The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC Performance discussion

Anyone happen to know where I can download saves? I just got the game, and I've heard that in some cities, your computer can really chug. I just wanna see if mine will, and if so, I'll probably upgrade my rig. I wanna play the game on good settings right from the start.
 
Kunohara said:
Anyone happen to know where I can download saves? I just got the game, and I've heard that in some cities, your computer can really chug. I just wanna see if mine will, and if so, I'll probably upgrade my rig. I wanna play the game on good settings right from the start.
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You should be able to find a carriage outside of the major cities that will take you to all of the others for a minimal amount of gold. Of the cities I've been to so far, Markarth and Whiterun (looking down on the town from Dragonsreach) have the worst performance.
 
Hello friends. I'm pretty new with PC gaming, can anyone give me an idea on how Skyrim would run on the following laptop i'm considering buying:


HP Pavilion dv6-6b12ej
Intel Core i7-2670QM
8GB DDR3
1000GB
Full High-Definition 15.6"
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 2GB DDR5

The price is pretty steep so i'm hoping for it to run fast and with good quality (meaning prettier than Xbox 360).
 
Cromat said:
Hello friends. I'm pretty new with PC gaming, can anyone give me an idea on how Skyrim would run on the following laptop i'm considering buying:


HP Pavilion dv6-6b12ej
Intel Core i7-2670QM
8GB DDR3
1000GB
Full High-Definition 15.6"
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 2GB DDR5

The price is pretty steep so i'm hoping for it to run fast and with good quality (meaning prettier than Xbox 360).
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That GPU is pretty weak, about as fast as an 8800 GT. It won't be pretty, but it'll run. I'd consider another laptop or a desktop if you want to run Skyrim.
 
Cromat said:
Is the GeForce 555M better?
I've seen movies on youtube that show the game running rather nicely...
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I use 555m, and depending on the temperatures, you may even overclock it a bit.

I consistently get 45 - 60fps mostly everywhere, dipping to prolly the 40's when entering whiterun though.

I play with everything on high/max, cept shadows and AA.
 
LonelyIsland said:
I use 555m, and depending on the temperatures, you may even overclock it a bit.

I consistently get 45 - 60fps mostly everywhere, dipping to prolly the 40's when entering whiterun though.

I play with everything on high/max, cept shadows and AA.
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Sounds good! What is your processor/RAM?

I can get an MSI notebook with 555M, i5 and 4GB RAM really cheaply. I know it's really mediocre but as long as it runs Skyrim on par or better than an Xbox 360 i'll be satisfied.
 
The creator of the amazing iCEnhancer mods for GTA IV is now working on a Skyrim version.

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http://www.facebook.com/icenhancer

Holy shit. Dat water.
 
This game is really fucking unstable. I'm trying to climb some stairs up to the top of a mountain and the game crashes every 2 minutes.

It's a shame because I really wanted to enjoy this game. I'll come back to it in a few patches time.
 
Rekubot said:
This game is really fucking unstable. I'm trying to climb some stairs up to the top of a mountain and the game crashes every 2 minutes.

It's a shame because I really wanted to enjoy this game. I'll come back to it in a few patches time.
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Have you made your game LAA or did you just wanna bitch?
 
Rekubot said:
This game is really fucking unstable. I'm trying to climb some stairs up to the top of a mountain and the game crashes every 2 minutes.

It's a shame because I really wanted to enjoy this game. I'll come back to it in a few patches time.
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never had that issue. dont blame the game
 
Enco said:
I hated how it disabled online play. Made it unusable for me. I didn't want to cripple the game. Although it looks out of this world.
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Never even thought about using it for offline. Not that it matters now as I took ICE and ENB out and am just playing vanilla now. I'm sure Skyrim with ICE will be a lot better I hope.
 
Rekubot said:
This game is really fucking unstable. I'm trying to climb some stairs up to the top of a mountain and the game crashes every 2 minutes.

It's a shame because I really wanted to enjoy this game. I'll come back to it in a few patches time.
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Use the 4GB mod (not the LAA patch). If your CPU is overclocked, un-OC it. Same goes for your video card.
 
vaelic said:
never had that issue. dont blame the game
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Dude, you've got priors in this thread, please stop:

vaelic said:
it seems most of you with issues since patch are because of all the modding you did. I did zero modding and the patch is beautiful
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vaelic said:
smug? sorry but when things like lighting etc break and everyone is modding with unofficial mods, well......
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This isn't the thread for telling people to pipe down and not mod and telling everyone that the game is flawless and it's all their fault it's breaking.
 
Rekubot said:
This game is really fucking unstable. I'm trying to climb some stairs up to the top of a mountain and the game crashes every 2 minutes.

