My old PC was getting a bit slow running modded Skyrim, so I decided to build a new PC. I built a decent system (on a budget) and I've spent over 100 hours now trying to get Skyrim to run properly on it. I have completely uninstalled Steam and Skyrim and drivers and started new characters and nothing seems to work. I've monitored and done dozens of screen shots with Performance monitors and just can't seem to find what is causing this lag.
When I start with a fresh boot and running only essentials in BG (1% CPU,13%mem) and start Skyrim.. I can literally stay in the same spot and walk in circles and for the first minute or two (sometimes less) and get a solid 60FPS and then all of the sudden it drops to 30 FPS and then just sits and rocks back and forth between 15-55 FPS. Nothing different is going on in the game. I'm just walking in circles inside a house or in the middle of nowhere.
This is just plain Vanilla Skyrim. I'm not even trying to set mods up until I get it working right. It does the same thing in Ultra/High/Medium It doesn't matter if i turn off AA and AF.. or even if I turn off shadows.. I've tested all the tweaks to make Skyrim perform better and nothing works.
I just can't figure out why it starts lagging.
Here are a few screen shots of Performance monitor that shows solid 60FPS that just becomes erratic after about one minute. The first few dips are menu screens but once it dips from 60FPS it becomes crazy erratic. Again nothing going on in game, no intense rendering or anything:
http://beerthirty.net/Tronix/Screenshot_8.jpeg
http://beerthirty.net/Tronix/Screenshot_10.jpeg
http://beerthirty.net/Tronix/Screenshot_12.jpeg
I've re-installed everything several times. Virus free.. nothing running in background. It's just bizarre..
Any Ideas?
System Specs:
O/S: Windows 8.1
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz
MB: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
RAM: 16GB DDR3 (8@667 MHz,8@800 MHz)
GPU: MSI GEFORCE GTX 970 4G Gaming
DRIVES: C: 120GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD (OS/Driver/Util)
D: 60GB Sandisk SSD (Games)
E: 2TB Western Digital Black 7200 HDD (Storage)
F: 2TB Western Digital Black 7200 HDD (Backup)
PSU: Corsair CX750M (750w)
CASE: Corsair Carbide Series Air 540
COOLING: Corsair H100 CPU Extreme Performance Watercooling System
(5) Corsair AX120 High Performance Fans
(1) Corsair AX140 High Performace Fan.
When I start with a fresh boot and running only essentials in BG (1% CPU,13%mem) and start Skyrim.. I can literally stay in the same spot and walk in circles and for the first minute or two (sometimes less) and get a solid 60FPS and then all of the sudden it drops to 30 FPS and then just sits and rocks back and forth between 15-55 FPS. Nothing different is going on in the game. I'm just walking in circles inside a house or in the middle of nowhere.
This is just plain Vanilla Skyrim. I'm not even trying to set mods up until I get it working right. It does the same thing in Ultra/High/Medium It doesn't matter if i turn off AA and AF.. or even if I turn off shadows.. I've tested all the tweaks to make Skyrim perform better and nothing works.
I just can't figure out why it starts lagging.
Here are a few screen shots of Performance monitor that shows solid 60FPS that just becomes erratic after about one minute. The first few dips are menu screens but once it dips from 60FPS it becomes crazy erratic. Again nothing going on in game, no intense rendering or anything:
http://beerthirty.net/Tronix/Screenshot_8.jpeg
http://beerthirty.net/Tronix/Screenshot_10.jpeg
http://beerthirty.net/Tronix/Screenshot_12.jpeg
I've re-installed everything several times. Virus free.. nothing running in background. It's just bizarre..
Any Ideas?
System Specs:
O/S: Windows 8.1
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz
MB: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
RAM: 16GB DDR3 (8@667 MHz,8@800 MHz)
GPU: MSI GEFORCE GTX 970 4G Gaming
DRIVES: C: 120GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD (OS/Driver/Util)
D: 60GB Sandisk SSD (Games)
E: 2TB Western Digital Black 7200 HDD (Storage)
F: 2TB Western Digital Black 7200 HDD (Backup)
PSU: Corsair CX750M (750w)
CASE: Corsair Carbide Series Air 540
COOLING: Corsair H100 CPU Extreme Performance Watercooling System
(5) Corsair AX120 High Performance Fans
(1) Corsair AX140 High Performace Fan.