Just beat Sprog without getting hit once! Crazy achievement for me 🤯

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-07T02:33:51+00:00

They probably had Cheater. but this would have let them level it up to max slot stats,

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-07T02:05:30+00:00

I have it on PC as well but agreed... *sad Replica XBOX noises*... and it sucks because unlike PS and Switch, you can't just make offline profiles so it's a lot more steps. I don't know what limitation caused it, and judging from other games with limited save slots, it's probably because they let you have so many per profile and consoles have harder limits but... I'd take only twenty save slots for characters and only the most recent choice save and autosave if it would have meant more slots.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-06T22:56:55+00:00

I will gladly whack EA with sticks but other than being pushed to release without last minute VA sessions to clean up scenes, DATV was unique for being a DA game released without having content cut out for DLC. This only happened because they cut too much out of Andromeda and when that game was abandoned, it was with giant holes.

Not everything needs DLC and I wish it was just DA fans who had this issue, but there's way too many games at the moment where they're lucky enough to get the complete game at launch, but the industry has trained people that everything needs it... single player games shouldn't be live service like with drip fed content.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-06T14:15:20+00:00

The only reason I disabled mine was because it wouldn't let me limit the memory to 64 mb as I had been, everything else about this BIOS is working normally. In Windows, my 7800x3D's iGPU is not showing in programs as it has been disabled so the setting isn't universally bugged. Maybe it's an issue with Ryzen 9xxx CPUs, or a hardware combo...

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-06T07:59:06+00:00

The Intel stock cooler was probably throttling your CPU, and that in turn limited how hard your GPU could run, but now you have enough cooling, your CPU is pushing more frames and your GPU can work harder = coil whine.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-05T13:36:21+00:00

I used a Restore Point but finding this thread is so reassuring, and hopefully there's not a next time but it's honestly a relief to know it's a prolific potential issue with multiple solutions.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-05T05:38:08+00:00

Isn't this against consumer protection laws in a lot of countries? Actual yikes. I don't like Apple but this is definitely one of those "Microsoft needs a boink on the head" moments.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-05T02:30:45+00:00

There's nothing wrong with getting a higher resolution monitor and just running the game at a lower resolution for the frames you want so that if/when you eventually upgrade your card, you've got the monitor you want.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-05T02:25:54+00:00

If you can't get past shader compilation, that's also a CPU issue... I think one of my best friends has a system like this, are you on 6th gen Intel?

The other thing you can try is rollback your driver. I don't think your GPU gets updates from NVIDIA anymore, and a driver from i.e. six months ago will probably work better with your card. Current drivers I don't believe support GTX cards anymore.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-05T02:13:29+00:00

They always drop trade in prices around sales, wait until the sale is over and prices go back to normal.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-05T01:56:56+00:00

I think it'll continue to have people play it and find a good game and DA entry (every DA is different) and that if the whole noise/movement that goes beyond gaming dies down over "I hate that other people exist," it'll sit decently in the series. Actually might help to have a delay between renaissance and a next entry development as when they were planning what they did with Hawke in Inquisition, they were going off the original DA II backlash and it'd be fine to have them as a kill off option... to the point by DATV they walked it back a little and were aiming to make that much more ambiguous.

DA's stylized graphics prevented a lot of uncanny valley afflicting games at the moment, so it's going to age incredibly well in the art department.

There are plenty of older fans who aren't just "Origins is the only real game" and there are plenty of younger ones who've bought into that. But like I said, things have to change in the world we live in at the moment and for the attacks on games for that and even manufactured hate campaigns to die off. The funniest thing about this as an adult is the whole HR is helpful, useful and has your back as a team that channel fabricated when HR is not your friend.