It's a shame because I really wanted to enjoy this game. I'll come back to it in a few patches time.
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I've sunk over 50 hours in Skyrim and haven't had a single crash. It's really odd how some folks are affected with this issue.
 
I'm actually really starting to like the nexus mod manager. At first it was almost as awful as the nexus websites, but now it's gotten stable and because of how new everything is it's pretty nice to have it tell you when an update is available for a mod.

Still has a few problems though like the "file does not exist" error.
 
coopolon said:
I'm actually really starting to like the nexus mod manager. At first it was almost as awful as the nexus websites, but now it's gotten stable and because of how new everything is it's pretty nice to have it tell you when an update is available for a mod.

Still has a few problems though like the "file does not exist" error.
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How does it work if there's more than 1 version of a mod?
 
Enco said:
How does it work if there's more than 1 version of a mod?
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Installed? I don't know, I always uninstall and delete the old version before installing the new one. I imagine it'd be like installing two texture packs that work on the same textures and it will tell you the more recent version is going to overwrite the older version.

Or do you mean when mods are configurable? A few of them are built with NMM in mind like Gophers iHUD, so a menu pops up where you can choose how you want your compass. Most are not, and you'll have to go through and delete the version you don't want out of the mod then add the mod from file, which would probably mean you won't get update notifications anymore. Edit: unless of course the mod author provides them as separate downloads.
 
coopolon said:
Installed? I don't know, I always uninstall and delete the old version before installing the new one. I imagine it'd be like installing two texture packs that work on the same textures and it will tell you the more recent version is going to overwrite the older version.

Or do you mean when mods are configurable? A few of them are built with NMM in mind like Gophers iHUD, so a menu pops up where you can choose how you want your compass. Most are not, and you'll have to go through and delete the version you don't want out of the mod then add the mod from file, which would probably mean you won't get update notifications anymore. Edit: unless of course the mod author provides them as separate downloads.
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I meant if a mod author provides separate downloads. can NMM detect the version you have and only update that?

Thanks for the info!
 
Rekubot said:
This game is really fucking unstable. I'm trying to climb some stairs up to the top of a mountain and the game crashes every 2 minutes.

It's a shame because I really wanted to enjoy this game. I'll come back to it in a few patches time.
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As others have said it's worth trying to use Skyrim 4GB if you aren't already.

Though since you're getting a crash in a specific spot it sounds more like something in the area is causing it.
 
So, after installing the AMD 11.12 driver, my textures look like DOGSHIT. I don't have time to post, but it looks as bad as the 360 did pre-patch when all the textures looked like they were from a launch PS1 game.

What in the hell.

Oh, and no mods whatsoever. Just that sweet, sweet AMD driver.
 
So I just got Skyrim and am anxious to get exploring however I've been playing around with the settings trying to get the balance of quality and smoothness. However it's hard to do that when you are not sure of what graphical demands later parts of the game will have.

Anyways, I think I have it. I have the game running at Native Res and looking beautiful. I just did a FRAPS session in Riverwood where I went crazy and started chopping at the citizens and then with a crew of villagers chasing I jumped in the water swam across the river ran up the mountain, fought a wolf, ran into some bandits and jumped off the mountain to my death. My numbers were:

Average: 38.86
Max: 50
Min: 27


Am I ready to start adventuring or should I keep on tweaking to get a few more fps?
 
I hope someone can make an animation / gore update / mod for Skyrim. I really want to slice and dice enemies in gory ways.

If I'm using a hammer I want to squash their heads.

Shit like that would just top of an already obsessive game.
 
Jibbed said:
The creator of the amazing iCEnhancer mods for GTA IV is now working on a Skyrim version.

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http://www.facebook.com/icenhancer

Holy shit. Dat water.
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I guess there is a misunderstanding about my Skyrim screenshots :
It was some out of boredom, random ones, just for fun. I never meant to release them. They are not fitting my tastes at all "yet" as I don't really play this game (boring & bugged game -yawns) as the game has an horrible weather system, mixing day & night as the same time. I'll see.
And why the f**k am I on Kotaku & Reddit for that stuff?
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Cheech said:
So, after installing the AMD 11.12 driver, my textures look like DOGSHIT. I don't have time to post, but it looks as bad as the 360 did pre-patch when all the textures looked like they were from a launch PS1 game.

What in the hell.

Oh, and no mods whatsoever. Just that sweet, sweet AMD driver.
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Just curious, is your mipmap detail level at Performance or Quality? If it's not on quality, it should be.

Confidence Man said:
Been messing around with some settings for the Himmelsrand shaders (top is vanilla):
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Damn, that may be the first time I haven't hated the changes someone has made. Not bad!
 
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