BioWare has unveiled an array of features tailored specifically for PC players in its upcoming title, Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In a recent blog post, the studio shared insights into the game’s display capabilities, graphics settings, and control options, all designed to enhance the gaming experience upon release.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC features
With a commitment to quality, BioWare dedicated 40% of its platform testing to PCs, amassing over 200,000 hours focused on performance and compatibility. The following highlights summarize the game’s PC specifications and features, as detailed in the studio’s blog.
Display Features
- Full Support for 21:9 Ultra Wide Resolutions
- Ability to Uncap Frame Rate
- VSync, including fractional rate VSync
- HDR Support
- Optional Upscaling (DLSS 3, FSR 2.2, XeSS)
- NVIDIA Reflex
- DLSS 3 Frame Generation
- Optional Dynamic Resolution Scaling
- Cinematic Aspect Ratio (Disable this option for cinematic 21:9 ratio)
Graphics Settings
- Presets Available (Low, Medium, High, Ultra)
- Texture Settings
- Texture Quality
- Texture Filtering
- Light & Shadow Settings
- Lighting Quality
- Contact Shadow
- Ambient Occlusion
- Screen Space Reflections
- Volumetric Lighting
- Sky Quality
- Ray Tracing Settings*
- Ray-Traced Reflections
- Ray-Traced Ambient Occlusion
- Ultra Ray Tracing
- Geometry Settings
- Level Of Detail
- Strand Hair
- Terrain Quality
- Terrain Decoration Quality
- Visual Effects Quality
- Camera Effects
- Depth of Field
- Vignette
- Motion Blur
- Post Processing Quality
- Field of View
Controls
- Class-specific Keybinds
- Keyboard + Controller Bindings
*Ray Tracing can be toggled “ON” or set to “Selective” mode, allowing the feature to be activated in specific areas that benefit most from enhanced graphics.
Electronic Arts has announced that Dragon Age: The Veilguard is set to launch on October 31, 2024, with availability on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. A hands-on preview earlier this year suggested that this new installment may mark a return to form for BioWare, igniting excitement among fans and gamers alike.