Skyrim not using any VRAM (also crashes past Riverwood)

[theausus]

So I followed the STEP install guide and installed all the mods like they were listed, except choosing higher quality textures for most of the mods (I have a R9 290 with 4 gigs of vram). I used Mod Organizer as the mod manager. The only things I installed beyond the stuff listed in STEP were SkyRe, Frostfall, Falskarr, Wyrmstooth, Realistic Needs and Diseases, Grass on Steroids, Climates of Tamriel, and ELFX. (if I remember correctly that's everything) When I start a game and go anywhere past Riverwood, the LOD objects do not go away and the normal models do not load at all. Also, if I try to "wait" in Riverwood, the game freezes. Any help to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.

 

Here's my Skyrim Performance Monitor after the game froze upon trying to wait in Riverwood:

 

 

 

I would prefer not having to spend six hours installing mods again.

[Aiyen]

Post your full mod list in spoiler tags as well please. AS well as full system specs etc. Also if you are using any post processing software or stuff like hialgo boost etc etc. need more info! :)

[theausus]

 

# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer.

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+No NPC Greetings

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+Brawl Bugs Patch - Plugins - Modder Resource

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+Appropriately Attired Jarls

+Argonian Decapitation Fix

+STEP - Skyrim Total Enhancement Project

 

 

The list above might be the wrong file. Here is the plugins file:

 

# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer.

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Dawnguard.esm

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

HearthFires.esm

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

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Wyrmstooth.esp

ApachiiHair.esm

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

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SPIKE.esm

Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esp

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Rainbows.esp

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BWS.esp

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randomthunder.esp

Thundering Shouts.esp

mintylightningmod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

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TradeBarter.esp

83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp

Ars Metallica.esp

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Ars Metallica - Hearthfire.esp

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Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

BirdsHF.esp

BLESSINGS - Altar Descriptions.esp

Bring Out Your Dead.esp

ClamsDropPearls.esp

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ORM-Arvak.esp

PilgrimsDelight.esp

Point The Way.esp

RabbitsPlus.esp

Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.esp

ShootingStars.esp

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SMDropLitTorch.esp

Traps Make Noise.esp

Traps Are Dangerous.esp

WetandCold.esp

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NoxUE2.00.esp

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daedric_phelm.esp

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imp_help_dbrn.esp

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SkyRe_Survivalism.esp

Gildergreen Regrown.esp

Run For Your Lives.esp

When Vampires Attack.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

SkyrimCoinReplacerRedux.esp

Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

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BetterQuestObjectives-Dawnguard.esp

BetterQuestObjectives-Hearthfire.esp

BetterQuestObjectives-SkyRePatch.esp

BlockSparkles.esp

Distant DetailHF.esp

DiversePriests.esp

DiversePriests_BringOutYourDeadPatch.esp

dynamic fires.esp

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Grass_On_Steroids_SFO-SHORT.esp

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masser Size x1.5.esp

SFO - Dragonborn.esp

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Convenient Horses.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

TheChoiceIsYours.esp

TheChoiceIsYours_Dawnguard.esp

Thieves Guild Requirements.esp

Waterbreathing Breathless Emerge.esp

aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

Chesko_Step418_SN.esp

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Oblivion Gates v3 - Skyrim + Dawnguard DLC.esp

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SoS - The Wilds.esp

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ELFX - Dawnguard.esp

ELFX - Dragonborn.esp

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ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-3.esp

ELFXEnhancer.esp

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SoS - Civilization-PatchCoT.esp

RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp

RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp

RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp

RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp

RND_USKP-Patch.esp

Disease Descriptions_RND Compatibile.esp

BFSEffects.esp

DeadlySpellImpacts.esp

Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp

Soul Gems Differ - E.esp

dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp

Beards.esp

Brows.esp

Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp

SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

Follower Trap Safety.esp

moveitLWT.esp

NonEssentialChildren.esp

Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

BetterQuestObjectives-AlternateStartPatch.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

SkyRe_Races.esp

Animated Weapon Enchants.esp

DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp

WATER.esp

WATER Plants.esp

WATER DG.esp

WATER DB Waves.esp

WATER Falskaar.esp

DiversePriests_ConsistentOlderPeoplePatch.esp

Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

ReProccer.esp

STEP Extended Patch.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB + FS + WT.esp

 

 

 

Also, the full system specs should be listed in the screenshot of Skyrim Performance Monitor. If there's anything beyond those let me know. And I'm not using any post processing software. 

