Trying to single out lag cause

[jlw484]

I'd previously read about the bloated save issue. None of my saves were anywhere near being too large but I thought my issue may have been related anyway so I backed up my important saves then deleted them all from the computer. Even running a fresh game with zero saves the lag is still just as bad. I've pretty much accepted that I may have to try a fresh install but I'm really hoping to avoid it so I'm holding out for some miracle fix.

[oldbookheaven]

I switched from the PS3 version (with patch) for this exact reason. The saved games get too big and with PS3's dual save it stutters the longer you play and the bigger the save gets. Was an unplayable brain tumor during civ war quests (too many people around). Lost 2 level 50 characters and a couple hundred hours of my life. I've been through all the fixes for stutter and lag these are all things I tried for better performance with good to great results. Some of them came from Bethesda, most of them came from the Nexus forums.

 

Lower screen resolution (make sure it matches your regular monitor resolution) and graphics levels a notch (especially fade levels)

Use a FPS Limiter capped at 60

turn of AA and Anti-B

Sell stuff (Huge caches of crap lower performance apparently)

Use only non-performance hurting mods (some of those beautiful mods hurt playability)

clean up your quests (apparently many quests add things that aren't there if the quest hasn't been activated yet)

Turn off Grass Shadows (and other ini files if you want to downgrade a bit)

Check out the ipresentinterval=0 fix

Download the latest driver

Verify the integrity of Game Cache in Steam Properties (do this before the ini file changes)

 

I've fine tuned my performance with basically the same system you have. I'm currently playing a 60mb file with no stutter on high with some lowered fade and a couple of performance knocking mods (WATER and Ultra-realistic lighting) and 30 other mods.

 

I Have been dealing with a specific performance stutter problem involving priest masks and any closed helmets. Everythings great until I put one on, then yuck. Open faced helmets and hoods are fine. Been searching for a month. I think it might be because I have a huge beard. If anybody has any answers to that problem I'd break into the temple of Dibella for you!

Edited April 26, 2012 by oldbookheaven

[halloikbenzander]

Remove everything inside the "scripts" folder inside the data folder. This will fix every problem instantly.