Why cant my pc handle skyrim very well?

jldk6

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Gpu - gtx 660 2gb

Cpu - Amd fx 4100

Ram - 8gb

Motherboard - gigabyte 78lmt usb3

Im on medium 1600x900 and i get 20 fps in any major town and it stutters alot.

Can anyone explain this?
 
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no, but its the minimum offering from AMDs FX line up that i would recommend, it has a much larger cache
(L3 8MB/L2 16MB), and its per core performance is superior to the 4100. [/quotemsg]

I heard the stock cooler on this cpu is bad so should i get a HYPER 212 EVO?[/quotemsg]

yes the stosck cooler is louder than an F-16. the hyper 212 evo is a very good cooler.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/114526-13-finally-skyrim-requirements

Medium settings may be a bit much. I think the FX 4100 is probably more limiting then the graphics card, but still looking over the recommended specs you should be fine. So I would check to see if there are any patches available for Skyrim, but def make sure your PC has the latest updates, especially grpahics card drivers. Can make a huge difference.
 

jldk6

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The thing is i dont have £300 - £500 to spend on a new cpu.....
 

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why? was you planning on upgrading to a haswell-E CPU?? an 8320 costs less than £100 now.
 

jldk6

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Skyrim does not use all 8 cores so that cpu would be useless....

 

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no, but its the minimum offering from AMDs FX line up that i would recommend, it has a much larger cache
(L3 8MB/L2 16MB), and its per core performance is superior to the 4100.
 

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no, but its the minimum offering from AMDs FX line up that i would recommend, it has a much larger cache
(L3 8MB/L2 16MB), and its per core performance is superior to the 4100. [/quotemsg]

I heard the stock cooler on this cpu is bad so should i get a HYPER 212 EVO?
 

Robertwhyte

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no, but its the minimum offering from AMDs FX line up that i would recommend, it has a much larger cache
(L3 8MB/L2 16MB), and its per core performance is superior to the 4100. [/quotemsg]

I heard the stock cooler on this cpu is bad so should i get a HYPER 212 EVO?[/quotemsg]

yes the stosck cooler is louder than an F-16. the hyper 212 evo is a very good cooler.
 
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