 16, 2011, 10:54 PM	Thread Starter #3
synthesis204 Dragonborn Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,175 Rep Power: 97 System Specs	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Not sure what you mean. If you mean have the settings manually set in the NVidia Control Panel, then yes, I have it set to the appropriate levels and this is still occurring :/ __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure alzheimers, ALS, huntington's, parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Mar 17, 2011, 02:33 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Eh, turn them off, that was my point. If that fails, set them to let the application decide and don't force anything on driver level. The few times I had similar issues, most of the time it was on AA or some other driver setting. Hopefully this will help. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 17, 2011, 07:49 AM	#5
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: I assume you are not overclocking? __________________

Mar 17, 2011, 01:18 PM	#6
iPlayer Filled with noobsauce Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: between the buns Posts: 1,450 Rep Power: 59	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Are you running the beta drivers? Tried DX9 mode yet? __________________

Mar 18, 2011, 03:36 AM	Thread Starter #7
synthesis204 Dragonborn Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,175 Rep Power: 97 System Specs	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Haven't tried DX9 but will, no OC on the graphics card when this happened (it hits around 47C so no worries there), no beta drivers, and I tried this without the nVidia driver settings in the NVCP and still occurs... __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure alzheimers, ALS, huntington's, parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Mar 18, 2011, 10:11 AM	#8
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Seems many Nvidia users are getting that problem on the maximum graphics setting "Very High" which turns on tesselation and other top end stuff. Try running on "High" for now, it's almost as good looking. Download the high resolution texture package if you haven't already, as it improves the overall look quite a bit. Choose Language \| BioWare Social Network

Mar 19, 2011, 01:03 AM	#9
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,286 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Happened to me on my 570 in the demo, unplayable on higher settings but none of that tearing. __________________ The first step... shall be to lose the way. - Galway Kinnell

Mar 19, 2011, 04:31 PM	Thread Starter #10
synthesis204 Dragonborn Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,175 Rep Power: 97 System Specs	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: Seems to be a big issue. Ugh. People are saying this is the HAWX2 revenge, but at least HAWX2 was playable with ATI. DA2 isn't even playable with nVidia right now. Curious -- Craig/Stu reviewed DA2 using a 580. I didn't see such low results during that o.O Edit: wasn't a review, but was included in the 6990 review... http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...gon-age-2.html __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure alzheimers, ALS, huntington's, parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH! Last edited by synthesis204; Mar 19, 2011 at 04:40 PM.

Apr 4, 2011, 07:08 PM	#11
Ashman II HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Re: GTX 580 + Dragon Age II (Steam) = D: I have a 580 and that happened to me on the demo but when I played the full game via Steam it works perfect.