What's causing FPS drops in certain areas?

[Prenihility]

I'm just trying to piece together why i'm getting crap FPS in certain areas and at the very least would like to understand what's causing it and WHY. Certain areas in the Markarth area, West of Rorikstead. I actually thought SFO was the cause, but i've thinned down the grass and it helps a lot. I can't really think of anything else other than conflicting mods? But even then, it'd have to be graphics related, no?

 

4GB 960 at 1342Mhz ought to be enough for Skyrim LE. Even modded.

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
BSAssets.esm
BSHeartland.esm
BS_DLC_patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
HearthFire Display Case Fix.esp
RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp
SkyUI.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
FNIS.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
Dual Sheath Redux.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
XPMSE.esp
immersive roads.esp
Cloaks.esp
Run For Your Lives.esp
SMIM-Merged-All.esp
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
Illustrious HDT Cloaks.esp
HDTPhysicsWeaponSling.esp
KS Hairdos - HDT.esp
RaceMenuOverlays.esp
SFO - Dragonborn.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
BatTravel.esp
FNISspells.esp
TimingIsEverything.esp
ForswornHAIR.esp
MatchingCraftableForsworn.esp
MatchingSetFix.esp
MatchingSetFixes.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
CalienteVanillaArmorTweaks.esp
GrassOnSteroids_NaturalEdition_SFO.esp
Purewaters.esp
BSHeartland - Meshes.esp
BSHeartland - Textures.esp
SMIM-Bruma-Patch.esp
Unlimited Training.esp
Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

[MFitz56]

I'm just trying to piece together why i'm getting crap FPS in certain areas and at the very least would like to understand what's causing it and WHY. Certain areas in the Markarth area, West of Rorikstead. I actually thought SFO was the cause, but i've thinned down the grass and it helps a lot. I can't really think of anything else other than conflicting mods? But even then, it'd have to be graphics related, no?

 

4GB 960 at 1342Mhz ought to be enough for Skyrim LE. Even modded.

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

BSAssets.esm

BSHeartland.esm

BS_DLC_patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

HearthFire Display Case Fix.esp

RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp

SkyUI.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

FNIS.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

Dual Sheath Redux.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

XPMSE.esp

immersive roads.esp

Cloaks.esp

Run For Your Lives.esp

SMIM-Merged-All.esp

Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp

Illustrious HDT Cloaks.esp

HDTPhysicsWeaponSling.esp

KS Hairdos - HDT.esp

RaceMenuOverlays.esp

SFO - Dragonborn.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

BatTravel.esp

FNISspells.esp

TimingIsEverything.esp

ForswornHAIR.esp

MatchingCraftableForsworn.esp

MatchingSetFix.esp

MatchingSetFixes.esp

Unique Uniques.esp

CalienteVanillaArmorTweaks.esp

GrassOnSteroids_NaturalEdition_SFO.esp

Purewaters.esp

BSHeartland - Meshes.esp

BSHeartland - Textures.esp

SMIM-Bruma-Patch.esp

Unlimited Training.esp

Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

 

Try turning off your hi-res texture packs and using this instead:

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/57353

[Prenihility]

I could give it a shot, although again, I'm unsure of why it would be such a big deal? I monitored VRAM usage and it never gets close to the limit. I don't have much else other than AOF Mountains when it comes to Textures. And HD Terrain.

 

What intrigues me more is in Bruma, for example, in Pale Pass, there is one medium sized room with an open flame. FPS drops to 40. And after that room is a massive chamber with several bandits. Zero performance issues there. It makes no sense. Same with when i'm in Skyrim. certain outdoor areas, even indoor ones, just as I mentioned with Bruma. The part about Bruma for example being too much for the game engine I can understand ,that's rationalized. But these instances where I get FPS drops in arbitrary areas that have no clear taxing assets on-screen and are otherwise very run-of-the-mill. It just makes me question if the game just likes trolling me and being sadistic.