Skyrim Graphics Issues-- Please Help

[grumbaut]

Hey all,

I recently downloaded Skyrim via Steam, but I seem to be having some strange graphical issues. Can anyone help?

Here's what I'm seeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUNQHD_tQPI&feature=youtu.be
You'll see a flashing sky at around 0:09 and strange black flickers in the sky at around 0:21.

My specs are below:

■ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

■XFX Double D FX-785A-CDFC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video

■Intel Core i5-3570 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

■CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

I am currently running the game on ultra settings with no problems other than the strange flashing in the video above. My Catalyst settings are set to default.

Any suggestions?

 

[axle356258]

I had similar problems . I turn off the anti aliasing and the fxaa and it seems to be working fine.

 

[bigshootr8]

Yea I would give what axle has done a shot.

 

[grumbaut]

I turned off anti-aliasing and the fxaa. The problem is still there.

Just to give more details: this only happens when I'm outside. Also, I'm running Catalyst 12.10.

 

[bigshootr8]

It looked like stuttering or tearing of some sort what are your frames in the game.

 

[grumbaut]

According to FRAPS, it's 60 FPS.

 

[bigshootr8]

Do you have vsync turned on?

 

[grumbaut]

It might be off. I'm not sure. According to another site, the iPresentInterval=0 line in the INI file turns off VSYNC.

 

[bigshootr8]

I would check just to be sure maybe its creating issues. You only turn on Vsync when you start to notice tearing.

 

[grumbaut]

I tried turning it on. Alone, it didn't help. I turned up the antialiasing to 4 samples and the anisotropic filtering to 12 samples. That seems to have worked.

Thanks for the help!