Vivid Landscapes mod series and performance

[Novem99]

 

The DX9 cap is well known and mentioned quite a bit in regards to Oldrim.

 

You are mixing things up here. The memory cap problem in Oldrim is about system RAM and not VRAM and it causes CTDs if you hit the 3.1GB cap (again: system RAM not VRAM).

[VikingPrince]

 

The DX9 cap is well known and mentioned quite a bit in regards to Oldrim.

 

You are mixing things up here. The memory cap problem in Oldrim is about system RAM and not VRAM and it causes CTDs if you hit the 3.1GB cap (again: system RAM not VRAM).

 

 

Wait, what? So Skyrim is limited to 4GB VRAM on Windows 10 machines because it's DirectX 9, but it's also limited to 3.1GB system RAM?

 

WHAT THE HELL.

 

I spent the money to get 16 GB DDR4 RAM and an 8GB modern video card, and I can't use that power? It's like they made the game incapable of using any more horsepower than computers had in 2011 - buying a good computer does nothing to help game performance?

 

I swear.

[Novem99]

Short answer: yes.

 

Long answer: Still yes but there are some tools that will at least "bypass" the 3.1GB RAM problem.

 

http://wiki.step-project.com/ENBoost

http://wiki.step-project.com/Skyrim_Memory_Patch_3.0

 

If you want to make full use of your hardware you have to either play Oldrim on Windows 7 or switch to Skyrim Special Edition on Windows 10.

[Goffender]

I am working my way through the step guide now, lots of good stuff if not somewhat dedious. I have high hopes to finally finish my final playthrough with all the current new lands.

 

I do hope that skse64 comes sooner than later. It will give us alot more stability and headroom.

Edited May 9, 2017 by Goffender