The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC Performance discussion

Xdrive05 said:
Oh great - it's CPU bound. And I'm still rocking a Phenom II. FML.
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I have a phenom 2 as well.

I get 20-40fps outside, and like 60 inside on ultra everything (fxaa but no aa though)

Phenom II X3 720 oc'd to 3.5 from 2.8
8gb DDR2
1GB HD4890 @ 1920x1200

It's alright but I wish it ran better.
 
BoobPhysics101 said:
They have... Nvidia just released SLI profile drivers for the game today. I am guessing they optimized for the game a few weeks or months ago. Perhaps they'll add in more optimizations now that it's out in the wild.
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I got those, but those were mainly for BF3, they didn't mention anything about improving skyrim performance.
 
BoobPhysics101 said:
Very strange performance. This game is NOT CPU bound. Not CPU limited at all. It barely utilizes a quad-core CPU. Dual-core is fine for this game.
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Strange indeed, 'cause at least in my case, upping the CPU to 4.5 GHz made the game run at a rock-solid 60 FPS even outdoors.
 
Gvaz said:
I have a phenom 2 as well.

I get 20-40fps outside, and like 60 inside on ultra everything (fxaa but no aa though)

Phenom II X3 720 oc'd to 3.5 from 2.8
8gb DDR2
1GB HD4890 @ 1920x1200

It's alright but I wish it ran better.
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That's a bummer. I'm very close to the same specs:

Phenom II X4 940 BE @ 3.6
8gb DDR2
1GB EVGA GTX 560 TI Superclocked @ 1680x1050

Was assuming I would max it. Oh well. Your frames are acceptable IMO for this kind of game. I'll know in a couple hours.
 
Durante said:
Here's a summary of the most important tweaks so far:
All .ini files are stored in My Games/Skyrim.

bDrawLandShadows=1 in [Display] to improve environment lighting and depth with a small performance hit

Maybe this could be added to the OP.
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This setting causes graphical (transparency?) errors with fog/water effects for me
 
It just needs some patches

Xdrive05 said:
That's a bummer. I'm very close to the same specs:

Phenom II X4 940 BE @ 3.6
8gb DDR2
1GB EVGA GTX 560 TI Superclocked @ 1680x1050

Was assuming I would max it. Oh well. Your frames are acceptable IMO for this kind of game. I'll know in a couple hours.
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I had my cpu at 3.7 but it liked to lock up once a day so I bumped it back down. Prolly my shitty mobo.
 
My friend is asking me if he can run Skyrim on a quad core laptop, 4 gb RAM but integrated graphics. How well is Skyrim going to run for him on the low-end?
 
Gvaz said:
It just needs some patches



I had my cpu at 3.7 but it liked to lock up once a day so I bumped it back down. Prolly my shitty mobo.
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I too have a shitty mobo and the key for mine was to run the RAM at 800Mhz with tighter timings (as opposed to 1033 or whatever with looser timings). It allows more overhead for clocking especially when you have a shit mobo (my mobo was FREE with the CPU if that tells you anything). And of course make good use of bumping your CPU's on-die northbridge clock. See this thread.

I haven't tried going past 3.6, but it's 24hrs Prime stable at that speed. I could probably do 3.8 though maybe not stable.

Back on topic, hopefully a future patch or new drivers will improve performance for the non-bleeding-edge crowd.
 
I don't get it. At full ultra settings, I get 60fps outside, but for some strange reason, my FPS is lower in interiors than out in the world.
 
Hey guys, got a friend who's wondering how her PC is gonna perform with this and at what settings.

If anyone could possibly give a rough estimate, I'd appreciate it!

Specs:
e6750 2.66 ghz
4 GB Ram
NIVIDIA Geforce 8600 GS

Cheers guys!
 
I knew this game would suck for textures...when they said it would look identical across the board I they knew there was no high-res assets for the PC...this is a 360 port ladies and gentlemen.
 
Eh I followed the NVinspector instructions and the game loading into the world properly. My screen is black


edit- It loads into the game but the loading screen is still displayed with ingame audio being played
 
The Quiet Man said:
My friend is asking me if he can run Skyrim on a quad core laptop, 4 gb RAM but integrated graphics. How well is Skyrim going to run for him on the low-end?
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Integrated graphics means he'll struggle to get 5 fps I would say. I would tell him to buy it on console.
 
DSN2K said:
I knew this game would suck for textures...when they said it would look identical across the board I they knew there was no high-res assets for the PC...this is a 360 port ladies and gentlemen.
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Some of the textures are horrible even for 360. The rocks and stuff look good, but some tables and other objects are horribly low res, worse than oblivion perhaps.

Whoops didn't mean to double post.
 
The English Conquistador said:
Hey guys, got a friend who's wondering how her PC is gonna perform with this and at what settings.

If anyone could possibly give a rough estimate, I'd appreciate it!

Specs:
e6750 2.66 ghz
4 GB Ram
NIVIDIA Geforce 8600 GS

Cheers guys!
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Won't work. That system will barely even play Oblivion. All she really needs though is a cheap videocard. I've seen Radeon 5750's going for $40 on Craigslist before.
 
