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Please help! I'm getting sluggish performance!

11302101130210 Member Posts: 381
in Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
This is really frustrating me, and I need some help. I seem to be getting some very sluggish choppy play in the expansion. I want to continue on, but I think I may have to wait until I get home back to the U.S.A. to play on my desktop. I feel that my laptop ought to be able to play the expansion without any problems but as it stands, it cannot.

Areas that include the fog effects really bog the game down for me so much so that the character animations and walk speeds slow considerably! Turning off weather has literally no affect on the game whatsoever.

BGII runs perfect and so does BGI.

This is my rig:

Processor: APU A8-4500M Quad-Core
Graphics [Multi-GPU]: Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual
Ram: 8GB
System: x64 and Windows 10

Areas around water and stuff really slow down. Reaction time of my party is incredibly bogging too. Can someone help me out? What gives???

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  • IllustairIllustair Member Posts: 878
    I have the same prob at times. I would just do a quicksave and quickload, then everything resets back to normal. Maybe that would work for you too?
  • 11302101130210 Member Posts: 381
    Illustair said:

    I have the same prob at times. I would just do a quicksave and quickload, then everything resets back to normal. Maybe that would work for you too?

    It helps. But I really hate doing that. Maybe they can address some of this in a later patch? I've read reviews, and some people are having problems with performance and others aren't. I'll admit my processor is a bit weak, but the engine is fairly dated in my defense.

  • PurudayaPurudaya Member Posts: 816
    Hmm, that's strange given your specs – could it be a driver issue?

    Have you tried the "use alternate renderer" setting in the graphics options (you'll have to reset)?
  • CerevantCerevant Member Posts: 2,314
    Definitely check to make sure that you have the latest driver from AMD, and that the game is running on the AMD chipset. (Options / Graphics will tell you which chipset is being used)
  • 11302101130210 Member Posts: 381
    Purudaya said:

    Hmm, that's strange given your specs – could it be a driver issue?

    Have you tried the "use alternate renderer" setting in the graphics options (you'll have to reset)?

    Hmm, I'm not certain for sure. I'm trying to reinstall the game and reinstall open AL.
  • 11302101130210 Member Posts: 381
    Cerevant said:

    Definitely check to make sure that you have the latest driver from AMD, and that the game is running on the AMD chipset. (Options / Graphics will tell you which chipset is being used)

    I'm considering redoing my computer, I messed around with my current graphics driver a few times. I'm thinking that at one point I installed it incorrectly and it didn't uninstall right. I did just install a new driver.

    At the moment I'm going to see about reinstalling the game and reinstalling openAL.

    Thanks for you help. :)
  • PurudayaPurudaya Member Posts: 816
    You can also turn off acceleration in Baldur.lua I believe, but I'm not sure if that would address your problem.
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