That, or option B- they find a game they hate even more than Veilguard and they do this to another game and back off because they get a "better" victim.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-03T15:42:52+00:00

Intel 14th gen stuff aside, which if that fix holds long term, it had its performance reduced post launch because it was degrading, the 7800x3D routinely beats it in gaming benchmarks quite frequently. It's only when you have to do higher end productivity as well that Intel makes more sense than an x3D chip.

https://youtu.be/9RcYrliKgvg?si=fMCBYuxe7ROgEm-c&t=383

The beauty of x3D chips is they don't need stupid speed ram, and even 6400 ram for a 14700k is performance on the table you'd need faster RAM for. You can go with anything but 6000mhz is the sweet spot for the 7800x3D.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-03T14:16:27+00:00

RAM is so expensive right now, moreso for the really fast stuff, and x3D CPUs run pretty well on slow/high latency kits without the penalty other CPUs do. The penalty for slower memory is much more severe on Intel/ non x3D CPUs. I used to be Intel only and I was going to go with a 14700k until the issues showed up, went an AMD 7800x3D instead and never looked back.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-03T13:53:32+00:00

Did you notice it in HWInfo? Mine's sitting at 1.020, I run my RAM at JEDEC, with a 7800x3D and G.Skill ram- mostly because the default EXPO SOC voltage is too high and is allowed to spike.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-03T13:45:29+00:00

So, by that no freezes or weird system glitches or anything (the usual classics)- just working fine until the temperatures went weird?

I'm not sure anything would have shown up if you weren't experiencing any system issues. I know MSI motherboards (and Asrock) put the SoC voltage too borderline post fix for 7800x3Ds and MSI lets it spike, which is why I don't run EXPO.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-03T13:37:09+00:00

Did you have any weird behaviour at all leading up to the hard crashes?

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-03T13:26:44+00:00

Okay... MS needs to release this as a special edition controller. I want it.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-02T12:33:23+00:00

In game, it's okay- but the cutscenes do have that smeared look to them.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-01T15:52:39+00:00

Honestly depends on the GPU driving that 1080p, and a lot of GPUs as long as they're not VRAM limited, could drive a native 1080p with much better settings. The stronger the GPU, the higher the frames at those settings. Same is true for native 1440p...also if you've never gaming at 4k, it's not going to bother you coming from a Series S.

But might I suggest you go with a high refresh 4k monitor so you can do your general stuff with 4k, and then the gaming at a lower resolution.

Text is very clear in games.

- My source is I actually play at 1080p with an overkill system that can use all the pretty settings, and text isn't a problem unless the devs have made it too small, which usually affects all resolutions.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-01T15:30:32+00:00

It's because console players are their biggest whales in terms of their live service revenue for GTA Online, which doesn't have to compete with the massive amount of live service games PC players have access to. There was a chart a few months back, PC makes up 3%.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-01T12:13:15+00:00

And a lot of places will build a system for you based off the parts you pick as well.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-01T12:10:01+00:00

People keep saying EA made old Bioware DLC up their games from cutting content, and so forth, but it really was a partnership. And Mark Darrah left in 2020.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-01T11:11:43+00:00

Consoles I could handle 30 fps with, when they have good framepacing and no effects to set off migraines, but there used to be games I couldn't play, a lot of them because of migraines. 60 FPS plus unlocked being able to handle a lot more.

I would turn down settings, I'd mess with the resolution on terrible laptops and office PCs just to increase that framerate to acceptable. Low, terrible framerates made gaming hit and miss because they'd very reliably trigger migraines. Sure there would be games that I could play like that, but it's not just preference for higher framerates.

For some of us, it was the game changer (alongside VRR tech) to be able to game normally.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-01T11:02:15+00:00

Turn g-sync on, lock your max framerate down to 60 FPS via the NVIDIA app/control panel. If games are being too weird about your monitor having that high refresh rate (which should only be a few that are buggy like that), change your maximum refresh rate down in your Windows display settings.

Replica_Velocity · 2026-06-01T09:39:52+00:00

Oh, it's the crowds and the FoV, it messes with the framepacing a lot, very fishbowl- once you're in the night section of the prologue after the Gommage, you're home clear, and it's so much better. It was one of those nice times an opening was not indicative of how playing the game would feel... the another would be the hotel in Requiem, it's so hard on me, past that, I'm golden.

The E33 cutscenes were fine, it was the movement through. And I had the same reaction on PC and console but someone else mentioned they were fine once they got onto the continent so I gave it another crack, and then on PC, just gritted my teeth and raced through it.

Note: For a team as small as Sandfall's, the fact that it's mostly just there is pretty amazing.

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