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Are you using Adaptive VSync? If you're there's nothing you can do unless you decide to lower the games settings. If you're not then VSync is not active. i looked in NVIDIA Inspector and saw nothing that said Adaptive VSYNC? so im guessing im not and my VSYNC is forced on **Edit** i looked again and found it but it was set to standard... i knocked my fps lock all the way down to 30 fps and im still tearing the s*** out of my game.... That means the games VSync is still on. Here's what you should do, first make sure to disable the VSync on SkyrimPrefs.ini and the framerate lock on Skyrim.ini (the framerate lock is only on the 1.3 beta update). Turn off Nvidias VSync after you've done that and enter the game, once you loaded the main menu see if your FPS are in the 1000s, if they are that's good, it means the VSync is off. Only then, turn Nvidias VSync on (adaptive vsync will get you screen tearing if you drop below 60fps, standard will make you stutter if you drop below 60, your call, i personally prefer Adaptive). okay i thin i get what your sayng .... but... what lines specifically am i looking for cuz i may have them taken care of cuz its in Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini right???? and setting my vsync for adaptive will stop the screen tearing? On Skyrim.ini add "bLockFramerate=0" under "Display" On SkyrimPrefs.ini change "iVSyncPresentInterval=1" to 0 Kind of. I'll explain it as simple as i can. First of, VSync will lock your FPS to your monitors refresh rate (60hz=60fps), there are three ways to handle VSync: -Double-buffered: This is the one used by the game, if your fps fall below 60, the game will drop you to half your fps, meaning 30fps. -Triple Buffered: There are 2 types: *Standard: If you drop below 60fps, you will get some stuttering so the game will feel kind of slower. *Adaptive: If you drop below 60fps the game still feels smooth, but you'll get some screen-tearing. As long as you use any type of Triple-Buffered VSync the performance will be way better, it's your decision which you like the most.

Are you using Adaptive VSync? If you're there's nothing you can do unless you decide to lower the games settings. If you're not then VSync is not active. i looked in NVIDIA Inspector and saw nothing that said Adaptive VSYNC? so im guessing im not and my VSYNC is forced on **Edit** i looked again and found it but it was set to standard... i knocked my fps lock all the way down to 30 fps and im still tearing the s*** out of my game.... That means the games VSync is still on. Here's what you should do, first make sure to disable the VSync on SkyrimPrefs.ini and the framerate lock on Skyrim.ini (the framerate lock is only on the 1.3 beta update). Turn off Nvidias VSync after you've done that and enter the game, once you loaded the main menu see if your FPS are in the 1000s, if they are that's good, it means the VSync is off. Only then, turn Nvidias VSync on (adaptive vsync will get you screen tearing if you drop below 60fps, standard will make you stutter if you drop below 60, your call, i personally prefer Adaptive). okay i thin i get what your sayng .... but... what lines specifically am i looking for cuz i may have them taken care of cuz its in Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini right???? and setting my vsync for adaptive will stop the screen tearing? On Skyrim.ini add "bLockFramerate=0" under "Display" On SkyrimPrefs.ini change "iVSyncPresentInterval=1" to 0 Kind of. I'll explain it as simple as i can. First of, VSync will lock your FPS to your monitors refresh rate (60hz=60fps), there are three ways to handle VSync: -Double-buffered: This is the one used by the game, if your fps fall below 60, the game will drop you to half your fps, meaning 30fps. -Triple Buffered: There are 2 types: *Standard: If you drop below 60fps, you will get some stuttering so the game will feel kind of slower. *Adaptive: If you drop below 60fps the game still feels smooth, but you'll get some screen-tearing. As long as you use any type of Triple-Buffered VSync the performance will be way better, it's your decision which you like the most.

Are you using Adaptive VSync? If you're there's nothing you can do unless you decide to lower the games settings. If you're not then VSync is not active. i looked in NVIDIA Inspector and saw nothing that said Adaptive VSYNC? so im guessing im not and my VSYNC is forced on **Edit** i looked again and found it but it was set to standard... i knocked my fps lock all the way down to 30 fps and im still tearing the s*** out of my game.... That means the games VSync is still on. Here's what you should do, first make sure to disable the VSync on SkyrimPrefs.ini and the framerate lock on Skyrim.ini (the framerate lock is only on the 1.3 beta update). Turn off Nvidias VSync after you've done that and enter the game, once you loaded the main menu see if your FPS are in the 1000s, if they are that's good, it means the VSync is off. Only then, turn Nvidias VSync on (adaptive vsync will get you screen tearing if you drop below 60fps, standard will make you stutter if you drop below 60, your call, i personally prefer Adaptive).

