Reinstall - now getting <7 FPS after long load

[spdgamer]

Hello All,

 

I have been playing skyrim since the begining , everything worked fine in the past - 30+ FPS with all the STEP mods installed. A new version of STEP came out and I wanted to start fresh as a different character (mage) so I ' deleted local content' in steam and the physically removed any left overs files and reinstalled

 

Without any mods installed - and turning off the HiRes DLC I am getting this weird behaviour when starting the game.

 

After select continue OR Load -> Select game, the load screen will sit for over 1 minute and I will start to see the FPS go down to about 10 fps - nothing has actually loaded on the screen. Then the screen will load and the max FPS I am getting, just looking around ravenwood is 7 fps

 

Closing down and restarting sometime helps, then I get back up to 45+, but its hit and miss.

 

Any ideas on what could be casuing this. Nothing has changed on the PC:

 

Windows 7

Intell i5 2500K

8 gig ram

GeForce GTX 460 - over clocked with 1 gig

 

Have done all basic maintenanec , defrag etc...

 

Thanks

Steve

[Leeira]

Were the two ini files (where the saves are) deleted too or only the content in the steam subfolder?

If they were not deleted, just delete them.

If it doesn't help open the console in the main menue and use "coc whiterun". If it runs normaly the problems are caused by your saves. It may be because of running scripts which simply has been deleted while in use. Many mods have uninstalling routines which you have to use to uninstall them properly without ruining your save.

[spdgamer]

Thanks for quick reply Leeira

 

I had deleted the INI and all the files in skyrim folder so there were no MOD files left. I can see it in NMM that there are no mods and on HiRes DLC ESP files are list , besides the skyrim of course

 

Did as you suggested in console and the FPS went up while loading then dropped right back to 7 again. I suppose I could start from scratch again in case it is the save files but I have about 8 saves, all done manually as I turn off all the autosave features and the problem happens with them all

 

Thanks

Steve

[spdgamer]

I have uninstalled/installed everything again and started from scratch, including deleteing all INI files and the Skyrim folder contents.

 

This time I ran FRAPS when I create a new game - and during the intro scene I was getting 5-7 fps. CLosed the game and restarted, then I got 45-50 fps. Played all the way through till I was outside Helgen, saved. THis morning I tried it again, loaded last save, loading screen I watch the FPS go down to 10, again nothing actually loaded on screen yet. Then 5 minutes later it finishes loading and the FPS are at 7. Quit game, relaod saved games, FPS 48. Quit game, reload saved game, long wait FPS 7.

 

Does anyone have any ideas of where to start looking for the problem?

 

 

EDIT: Believe I have found the culprit. I was using the beta version of nVidia driver, my fault for listening to strangers, and after rolloing back to the latest offical version all my problem went away... so far

 

 

Thanks

Steve