Part of me wants to blame the game, and I think there might be some issue going on since I obviously meet the recommended specs, but lets face it, my computers over a year old now and it might be time for an upgrade. If I am going to upgrade I am going to do it right: I want to put the settings on max or near max and still get a good FPS. Have any of you done this, and what is your rig (and if you don't mind, how much would it normally cost/how much did you pay for it?) That's very very weird. Infact should be able to run Skyrim on a stable 60 FPS on High(No shadow) settings. My settings I'm running Skyrim on 60 fps (40-50 in strenuous environments) I lag more on Oblivion(Hgec etc) than Skyrim. Must be some bug m8, give Bethesda some time to fix it. Trust me, it's worth the wait :)