Skyrim runs like crud on my system WHY!?

The game runs like balls on my system. Slow down all the time. At first I had it cranked on Ultra thinking my rig could take it. It was basically unplayable with those frame rates.

I toned it down to High with no luck. Tried High with minimal, then no AA, still crappy.

Now I've got it on bloody MEDIUM. With all settings on medium with NO AA and every other effect turned off including water reflection and it still slows down when I look around. My hardware is running fine and at cool temps and all the firmwares are up to date. Why the hell is this game running so terribly!? This is absolutely ridiculous!

Okay so you'll want specs:

Intel i5-750

Asus P7P55DE-PRO

2x WD Black SATA 3 1.5TB

4x 2GB (8GB) Kingston Hyper X Blue 1600 DDR3

Asus GTX 560 Direct CU

Seasonic X-750

Answer to all your Skyrim problems:

Bethesda.

Your GFX cards not the best.

Your GFX cards not the best.

CUDGEdave

Whoops misread the card! that's what you get for being boozy! ;)

You should not have to run everything on medium with your comp... if this was me I would do a defrag with Defragller and then I would try 3-4 different graphics drivers see what one works best. If issues were still there I would check my mods and erase them and start from scratch adding each one separately to see if any of those are causing issues. And last but nto least I would prolly reformat my comp/reinstall windows,etc.. Your comp really shouldnt be running Skyrim that bad and be forced to run on medium..

Its not hte best optimized game, but ive seen the game run much better then your describing on computers simialir with settings at the highest.

Also if you feel like it try some of the performance mods, I have not tried them yet myself but I have heard from a few people they might helopp

[QUOTE="CUDGEdave"]

Your GFX cards not the best.

DanielDust

I used to get 30-60 FPS (Ultra 4xAA), and now it's down to 25-50 FPS (Ultra 2xAA). I have a 560 too btw.

[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="CUDGEdave"]

Your GFX cards not the best.

Elann2008

Thats not really 100% true, the times ive gotten low FPS is in dungeons (mainly the dwarf dungeon/cave with the golden robot kind guys). Citites dont give me issues, its more certain big dungeons, which is wierd as hell as there is not as much going on in the dungeons as there is cities..

Its definatly not the best optimized game, but it does run better then Fallout3 did for me, still thats not saying much, damn Bethesda engines :P

Skyrim is really buggy and runs like crap on most computers. Look for performance mods, they fix it a little bit. The new EnB has some optimizations, there's the SkyBoost and Acceleration Layer Mod. I don't know which one of the last two is better, but they seem to really improve perfomance.Phelaidar

This. I got it and it boosted my FPS by about 20 - I almost get 60FPS in cities now :roll:

Skyrim is really buggy and runs like crap on most computers. Look for performance mods, they fix it a little bit. The new EnB has some optimizations, there's the SkyBoost and Acceleration Layer Mod. I don't know which one of the last two is better, but they seem to really improve perfomance.Phelaidar

Some friends have had success with Acceleration Layer Mod

I take it I'm lucky to be running it on a constant 60FPS?

I take it I'm lucky to be running it on a constant 60FPS?

Arthur96

I take it I'm lucky to be running it on a constant 60FPS?

Arthur96

Never has dipped below 60 FPS? :o

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

I take it I'm lucky to be running it on a constant 60FPS?

kozzy1234

Never has dipped below 60 FPS? :o

This is why I just buy Bethesda games on Xbox 360 from now, I bought Oblivion on PC and it still to this day is stuttery, their engine's can be horrible.

[QUOTE="Phelaidar"]Skyrim is really buggy and runs like crap on most computers. Look for performance mods, they fix it a little bit. The new EnB has some optimizations, there's the SkyBoost and Acceleration Layer Mod. I don't know which one of the last two is better, but they seem to really improve perfomance.kozzy1234

Some friends have had success with Acceleration Layer Mod

Yep, that mod definitely is worth a try.

The game runs like crap for some people because it is very CPU hungry, and it's not utilizing all cores i think.

My previous rig had a Core 2 Quad running at 3 Ghz with a 480 GTX GPU and i had 15-30 fps in the cities with only 30-40% GPU usage. Now with my Sandy Bridge E processor i'm getting 45-60 fps constantly.

Lower your draw distance, and try that acceleration layer mod.

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4387

Lower your draw distance, and try that acceleration layer mod.http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4387Ben-Buja

Yep, lowering draw distance a bit made the game a little faster for me. I've found the Skyboost mod to be faster than acceleration layer.... You should try both (they don't work together)

Yep, that mod definitely is worth a try.

The game runs like crap for some people because it is very CPU hungry, and it's not utilizing all cores i think.

My previous rig had a Core 2 Quad running at 3 Ghz with a 480 GTX GPU and i had 15-30 fps in the cities with only 30-40% GPU usage. Now with my Sandy Bridge E processor i'm getting 45-60 fps constantly.

