Skyrim FPS help. Same FPS low to ultra

[ilassassinli]

Hello, I recently got Skyrim and have been playing around with graphics and things. What I find really odd is that whether my settings are on low or ultra, the fps is the same. I looked into mods that would help fps, but none work, and because both settings have the same fps, I think the problem lies in something specific that stays the same across any settings. The FPS of both is only 8-15 which is what cause the concern. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Forgot to mention, Im just wondering what the problem may be and if there are any ways or mods to help. Thanks

Edited April 7, 2013 by ilassassinli

[SCAVENGER_1]

what are the specs of your pc and if you have all drivers up to date and what gfx driver are you running? since gfx driver does play alot into games and this 1 may not be as touchy as other can but still.

[ilassassinli]

Sorry, don't know how to delete posts...

Edited April 7, 2013 by ilassassinli

[ilassassinli]

Im looking around here http://support.toshiba.com/drivers with my model being Satellite A505-S6005 for appropriate drivers, but there are so many and I don't know which ones might pertain to the problem.

[ilassassinli]

what are the specs of your pc and if you have all drivers up to date and what gfx driver are you running? since gfx driver does play a lot into games and this 1 may not be as touchy as other can but still.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD

500GB Hard Drive

4GB RAM

Intel Core i3 M330 (2.13GHz)

 

I do have the most graphics driver, I am not sure about other drivers though. I realize these aren't impressive and many will blame this on the problems, but there is still something more involved for why low and ultra would be the same and that's what Im trying to figure out. Thanks for the quick response, hopefully we figure something out.

[SCAVENGER_1]

you do know that you are under the minimum pc specs to play skyrim right? if not i do hate to be the 1 to tell you that then. and yes it may seem harsh but system specs and OS and driver play alot into how a game runs/plays on a pc. and being that your on a laptop that is under specs to play is even worst, since onboard gfx can never cut it with todays games gfxs.

 

only thing to do is leave on super low or go into the advance settings and set everything all the way to the left for bottom settings. i do know there is a mod that supposed to help with fps "Skyrim Project Optimization - Skyrim Project Optimization" search for that mod and give it a go, but i do think it is the lap top at fault here over all :ermm:

[ilassassinli]

you do know that you are under the minimum pc specs to play skyrim right? if not i do hate to be the 1 to tell you that then. and yes it may seem harsh but system specs and OS and driver play a lot into how a game runs/plays on a pc. and being that your on a laptop that is under specs to play is even worst, since onboard gfx can never cut it with todays games gfxs.

 

only thing to do is leave on super low or go into the advance settings and set everything all the way to the left for bottom settings. i do know there is a mod that supposed to help with fps "Skyrim Project Optimization - Skyrim Project Optimization" search for that mod and give it a go, but i do think it is the lap top at fault here over all :ermm:

Well I thought that, but I still run the game on ultra just fine, just spots of lag here and there. I realize some of the problem may lie in the computer, but there must be something more specific. Sure, the computer isn't good, but it can run it on ultra which isnt under the minimum pc specs. Im just wondering why on low and ultra I get the same fps and if there's a way to get more. Thanks

[ilassassinli]

ilassassinli, on 07 Apr 2013 - 19:38, said:

 

Im really not liking this deleting editing system...anyways, forgot to say thanks for the mod. Looks like it will work well for interiors, now the hunt is on for exteriors and hopefully we can get further on the problem as well.

Edited April 8, 2013 by ilassassinli

[SCAVENGER_1]

 

ilassassinli, on 07 Apr 2013 - 19:38, said:

 

Im really not liking this deleting editing system...anyways, forgot to say thanks for the mod. Looks like it will work well for interiors, now the hunt is on for exteriors and hopefully we can get further on the problem as well.

well i thought it was for outside as well, maybe not. i dont run it anymore since it didnt do anything for me, but i do use vsync adaptive via nvidia control panel though. cause if the fps goes over 100 or more water gets really choppy looking and makes weird noises plus stuff like pots and pans and such start to vibrate off table,shelves real bad. burt as long as i have vsync set at 60 fps it is fine and smooth going. but if it does play the same either way on the in game settings, it may just be the gfx device that is the main cause since it is a on board device and not a pci/pciE type. it may just be under power that way and it just plays the same way at either settings cause it is what causing it to hold your fps back. but remember in pc system everything has to work with each other and support each other. you just cant go out and buy a big gfx card or cpu or ram or add more ram and think that will fix it. all ways watch out for what will bottle neck your system.

[psavola]

except as 4th post states, machine is a laptop. changing integrated graphics on those is iffy at best if laptop is not made for that and lets face it, most are not.

 

since it isn't mentioned, i guess there are no weird stutters or dramatic drops without real explanation in fps while playing. also the fact that fps stays same low or max details, somehow hints that something besides graphics card is slowing whole thing down. (GPU has time to draw everything it is given low or max details)

this is usually processor but might also be memory or hard disk related also.

 

good suggestion would be to monitor CPU and GPU usage and see if either tops off or near max. possibly simplest way to do that is process explorer (task manager replacement) which allows you to check both (in most cases) for each process. (and network usage but that isn't a deal with skyrim)

 

run skyrim

run process explorer

select tesv.exe, right click, properties.

make quick check on both performance and gpu tabs to get the graphs rolling.

alt tab back to skyrim (or just play if playing in windowed mode)

play some

go see the graphs during heavy load either limiting part should be in 90 to 100% area and if other part is not limiting it, it would be lower.

or plug in external display and use both at once to see graphs as you play.

 

 

also as oddity, A505 S6005 doesn't list nvidia stuff as alternate display adapter but still lists nvidia's driver as one of the necessary drivers. bringing up interesting question.. does laptop have both intel and nvidia gpu's? if so, gpu-z should see both or.. actually any half decent graphics tester.

If above is the case, it might be game is using intel instead of nvidia and.. well... i'm pretty sure that nvidia would be faster.

Edited April 8, 2013 by psavola