Skyrim FPS help. Same FPS low to ultra

[jeruk3]

If you want you could try this mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15123

 

It's called HIALGOBOOST GPU UPGRADE and what it does is it lowers your resolution temporarily while you move your character around, so you could probably get around 20ish FPS if you used this.

 

 

 

 

[ilassassinli]

If you want you could try this mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15123

 

It's called HIALGOBOOST GPU UPGRADE and what it does is it lowers your resolution temporarily while you move your character around, so you could probably get around 20ish FPS if you used this.

Unfortunately this mod actually slowed down the game for me, but thanks.

[ilassassinli]

psavola, on 08 Apr 2013 - 06:02, said:

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.

I will try to get a monitor on the cpu and gpu tomorrow or the next day and put the results on here. Please, if you will, check back on either of those days to see the results and possibly offer more help based on those. Also, I had no idea Nvidia drivers were a part of the laptop, so first off, I have never gotten any drivers for it so I will look into finding the driver on my computer and then updating that, but it is strange as you said that that is part of the laptop. Ill do my best research and try to find more out about it, if you could do any of your own, that would be very appreciated. I will post results on that part in just a moment, so thanks again, and please check back. Edited April 9, 2013 by ilassassinli

[ilassassinli]

According to this article http://www.cnet.com/laptops/toshiba-satellite-a505-s6005/4505-3121_7-33954049.html it does. I have never seen anything about Nvidia on my computer though. I will continue to look elsewhere and see if this is true and where it tells on my computer. Any help would greatly be appreciated as this new info is very interesting, but strange as well.

Whereas the A505-6025 had a Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and dedicated Nvidia GeForce 310M graphics, the A505-6005 has everything but the Nvidia processor, using only integrated Intel graphics.

[ilassassinli]

I guess it works sort've like the answer says here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110226151859AAgKJdb I would be very grateful if someone could confirm this claim, and if that is the case, I would really appreciate if someone could find the appropriate most up-to-date nvidia display driver. As far as I can tell this is the driver for it http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win8-win7-64bit-314.22-whql-driver.html but it talks about Bioshock Infinite and wierd stuff. Thanks again.

 

Also, googling, 2 graphics cards in one laptop, seems to bring up good results about the issue. thanks

 

I have gotten a little further, as far as Ill get tonight. So I still dotn know about drivers, but apprently I can adjust settings for which graphics card to use in the Nvidia Control Panel which is supposed to be on my computer...but I dont find on my computer.

Edited April 9, 2013 by ilassassinli

[jeruk3]

I guess it works sort've like the answer says here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110226151859AAgKJdb I would be very grateful if someone could confirm this claim, and if that is the case, I would really appreciate if someone could find the appropriate most up-to-date nvidia display driver. As far as I can tell this is the driver for it http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win8-win7-64bit-314.22-whql-driver.html but it talks about Bioshock Infinite and wierd stuff. Thanks again.

 

Also, googling, 2 graphics cards in one laptop, seems to bring up good results about the issue. thanks

 

I have gotten a little further, as far as Ill get tonight. So I still dotn know about drivers, but apprently I can adjust settings for which graphics card to use in the Nvidia Control Panel which is supposed to be on my computer...but I dont find on my computer.

 

It's either Cnet is wrong or you're wrong whether your laptop has an Nvidia card also or not.

 

As psalvo has said earlier, we need to be sure you have an Nvidia card, and if you are certain you do have an Nvidia card then that is the latest driver for Nvidia.

[psavola]

well, some laptops have two graphics chips. one to be used when on battery power and want to extend battery life (and not play games) and other for heavier stuff.

 

as stated, laptop specs show no nvidia stuff in there. (i'd believe this more than the "they provide drivers for it for this laptop") line though although.. technical specs listed wont necessary be correct either.

drivers for said laptop show nvidia drivers. but that is website stuff... it wouldn't be first time when something is sorted out wrong in those pages.

 

is there nvidia chip or not? it's still probably easiest to check with gpu-z which should list pretty much all of them.

[ilassassinli]

Well what the cnet said was the computer had the likeness of the nvidia card without having the card itself and as psavola was saying, it is atuomatically turned on by something called nvidia optimus when needed (If this is true and is on my computer). I will look into it being a part of my computer tonight, but this is so strange im not sure how itll work out, but Ill do my best.

[ilassassinli]

New Update: I do have Nvidia PhysX on my laptop which apparently only works with certain Nvidia graphics, one being the 310m, what my laptop is said to have.

[ilassassinli]

Well this is the laptop I have with exact part number and everything http://support.toshiba.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=2534468&isFromTOCLink=false which doesn't mention anything about a Nvidia graphics chip. So first order of business, is this Intel HD just more impressive than all believe and runs Skyrim on ultra, or is there still more undiscovered to the story. Second order, of business, what could the problem be still? cpu and gpu will be checked in a little bit, and Ill post results.