Am I allowed to post here to get a sense of whether folks/experts think that it might play decently on my system? It's fairly old:

Video card: Radeon HD 4890 (1GB)
Processor: PH-II X4 940 (3.0Ghz)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory: 4GB of RAM (DDR2 1066 /PC2 8500)
 
TruthJunky said:
Am I allowed to post here to get a sense of whether folks/experts think that it might play decently on my system? It's fairly old:

Video card: Radeon HD 4890 (1GB)
Processor: PH-II X4 940 (3.0Ghz)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory: 4GB of RAM (DDR2 1066 /PC2 8500)
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Nah, your system's not that old. Should play just fine on High, I think.
 
Anabuhabkuss said:
Shit, tempted to just pick up the 360 version then.

But who are we kidding. Patches and mods will make this come out on top in the end.

QUESTION: If I hook up my PC to my receiver via HDMI, how can I get sound to it as well?

I ask because if I switch the channel to Optical on my receiver, the HDMI channel is lost. Make any sense?
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Does your video card have a native HDMI out or are you the one using a DVI->HDMI adapter?
 
TheExodu5 said:
No. Your system is still very capable. Quad-core CPU with a moderately powerful GPU...you'll be fine.
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This is seriously the best news of my week. (It's been a bit of a long week. Haha.) I was figuring that I'd have to buy it on 360. Thank you.
 
DSN2K said:
I knew this game would suck for textures...when they said it would look identical across the board I they knew there was no high-res assets for the PC...this is a 360 port ladies and gentlemen.
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Anyone who ever thought this would be anything but a 360 port from the minute the game was announced hasn't been paying attention to PC games lately.

Damn shame, but totally expected.
 
Anabuhabkuss said:
my 5770 has native port. I can just pop HDMI from my card. Is there a setting to let sound pass through then?
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Yea. In your sound setting for windows just select the HDMI audio card.

I can only speak for WinXP, I had to download a special driver from ATI, install it, and then at that point the audio card on the video card ( that just sounds weird ) was made active and I could then send sound out the HDMI port. I don't know if you need to do that for Win7 or not.

EDIT: In windows the audio card shows up as "ATI HD Audio rear output"

EDIT2: If you are asking if there is a setting for your receiver I don't know that much about that topic. Others would be glad to help if you posted the model.
 
Reading this thread makes me glad I skipped the launch of Skyrim. With luck, when they release the GOTY edition next year with all the DLC packs included for $30, big problems will be ironed out in patches and the community will have fixed the rest with unofficial patches and mods!
 
TruthJunky said:
Am I allowed to post here to get a sense of whether folks/experts think that it might play decently on my system? It's fairly old:

Video card: Radeon HD 4890 (1GB)
Processor: PH-II X4 940 (3.0Ghz)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory: 4GB of RAM (DDR2 1066 /PC2 8500)
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I have a close setup:

6870 oc
Ph-II x4 oc 4.2Ghz
4GB DDR3

Fully expect to be able to run ultra at 1920 x 1200 with a few tweeks and driver updates.
 
Man now I'm getting shadow aliasing when I didn't have it before. NVinspector settings are at default too :/
 
Anyone else playing this on i7/460 1GB setup? Im curious on how it will run at max settings @1080p.

I guess Ill know in an hour but Im just trying to pass time until then.
 
Dual core and 4870 running it fine at 1440X900. Not maxed, but it looks better than what you would get on a console I am sure.
 
So I'm about 2 hrs into it, and so far its a pretty solid 60 fps throughout. I've only seen it drop to around 45 maybe 3-4 times in the beginning.

Settings are Ultra at 1920x1080, with 4x AA, and 16x AAF.
Here are my specs:

Core i7 860 @ 3.2Ghz
8 GB DDR3
ATI Radeon 5870 1GB

EDIT: This is including the Land & Tree shadows tweak.
 
Durante said:
Nvidia inspector settings for NV owners:
CSAA and multisampling transparency AA work well for this game, with the 0x20000000 compatibility setting:
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If you use settings like these you should turn off FXAA, it will only reduce IQ.

Maybe this could be added to the OP.
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As far as I can tell, those anti-aliasing settings do nothing in Skyrim...at least not with those compatibility bits.

The 16x setting, that is. The transparency multisampling does work.
 
This is so weird. There's some heavy stuttering when I'm looking at light sources, but it disappears completely when I'm recording with Fraps.

So annoying. Is there a known solution arround or do we have to wait for a patch?

edit: Might as well post my specs:

Win 7, CCC 11.10
i7 920 @ 4Ghz
6950 2GB @ 6970-clocks
6GB
 
Robobandit said:
Where are you guys forcing Ambient Occlusion? I don't see an option for it in any of the .ini files..
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In the drivers (using NVidia Inspector). See that screenshot above? There's an ambient occlusion setting.

Like this:

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Robobandit said:
ah. I'm not using an NV card.. that would explain why I'm not getting it lol.
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You're not missing much. Personally, I don't think the Quality setting provides very good AO, and the High Quality setting is just too demanding. I'm keeping it off.
 
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