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Hello, I'm just wondering which hardware currently available on the market has by far the fastest rendering and processing results in CK - world creation, world zooming/moving, etc. to reach very high FPS during work in the CK. Which CPU/GPU/RAM would be advisable here? Thank you in advance. Edited post: Turned out FPS is not so trustworthy, far more interesting is rendering (real-)time. I found RAM to be the culprit and GPU is not so important, with the following applied: - DDR4/5 32 GB+ - L3 Cache 20MB+ - NVME/SSD File/Preferences...: - .../Render Window: Grids to load 1, which must be done after each startup, since it cannot be configured via INI, at least it does not work on my end when modifying the INI. Top Bar: - disable "Toogle Light (A)" - disable "Toogle Lights (6)" Show/Hide: - Markers/Misc Markers - disable "Decals" - disable "Object Hidden From Local Map" Render Window: - push "T" to set default angle on top of object

Hi, I'm new to modding but I'm running 123 mods and ENB at the moment and I seem to have fixed my ctd issues. Anyway, my fps gets pretty low inside towns and also certain parts outside. I think it's mostly due to Immersive Citizens and JK cities and towns mods. When I look into the town Whiterun from the entrance i get somewhere between 20-40 fps with a gpu usage of 40% but when i turn and face a wall my fps shoots up to 55 + but so does my gpu usage% (which doesn't seem to go above 75% on Nvidea and task manager except when it still spiked and ctd). To me that seems counterintuitive because I would rather have my gpu work harder to render the whole town than just a wall right in front of me. My cpu usage is consistently very low and changing the reservedmemory setting from 128 to 1024 or anything in between doesn't seem to do anything at all. Since my designated gpu memory is set to 8 gb I set the memory setting to 8000. I do have a second screen which I believe might use the other 8 gb of my total gpu memory but honestly I've got no idea. Any clarification on my questions would be appreciated. To be honest my game didn't even feel that bad with 10 guards trying to tickle my character. In the second image/link below u'll see my fps at 15. However as soon as i move the camera that goes up a bit again up to 45 depending. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/images/790206 https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/images/790207 GeForce rtx 2070 Amd Ryzen 7 2700x 8core 15.95 GB ram 1920x1080 60 hz (x2) Btw I feel like I fixed my ctd by removing fps limit on enb (keeping AA and vsync on) and disabling AA related, triple buffering and texture related on nvidea(vsync on) and adding fps limit there both on tesv.exe and skse_loader.exe. Likely some of these changes are completely pointless but my game hasn't crashed in a couple hours while i had alot of ctd before. From walking around to opening different menu's everything seemed to crash my game.

Hi yall! I recently built a PC so I can enjoy gaming in 4K. Skyrim's my fave and I thought it could be heavily modded without a major performance hit. I'm not crazy about FPS, but would prefer to keep it above 50, 55. My current pc: MB: Gigabyte Aorus Elite V2 (rev.1) GPU: ROG Strix RX 6900 XT Liquid Cooled CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (with a 240mm Gallahad AIO) RAM: 2x8Gb DDR4 Sniper 3600MHz CL16 SSD: WD SN750 I thought that this would would support Skyrim 2020 Parallax (with 4k / 2k textures), several 2k textures for armors and such, Tamriel Master Lighting, Window Shadows RT, Rudy ENB for Cathedral Weathers and DynDOLOD with 512 textures and High settings, in 4K resolution. Thing is: in most inside spaces, it seems to get around 50fps, which is fine for me, but in some outside zones and some rooms with 2 or 3 lighting sources, it seems to drop to low 20s. Is this normal for this type of rig? Would I get some benefit from upgrading the CPU and/or RAM? I would love some advice on this matter. Thanks!