Lower your draw distance, and try that acceleration layer mod.

Ben-Buja

You'll benefit more from an overclocked CPU than a super powerful GPU.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

I take it I'm lucky to be running it on a constant 60FPS?

Elann2008

Maximum.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Arthur96"]

I take it I'm lucky to be running it on a constant 60FPS?

Arthur96

Maximum.

But what res?

Also the reason for the problems is Bethesda are crap at optimizing for PC. Simple as

Your GFX cards not the best.

CUDGEdave

Skyrim used to run terribly until I disabled Vsync in the .ini and used the FPS Limiter mod to prevent all the possible glitches brought about by the change. Adversary16

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] Depends on settings, resolution, etc. What are you running it on?seanmcloughlin

Maximum.

But what res?

Also the reason for the problems is Bethesda are crap at optimizing for PC. Simple as

1080p FHD

[QUOTE="Adversary16"]Skyrim used to run terribly until I disabled Vsync in the .ini and used the FPS Limiter mod to prevent all the possible glitches brought about by the change. iwilson1296

Mouse movement is still horribly strange for me. Feels like I'm trying to look left with someone pulling me to the right.

Not to mention the FOV. Can't see anything more than 0.5 meters to my side.

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]

[QUOTE="Adversary16"]Skyrim used to run terribly until I disabled Vsync in the .ini and used the FPS Limiter mod to prevent all the possible glitches brought about by the change. Arthur96

Mouse movement is still horribly strange for me. Feels like I'm trying to look left with someone pulling me to the right.

Not to mention the FOV. Can't see anything more than 0.5 meters to my side.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]does it fix the akward mouse movement?

iwilson1296

Mouse movement is still horribly strange for me. Feels like I'm trying to look left with someone pulling me to the right.

Not to mention the FOV. Can't see anything more than 0.5 meters to my side.

No, haven't modded the game in any way yet. Not a huge fan of mods.

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

Mouse movement is still horribly strange for me. Feels like I'm trying to look left with someone pulling me to the right.

Not to mention the FOV. Can't see anything more than 0.5 meters to my side.

Arthur96

No, haven't modded the game in any way yet. Not a huge fan of mods.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]have you done any tweaks? like the FOV fix or anything?

iwilson1296

No, haven't modded the game in any way yet. Not a huge fan of mods.

Yes, the FOV does need to be fixed. Can I set it to 90?

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

No, haven't modded the game in any way yet. Not a huge fan of mods.

Arthur96

Yes, the FOV does need to be fixed. Can I set it to 90?

[QUOTE="Adversary16"]Skyrim used to run terribly until I disabled Vsync in the .ini and used the FPS Limiter mod to prevent all the possible glitches brought about by the change. iwilson1296

It fixes the y-axis sensitivity problem if that is what you mean. The y-axis sensitivity is somehow tied to the framerate which is very odd.

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]

[QUOTE="Adversary16"]Skyrim used to run terribly until I disabled Vsync in the .ini and used the FPS Limiter mod to prevent all the possible glitches brought about by the change. dsgsdfgf

It fixes the y-axis sensitivity problem if that is what you mean. The y-axis sensitivity is somehow tied to the framerate which is very odd.

x-axis sensitivity is just as bad.

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]

[QUOTE="Adversary16"]Skyrim used to run terribly until I disabled Vsync in the .ini and used the FPS Limiter mod to prevent all the possible glitches brought about by the change. dsgsdfgf

It fixes the y-axis sensitivity problem if that is what you mean. The y-axis sensitivity is somehow tied to the framerate which is very odd.

I had no trouble ruuning it on max. But then again I don't obsess over fps.

Lowest I see it go is 30 fps, which isnt fantastic but I dont really care. Its certainly playable. Just be glad you dont have to suffer through the terrible console versions with fps dips below 20 fps and settings that are a mix of medium/low at 720p.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] Depends on settings, resolution, etc. What are you running it on?seanmcloughlin

Maximum.

But what res?

Also the reason for the problems is Bethesda are crap at optimizing for PC. Simple as

Overclock your cpu, it loves the cpu.

Happened to me and works wonders. While the FPS is incosistent. I average 30-70FPS in cities, outdoors and in dungeons it's normally 50-100FPS and at 1080p too.

Overclock your cpu, it loves the cpu.

Happened to me and works wonders. While the FPS is incosistent. I average 30-70FPS in cities, outdoors and in dungeons it's normally 50-100FPS and at 1080p too.

mitu123

This.

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Overclock your cpu, it loves the cpu.

Happened to me and works wonders. While the FPS is incosistent. I average 30-70FPS in cities, outdoors and in dungeons it's normally 50-100FPS and at 1080p too.

Postmortem123

This.