Wallam Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Being the fool that I was, I went ahead and bought Skyrim as soon as it came out, knowing that my the computer upgrade I'm getting at Christmas would let me run everything on great settings. In the meantime, however, I'm not going to sit idly by and not play. So, without further ado, here's everything you need to do to play Skyrim below the minimum requirements. I'm getting 25-30 fps, which is just bareable. Other low end players might find this useful as well. Very Quick Computer Specs:3.06 ghz Intel Core 2 duo4 gb ramNvidia GeForce 9400 (with 256mb vram) First off, don't even pretend that you'll be able to play on Medium Grpahics settings. Put everything on low, and work your way up from there. General Computer TweaksThese tips are applicable to all games, not just Skyrim, and they're all useful.10 Tips How To Make Skyrim Run Faster Additionally, lowering the pre-render frames (For those with Nvidia graphics cards) will noticeably decrease lag. To do so, head over to your control panel, and under the graphics card #d Settings, find Maximum pre-rendered Frames (The default is 3), and change it to 1. If you don't want it as a universal setting (I sure didn't), they just set it to be used when running TESV.exe ini tweaksDisabling ShadowsFor some strange reason, shadows cannot be disabled in skyrim, and on low quality settings, they look awful. As such, disabling them is probably the best choice of action for a large performance boost. Head over to your SkyrimPrefs.ini and under [Display], set fInteriorShadowDistance and fShadowDistance to 0. Increasing Allocated MemoryBy default, Skyrim will only use a certain amount of your computer's memory. By adding this to your Skyrim prefs, you can increase the allocated memory to the maximum possible (if you have 4 gigs of ram and are using a 64bit OS), which prevents lag when you walk out into a crowd of people, in battles, etc. It won't increase FPS, but decreases frequency and intensity of FPS drops for smoother gameplay. [Papyrus]iMinMemoryPageSize=100000iMaxMemoryPageSize=5000000iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=1800000000 Disable Mouse accleration and vSyncAdd the followingline to the bottom of [Display] to disable Vsync: iPresentInterval=0Additionally, under [Controls], find bmouseAcceleration=1, and change it to 0. ModsSkyrim Better Performance upps FPS noticeably without any reduction in Graphics Quality. Great regardless of your settingsTESV Reduced Texture Pack also increases FPS, though there is a slight reduction in Graphics Quality. However, this was the last bit I needed to get the game to a playable state. More details to come as they're released/discovered/whatever. PS: If you all have ideas that aren't posted here, feel free to do so, and I'll add them. Edited November 14, 2011 by Wallam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JranZu Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 That is pretty impressive that you were able to get this running that way. Good Job!!! I would add this into your skyrim.ini file: [Papyrus]iMinMemoryPageSize=100000iMaxMemoryPageSize=5000000iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=1800000000 You may need to change the last file down to a smaller number. That sets Skyrim to use a maximum of 1.8 gigs of you computer memory. If you find it crashing you probably want to change it to something lower. My understanding is that by default it uses 500 megs max. This helped me with lag when moving from one area to another (inside to outside). The information can be found here: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=170 Once again, good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowclaimer Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Kudos, massively, this'll help my fiance' run the game on her computer. This morning she wasn't going to install it for fear of low FPS, now we're looking forward to see how well it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallam Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Added the ini tweaks. I'll be interested to see what patches/mods come out in the next few days to further the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latpasko Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 download game booster, download advanced system care. change resolution in skyrim prefs to 640/480 iSize H=480iSize W=640 change from 32 to 16 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybobbob1 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 when i try to save the file for the ini it says access denied even tho i am the admin on the computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWolfModding Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I should try this on my gaming laptop. See if it does anything (not that I need to.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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