Rohok Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) To clear any outright assumptions that I might have poor FPS, I get roughly 40 to 60 FPS outside and inside towns. The issue comes when I go inside a town (lately I've only been entering Whiterun) and sometimes, I'll get these odd jittery, or sudden spikes in stutters or whatnot- Almost like stuff is being loaded in. At first I thought maybe my old harddrive was an issue (it used to make a loud grumbly noise everytime these problems occured), but recently I upgraded to something bigger so I could fit all my games and mods and yet the problem still persists. My FPS is great, I get smooth gameplay, smooth combat, smooth everything. I've removed the Bethesda HD textures just in case that was an issue and trimmed my mods down as much as I wanted to or could without running risk of messing up my game because I removed big time mods. My hardware is this: Q6600 Quadcore 2.4 ghz GTX 260 1024 MB 2 TB Western Digital Caviar Black harddrive 4 GB of ram Nothing is overclocked, and I can't overclock my CPU because of either the CPU or the motherboard won't let me. I don't have any other problems other than these random lock ups that force me to restart my game, but everything up to that lock up is 100% fine and smooth. It's annoying and discouraging. Here's a screenshot of my mods if anyone is able to tell me what might be causing the issue or if there are any incompatibilities. The three files cut off at the top are Skyrim, Dawnguard, and Update (whatever that is). I did the best I could reading every readme and going through the first few pages of comments on mods, and I installed all compatibility patches that I could. If you need anymore information lemme know, and thanks to anyone who can provide some assistance and direction! Edited August 16, 2012 by Rohok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestros Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Sounds like a slow hard drive issue. Check your hard drive speed, and get a temperature reading of your hard drive under stress. CPUID is a good program for monitoring temps. Personally, I plan to get an SSD in the next couple months for my laptop. HDD's may be cheap, but they are not reliable for gaming rigs, where high temperatures cause excessive wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiegril Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 A few other ideas in addition to Celestros's suggestions... Have you tried uninstalling the timescale mod? Also, have you double-checked to make sure all of your auto-updates, IM, cloud sync whatnot are disabled? I had odd lags I eventually figured out were caused by my external hard drive trying to connect, for example. The other thing is that there were a couple people with lags lately that were caused by sound drivers or mouse drivers issues, so maybe check that?Finally, you might try an fps limiter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloguy1232 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Excessive use of (certain)console commands can cause lag. Otherwise, check your mod list and deactivate them one by one to check for the problem. Also, for me, restarting the .exe/computer sometimes stops lockups/stuttering. Edited August 16, 2012 by helloguy1232 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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