8 core ini tweak

[toxicdeath2]

Hello, I am just getting back into skyrim after not playing it for quite some time and im running on a pretty powerful system, so I want to be able to fully utilize my hardware.

 

I have been doing some reading on 8core ini tweaks that would allow Skyrim to utilize all of my cores, but I have read that it can cause some pretty strange physics issues and other glitches.

 

Does anyone have any experience with these tweaks?

[camaro_69_327]

The Physics issues come from having to high a FPS ...Like over 80 FPS (Frames per second).

 

With Default INI files (skyrim and skyrimprefs.ini), the game will utilize all 8 threads of my 4 core CPU...Their are some threaded optimizations to do , like having blood and other things as multi threaded, but the game will / should use all you threads of your CPU.

 

You can goggle for "unparking" your cores , it will make them, in an always available state.

 

PIC of Skyrim using 8 threads (4 core) with default INI files

 

8.8 GB System commit playing Skyrim.

 

Only tweaks i have are...No auto saves (anything). and a grass tweak. Ohh and Vsync disabled, (Nvidia controls that) .

 

[toxicdeath2]

Thank you for your clarification camaro. It was very informative!

[Deleted5770650User]

The Physics issues come from having to high a FPS ...Like over 80 FPS (Frames per second).

 

With Default INI files (skyrim and skyrimprefs.ini), the game will utilize all 8 threads of my 4 core CPU...Their are some threaded optimizations to do , like having blood and other things as multi threaded, but the game will / should use all you threads of your CPU.

 

You can goggle for "unparking" your cores , it will make them, in an always available state.

 

PIC of Skyrim using 8 threads (4 core) with default INI files

 

8.8 GB System commit playing Skyrim.

 

Only tweaks i have are...No auto saves (anything). and a grass tweak. Ohh and Vsync disabled, (Nvidia controls that) .

 

Something to clearify here.

 

Windows showing CPU usage on cores does not refelct the number of threads.

I can already hear some people out there saying "yes it does."

Not it doesn't.....Unless I somehow have a 40-5x core cpu that is.

You can check the thread count in Resource Manager (Task Manager(Win7 shift+ctrl+escape)>Performance>Resource Monitor(Button at the bottom of Performace)) on the CPU tab.

 

It is also true that you can have multi-thread support but not multi-core support and all the threads run on the same core, but I am not saying that is or is not the case here.

 

 

Pics

 

 

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/chevyowner/Skyrim/skyrim-perfmon.png

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/chevyowner/Skyrim/skyrim-taskman.png

 

 

Edited May 28, 2014 by Guest