Patch Notes and PC System Specs

I've read the same things, but I can't get the framerate stable to save my life.

As long as it doesn't get under 30 fps, I don't care. 30-60 is the range I want. I say this because I play both a gaming PC and a console (the PS4). I play Mass Effect on my PC, and the first 3 games run on constant 60 fps (this is because they are older games). As for the PS4, I play games like the Uncharted series (I have all 4 games).  Uncharted games 1-3 run at 60 fps because they are remasters. Uncharted 4 runs at 30 fps (Story Mode), which still looks good, in my opinion. So, I constantly switch around from time to time. If anything, I could always lock Andromeda to play at 30 fps, no problem. The question is....if I do that (and it's very likely that I won't), would this cause screen tearing on my TV screen, which is obviously 60hz?

PS: Surprise! I don't use a monitor lol! I prefer gaming on a big screen TV. I don't worry about lag because A: I play on the "Game" preset, and B:  I don't play games like COD, or Battlefield which require lower response time. I'm all for story-based games.

I'm getting acceptable framerate (in between 40~70fps) with my overclocked GTX 960M, undervolted i7-6700HQ, custom settings.
1920x1080 scaled to 720p, v-sync off, high textures, ultra texture filtering, temporal antialiasing, medium lighting, ambient occlusion set to off, all else set to low.
Been very happy with the results so far considering that a GTX 960M is weaker than a GTX 660.

My System:
Win 10 64bit Home
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 4x3,4GHz
8 Gb RAM
*NEW* Radeon RX480 8Gb (Driver 17.3.2)

In the Trial everything was fine with Automatic Settings ...
Everything was set to "High" @1080p.


My Sons System:
Win 10 64bit Home
Intel i5-4570 4x3,2GHz
8 Gb RAM
Radeon RX480 8Gb (Driver 17.3.2)

In the Trial everything was fine with Automatic Settings ...
Everything was set to "High" @1080p.

What framerate are you getting on your computer? Your GPU is close to mine --I have the 7970--and I can't get a stable framerate at all. It'll go from mid 50's to mid-40s with some jutters, and then drop down to mid-30s on medium.

I'd rather not drop spend money on a 480, but I'm six seconds away from doing it.

Posting this here, too, maybe I can have some success if I spread my woes around.

Guys, I have a problem with the trial. Was going to wait for the official launch but I gave in last night and got Origin Access to play over the weekend (Romanian over here, so I'd have to wait until the 23rd).

When I click Play, the game starts but all I get is a black window with nothing happening (no sound or visuals). MEA process is present in Task Manager.

I looked online to see how I could fix this but so far I got nothing.
- I don't have Corsair Utility Engine
- I allowed ActivationUI from the game files on my firewall and antivirus
- I disabled my firewall and antivirus
- I have the latest AMD graphics drivers
- I repaired the game
- I reinstalled the game
- Alt+Enter doesn't do anything to the window
- I found a mention of editing a file you find in Documents\Bioware\Mass Effect Andromeda\Save folder, but I don't have that folder (only Screenshots and Temp)

I already lost 30 minutes of the trial trying to fix this. At this point I'm on the verge of just cancelling Origin Access and mourning the 4 euro I paid for something that doesn't work.

Can anyone help out with this or is it really a lost cause?

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i5 6400
8GB RAM
Rx 480 8GB
17.3.2

Exactly the same performance at all resolutions and all settings, except Ultra. CPU is bottlenecking my system but CPU is not at 100%, it is stucked at 60/70% usage :/. This problem is exactly the same that a lot of people had in the first weeks of BF1. I have seen a couple of videos and many CPUs got the same problem, are always at 60/70% but GPU is at 100%. I'm sure that an Rx 480 can move this game perfectly at medium/high settings (furthermore is the GPU that you put in recomended settings).

I will reserve some hours before buy the game to test Day 1 patch and if the performance doesn't improve I won't buy the game. I'm tired to buy bad ports and lose my afternoons finding solutions in forums. It's incredible that I can play GTA V, Witcher 3 or Fallout 4 at 2K 60fps with high settings, and this game can't hold 60fps at 720p...

Here's a tech review that might be of interest to some:

Mass Effect: Andromeda PC graphics, performance and 4K analysis - the PCGamesN tech review:



www.pcgamesn.com/mass-effect-andromeda/mass-effect-andromeda-pc-performance-graphics-tech-review

Reporting in with the following specs:

Core i5 750 overclocked at 3.6 GHz, circa 2009
16 GB RAM
Radeon HD 7870

Graphics on medium 1080p. I get on average 50-60 fps in outdoor locations, I've seen it go down to 40 fps in combat. Not bad at all... getting a geforce 1060 on monday though, will crank up the graphics and update this to report on how it works out with that CPU. So far it's not bottlenecking or anything, about 50% use during play.

Have you updated your video drivers lately?

There's a new AMD video driver out just a couple of days ago that I updated. Note that the driver I got was NON-WHQL and I'm running a newer vid card on Win 10.

www.pcgamer.com/amd-rolls-out-1732-drivers-bound-for-andromeda/

If you do update, do a clean install and make a restore point in case you have to roll back the driver. (I usually do a backup before I install major programs, OS updates and some driver updates.) HTH

support.amd.com/en-us/download