I cannot figure out what the cause of this is, but after reinstalling Windows (and installing a faster SSD) due to a failing SSD I have reinstalled Skyrim and am getting incredibly horrible FPS. Note: I have also updated my BIOS firmware version and had to re-set all the settings, which I believe I set correctly.
System:
Intel i7 950 3.07GHz
8 GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Windows 7 64-bit
AMD Radeon HD 6950 2 GB GDDR5 VRAM
AMD Catalyst Control Center 14.1
Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB SSD (w/ RAPID)
Game Resolution:1080p (1920 x 1080)
I installed STEP up to 2C (which includes the AMD CCC tweaks, ini tweaks, and ENBoost - which should increase performance) and installed Skyrim Performance Monitor in order to possibly figure out some of the performance bottleneck(s). I ran tests from the intro screen up to the beginning of the carriage unloading roll-call (as recommended by STEP for benchmarking). Here are the report results (averages):
Memory (MB): 498 MB
VRAM (MB): 1,079 MB
Disk I/O (MB): 5 MB
CPU %: 27 %
GPU %: 13 %
GPU °C: 52 °C
Threads: 31
FPS: 20
The FPS results are HORRID, especially compared to the FPS I used to get last Windows installation (unfortunately I didn't benchmark well back then, but I do remember, usually getting at least 50 FPS readings from FRAPS). What I don't get is that no other reading is bad... In fact, it appears to me that no other system resource is being strained, according to my system's capacities/capabilities. What could be causing the lack in FPS? I have spent all day trying to figure out this crap... If anyone could offer some useful insight, it would be greatly appreciated.
I cannot figure out what the cause of this is, but after reinstalling Windows (and installing a faster SSD) due to a failing SSD I have reinstalled Skyrim and am getting incredibly horrible FPS. Note: I have also updated my BIOS firmware version and had to re-set all the settings, which I believe I set correctly.
System:
Intel i7 950 3.07GHz
8 GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Windows 7 64-bit
AMD Radeon HD 6950 2 GB GDDR5 VRAM
AMD Catalyst Control Center 14.1
Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB SSD (w/ RAPID)
Game Resolution:1080p (1920 x 1080)
I installed STEP up to 2C (which includes the AMD CCC tweaks, ini tweaks, and ENBoost - which should increase performance) and installed Skyrim Performance Monitor in order to possibly figure out some of the performance bottleneck(s). I ran tests from the intro screen up to the beginning of the carriage unloading roll-call (as recommended by STEP for benchmarking). Here are the report results (averages):
Memory (MB): 498 MB
VRAM (MB): 1,079 MB
Disk I/O (MB): 5 MB
CPU %: 27 %
GPU %: 13 %
GPU °C: 52 °C
Threads: 31
FPS: 20
The FPS results are HORRID, especially compared to the FPS I used to get last Windows installation (unfortunately I didn't benchmark well back then, but I do remember, usually getting at least 50 FPS readings from FRAPS). What I don't get is that no other reading is bad... In fact, it appears to me that no other system resource is being strained, according to my system's capacities/capabilities. What could be causing the lack in FPS? I have spent all day trying to figure out this crap... If anyone could offer some useful insight, it would be greatly appreciated.
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