OFFICIAL Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim (Discussion)

[Kreij]

I run at 2560x1600, 0xAA, both HD esps enabled, and it's okay. I get a little slow down when I am running through certain outdoor areas (in particular areas that have a lot of clutter objects), but it's fine when I'm dungeon crawling or wandering around at a slow pace.

I'm probably a bad example to go by as I'm usually too focused on staying alive to notice a little screen stutter.

 

[Black Panther]

I run at 2560x1600, 0xAA, both HD esps enabled, and it's okay. I get a little slow down when I am running through certain outdoor areas (in particular areas that have a lot of clutter objects), but it's fine when I'm dungeon crawling or wandering around at a slow pace.

Probably that's because your processor is not bottlenecking the gpu.
Both me and Kwod have an E8400.

And I'm just too lazy to upgrade for now

In fact, with both esp's enabled the game runs smoothly everywhere. Except in towns i.e. where there's the most CPU activity.
It's crazy really, I'd be getting 55 fps (seriously) then I'd turn my character and the fps drops 5 ... 3 .... 1 ... followed by a 2 second total freeze and then bang back up to 55 fps again. Then rinse and repeat. It's unplayable.

When I used Skyrim HD (full version) I had gone through the files and deleted those which I thought referred to objects in the towns, leaving the HD textures for inside houses, shops etc.. It worked. In fact, now that I think of it I might revert back to Skyrim HD, if I decide to go through all that trouble again..

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

How much vram does that 5990 have? Just 1GB? I really think it's more than just a CPU bottleneck though that is certainly part of it.

And, Kreij, your character looks like The Witcher, Geralt.

 

[mlee49]

How much vram does that 5990 have? Just 1GB? I really think it's more than just a CPU bottleneck though that is certainly part of it.

And, Kreij, your character looks like The Witcher, Geralt.

It's either 2 or 4, Sapphire made a killer 5970.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Oh thats right I think it's 2GB now that you mention it. Cool.

 

[Black Panther]

How much vram does that 5990 have? Just 1GB? I really think it's more than just a CPU bottleneck though that is certainly part of it.

Oh thats right I think it's 2GB now that you mention it. Cool.

It's a 5970 with 2GB vram.

But since it's crossfire on a single card only 1GB vram is utilisable.

Hence in practical reality it's a 5970 with 1GB vram.

 

[Irony]

I have 8x aa and 8x whatever the other one is, hd textures from bethesda and a couple other texture mods, all other settings high with shadows turned up. almost always at 60, but my screen is 720p...

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

It's a 5970 with 2GB vram.

But since it's crossfire on a single card only 1GB vram is utilisable.

Hence in practical reality it's a 5970 with 1GB vram.

Says "1GB" on the box then? Yeah I bet vram is an issue too. Going to run some tests myself soon now that I have an Nvidia card which I think monitors such more reliably. Can do so with GPU-Z for AMD cards now but the numbers don't seem to make sense.

 

[Black Panther]

Says "1GB" on the box then?

Nope it says 2GB Vram on the box.

But the 5970 is a card with 2 gpu's and two sets of 1GB vram, making 2GB vram.

But since it's 2 gpu's on one card it's crossfire hence only one set of the 2 sets of 1GB vram would be used..

To put it simple, my card's got 2GB just to have it to function (and appear pretty while doing so). Essentially I've only got 1GB of vram to utilize.

 

[WarEagleAU]

OK my XFX HD 6870 is having issues with this game. I had my 4870 in and it played fine. When I switched over the the 6870 and reinstalled the drivers, the game now plays extremely fast like I hit turbo mode. How can I slow it down to normal?

 

[Kreij]

I haven't seem that kind of issue since games used no-ops to waste computer cycles as delays instead of the system timers and clocks. The speed of the CPU or GC should have any effect on that.

Can you be more specific? Is everything in game moving fast (like NPCs screaming around town like they're on speed)?

 

[Irony]

OK my XFX HD 6870 is having issues with this game. I had my 4870 in and it played fine. When I switched over the the 6870 and reinstalled the drivers, the game now plays extremely fast like I hit turbo mode. How can I slow it down to normal?

Maybe its playing normal speed, and you just got used to 15fps lol.

What are the framerates? One time mine suddenly spiked to 650 and i was running like 200 mph. When I alt tabbed out and then back in it fixed it though.

 

[WarEagleAU]

I cant tell. When I load it up from my saved game, it seems to be going fast like I move really quickly and spike around. It seems the NPCs either speak a bit fast or play their music a bit fast (Im in Whitewind I believe at the Inn).

@Kreij, yes everything is moving fast. I haven't tried to go fight or do a quest, but where I am at now, it seems to move fast. You can check my specs for OC on the cpu. It is the only thing I have OC'd. I have the latest patch, well I should say the patch before the latest one now. I have tried some different things based on this thread and google results. I have high settings on a lot of stuff. Not sure why I am in turbo mode. Im playing with the 360 controller too lol. Is there a keyboard press I pushed to make it go fast or anything?

 

[Kreij]

Hitting caps-lock to make your character run all the time is the only speed related key I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[Irony]

Rnning doesn't make others things in game faster. Are your framerates normal?

 

[Kreij]

I know it doesn't, Irony, but he's been walking the whole time and accidentally hit caps-lock it would be a whole world of difference.

 

[WarEagleAU]

no everything is fast. I wish I could take a video and upload it for you all. I may have to just uninstall and reinstall it. I haven't really put much time in and am just level 4.

 

[WarEagleAU]

As for framerates? I have no idea. I haven't FRAPS to check it, lol. I do know I went from the 4870 to the 6870 and when I did I had some tearing or artifacting or something then did a few fixes and updated drivers and then now all I have is still the turbo mode.

 

[WarEagleAU]

Whatever I did (probably upping the eye candy) seemed to make it a lot less turbo like. Now its jittery at times and no where near as fast. Hmm, I still think uninstalling is the best option, of course Ill be saving my saved games, lol.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

if vsync is off and your pushing more then 60fps its highly likely youll encounter weird glitches and bugs,

 

[WarEagleAU]

OK I will try turning it back on

 

[Kreij]

Thanks, Crazy, I didn't think of that. When I went from my 4870x2 to my 6970 I got a lot better performance but I have vsync on because I find a little stutter more tolerable than tearing.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well the games physics effects etc are all tied to frame rate, so no vsync can mean stuff like floating mammoths random things flying off into space become more and more likely the higher your frame rate becomes

 

[WarEagleAU]

Well I reinstalled it and wouldnt you know I Didnt turn Vsync on (guesing I do that in either Options or in CCC). I get tearing or I call them little polka dots and even sneaking I am moving like a ferrari. Let me try that Vsync deal

 

[WarEagleAU]

Ok I dont see an option for Vsync but I have everything cranked up and this bitch is still running fast. Really pissing me off.