No, if you have a 80fps lock and you drop to 55fps, with a 100fps lock you will still drop to 55fps because your GPU/CPU are running at 100%...

Are you using Adaptive VSync? If you're there's nothing you can do unless you decide to lower the games settings. If you're not then VSync is not active.

This is actually a problem with the game, nothing you can do about it: https://beta-community.bethesda.net/topic/8825/editing-large-references-causes-lod-to-show-incorrectly-causing-texture-flicker Just wait until Beth patches it (if they decide to do it)

Yup, they will also implement a benchmarking tool soon and some other stuff that you can vote here: http://radeon.com/radeonsoftware/feedback/?ver=16.12.1&lang=en_US They've been killing it with drivers these last 2 years IMO.

A Actually, you're the first person i've heard saying that a certain driver throttles GPU, i haven't had any problems with thorttling and i always keep drivers up to date. Anyways, there's been a huge driver update for AMD today which i'm sure should have fixed the problem, plus increasing power limit always fixes throttling.

Not sure why you're using clockblocker, the purpose of VSync is blocking your core clocks, if i were you i would just uninstall the program. Your benchmarks look alright, you never got even close to 100% GPU usage, so that's out of the question. You either are using something (like clockblocker) that is hindering performance (any frame/clock limiter or a third party vsync tool), or there is something about your game/the way the game implements VSync. Have you tried if other games get the same results as the ones shown in benchmarks? If i were you i would just use clean Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini files, close EVERYTHING on the background, delete all mods and try the game, i really doubt you'd get an issue like that. This is kind of a dumb question, but i'm assuming you've got the drivers up to date, right?

Your problem isn't in the RAM usage then, only way RAM/VRam are a problem is if you're maxing them out, i'd say your CPU is the biggest issue IMO.

You probably missed my reply so i'll just copy and paste it :P If you look closely you'll notice at the exact same time your framerate drops, both your core and memory clocks drop too, so my guess is your GPU is throttling. Have you tried other games to see if your performance is the same as in benchmarks? Try some games and compare it to benchmarks, or download a synthetic benchmark like Valley Unigine which should be the easiest way. If your numbers aren't the same as in benchmarks, it's your GPU at fault (VRam, RAM and CPU were ok in your Afterburner OSD). If they are, then we know for sure it's a game/VSync problem. Also, i've noticed that, afaik the only way is to end the process manually on task manager.

Your RAM usage is fine imo, you don't need to be allocating 100% of your RAM all the time. Requirements aren't accurate to be honest, you are fine with 6gb, have you tested other games? If the problem is in Windows like you said, this should happen on every other game. Stutter due to loading elements could also happen because of using more VRam than your GPU has, are you monitoring Vram too?

That most certainly looks like a hardware related problem and not a VSync issue, your Skyrim.ini and SkyimPrefs.ini are both fine, RP looks kind of wrong, it should look like this on both profile and global: https://imgur.com/a/Un2Vw and http://imgur.com/a/ohGBM (be aware of the 32/64 bit at the right bottom corner too). Since it's a hardware related problem (either that or you're either going overboard with VRam and/or other graphical mods) your best bet is monitoring your hardware, GPU/CPU/VRam/RAM usage specifically. Download MSI Afterburner (4.3.0 stable/final): http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/msi-afterburner-beta-download.html Go to settings and enable "Enable unified GPU usage monitoring" on "General" tab. Then go to the "Monitoring" tab and click on the tick which is on the left side of the following: GPU temp, GPU usage, Fan speed, Core clock, Memory Usage, Framerate, CPU Temp, CPU usage, RAM usage. Then click over those again and on each one of them, enable "Show in On-Screen Display" (should look like this: http://imgur.com/a/vzucv). Last thing you need to do is go to the "On Screen Display" tab and select the "Toggle on screen display" hotkey, this will be the key that will allow you to turn on and off the on screen display (i personally use f10, but use any key you want as long as it's not a hotkey for something else, like f9 is for load game on Skyrim). Since it's a hardware problem and not a VSync problem, close both Radeon Pro and FRAPS and use the games VSync (or not if you don't mind getting 1000fps on the menus and your fans getting loud). Either record your performance stats during gameplay (be aware recording will result in some performance loss), take some screenshots, or simply try to remember the numbers by yourself and type them in here. EDIT: Also, just a FYI, texture packs will NEVER harm your performance unless: A) You're using more VRam than your GPU has. B) It uses Parallax (which is not yet available for SSE). C) There's no Shader Cache support for the game (as long as it's a AAA game and your Shader Cache is on "AMD Optimized" on Global Settings in Radeon Settings, it most likely won't happen).

Im curious as what those stutters look like, any chance on recording a video with framerates and frametimings on screen? That would definetely help us troubleshoot your problem way better.