I am having an fps issue. 40-50 when looking at mountains or forests but 60 everywhere else. I've been working tirelessly to find the issue but to no avail. Ran BethINI. Chose recommend changes. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Here is my load order: 0 0 Skyrim.esm 1 1 Update.esm 2 2 Dawnguard.esm 3 3 HearthFires.esm 4 4 Dragonborn.esm 5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp 6 6 SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esm 7 7 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm 8 8 SkyUI.esp 9 9 SunRune.esp10 a EpisodeParallax.esp11 b Purewaters.esp12 c ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp13 d ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp14 e Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp15 f SkyRe_Main.esp16 10 Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof.esp17 11 Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp18 12 Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp19 13 SDO Full-LOD - The Morthal Swamp Complete.esp20 14 SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp21 15 SoS - The Wilds.esp22 16 SoS - Civilization.esp23 17 SoS - The Dungeons.esp24 18 Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp25 19 Organized Books v2.0.esp26 1a ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp27 1b Fantasy Soundtrack Project - Combat.esp28 1c Fantasy Soundtrack Project.esp29 1d SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp30 1e OpenUnlock.esp31 1f Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp32 20 Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp33 21 Immersive Weapons.esp34 22 WeaponsArmorFixes_ImmersiveWeapons_Patch.esp35 23 imp_helm_legend.esp36 24 SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp37 25 BFT Ships and Carriages.esp38 26 Clockwork.esp39 27 SDO Full-LOD - Waterfall Effects.esp40 28 SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp41 29 SDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.esp42 2a SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp43 2b SkyRe_StandingStones.esp44 2c SkyRe_Races.esp45 2d SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp46 2e SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp47 2f SkyRe_Combat.esp48 30 Character Creation Overhaul.esp49 31 CCO - Diverse Races And Genders.esp50 32 CCO - Dynamic Skill Progression.esp51 33 CCO - Oblivion Carry Weights.esp52 34 IcePenguinWorldMap.esp53 35 Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp54 36 Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp55 37 Quick Start - Skip the Opening Sequence.esp56 38 Real Clouds.esp57 39 SoS - Civilization-PatchCoT.esp58 3a SoS - The Wilds-PatchCoT.esp59 3b Pre Automatic Variants Patch.esp60 3c PreASISPatchEEOIW.esp61 3d ReProccer.esp62 3e qotsafans Books HF Patch.esp63 3f qotsafans EEO Patch.esp64 40 qotsafans Ingestibles HF Patch.esp65 41 qotsafans LeveledLists IW IA Patch.esp66 42 Bashed Patch, 0.esp Skyrim Performace Monitor results after exiting first dungeon and looking at Bleak Falls Barrow running into woods around Riverwood. Includes my system specs. https://imgur.com/a/bLTaL I notice the my cpu seems to be all over the place. I'm not sure what the issue could be. It is overclocked to 3.8 as well. Thank you to anyone that can help me in advance!

Original thread on Anandtech: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/ryzen-w-amd-gpu-performance-in-fallout-4.2501467/ For those not in the know, AMD's previous processors (Excavator and older) were terrible at draw calls. Core 2 was Intel's big jump, being easily over twice as fast as AMD's Athlon II and Phenom architectures, as far as displaying objects on screen is concerned. Nehalem sealed the coffin, being even faster than Core 2, with each subsequent architecture being better at processing draw calls. Now, if you ever looked at benchmark results for Fallout 4, they're completely worthless. If you're lucky, the reviewers tested Sanctuary Hills post-war, without any settlement building. What's more likely, is they played the opening sequence for a couple minutes. That ain't good. Anyone who's been to Corvega or Diamond City knows that you're not going to score up in the high 50's with a Piledriver CPU. And with AMD's Ryzen architecture now released, I'm collecting user results based on draw calls, and general performance. The former is done through a save at the top of Corvega, the latter in Diamond City. If you have an ENB, and know how to disable mods, you're almost ready; just gotta copy over my .ini files that have been optimized for low GPU load + high CPU load. Low res textures + shadows + display resolution, high object & shadow distance. Here's the step-by-step guide on getting the game ready for testing: 1. Download these two save files, and place them in your "My Games\Fallout4\Saves" folder: https://mega.nz/#!bxljwZiQ!foEekBl-RWzM8XY5HZYztBOQrBeEpbloSsgZNVH8yLw 2. Backup & replace your .ini files in "My Games\Fallout4" with these: https://mega.nz/#!X88FDB6I!x9FCxGAB79AsFLXN16xyiI4mRjs_CQ_FPOBZ-zYIsJs 3. In FalloutPrefs.ini, replace: sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series" with the value from your original FalloutPrefs file. 4. Download and install the latest ENB mod, by placing the files inside the "WrapperVersion" folder, into the same folder as your Fallout4.exe file: http://enbdev.com/mod_fallout4_v0311.htm 5. Replace the ENB .ini files with these: https://mega.nz/#!3kUHTY7K!GnxkhGoqX1WjnqxUsVHMbPhfmO5zFmB5Ys8dcMva048 6. Disable VSync in your GPU driver settings program And once you're in the game: 1. Load the save(s) 2. Press Shift+Enter to bring up the ENB overlay 3. Click on the "Profiler" category. Pan the camera around until you get the same number of draw calls, as the number in the save. So for "Corvega11700draws21fps", try and get as close to 11700 draw calls as possible. Same gig for the DiamondCity save. 4. Note down your framerate, and number of draw calls. Finally, when submitting your results, use the following format: OS: CPU: RAM: GPU: GPU Driver: First Save (Corvega) Draw Calls: FPS: Second Save (Diamond City) Draw Calls: FPS:

