Dragon Age: Inquisition TERRIBLE FPS

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Hey guys I am having issues getting a good FPS in Dragon Age.

My graphics card is an AMD R9 290 which from what I've seen can run the game on Ultra with a pretty good frame rate (average 55-60). I get an average of 45 on Medium settings, and on Ultra my average is 28 and it dips as low as to 12. Can't seem to figure out why the heck it's doing this. The only thing I can think of is my CPU isn't very good (AMD FX-4130 Quad Core).

Anyways I'd appreciate some help!
 
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I agree, you have a huge CPU bottleneck. Replace it with an 8350 if you want to stay with AMD and overclock it to 4.5Ghz. Then it should roughly equal an Intel i5 at stock in gaming performance. Or just go Intel. An i3 would be faster than what you have.
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I agree, you have a huge CPU bottleneck. Replace it with an 8350 if you want to stay with AMD and overclock it to 4.5Ghz. Then it should roughly equal an Intel i5 at stock in gaming performance. Or just go Intel. An i3 would be faster than what you have.
 
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Windows 7 was supposed to make AMD CPUs perform better. Didn't happen. So they released a patch. That made them slower. Then Windows 8 was supposed to be the magical fix. Nope. Now it's Direct X 12. That's not going to happen either. And any improvements that do happen will only happen in games coded for Direct X 12. It will not help for any current games. He's asking about Dragon Age Inquisition a game obviously not coded in Direct X 12.
 
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Waiting a month or two for what? The first Direct X 12 games will be released later this year. Fallout 4 is supposed to have some DX 12 features. His 290 only has API level support for Direct X 12. Meaning the full feature set is not supported. It's the same in any current AMD cards including the 3xx series rebrands. Direct X 12 will not help him.
 
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Overclocking increases the speed of your hardware. Usually the CPU and graphics card. Memory can also be overclocked but the returns are very small. For instance my i7 2600K runs at 3.4Ghz stock. I have it overclocked with a slight voltage boost to run at 4.5Ghz. Overclocking is generally safe as long as any voltage increase is kept within safe limits and the excess heat is dealt with through the use of an aftermarket cooler.
 
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Direct X 12 will only help games that are written with Direct X 12. There are none yet and Direct X 12 won't be the norm for several years. I've been running Windows 10 since the first day the preview build was released. It's not some magic.
 
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Terrible CPU. It is literally a factory overclocked 8350 that requires a huge amount of cooling while using a huge amount of power. Go Intel. A 9590 is slower than a lower end i5 in gaming.
 
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