wormywyrm Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I just loaded up Skyrim onto my computer and I am getting lag spikes every 1-4 seconds, and my settings are almost at minimum. Intel Core2 Duo E8500 64-bit @ 3.17ghz4.00 GB RAMRadeon HD 5700 (1GB) 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?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyingAtheist Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I can run it on max, on my laptop, but in terms of price it's going to set you back...a lot. Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QMDDR3 8GB RAMATI Mobility™ Radeon® HD 5870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghogiel Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 You should be running it well above minimum. :/ You can try some ini tweaking. Some have said vsync is causing a lag for them. It's best to look about for some performance tweaking guides. as for an upgrade... depends on what you recycle. if you keep your case, monitor, HDD and all that, just get a mobo, gpu, cpu, and psu, you could be looking at 500$ USD for some very nice gear that should clear max settings. there are cheaper options even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyingAtheist Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Have you unticked the "Xbox 360 Controller" option? Assuming you're using a mouse and keyboard that should save you some FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omarun Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I maxed graphics out with no issues without overclocking Intel Core I5 @3.3GhZ8gb DDR3 RAMNvidia GeForce GTX 560TiSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusismyairbag Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 phenom II x4 965 BE 3.4 @ ghzGeforce GTX 560 ti 1gbGskill Ripjaws 8gb RAMwindows 7 ultimate 64bit game is maxed. get like 40-60 fps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graverobberxl Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I can Max with a little bit of lag in certain situations, but on "high" It has NEVER missed a beat. Im very impressed with Bethesda. Not having many glitches (mostly just people walking through the odd thing) but i could care less. There has to be some other force at work here for you. Whats your CPU and memory usage when your not playing Skyrim? is everything updated? Windows 7 64 bitCPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz Black Edition (not overclocked yet)GPU: AMD Radeon HD6870Mobo: Asus M5A88-V EVORam: 8GB (cant remember what it is)HD: WDC 500GB 7200RPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdale13 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I am maxed out and then some, thanks to the ini editor. I am running: i7 920 @3.6ghzEVGA GTX 275 OC6GB RAMand I have an SSD, which is giving me instant loading times. I literally dont have time to read any of the words that come up on the black loading screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliemc Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I just loaded up Skyrim onto my computer and I am getting lag spikes every 1-4 seconds, and my settings are almost at minimum. Intel Core2 Duo E8500 64-bit @ 3.17ghz4.00 GB RAMRadeon HD 5700 (1GB) 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?)hmmmm as a student IT network manager my first guess would be the ram if the game would be running slow because my PC has similar specs than you i can run on high and i can run on ultra but there is a bit of lagg.Check your CPU usage and your phyical memory and if the computer cpu usage is st like 20-30% average and your phyical memory is over 60% at startup you need to start clearing up some files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhozz Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 i5 2500k @ 3.88GB RAM HD 5970, Catalyst 10.5 as this driver is the most stablei've found.120 GB SSDEverything maxed, and running so smoothly so impressedexcept for the UI which seems overly complex comparedto Oblivion. They should have copied Divinity 2 UI :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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