First of all, my Specs: Video Card Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits Amd Fx - 6300 Six-core processor (6 CPU 3.5GHz) 8192 MB RAM DDR3 Directx 11 Hello, I am having problems with my fps in the game when I use mods, and when they are disabled the fps increases and drops do not occur. But using a program to monitor my PC, I realized that when I activate the mods, 2 cores of my processors are around 0% of use and the video card loses 20% of use. I wonder if anyone has any idea what it can be and I took 2 SS showing what happens. I'm at the entrance to Riften: http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4378/3yrYFq.jpg Remembering that I not only get an average of 50 frames with the mods but also I have falls for up to 30 frames sometimes. But what intrigues me is that 2 cores are not used and a third uses 20%, and the video card loses 20% of use. The correct would happen to the contrary, increase the use of everything since with more mods should I use more of my pc, or not?Any suggestion?

Ok im fixing to un install all my mods and try this again but it was working fine last night and i installed to mods this morning and now my cpu usage goes to 90+ untill the game freezes and i force close it and i uninstalled the mods from this morning and its doing it still. any help would be much appreciated Also did not know what forum to post this under feel free to move it mods

hello my system laptop asus k54sv OS= win8.1 + cpu i5+4gb ram +nvidia 540m 2gbvram(1630mb detected by vram size detector by enb site)+updated driver+all cpu cores are unparked launcher detects only built in integrated video adapter intell hd graphic 3000 i have installed skyrim>>no problem istalled patches and mods (nmm+fnis+bodyslide+loot+skse(multiple ini files)+enb (boost+anti freez+effects)) i have about 200 mod and installed about 120 mod ...most of them are lightweight ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- problem description : no matter i start new save or saved game,game starts fine fps limited to 30 and its about 20-30 while playing (magic style) on medium quality(adapted quality and launcher settings) but problem starts after couple of travels or after playing sometimes task manager shows 600 - 750 mb of ram usage and 30-50% cpu usage for tes process and for enb about 300mb this is working just fine after some times or couple of travels tes process goes not responding uses 3-9 % cpu and ram usege is about 700 MB and enb is same this is where 10 minute loading and save times happens ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i think the problem is that game doesnt clear the scrap and main memory containers after they get full (tried pcb command in game and alt tab )+ i dont want to play in windowed mod ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i whould be so gratefull if any expert can help me ..

