Dragon Age: Inquisition VGA graphics performance review

#4967338

cowie

2014-11-26 12:46

Poor Hilbert has to test these crappy games lol Good job.

#4967340

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-11-26 12:48

Poor Hilbert has to test these crappy games lol Good job.

For the RPG gamer/aficionado, this is a good title my man.

#4967341

Undying

2014-11-26 12:51

Nice article HH. So this is a second game that we see this mix up performance. 280X fast as 780, 290X faster 780ti. And that poor 680/770 left behind. Whats happening with kepler cards and their drivers? Did they do that on purpose, lol?

#4967343

Keesberenburg

2014-11-26 12:55

Nice article HH. So this is a second game that we see this mix up performance. 280X fast as 780, 290X faster 780ti. And that poor 680/770 left behind. Whats happening with kepler cards and their drivers? Did they do that on purpose, lol?

AMD gaming evolved ore bad drivers, u never know.

#4967346

PhazeDelta1

2014-11-26 12:55

For the RPG gamer/aficionado, this is a good title my man.

I agree. I haven't had this much fun in quite a while. Thanks for the article.

#4967347

fantaskarsef

2014-11-26 12:56

I'm surprised to see that Mantle actually is slower than dx11, at least at the moment. But also, 980SLI for 60fps at 1440p? Wow 😀

#4967350

Lane

2014-11-26 13:07

I believe, when you write 14.9, it is the 14.11.2 driver no ?

I'm surprised to see that Mantle actually is slower than dx11, at least at the moment. But also, 980SLI for 60fps at 1440p? Wow 😀

Huum, maybe due to the cpu used, i remember that some other benchmark was show different result for it... Funny i download the game at this moment...

#4967358

Herem

2014-11-26 13:28

I'm surprised to see that Mantle actually is slower than dx11, at least at the moment. But also, 980SLI for 60fps at 1440p? Wow 😀

Is there any clue as to if Split-Frame Rendering (SFR) was used for multiple GPUs instead of the standard Alternate-Frame Rendering (AFR)? This was the case with Civilization: Beyond Earth and even though SFR didn't scale FPS as well as AFR, it did provide a noticeably lower latency which translated to smoother and more responsive game play.

#4967372

tsk2k

2014-11-26 13:47

The mantle graph says MB instead of FPS. Very nice review.

#4967411

mR Yellow

2014-11-26 14:43

The mantle graph says MB instead of FPS. Very nice review.

Look again. You need to use your eyeballs :3eyes:

#4967414

The Postman

2014-11-26 14:51

I have the exact opposite experience with Mantle. Mantle results in more fps and very smooth experience compared to DX11.

#4967421

mR Yellow

2014-11-26 14:56

I have the exact opposite experience with Mantle. Mantle results in more fps and very smooth experience compared to DX11.

Strange, i also thought the results weird. I'll test D11 on my rig tonight.

#4967432

cowie

2014-11-26 15:19

For the RPG gamer/aficionado, this is a good title my man.

I will take your word for it. Don't take offence rpg'ers I have equal hate for just about all the new games

#4967433

xIcarus

2014-11-26 15:19

Wait what? GTX 970 on full HD Ultra quality only 50 fps? I don't get it. What's going on with the games these days? I just ordered a GTX 970 and I'm already disappointed, this is quite a high-end card. My 560 ran Deus Ex Human Revolution on 60 fps. And that was a 250-dollar card. I bought this rig exactly when DXHR came out. I was expecting at least 70 fps from current games on Full HD from cards around 970 performance. The 970 also barely runs AC:Unity at 40 fps. Seriously do I have mental issues or games are starting to trash single-card setups?

#4967437

moab600

2014-11-26 15:24

Wait what? GTX 970 on full HD Ultra quality only 50 fps? I don't get it. What's going on with the games these days? I just ordered a GTX 970 and I'm already disappointed, this is quite a high-end card. My 560 ran Deus Ex Human Revolution on 60 fps. And that was a 250-dollar card. I bought this rig exactly when DXHR came out. I was expecting at least 70 fps from current games on Full HD from cards around 970 performance. The 970 also barely runs AC:Unity at 40 fps. Seriously do I have mental issues or games are starting to trash single-card setups?

Bad coding and bad optimization that all, lower some settings will gain u good fps. most games have settings that take fps and do barely anything. 2005-2006 era is gone, where high end GTX could reach 100fps at all games maxed out even the most demanding, i recon the money we pay for all gpus is overpriced way overpriced.

#4967439

Twiddles

2014-11-26 15:27

Very enjoyable game! And the amount of content is staggering, one of the better titles of this year for sure. Did I mention the near bugless state of the game? 😀

#4967442

waltc3

2014-11-26 15:28

For the RPG gamer/aficionado, this is a good title my man.

Good look at the game, too, HH...especially from one whose cup of tea is not RPGs, apparently...;) I prefer this kind of game to anything else, actually. But really well-made, involving RPGs unfortunately come along only every few years or so, and when one is released it is usually to a lot of pent-up demand, as you noticed in the game reviews you've seen.

#4967444

xIcarus

2014-11-26 15:30

Bad coding and bad optimization that all, lower some settings will gain u good fps. most games have settings that take fps and do barely anything. 2005-2006 era is gone, where high end GTX could reach 100fps at all games maxed out even the most demanding, i recon the money we pay for all gpus is overpriced way overpriced.

Hell yeah, I agree. I remember when I got my 6600GT, boy did that card absolutely destroy games for the 200-dollar price tag.

#4967449

moab600

2014-11-26 15:37

Hell yeah, I agree. I remember when I got my 6600GT, boy did that card absolutely destroy games for the 200-dollar price tag.

Yep i remmeber my first good ati card, Radeon 9550 it was the era where nvidia failed hard with FX(3DFX ex employes created the FX series to avenge nvidia 😀), card cost me nothing and played FEAR at medium settings some at high with good fps, even with junk pentium 4 1.7ghz. 7600GT was awesome as well, ate fear like nothing and all other games. Other than card being overpriced, or more accurate games are not optimized at all, most of them. consoles play big part at that.

#4967455

Solfaur

2014-11-26 15:41

Great Job Hilbert, the benchmarks are pretty much right. On my rig, the minimum FPS I had was arround 45, but I can keep 60 with adaptive vsync most of the time, maxed, 1440p, 4x msaa. The game is great fun for me, and I don't regret upgrading my GPUs for it (plus TW3, GTA5 and some others), while it is indeed demanding... it looks accordingly good imo.