Micro-stuttering at 60 fps

[darth0r]

Hi, first my specs:

i5 2500 k @ 4.2 Ghz

nVidia 970 GTX

SSD 250 Samsung EVO

8 GB RAM

Win 8.1 64b

BenQ Monitor @144hz

 

In order to run SKyrim without everything going crazy, I had to limit fps to 60. The thing is, game runs smooth as hot butter if fps uncapped, but, at the moment I cap the game to 58-60 fps, I get microstuttering (when I move the mouse, I lose the smoothness).

 

Things I've tried, so far, always with VSync ON (tried Off aswell):

- FPS Limiter Mod

- ENB

- Borderless Window

- Putting my monitor to 120 Hz and half adaptative Vsync

- 60 Hz monitor and Vsyinc ON

 

None of this worked. I mean, game runs stable BUT always with microstuttering.

 

Anyone else can throw ideas on how to make the game smooth again LOCKED at 60 fps?

 

Thanks.

 

 

PS: needless to say this only happens with Skyrim, my other games (new and old, even Fallout 4) run smoothly.

Edited August 19, 2016 by darth0r

[Darkstyler35]

Hello,

• <when I move the mouse, I lose the smoothness> if you're using a background mouse manager program, (particularly if running an ENB) such as intellipoint, deactivate it.
• Stuttering.
• Install Skyrim performance monitor.
• Make sure you're using the good mods >> Dangerous mods list.
• Verify gamecache.

Here is a list of things that may help stabilizing your game if not already been done. :

/// Cleaning and correcting potential bugs :

• Clean your master files to eliminate potential problems : Gopher's videos cleaning your masterfiles on the Nexus Tesedit page. You may use this updated guide to clean your masters. It contains the same automated cleaning procedure as Gopher explains in his video + repeating once for Dawnguard.esm + some selective manual cleaning.
• The method above can be used to clean mods. LOOT should tell you which plugin you should clean. You may also do a check errors.

/// Load order / mods conflicts :

• Use L.O.O.T once and click on the "sort plugins buttons".
• Create a wryebash patch including leveled lists.
• Create a merged patch with Tesedit excluding leveled lists
• How things work in Tes5edit : load order / conflict looser - winner / Forwarding / adding as a master. More specifically, you may create a manual patch between two or more mods.

/// Settings / memory :

• Preferably, use crash fixes with the UseOSAllocators=1 instead of skse memory patch or SSME.
• You may also install safety load if you experience infinite loading screens or freezing in game.
• Memory blocks log will help to refine memory settings.
• Skyrim performance monitor.
• Backup your ini files and delete the files. Skyrim.ini / SkyrimCustom.ini / SkyrimPrefs.ini found in C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Skyrim then use your vanilla launcher to autodetect and use best settings for your computer.
• STEP INI tweaking wiki.
• You may install ENBOOST >> ENB graphics / ENB haxx.

/// Save game :

• Don't uninstall mods at mid-game, there are no clean save in Skyrim but using save script cleaner can help removing orphan scripts.
• New SkyrimTools, (corrupt saves topic).

/// Meshes healer :

• Read here, this is potentially a cause of CTD that you can resolve by following the mod procedure on this page.

/// Useful informations :

• Selective loading : untick 50% of your mods, beginning by the end of your load order and test in game. Then depending on if the problem occurs again or not, increase /decrease the remaining loading mods to find the culprit.
• If you're using win8-10 + a GPU with more than 4GB VRAM + a heavily modded game and experiencing stuttering, random freezes or / and FPS drops, this may occur when the VRAM usage exceeds 4GB, read here for more details.
• Skyrim requirements wiki.
• Skse installation : skse on steam or Manual install. (SKSE, memory and skse.ini). SKSE logs are here : C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\SKSE. SKSE troubleshooting guide.
• STEP troubleshooting page.
• An efficient guide to build your game : STEP / Official S.T.E.P. Mod Organizer video series.
• Ensure your skyrim installation is healthy = Make skyrim vanilla again.
• Make sure you're using the latest USLEEP instead of the obsolete unofficial patches. If some of your old mods require them, you may use the USLEEP swap masters.
• Crashdump analysis.
• Papyrus log is a scripts log only and doesn't cover anything else, not a crash log. Interpreting Papyrus Log Errors, thanks to Arthmoor. Enabling papyrus logging
• Need a tool to manage GPU fan speed that works with ENB ? You may try Afterburner, (tested)

Hope this helps.

[jones177]

I had micro stuttering when I used a GTX 970.

Switching the game off then on again would get rid of it most of the time & ENB helped a lot in controlling it.

 

Also my 970 only liked one source of vsync & that was from the driver. Using the vsync in ENB &/or the Skyrim ini caused a silly amount of micro stutter.

 

When I upgraded to a 980 the micro stutter went away.

 

 

Later

[twiztedmongoloid]

I had micro stuttering when I used a GTX 970.

Switching the game off then on again would get rid of it most of the time & ENB helped a lot in controlling it.

 

Also my 970 only liked one source of vsync & that was from the driver. Using the vsync in ENB &/or the Skyrim ini caused a silly amount of micro stutter.

 

When I upgraded to a 980 the micro stutter went away.

 

 

Later

 

Congrats on spending another 400 to get 10% more performance.

 

OP make sure you are only using ONE source for vsync and also make sure your enblocal is configured correctly.

 

I use the vsync from ENB.