I just built a new computer and have read people saying stuff like "My FPS are... and CPU temp is ..... degrees, so I have been trying to figure out how to tell (while playing) how to do this. Got the FPS thing working, but can't find any way to show the CPU/MoBo temps. I tried to change the screen size to keep the tool bar on the bottom open, but if I change the aspect ratio things get all funky and pretty much the same with the resolution and either way I can't see the tool bar. Not even sure if I have to see it! If the CPU temp will pop up on the screen like the FPS do. I got the FPS working thru Steam/settings/in-game and putting the In-game drop down to upper left corner. I'm sure it's not that easy with the temp. but would like to get it going, more for curiosity than any thing else, It's running great. A lot of fluctuation in the FPS. Starts at like 30 booting the game, then get's as high as 60 and down to like mid 30's (kinda hard to watch it while going at it with a Draugr Deathlord) during play, not even sure if this is normal. First time I had a rig worth wanting to know what it is. Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi, a month or two ago my PC took a tumble and as a result my hard drive is now ticking like a clock. Needless to say it's dead, and I am taking the opportunity to rebuild my computer , with the main change being the jump from AMD to Intel CPU. More specifically, I will get rid of my AMD Phenom II x4 965 and get an Intel i7-5820k. As I'm sure your aware, this will be a hefty increase in CPU power. My last skyrim build was script heavy (primarily in added npc's) and was also extremely graphics heavy, to the point that I believe my Titan X was heavily bottle necked, despite playing at 4K res with SMC and ENB. Thus, my question is would upgrading my CPU result in an increase in script performance in skyrim? I did some research and got mixed answers and was unable to find anywhere that specifically stated that scripts were CPU dependant, so I put the question to you fine people. I would imagine I would, but knowing skyrim / papyrus I suppose the engine could become a limiting factor long before the cpu would. Any ideas?

Hi guys, I hope this is posted in the right place. I spent a good year of my life playing Skyrim when it first came out and now I have spent the last two months playing it again with 120 wonderful mods. My computer was doing ok until I downloaded the beautiful Dawn of Skyrim. I now need something better. Could someone advise me on upgrading my computer? Thank you in advance! AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.1 GHz AMD Radeon HD 6700 Graphic Card 8 gig ram 64 bit operating system Windows 7 Budget $1000

Hi everyone. I've a little question so gonna ask it through, not need for details. I've i7-4980HQ (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz w/ Turbo Boost) CPU and NVidia GTX980M GPU. I'm using that 2 mod; http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/44333/? (Auriels Bow - HD Retexture by Alana12) http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/51148/? (Auriels Shield - HD Retexture by Alana12) Both of them has 4k option. Obviously they're requiring a high-end pc. My pc is latest Alienware M17X with max high-end configuration options. But even this, while i'm equipping that auriel bow or aurield shield game freeze for a very short time (about 1,5 second) then continue on 60 fps. (Same problem exist for other 4k texture mods, not only theese 2 mods. They're just for referance). My question is should i upgrade my processor or graphic card to decrease this freeze time or completely get rid of it. Note: There is an option for new alienware laptops called graphics amplifier that allows you to use an external desktop graphic card. I can even buy nvidia titan x so don't hesitate for suggesting graphic cards (if this will solve with graphic card upgrade of course). But if only processor upgrade solve this, well then i must buy a desktop hehe :) Thank you very much

This post can be disregarded / removed... is now a duplicate of: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3927265-low-performance-when-playing-skyrim-with-mods/ Hello guys and gals! I had posted on the generic nexus forums and realized this question belongs on here, so I will try and transfer over to this new post. Here is the original post: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3927265-low-performance-when-playing-skyrim-with-mods/ If you have the time and the knowledge, it would be great if i could have everyone read through what was already said and then post here. The problem is that my mid/high end machine is struggling to run a moderately modded Skyrim. In the previous post I provided my system specs, mod list, and settings tweaks I have tried so far with no results. The same still applies, but I want to get this communities input as well. I can provide any information people need in this thread.

