Another skyrim problem :)

[chemic23]

Hi guys so I have a litle problem I reinstalled my windows 7 installed skyrim and when I imposed high res

Skyrim started to lag before reinstalling it was all ok skyrim went on high res without lags

my PC Specs

 

Intel® Core2 duo cpu E4600 @ 2.40 GHz 2.40GHz

RAM 2,00 GB

32-bit operating system

video card Nvidia 9600 GT 512mb

[Tidus44]

Not exactly sure if I'm correct, but it seems you reinstalled Windows 7 and installed Skyrim and it lagged on high resolution. However, before reinstalling Windows 7 and Skyrim, the game did not lag on high resolution. Is this what you are saying?

 

I would think that with the specs you identify for your computer you may not have been in high resolution as it is just meeting the bare minimums to get the game to play.

 

The following represents what Bethesda's officially released specifications for Skyrim are, according to BethBlog. It is also important to note that even if a system meets these, it may still have very low performance. According to Pete Hines on Twitter: "The Min specs get you playing. The recommended specs let you play on High, not on Ultra. You'll want [a] beefier rig for that."

 

Recommended

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU processor

4GB System RAM

6GB free HDD space

DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon HD 4890 or higher

DirectX compatible sound card

Internet access for Steam activation

 

Minimum System Requirements

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Processor: Intel Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor (AMD Sempron @ 2.4 GHz)

2GB System RAM

6GB free HDD space

Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM

DirectX compatible sound card

Internet access for Steam activation

 

The only other thought is that the reinstall of WIN7 wiped out some setting(s) you had for your video card and it needs to be reset back to what you had before reinstalling WIN7.

[trackiedacks]

you nead more ram 4 at least if you give it 8 your computer will thank you 4 it if it could talk

[xlcr]

@chemic23, hi, if you haven't already, try going thru your NVIDIA Control Panel, 3D Settings, Manage 3D Settings, Program Settings tab, Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

Compare/optimize your current settings using this as a guide (i do not know if your 9600 is still listed):

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Tweak Guide - http://www.geforce.com/optimize/guides/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweak-guide/#1

There are many other guides on the internet you can search for.

 

Check if you are you running the latest NVIDIA driver version 301.42 WHQL - http://www.geforce.com/drivers

You'll probably need to dial down some quality settings to achieve lag free performance running at high using your 9600 GT 512mb GPU card.

Suggest you do not install any HD textures.

Look for mods that disable some default Skyrim effects that can cause lag, for example:

Skyrim Performance PLUS by Vergis - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=6387

 

Look into INI settings that allow you to tweak down rendering quality and improve performance like shadow, distance, and fade.

Also check settings in sections that control grass/trees/particles/clouds/terran/water..

(if you change INI settings it is usually best to save the old setting using a '; ' (semi-colon,space) before the old entry statement).

 

Since this is a fresh Windows 7 install, investigate and disable unnecessary services that Microsoft enables by default.

Many people successfully use a utility called 'Game Booster' to do this for them.

(if you disable services yourself be sure to take notes on exactly what you did so you can rollback any changes lol).

Edited June 4, 2012 by xlcr

[bben46]

It will not do you any good to install more than 4G of ram. A 32 bit system can only see 4G max no matter how much you plug into it. Anything over that is wasted. And, NO there is no software fix than can make a 32 bit computer see more than 4G ram. If anyone tells you otherwise, they are misinformed.

 

As some of that ram MUST be used for necessary things like Windows - you will only have about 3.5G available no matter what you do.

 

8G - while overkill for a 32 bit computer is nice on a 64 bit which can use more than 4G - up to 192G on Win7 Pro x64 at present. However most motherboards will only accept between 8 and 16G currently.

[ixdoa]

I suggest you get more ram.

[chemic23]

Thanks for help hope will work an yes Skyrim did not lag before reinstalling windows :) P.S. sorry for my grammar :)

I think I found Problem My motherboard drivers were outdated :) and one of my cores disabled so that means less Ram :D and other stuff

Edited June 4, 2012 by chemic23

[xlcr]

@chemic23, if you're already looking into updating your 'motherboard drivers' (whatever those are lol),

check and update the motherboard BIOS if you're running a very old version.. but i think this is what you were already referring to. :turned:

Glad you discovered some cores were disabled geez.

 

As far as i know (guessing lol), the Skyrim customized gamebryo engine (created before Windows had internal threading control) is single-threaded

with additional minor threading added that spreads out to the other cores (core parking) since its not restricted to the core count.

In other words, Skyrim will fully utilize one core but can place some load on extra available cores (hopefully there isn't any core thrashing).

I'm talking about the CPU not GPU multi-threading.

Anyway, all this shouldn't matter to you so don't worry lol.

[GoodfellowGoodspring]

Most people are ignoring that his game worked fine (or satisfactory enough for the OP to play,) before the reinstall so it isn't a rig issue and seeing as im running on a Pentium 4 the 'bare minimum' minimal specifications seem obsolete.