fuzz16 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hi I am playing skyrim with a decent amount of mods and im getting low fps in towns in general. I just bought a 6970 and im running skyrim on ultra settings. my specs are below and my main question is should I have gotten a gtx 570 instead? Fps can run anywhere from 17-37 OS: Win Ult 64-bitCPU: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9550 @2.83GHzMemory: 6Gb ddr2GPU: HIS Radeon 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 I really though that I would have absolutely no trouble doing whatever I wanted with skyrim with these specs, am I completely wrong? running CCC 11.11 below are screenshots of my game settings.thanks for any help in advanced. CCC: http://i.imgur.com/MGqVj.pngSkyrim: http://i.imgur.com/SizxA.pngMod List: http://i.imgur.com/rdW7G.pngSkyrimPref.ini: http://i.imgur.com/VErLj.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydodo Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I get low fps in towns with the shadows on ultra. I lowered the shadows to high from ultra and that made my fps in towns go up nearly 10fps. You could also try overclocking your cpu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3vo Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I've got a HD 4870 and I play everything maxed and get better frames. Must be something else. What resolution are you playing at? And how much AA/AF are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzz16 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 I am playing at 1920x1080, I updated from a 4870 to 6970 for the ability to max out/mod skyrim specifically. I am using the 4GB Skyrim address fix. @bobbydodoI am done playing for tonight and I will try those shadow settings tomorrow @d3vomy AA/AF can be found in the images (but i dont blame you for not looking)AA: 4xAF: 8x as for overclocking i'd rather not take that path, honestly ive never overclocked in my life and I know little about it, but if I remember correctly it shortens your CPU lifespan and i'd rather not do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einarth Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hi I am playing skyrim with a decent amount of mods and im getting low fps in towns in general. I just bought a 6970 and im running skyrim on ultra settings. my specs are below and my main question is should I have gotten a gtx 570 instead? Nope. Win 7 64bit and Radeon 6950 here, no overclocking, no useless services/apps running in background. Works fine. Hope you're not using in-game AA/AF. In that case you have to set AA and AF to 0 in the Skyrim Launcher, then open the CCC and force whatever AA and AF setting you desire and then run the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maboru Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 You probably missed this thread because so many new threads are still being posted hourly but you may want to check it out - http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/478094-skyrim-and-ati-hd-6970-card-bad-performance/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blove Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I play 1920x1080 with a 5870 and average ~55 FPS. CCC set to application defined and Skyrim to 0x AA, 8x AF, and FXAA on are my preferred settings. I have a faster CPU, but I think that if you drop shadows a notch, drop AA to 2x or 0x, and use FXAA that you should see similiar performance and still have good image quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted2353102User Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I have 6970, maxed out everything, every possible way and I have 55-63 fps always at 1920x1200..Guess Im lucky ;) Try using 4GB mod, it adds a whole new level of stability. Well, it fixed the game completly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3vo Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 (edited) I am playing at 1920x1080, I updated from a 4870 to 6970 for the ability to max out/mod skyrim specifically. I am using the 4GB Skyrim address fix. @bobbydodoI am done playing for tonight and I will try those shadow settings tomorrow @d3vomy AA/AF can be found in the images (but i dont blame you for not looking)AA: 4xAF: 8x as for overclocking i'd rather not take that path, honestly ive never overclocked in my life and I know little about it, but if I remember correctly it shortens your CPU lifespan and i'd rather not do that. Yea sry, I must have skimmed over the pics. It could be your V-Sync...I've always turned off V-Sync for any game I play. Edited December 12, 2011 by d3vo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzz16 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) so here is a quick update... I am playing now with CCC doing AA 4X and AF 8X, and my V-sync is now off.I am planning on taking some benchmarks with Fraps in the next couple of days; however, as a college student finishing up the semester, my free time is limited. I wanted to ask a follow up question regarding the classic Radeon vs Nivida. I'm not looking for a big discussion, but I am still able to return my radeon 6970 and get all my money back. In general will I see a better performance with a GTX 570? Or does it come down to my CPU and just getting the settings right? Also, I'm not planning on doing any SLI or Crossfire. The only programs I run during play are game booster 3, to kill unneeded windows services, and fraps so I guess I really feel like i should be getting much better performance with my $330 GPU. Is the CPU really dragging down the GPU by that much? - I'm not looking to OC in any way, I have no experience with that and I don't exactly want to take that route. Below are my specs re-posted from above:OS: Win Ult 64-bitCPU: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9550 @2.83GHzMobo: GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS5 LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX IntelRAM: 6Gb (3x2Gb) ddr2GPU: HIS Radeon 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5Resolution: 1920x1080 cheers Edited December 13, 2011 by fuzz16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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