So I am currently waiting on my new CPU and I am wondering if these specs would be able to run skyrim with heavy graphics mods and enbs. Specs: CPU - Intel Core i5-4590 GPU - AMD R9 270 RAM - 16GB DDR3 OS - Windows 8.1 64 bit

Hey guys, I am having an issue with my Skyrim performance. With my specs I am able to get 60 solid fps on ultra around most areas in the game but when I look at a city far away or go into a city, my fps drops to 40 fps and becomes very stuttery. The same issue even happens when there are a lot shadows that have to be rendered, like big open caves and such. I tried to bring my graphics down low but I still get the choppy 40 fps looking at cities. I know that shadows and decals are rendered using the CPU and I am wondering if my CPU is too weak or if my CPU is bottlenecking. I know it is not my GPU because when I install the Enhanced Lighting and Effects mod, the additional shadows rendered by the mod are rendered via the GPU and they never create lag or extra stuttering. I am relatively new to PC gaming and I do not know what to do about the crazy stuttering I get in cities. My Specs: Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Alienware System Model: Alienware 17 R2 BIOS: A05 Processor: Intel® Core i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz Graphics: GTX 980m Memory: 8192MB RAM Page file: 3546MB used, 6521MB available DirectX Version: 12​

So I've been playing around with mods and generally my FPS is pretty decent, though at some points I drop, specifically in Whiterun with TAVA (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19799/?) installed. When I check what my CPU and GPU is doing, I can't help but get a bit confused. As you can se by this http://imgur.com/RumQf3s screenshot, my GPU is only working at max 63%, while my CPU is barely using half of what it can give, yet fps is quite a bit below 60. How can this be?

Ok, So why isn't skyrim using all the CPU I have ? I mean It is using almost all my RAM. And I'm lagging, but when I go look at my CPU, it only uses about 16% of all my CPU... is there any way to fix this ? It would cause me to my FPS to stay at 60% or so... thats what I think ? I want skyrim to use all the resources it can get. So it can use all my CPU. Do anyone know how to make it use all CPU ?

Hi there, I'm not really sure if this goes here but I'd like a bit of help...I'm posting this so people can post their computer stats and number of mods they use to see if anyone can help us (not so computer technical people) out. Well my computer works quite well for playing Skyrim, I don't have many problems to think of...I have 31 different mods I use 6+hrs at a time. My GPU is "Intel® HD Graphics 4000" and my CPU is "Intel® Core 15-3230M CPU @ 2.60Ghz (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz" I'm not the most technical person so I'm not sure if anybody thinks this is a good...combination for my computer, which is also a laptop. It also has 750GB of memory, and 8GB of RAM. Is this good?

Hello, I have been having problems playing and streaming skyrim because of it's very high cpu usage. I have tried looking everywhere for people with this problem and had no luck. I have tried running a computer scan using 3 different anti virus programs to make sure i didn't have a virus using my system. This is the only game i am having problems with high cpu usage. I run quite a few mods but it should not be using 90-100% cpu usage. A friend has a i7 at 3.2ghz with mods on skyrim and playing and streaming only using ~35% cpu usage. He said it could be a problem with the game setting maybe in the skyrim.ini or prefs? Any suggestions or anyone have this problem?

Hello I've run into multiple problems before in the past with Skyrim and scripting and today I'm taking a stand to try and end the script lag and improve my Skyrim gameplay all together. First off what I've noticed is my CPU clocks off at 100% when playing Skyrim what suggestions would be good for replacing my computer specs to enhance my computer and gameplay in the future. here are some of my specs. http://i59.tinypic.com/2sbpljm.png **Noteplease provide links if possible to any buy-able content. ***Edit My specs link - >Kurzusseus-PC

