PC Optimization Tips for Dragon Age: The Veilguard

BioWare’s latest installment, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, stands out for its impressive technical features and stunning visuals. This new addition from the renowned WRPG developer showcases its strengths most effectively on PC, where tech-savvy gamers can customize their experience, balancing graphics and performance to their liking.

Whether you’re a beginner using a lower-spec machine or a seasoned player experiencing maximum graphical fidelity, here’s a guide to the optimal settings for Dragon Age: The Veilguard on PC.

Optimized PC Settings for Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The game's magnificent landscapes are most vibrant at maximum settings (Image via EA) — The game’s magnificent landscapes are most vibrant at maximum settings (Image via EA)

Tech enthusiasts will appreciate the variety of graphical adjustments available. Below are the settings that yield the most stunning visuals without compromising too much on performance. Players can anticipate achieving a steady performance of 60 fps at 1080p with these configurations on most systems.

Texture Quality: Medium
Texture Filtering: Ultra
Lighting Quality: High
Contact Shadows: On
Ambient Occlusion (AO): HBAO Full
Screen Space Reflections (SSR): On
Volumetric Lighting: Ultra
Sky Quality: Ultra
Ray Traced Reflections: Off
Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion (RTAO): Off
Ultra Ray Tracing: Off
Level of Detail: High
Strand Hair: On
Terrain Quality: Ultra
Terrain Decoration: High
Visual Effects: Ultra
Post-Processing: High

In essence, settings marked as High or higher generally experience minimal impact on frame rates during typical gameplay scenarios. Conversely, the features that have been disabled require significant resources, particularly those involving ray tracing, which affects lighting, reflections, and ambient occlusion.

For gamers equipped with high-performance rigs, there’s room to experiment with higher settings as circumstances allow. However, textures may present a challenge; even GPUs with 8 GB of memory might struggle with High-quality textures.

System Requirements for Dragon Age: The Veilguard on PC

Smoother performance is essential for real-time combat (Image via EA)

To run Dragon Age: The Veilguard on your PC, consider the following minimum and recommended specifications:

Minimum Requirements:

OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/1650 / AMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 100 GB free space
Additional Notes: SSD recommended; HDD supported; AMD AM4 CPUs on Windows 11 need AGESA V2 1.2.0.7 or newer

Recommended Requirements:

OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 100 GB free space
Additional Notes: SSD recommended; HDD supported; AMD AM4 CPUs on Windows 11 require AGESA V2 1.2.0.7 or newer