Lag in skyrim?

[VSVPFrazier]

WARNING:  Actually read the description, and my question before posting a comment. Please and thank you.

 

Ok, really weird scenario is taking place. I’m getting fps dips in Skyrim (crazy huh?) I don’t understand why this is happening. I am able to run Skyrim on ultra on my dam laptop from 2010. I do have a lot of visual mods installed in Skyrim, i get the same FPS without them as i do with them. I get the dips when in cities and random places. I’ve it’s not a hardware problem, I know my cpu and mobo is not a 6700k and a MSI god like. but it’s still good. I just was wondering if anyone else has ever ran into this problem and if so, did you fix it? how? Im no PC noob, ive had PC's and played PC games all my life.

 

Hardware is not the issue, im not looking for recommendations to upgrade anything, so don't waste your time suggesting an upgrade. No real use in trying to trouble shoot because its no hardware problem, like i said. 

 

CPU: AMD FX 8350 4.0 GHz 8 core 
FANS: 3 Corsair AF120 (red led), 2 Corsair SP120, 2 Enermax UCBS-12P
GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 980 OC 4GB GDDR5 
MOBO: ASRock 990FX Extreme 3 
RAM: 8 GB of G.SKILL RIPJAWS X DDR3 at 1600MHz 
CPU COOLING: Enermax 240mm AIO liquid cooling
PSU: KINGWIN 850W 
SSD: 60GB Kingston (for booting up) 
OTHER: Wireless N card (wifi), DVD/CD reader/write 
HDD: WD 1TB

[Benergy]

*waste

Sorry I couldn't resist 

Is that 1TB drive a WD Green per chance?

Are you accidentally running off integrated graphics instead of your GPU?

[Dabombinable]

The FX8350 is only good for graphics cards up and including to the 280X. What your seeing is the GTX 980 getting bottlenecked, so I recommend upgrading to a locked i5, Haswell or Skylake.

[VSVPFrazier]

Just now, Benergy said:

*waste

Sorry I couldn't resist 

Is that 1TB drive a WD Green per chance?

Are you accidentally running off integrated graphics instead of your GPU?

no, its a WD Blue, and no. I am indeed using my 980.

[Benergy]

Just now, Dabombinable said:

The FX8350 is only good for graphics cards up and including to the 280X. What your seeing is the GTX 980 getting bottlenecked, so I recommend upgrading to a locked i5, Haswell or Skylake.

Even a bottlenecked 980 should be able to handle Skyrim. I had a 7870 that played it well on Ultra settings.

 

1 minute ago, VSVPFrazier said:

no, its a WD Blue, and no. I am indeed using my 980.

Is it modded? Some mods have performance problems.

[Dabombinable]

BTW, hardware is the issue here.

[Dabombinable]

Just now, Benergy said:

Even a bottlenecked 980 should be able to handle Skyrim. I had a 7870 that played it well on Ultra settings.

 

Is it modded? Some mods have performance problems.

My GTX 970 when I was running it on my Core 2 Duo E8500 had the same problems with Skyrim.

[VSVPFrazier]

3 minutes ago, Benergy said:

Even a bottlenecked 980 should be able to handle Skyrim. I had a 7870 that played it well on Ultra settings.

 

Is it modded? Some mods have performance problems.

Yes it is modded, i get the same fps as i did when it was not modded. like i said in the description, its not a problem with my hardware not being able to run it.

[Benergy]

1 minute ago, Dabombinable said:

My GTX 970 when I was running it on my Core 2 Duo E8500 had the same problems with Skyrim.

While Skyrim is a very CPU dependent game, I suspect an FX8350 should be able to cope.

Please tell me I'm not overestimating AMD CPUs, it'd be a pretty sad show if it couldn't handle Skyrim.

[Benergy]

1 minute ago, VSVPFrazier said:

Yes it is modded, i get the same fps as i did when it was not modded. like i said in the description, its not a problem with my hardware not being able to run it.

So you get FPS dips in modded Skyrim that you didn't get in unmodded Skyrim?