Hi, Yes, I am having stutters and ctds, and yes, I have looked at a bunch of other stutter posts asking for help and I still have am not completely sure of the cause. Basically, Skyrim stutters horribly in most areas outside, and even more just outside towns (Riften and Whiterun mostly), and also stutters in certain towns like Windhelm. I have tried and tried to fix this problem, but nothing seems to work, and I'm wondering if it's caused solely by my CPU, which I suspect it is, since my CPU runs at about 90 - 95% usage whilst playing Skyrim, somethimes peaking at 100% (often when I stutter or ctd), and my GPU is only at about 60-70% load. Framerates are fine, I get about 30-40fps when looking straight forward, but then stutter when turning around and my fps drops to about 1 frame every 4 seconds for about 6 seconds before the game goes back to a smooth framerate. But I am unsure of whether this is due to Vram usage as well, as sometimes when Skyrim has a CTD the vram usage is at around 1970 mb (of 2048 mb), it might be my cpu causing the stutters and my vram causing the crashes. I would like other peoples opinion on this as then I will know whether buying a better cpu will mostly fix the problem, or whether it is due to having too many/too high res texture mods, or lack of system ram, or needing a faster drive. Here are my specs: RAM: 4gb crucial ballistix ram OS: 32bit windows 7 HDD: 500gb seagate 7200rpm hard drive PSU: XFX 550w GPU: AMD XFX R9 270 (Stock speeds) CPU: AMD phenom II x2 550 BE @3.5 ghz (Overclocked from 3.1 ghz to 3.5 ghz) CPU cooler: Arctic cooling freezer 7 Skyrim mods: Requiem A few other non massive gameplay mods such as Epic gameplay overhaul, Hunterborn, Convenient horses, etc. A few immersion, armour, weapon, animation, house, and other probably not performance affecting mods, such as wet and cold, immersive armours, etc A few not too heavy NPC mods: Interesting npcs, inconsequential npcs, and populated roads paths lands (No other NPC mods) Realistic water 2, the grim and somber ENB (game still stutters without enb), ELFX, Grass on steroids with imingrasssize @ 80, SMIM, unique grasses and groundcovers, Skyrim performance plus, Skyrim project optimization. Running the enb in borderless windowed mode, with the recommended enb local tweaks for my system. A bunch of texture mods, most of which only effect interiors, weapons, armour, and npcs. No landscape textures apart from Vivid landscapes all in one (performance version) & alternative snow 1k, no town retextures. Most of the textures are 1k, with some exceptions such as the amidianborn armour and weapons mods. I realise that my cpu is vastly inferior to my GPU, this is because I have upgraded the GPU but not the CPU, I just want to know whether upgrading the cpu will fix the problem, or whether the problem lies with something else. Here is a picture of Skyrim in a stutter heavy area (Windhelm) the game ctds and the memory usage drops at the end. Sorry for the crude ms paint picture :)

Here we go. Let me start with this: I don't need 60FPS, I was used to something between 30 and 60 before modding Skyrim, and after adding an ENB, 2K Textures & other I just gave up on 30 FPS. In some areas, mainly dungeons, I feel like my FPS go down to 5-10, and that's not exactly good, lol. Soon I'll be graduating, so I may want to ask a new PC component, just one, the other will come after. So I'd like to ask you, kind people, what do I need to upgrade before everything else to get more FPS? By the way, I installed SKSE, Realvision ENB Option A PC Setup BOSS Load Order Skyrim.ini SkyrimPrefs.ini What shall I upgrade first? CPU, GPU, MB, RAM? And what next?

