Kurblius Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I normally don't have too much problems with FPS - I have a bit of jerkiness when I pan and run at the same time, and that's something I've been trying to fix, though so far without success. However what really bothers me is that occasionally (as in once everytime I play), I'd walk out of an interior area into Skyrim and my FPS drops to a crippling 10. These can be areas I've visited many times before without issue. The last time it happened was when I walked out of a building in Riften on an overcast day. In fact, it seems to be overcast more often than not when it happens. Re-entering a building returns my FPS to normal, but exiting again gives me the same problem. Reloading without quiting to desktop doesn't fix the issue. However, when I quite to destop and then reload it's normal again. I never had this issue with the early versions of Skyrim. Any ideas? Video card is Nvidia GeForce 460. I have triple buffering in effect (though I'm skeptical if it actually improves my performance), a few texture mods, but no lighting mods. I haven't found any performance enhancing mods that actually improve my overall performance either. I've optimized my settings as best I think I'm able, though I haven't made any permanent changes to the .ini files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyg0tic Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Heres what I suggest... Back up your Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini files (just make a new folder in the My Documents > My Games > Skyrim directory and cut-paste them into there). When you start up Skyrim again after doing that, it will create new, default files to replace them. Also disable all your mods. And next, go to nVidia control Panel and restore all 3d settings for Skyrim.exe back to default. After doing all that, so you can start afresh, try and do the things that saw performance issues before and check if it is still happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) Try following these instructions for Multicore Support for Skyrim (http://itcprosolutions.com/skyrimguides/tweak_guide.htm), It fixed allot of FPS drops like the ones you have. I have The same GPU as you, with i7 3770, SSD, and 8 GB of Ram No issues, occasional lag when looking around, but caused by HD Textures and 80+ Mods. Edited December 5, 2012 by StarfleetCommand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurblius Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Try following these instructions for Multicore Support for Skyrim (http://itcprosolutions.com/skyrimguides/tweak_guide.htm), It fixed allot of FPS drops like the ones you have. I have The same GPU as you, with i7 3770, SSD, and 8 GB of Ram No issues, occasional lag when looking around, but caused by HD Textures and 80+ Mods. I don't think I'm multi-cored. I'm i5 cpu, 750 @ 2.67 GHz. 4 GB RAM. Sounds like you have a more powerful CPU and more ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goreuncle Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Try following these instructions for Multicore Support for Skyrim (http://itcprosolutions.com/skyrimguides/tweak_guide.htm), It fixed allot of FPS drops like the ones you have. I have The same GPU as you, with i7 3770, SSD, and 8 GB of Ram No issues, occasional lag when looking around, but caused by HD Textures and 80+ Mods.I don't think I'm multi-cored. I'm i5 cpu, 750 @ 2.67 GHz. 4 GB RAM. Sounds like you have a more powerful CPU and more ram. i5 750 processor has 4 cores, my friend. You are multi-cored>> http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5+750+%40+2.67GHz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Yeah. If you only had one core, you'd chug along at 10 FPS on low settings. Even my machine is dual core (and it is getting a bit old). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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