Why does my game Lag so much?

[pizman30]

Below are my Specs and I dont know why I cant run on anything but low settings.

The game Default settings recommends medium settings, but it lags like crazy with these settings

 

Any thoughts? Ideas?

 

Processor Intel® Core i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz

Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Graphics 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7690M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics

Gaming graphics 5861 MB Total available graphics memory

Primary hard disk 486GB Free (673GB Total)

System type Windows 7 64-bit operating system

DirectX version DirectX 10

 

[aruless]

I never use the laptop for games, still ur lap "looks good" enough for skyrim, try changing the power options in ur lap, check that ur cpu is not using the "cool and quiet"(dont know how is called for intel, but for amd is cool and quiet xD), and... nothing more comes to my mind, like i say dont use the lap for playing neva, hope more ppl can help u.

 

o/

[SubjectProphet]

Use all 4 proccessers, let all RAM be used by closing every program before playing, use all power possible, and make sure your drivers are up-to-date.

 

I run Skyrim on High without lagging too much with you're specs.

[Rennn]

Don't run in windowed mode, if you do. That cpu speed should be fine, assuming you don't use high-quality shadows as they're calculated on the cpu, but in windowed mode your cpu works a lot harder, and your cpu is the weakest part of your laptop. I don't know if you play in windowed mode or not, but play in fullscreen.

 

Another thing to try:

http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

Gamebooster keeps unneeded tasks from taking cpu power, and it puts a high-performance power plan into action each time you run it. As a result, you might gain some heat and lose some battery life, but your game will almost certainly play better with it active.

 

Check in the Processes tab of the Task Manager when you're playing Skyrim to make sure that Skyrim is allowed to use all your cpu cores. It should be by default, but you never know.

 

What kind of antialiasing do you use? Check in your AMD Catalyst Control Center to make sure you're not forcing high AA through your drivers or something like that.

Edited May 6, 2012 by Rennn

[ProjectVRD]

Are you using CCC 12.4?

[pizman30]

Don't run in windowed mode, if you do. That cpu speed should be fine, assuming you don't use high-quality shadows as they're calculated on the cpu, but in windowed mode your cpu works a lot harder, and your cpu is the weakest part of your laptop. I don't know if you play in windowed mode or not, but play in fullscreen.

 

Another thing to try:

http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

Gamebooster keeps unneeded tasks from taking cpu power, and it puts a high-performance power plan into action each time you run it. As a result, you might gain some heat and lose some battery life, but your game will almost certainly play better with it active.

 

Check in the Processes tab of the Task Manager when you're playing Skyrim to make sure that Skyrim is allowed to use all your cpu cores. It should be by default, but you never know.

 

What kind of antialiasing do you use? Check in your AMD Catalyst Control Center to make sure you're not forcing high AA through your drivers or something like that.

 

 

Thanks for the responses, I downlaoded and Installed the booster, but didnt help, how do Itell if its using all processors?

[aruless]

Run the game, now when the game start click ctrl+alt+sup, open the task manager, go to processes find tesv.exe right click on set affinity and check how many cpu's are used.

 

Also did u check the power options?

[Rennn]

If Gamebooster didn't help, his cpu probably isn't the problem. Gamebooster pretty much makes sure you're running at a gaming power plan, at full cpu frequency. Still, test to see if it's using all the cores how aruless described. If it didn't improve the framerate at all, then it can't really be the bottleneck.

 

If your laptop gets really hot when you play Skyrim, your components might be turning down their own performance to avoid damaging themselves. If it gets really hot, you're going to want some kind of external cooling system.

 

Also, probably a stupid question, but do you use ENB mods for Skyrim or something like that?

Edited May 8, 2012 by Rennn

[animecollector]

Skyrim isn't for laps but you should reduce your game resolution until it runs acceptable, amybe the minimum.Don't install mods your lap, obviously barely can handle it.Remember to also stop your antivirus while playing.Avg is merciless with this type of games,it's a memory selfish hog .I remember to have a lot of ctd while playing FO3 while avg was running a default sheduled scan wtihout noticing it.I now use avast only. Edited May 8, 2012 by animecollector