Palamabron Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Despite all the issues that are being reported, oddly enough Skyrim hasn't full out crashed to the desktop on me yet, however I have been experiencing intermittent, severe FPS drops. Every 30-45 minutes, the program will stall and start getting supper chunky (like 1-3 FPS chunky). If I'm just running around selling stuff or crafting it remains barely playable, but if I'm fighting it's pretty much game-over. Sometimes after a little while, usually 10-20 minutes the FPS will pop back up and I'll see another 10-15 minutes of normal play, but this inevitably ends. This issue has occurred with no pattern I have noticed in terms of game play actions. It's kicked in while running around Whiterun, or shortly after engaging an enemy, or just moving through the world. It does seem that my character is always moving when the FPS lag kicks in, but that could just be when it becomes most noticeable. The launcher picked high settings for me, but I have mostly been running on medium with several tweaks to my system settings, the SkyrimPrefs.ini file and a few performance mods in my attempts to solve this issue. Said tweaks and mods have achieved better performance under normal conditions, but there has been no discernible effect on the frequency or severity of the intermittent FPS drops. Thus far I have tried the following:- Updated Graphics drivers- Installed LAA patch- Tweaked SkyrimPrefs.ini to fix mouse lag and blocky shadows- Installed mods: ENBSeries Patch 5, and FPS Limiter (using a 30 FPS limit)- Cleaned all CPU / GPU fans- Run a system cleaner to repair directories, etc.*As noted above, some of these efforts improved normal performance in Skyrim, but none had any noticeable effect on the FPS drops. CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.1GHzRAM: 4GB RAMGPU: ATI Radeon HD 4670 (1GB)System: Windows Vista Home Basic (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.110617-0336) DxDiag (Abbreviated): Reveal hidden contents ------------------System Information------------------Time of this report: 11/25/2011, 23:22:02 Machine name: <Computer Name> Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.110617-0336) Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: BIOS Date: 08/14/08 15:53:10 Ver: 05.08 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.1GHz Memory: 3326MB RAM Page File: 1526MB used, 5358MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode ------------DxDiag Notes------------ Display Tab 1: The file aticfx32.dll,aticfx32.dll,atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atiumdva.cap is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Sound Tab 3: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. --------------------DirectX Debug Levels--------------------Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) ---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9490) DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz) Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9490&SUBSYS_22681787&REV_00 Display Memory: 2425 MB Dedicated Memory: 1017 MB Shared Memory: 1407 MB Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (75Hz) Monitor: LG L192WS Driver Name: aticfx32.dll,aticfx32.dll,atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atiumdva.cap Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1103 (English) DDI Version: 10.1 BGRA Supported: YesDriver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 11/25/2011 06:04:24, 749568 bytes Edited November 26, 2011 by Palamabron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderdToastMan Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Run fraps and post what your fps is when there are no problems, and what the actual fps is when you are encountering this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palamabron Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Done and done. This particular time the FPS hit came upon reloading a save. The FPS Limiter keeps my FPS in the 28-35 range while playing, but when the lag hits it drops down to 3-5. It still seems completely random to me. It was unplayable last night, giving me 5 minutes or less before choking on the way up to High Horothgar. Running back the other way today I had about 2 hours of play across several areas, including Whiterun. Now it's back to giving me 10 minutes or less. Completely rebooting or clearing RAM seems to have little to no effect (i.e. FPS lag will only clear up for another 5-10 minutes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palamabron Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 * Update * So I was focusing almost all my efforts on my graphics card and the game settings. After re-installing the BIOS and associated utilities for my processor/motherboard things have been running more smoothly. I haven't tried increasing the quality, but no problems running on medium since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashh Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 From reading your first post I was going to say that it sound like you have something running in the background that is causing the FPS drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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