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Stutering/micro stuttering/lag help please?


razzdazz

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Hey all, just installed Skyrim on my desktop last week. I am running on the current 1.5 patch, and I immediately noticed this micro stuttering/stuttering lag.

My specs:

AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ (six cores, no overclocking)

8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5

800w power supply

 

AA off

AF off

FXAA off

Shadow detail low

 

I have tried the borderless windowed mod, with no success

I have tried the 64hz mod, to no success

 

I am using MSI afterburner to keep my FPS limit to 60, and I am usually around 58-60 FPS, and it hasn't dropped under 45 FPS

I am also using these settings under the CCC 12.3 version to try to make gameplay as smooth as possible, but it still stuttering and lagging

----> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/332396-33-6950-issues-skyrim-possible-solution-inside

 

What am I doing wrong, and is there anything that can help me at this point? Please help!!! Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

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just wondering if multi-GPU crossfire and SLI micro-studdering issues were ever completely eliminated from Skyrim with recent driver versions from both AMD/NVIDIA camps? i don't think so unfortunately..

 

EDIT: razzdazz, please disregard, for some reason i thought you were running a crossfire setup..

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just wondering if multi-GPU crossfire and SLI micro-studdering issues were ever completely eliminated from Skyrim with recent driver versions from both AMD/NVIDIA camps? i don't think so unfortunately..

 

EDIT: razzdazz, please disregard, for some reason i thought you were running a crossfire setup..

 

Lol its totally cool. Yeah it is just so frustrating as I just built this rig and I am almost to the point where I want to question my hardware you know?

 

I still think I am well equipped for this game, but I've basically run out of ideas lol.

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I've heard that running Fraps and capping your FPS at 60 helps. Your rig may be outrunning your game.

 

Well that is what I downloaded MSI afterburner for. They have a setting to where you can limit FPS, which I have the max at 60. I guess it is kind of a waiting game between driver updates/Skyrim updates for now? lol

 

Any chance I'm getting a bottleneck with something though?

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If you run at 55-60 fps and you've capped it at 60, you may as well not have capped it. You need to cap it lower than your average fps for it to actually work. I recommend capping at 45 fps and seeing if that fixes it. Skyrim is a stuttery game for some reason, my guess is that there's so much background loading with LOD going on it causes most cpus to have a hard time keeping up at high framerates. Anyway, try capping at 45.
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If you run at 55-60 fps and you've capped it at 60, you may as well not have capped it. You need to cap it lower than your average fps for it to actually work. I recommend capping at 45 fps and seeing if that fixes it. Skyrim is a stuttery game for some reason, my guess is that there's so much background loading with LOD going on it causes most cpus to have a hard time keeping up at high framerates. Anyway, try capping at 45.

 

You know what, I can see an improvement to where I can enjoy playing. I appreciate this very much! I still feel like it should be running smoother, but hey hopefully down the road something will turn out! So thanks a bunch! I tried it both with windowed mode and full screen, and am now going to test out the borderless window mod and go from there.

 

If you or anyone else has any other advice for me with this problem, please keep posting! Thanks :)

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