[EssArrBee]

Umm... 818 FPS? I don't think you need that many. If you are using windowed mode then you need to open up Catalyst Control Center and turn the FPS limiter to like 60 or less. Skyrim doesn't like anything over 60 or stuff starts flying around.

[theausus]

Umm... 818 FPS? I don't think you need that many. If you are using windowed mode then you need to open up Catalyst Control Center and turn the FPS limiter to like 60 or less. Skyrim doesn't like anything over 60 or stuff starts flying around.

That was just in the main menu. When the game actually loads it drops to like 35 (Which seems a bit low to me considering the hardware, but it might be because of not using the VRAM)

[EssArrBee]

Your GPU shouldn't be getting to 92 degrees unless it is running and it isn't running unless there is data moving through it to process. I'd say that SPM isn't registering your VRAM usage somehow because no CPU alone is running Skyrim at 35 FPS with your mod setup.

 

Do you have an ENB or SweetFX, some kind of post-processing effect install? Those can be tricky for SPM.

[theausus]

Your GPU shouldn't be getting to 92 degrees unless it is running and it isn't running unless there is data moving through it to process. I'd say that SPM isn't registering your VRAM usage somehow because no CPU alone is running Skyrim at 35 FPS with your mod setup.

 

Do you have an ENB or SweetFX, some kind of post-processing effect install? Those can be tricky for SPM.

I don't have any ENB or SweetFX installed. Ironically, in my previous skyrim install (not using STEP but it did use RealvisionENB as well as many 4k textures) I got 40-50 fps. 

 

I hypothesize that for whatever reason, Skyrim is making my GPU think my RAM is the VRAM and the reason for the sub-60 FPS is because it is having to send all the data through the PCIE bus, effectively creating a bottleneck and lowering the speed at which the game runs. If you'll notice, the GPU rapidly goes from 0% usage to 90-100% usage and back down. This evidence supports my theory that it is pulling things from the RAM, processing it, pulling more things, processing, etc...

[Aiyen]

The temperature is just what the driver reports... which is to be read correctly. It is essentially based on load. If the GPU runs at this given load ALL time time then eventually the temperature will reach that. It is not real time actual temperatures. For that you will need a probe and place it on chip or really close to it.. which is not really possible on GPU´s without custom fit cooling solutions.

 

However if you ever closely watch how it jumps during various load amounts then you will see it makes no sense at all. Stuff inside a Computer does not go from idle temperatures to like 92C over the span of a few seconds or even minutes.. unless it is shorting out in which case you already reached the point of no return and something else (Almost certainly a resistor) on the card most likely is going to burst into charcoal.

 

 

But yeah something is wrong in this case.. SPM is not getting all the info it needs. Depending on the vendor of the card you most likely have access to some monitor software from that company that should work.

[EssArrBee]

Did you reset your INIs to default when you reinstalled Skyrim? Also, make sure you deleted the d3d9.dll from your Skyrim directory. Since you are using MO, make a new profile and start up vanilla skyrim with SPM and see if it better.

[theausus]

Well RAM problem aside (I will do some additional testing) the game will load objects past Riverwood with vanilla. Can anyone help me with why it isn't loading objects with STEP installed?

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And concerning the temperature, I'm not worried about it. The way the new Catalyst overclocking is set up, it dynamically overclocks the GPU in order to reach a target temperature.