Skyrim SE Running Ultra Slow (possible duplicate post)

[bigdogdaddy1970]

Apologize if this is a double post, my first post has not appeared so I try again. Maybe my account is too new.

 

I just installed Skyrim SE (and SKSE 2.0.20) + a few mods on my old Dell Alienware M17xR3. This rig used to run Skyrim with mods no problem, back in the day. Now? Total garbage. It does run, but it is not playable at any graphics setting. Makes me think my GPU is not recognized ... or my system is just too old to deal with SSE.

 

Specs detected by Steam are listed here.

Computer Information:

Manufacturer: Alienware

Model: M17xR3

Form Factor: Laptop

No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:

CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel

CPU Brand: Intel® Core i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz

CPU Family: 0x6

CPU Model: 0x2a

CPU Stepping: 0x7

CPU Type: 0x0

Speed: 2193 Mhz

8 logical processors

4 physical processors

HyperThreading: Supported

FCMOV: Supported

SSE2: Supported

SSE3: Supported

SSSE3: Supported

SSE4a: Unsupported

SSE41: Supported

SSE42: Supported

AES: Supported

AVX: Supported

AVX2: Unsupported

AVX512F: Unsupported

AVX512PF: Unsupported

AVX512ER: Unsupported

AVX512CD: Unsupported

AVX512VNNI: Unsupported

SHA: Unsupported

CMPXCHG16B: Supported

LAHF/SAHF: Supported

PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:

Windows 10 (64 bit)

NTFS: Supported

Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:

Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll

Driver Version: 23.21.13.9135

DirectX Driver Version: 23.21.13.9135

Driver Date: 3 23 2018

OpenGL Version: 4.6

Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel

Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz

DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

VendorID: 0x10de

DeviceID: 0x1211

Revision: 0xa1

Number of Monitors: 1

Number of Logical Video Cards: 1

No SLI or Crossfire Detected

Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Primary Display Size: 15.04" x 8.46" (17.24" diag)

38.2cm x 21.5cm (43.8cm diag)

Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x

Primary VRAM: 2047 MB

Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:

Audio device: Speakers (High Definition Audio

Memory:

RAM: 8173 MB

VR Hardware:

VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:

UI Language: English

Media Type: DVD

Total Hard Disk Space Available: 705391 MB

Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 240442 MB

OS Install Date: Jul 30 2019

Game Controller: Xbox 360 Controller detected

Storage:

Disk serial number hash: dd7a0ce6

Number of SSDs: 0

Number of HDDs: 1

HDD sizes: 750G

 

Can somebody here look at my specs and tell me if this is hopeless? Thanks.

[bigdogdaddy1970]

Well this post showed up. Let me try the rest ...

 

Even the wagon ride during the intro is laggy. Character creation is painfully slow. The tutorial phase is just unplayable. Performance is so bad, it makes me think the GPU is getting bypassed.

 

If I try to launch vanilla Skyrim ("TESV.exe") I see the familiar splash screen with an options window where I can select my graphics adapter. When I launch SSE ("SkyrimSE.exe") I get a new splash screen but the options window does not let me select the graphics adapter ... it did an auto-detect and set my graphics to Medium on first launch. Screen shot attached.