 

Do you have any grass or foliage related mods installed? These tank FPS

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Just now, Benergy said:

While Skyrim is a very CPU dependent game, I suspect an FX8350 should be able to cope.

Please tell me I'm not overestimating AMD CPUs, it'd be a pretty sad show if it couldn't handle Skyrim.

Look, Skyrim like games from its year and until very recently won't use more than 4 threads. And it can't handle Skyrim due to its to be blunt, crap, single threaded performance. It is only good when a task (game, program etc) uses all 8 threads, and even then a stock i5 2500K is far faster single threaded, and close multi threaded.

[VSVPFrazier]

6 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

My GTX 970 when I was running it on my Core 2 Duo E8500 had the same problems with Skyrim.

Lol like i said, no need for recommendations, if you actually take time to read the description, then you will have a better handle on the situation. hardware is not the problem. i am able to run skyrim using my other pc (amd fx6300 and a gtx 660 full 60 fps) also with my 10 year old laptop. like my question states, im wondering if anyone has had this problem, and if so; how did they fix it.

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Just now, VSVPFrazier said:

Lol like i said, no need for recommendations, if you actually take time to read the description, then you will have a better handle on the situation. hardware is not the problem. i am able to run skyrim using my other pc (amd fx6300 and a gtx 660 full 60 fps) also with my 10 year old laptop. like my question states, im wondering if anyone has had this problem, and if so; how did they fix it.

And do you know why it runs ok? The GTX660 isn't being bottlenecked. You can fix it by upgrading to a CPU that is powerful enough to actually run the GTX 980 correctly.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

8350 + skyrim = boom. That game is stupidly single threaded. 

 

Either way, you can easily solve the problem by modding your game. Go mod the shit out of it. Go download some nexus mods. Go create an account in the land of the forbidden and spruce up your game. By then youll have a grass Sim 2k16 + waifu Sim 2k16 + skyrim Sim 2k16 + photography Sim 2k16. How much more better can it get?

[VSVPFrazier]

2 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

And do you know why it runs ok? The GTX660 isn't being bottlenecked. You can fix it by upgrading to a CPU that is powerful enough to actually run the GTX 980 correctly.

a "bottle-necked" 980 runs better than a 660 any time. I can also guarantee you that my 980 is not being bottle necked my my cpu, psu, mobo, ram, or anything in my pc. the 8350 is more than capable of running a 980 ti to a titan. please do research before making false accusations. thank you. also, read the description, preferably the part about no recommendations. 

[VSVPFrazier]

2 minutes ago, Pohernori said:

8350 + skyrim = boom. That game is stupidly single threaded. 

 

Either way, you can easily solve the problem by modding your game. Go mod the shit out of it. Go download some nexus mods. Go create an account in the land of the forbidden and spruce up your game. By then youll have a grass Sim 2k16 + waifu Sim 2k16 + skyrim Sim 2k16 + photography Sim 2k16. How much more better can it get?

Thanks for your direct answer.

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4 minutes ago, VSVPFrazier said:

a "bottle-necked" 980 runs better than a 660 any time. I can also guarantee you that my 980 is not being bottle necked my my cpu, psu, mobo, ram, or anything in my pc. the 8350 is more than capable of running a 980 ti to a titan. please do research before making false accusations. thank you. also, read the description, preferably the part about no recommendations. 

No, an FX 8350 isn't, which is the problem. Again its only good for cards up to and including an R9 280X, which of course outperforms a GTX660, which is why you GTX 980 still runs better apart from the lag. I've done the research I know what I'm talking about. I know for a fact that the FX 8350 is the problem.

[MoonSpot]

What's your mod list?

I get some seriously hardcore drops and stalls with some armour mods (specifically Aradia's armours) cause his meshes are out of this world, and the only thing that helped me was a mesh optimizer.  His textures hit hard as well, but I knew that before even installing them.

Not saying mesh's are your issue but without your load order it be hard to accept a carte blanche "all is well hardware wise" claim.