Hey everybody I hope there are some Skyrim/Computer experts in here somewhere. I'll be posting a similar message around other forums, but I might as well give it a shot here too. Attached is a screenshot of 11 minutes or so of Skyrim performance as measured by the Skyrim Performance Monitor. Mind you, a few of the values aren't correct due to my strange way of getting the SPM to work with Mod Organizer, such as FPS (which should be around 35-ish, depending), CPU (which clearly isn't 0% while running this game), Memory (Which I'd assume isn't around 200 MB for a game with that many mods, but what do I know) and a couple others. http://i62.tinypic.com/2jed4s7.jpg However, my main concern is heat (It was stable around 86-87 degrees Celsius). That's not good. I mean really. That's really, really bad. 100 degrees is boiling water, and around 97 the GPU should throttle itself to keep from damage. There's no way in hell that can be normal, right? I must be doing something wrong. There must be some setting, or tool, or driver, or something that's causing this. Beyond that, why in the f*ck is the GPU % going up and down like nuts? Is that normal? I'm no expert on computers but I could swear that wasn't normal. Also, isn't VRAM only used when there's no more RAM to be used? Virtual Memory is like ram, but on the HDD, since you don't have enough RAM to support the program you're using, right? If that's the case, I don't understand why any VRAM is being used at all. I have 8GB of ram, along with 2GB dedicated on the card. If I don't understand this, please, do explain. (This might be the video cards memory. If that's the case, it makes a bit more sense) So, since I have questions, I might as well provide you all with the specs and situation to the very best of my ability. Computer type: Laptop Computer brand: Lenovo Model: Y510p (And before you ask, yes, I've heard of "Unshrouding" (https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-Z-and-P-series/Y510p-Ultimate-Cooling-Mods-Revealed-Unshroud-your-cooling-fans/td-p/1533688) the fans. This does seem like a decent idea, but it'll void the warenty, so I can't do it for a long time. Specs can be found in detail here (http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y510p/#techspecs), but I'll put the basics up just for simplification. OS: Windows 7 Professional Edition, System Pack 1, Fully Updated Display: 15.6" FHD LED Glossy Wedge (1920x1080) CPU: 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz 1600MHz 6MB) GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT755M 2GB (Single card, not the model with 2 cards in SLI) Memory: 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz Storage: 1TB (5400 RPM) + 8GB Hybrid Drive Driver for GPU: Version 340.52 (Latest version, cleanly installed, old ones deleted absolutely) Note: This laptop is relatively new (perhaps 2 months now) and I've never abused it as far as I know. I keep it clean, and use it as a desktop. I keep it plugged in almost 24/7, and don't let anything cover the air vent on the side, or the intake on the bottom. It generally crashes every 5-45 minutes, depending on how demanding the situation is. In some cases, it can be near-instant. My Skyrim Setup (Including Load Order, which will be provided as an attachment) 1: I'm organizing all my mods using Mod Organizer, latest version (1.2.1.1) 2: I'm using LOOT to sort my load order, and I'm not messing with it at all manually, though I'm sure this could be beneficial if I knew what I was doing and researched the mods correctly. 3: The only, ONLY graphical mod I have is a 1k texture pack (The "Lite" version of Skyrim HD - 2k Textures) which is stated as almost demanding the same GPU power as normal Skyrim. No ENBs, nothing else at all. 4: I've run the Skyrim Launcher and set the settings to High, with a slightly lower AA setting. 5: I've followed the S.T.E.P. guide version 2.2.9 almost to the letter regarding everything from FOV to INI tweaks, among other things, including tweaks to nVidia settings. (Before the tweaks, my heat was just as bad) The STEP guide can be found here: http://wiki.step-project.com/STEP:2.2.9 I believe that is every possible bit of information I can give you. If you have the slightest, even the tinest question regarding my setup or otherwise, ask it immediately and I shall reply. I don't want a lack of provided information on my part to be the cause of not getting a reply.

Did some extensive web-digging for tips on cpu optimization (I'm bottlenecked like f****): One disables the grass swaying animation, and the other tree swaying animation. If animations would use any resource out of ram, gpu, or cpu, I'm guessing it would be the CPU right? Skyrim.ini (must add) [Grass] fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=0 fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=0 SkyrimPrefs.ini [Display] fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000 to 500.0000 fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000 to 0.0000 Ater implementing these tweaks,my grass stopped waving and trees only at short distances. Skyrim Performance Monitor said my average cpu usage went down from 78% to 73%. I have 3 questions: 1. Can someone try this, and see if their utilization improves better/worse? 2. Why is my cpu bottlenecking my GT 640 when it rarely goes above 90%? 3. From what I've seen on various forums, am I correct in concluding that shadow resolution is not taxing on the cpu, but only the the distancel ; and I am safe is keeping shadow res at 2048? ----------------------------- Athlon 64 x2 4400+ @ 2.76 GHz GT 640 @ 1181/1016 4GB DDR2 667 @ 393.2 Mhz HP L1906 1280x1024

I have but little choice but play the game in burst. The reason, because the game puts considerable stain on my cpu for some reason. I've started actively monitoring my cpu usage and found at base it drive the usage all the way up to 80+% and at times when around some people goes further and nails 100. If it holds on the 100 for too long the game itself crashes or my computer crashes. So I'm trying to find mods that might help the performance by doing something that might lower the assualt on my cpu. My efforts.... suck so I'm asking the professionals now. Can anyone direct me to any mods that might let me enjoy the game longer then 10 minutes at a time?