Whats the bottleneck here?

[qweglooeefdf]

Hello,

 

My computer:

i3-12100F

16 GB 3200 Single Channel

Geforce GTX 1650 4 GB VRAM

Win10

 

I got an ENB which pushed the frame rate down to 25-40.

Also 4k textures there:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/68307

When disable this textures I dont get a singel FPS more...

 

by using Msi Afterburner i did see that the CPU is only around 25% usage. But the memory is full and there is this "discspace" which is made to store datas for the programs. its around 20 GB.

Problem is that my System SSD got only 60 gb, 20 GB are free.

Other harddrives are also very full.

 

Is that the reason for this lagging all time? It´s like you got a CPU-Bottleneck. You turn ingame around, fast and it lags(Game is like frozen) short. You start to move and it lags again.

 

Of caurse it´s less lag when having 45 FPS than 30. But it´s not related to the low FPS. Some Areas have low FPS and there is no lagging.

 

Or is it the memory?

Would Dual Channel by getting another 16 GB Ram Help?

 

Should I get more Ram+Dual Channel or an ME2 SSD?

And don´t say "both" or "get yourself a REAL Graphiccard". Can´t effort that money.

 

[scorrp10]

Can afford or not, afraid graphics card is your bottleneck. A 1650 is about par with a GTX 1060. My prior system (Core i7-7700, 16G dual-channel RAM, 1TB SSD, GTX 1080Ti) definitely struggled with an ENB, especially at 4k resolution.

 

Also, not entirely sure, but I think if you use 1920x1080, 4K textures display downsampled.

[qweglooeefdf]

it´s not 4k Resolution, its 1920x1080.

 

Ah, you did find it out yourself ...

 

I am using the "Skyrim 202X by Pfuscher (Formerly 2020) - Downscale"

And i installed the 4k Textures.

 

But when i disable them in MO2, I dont get any FPS more.

 

 

I made some empty Space on one of my SSD´s and took this for virtual space.

now it´s running a lot better.

I could "hear" the game using discspace of my old HDD, when over 20 GB virtual space was needed.

 

I got even more FPS right now, average 35fps. before that only around 29.

the system Ram - Memory, or whatever the name is now more empty ingame.

it´s around 12 gb full ingame, compared to 15-16 before that.

The CPU is more used right now. Sometimes its over 65%.

[7531Leonidas]

When you disabled the 4k textures, did you see that the 202X textures no longer showed in the game, i.e. - back to vanilla, or did you install the 2k or 1k version instead? If you didn't see a difference, something may have been baked into the save, especially if you use DynDOLOD.

[qweglooeefdf]

I just disabled them in MO2 at the left side.

But anyway, I want to keep them.

Game runs ok right now, no frame drops in battles and 35-40 fps is playable for me.

Still much smother than when I played Gothic 4 on Xbox360. That was a horror drip.

 

 

I like to see and walk through big medivial cities.

 

 

 

It does look quite good for me

 

 

 

 

I just need a mod to get rid of this Ballon random NPC faces.

Edited January 26, 2023 by qweglooeefdf

[7531Leonidas]

I use the Bijin stuff for major NPCs, am considering changing to Dibella's Blessing ( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/82606 ) for my next playthrough, but both might be too much for your memory situation. I currently use both Default Face NPCs Fixed ( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/54515 ) and Eradicate This Face (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17535), look at them and see if either or both might not strain your setup too much.

 

There is also Project ja-Kha'jay for the khajit ( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57610 ), as before, look to see if you can limit the mesh/texture size upon install, I don't remember because I installed it some months ago.

[scorrp10]

My preference: Botox for Skyrim for girls, Pride of Skyrim for guys as base. 'The kids are alright' (TKAA) for kids. I do have Bijins installed, though a lot of them are overloaded by more specific mods.

[qweglooeefdf]

They look so bad:

 

 

it´s like doofenshmirtz balloni from this TV-Show:

https://assets.change.org/photos/8/hg/vl/VRhGVlSDZcKHotD-800x450-noPad.jpg?1559407288

 

i got already botox. maybe its the skin texture, not the face itself? i mean the face gets the color of the skin, maybe the texture too.

i must read some stuff about this mesh-skin-face topic.

Edited January 27, 2023 by qweglooeefdf

[scorrp10]

Highly depends on which skin is being used, ENB profile, and a number of other factors. Mine is definitely not perfect, but I am shooting for playability, not photo-realism.

Mostly using Patrician ENB, Obsidian Weathers.

Saadia, Botox (Fair skin)

 

 

Hulda, Bijin, Bijin skin

 

 

Karliah, GLAM (own custom skin)

 

 

Lucia, TKAA (Fair skin)

 

 

Elisif, LamaKreis, (Dimoniac skin)

 

 

Anabel, (Custom follower, Fair skin)

 

 

Recorder (2021 Redux version, not sure which skin)

 

 

[qweglooeefdf]

I got now the Bijin Skin.

Problem is now solved.

 

 

maybe i just installed skins for some npcs but not all.

 

i got PI-CHO ENB. i would like the npc have less orange skin.

Edited February 9, 2023 by qweglooeefdf