Gekko64 wrote:it sounds like you're having VRAM overload issues, you should try optimizing your textures with either ddsopt or optimizer textures ( second one is easier to use, first one is recommended if you know what you're doing ) .
Hialgo is great, I'd recommend it. you can also use ATTK lite to achieve what you would with gamebooster, for skyrim only.
Thanks for the reply. Appreciated.
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Yeah, it would be a VRam issue but also since Skyrim uses more CPU than most games I think it gets bottlenecked. I can play Dishonored, Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed 3, Bioshock Infinite (on 2nd playthrough) flawlessly and they are pretty resource heavy. It's just Skyrim that I have problems with.
My specs: All but the graphics card and a new HDD are from 2008, and upgrading is out of the question in the foreseeable future. All drivers up to date, defragged and all that good stuff..
AMD Phenom X3 Triple Core 8450
DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX
Geil GX22GB6400DC 2GB Kit + and an extra 1GB when I upgraded to Win 7. (I know more is better but can't afford it atm)
GTX550 Ti Direct CU 1GB Vram
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black SATA-III, 7200rpm, 64MB
Realtek ALC885 8 channel HD
700w Thermaltake PSU
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
I did download the Texture Optimizer but haven't read through the docs properly yet. I was concerned it might mess something up. Give me Oblivion and I can fix anything with that game, but Skyrim and it's so called "new" engine changed a lot of things we can do.
I'm currently quite disappointed in Skyrim as I was eagerly waiting for HD vegetation textures for tropical skyrim, but the author has been banned from the nexus. dammit... I think I'll wait for some updates ( texture pack combiner, skytest - realistic animals & predators, skyrim immersive creatures, hunting in skyrim etc. ) and then go back to non tropical with Climates of Tamriel, Realistic Lighting Overhaul and Skyrealism ENB. should make for a friggin awesome setup once I get to it...
I'll also heartily recommend the combos: Skyre + ASIS ( check the skyre pdf guide available for download on the nexus, in the compatibility section it tells you how to make them fully compatible ( i.e. increased spawns, automated spells & perks ) , and of course Deadly Dragons + Enhanced Mighty Dragons + Dragon Combat Overhaul
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I'm waiting for the Tropical Skyrim update as well. I check the page every day...
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. I'm considering removing it also since I'm now playing Dragonborn and everywhere but the Ashlands is tropical which I don't like for Solstheim, at least on the first playthrough. Soolie is still active on his page but how long it will take to get the update done may be awhile. I bet is gets released the day after I remove the mod.
I was using SkyRE on my last character and I really like it, a lot. I don't know why I didn't keep it in this time, perhaps because I had to remove a lot of mods for Tropical Skyrim and that didn't make it in. However, it's an older version for vanilla as I don't have Dawnguard. I do have Deadly Dragons, also an older version because of Dawnguard requirements. I want to put Skyrim Monster Mod back as well, if I can see them through the trees.
That sneakybastard got banned for that harmfull program was correct, but why that automatically meant that his HD pack for Tropical SKyrim hat to go as well is beyond me!? Not that it matters for me, since i would not be able to use it, even if Soolie made a version of TS that i could run without problems. But for you and others it must be a pain in the but seeing that one gone.
What was the program he uploaded? Stupid thing to do I would have thought. It doesn't say on the Nexus banned page. Gekko64, you might be able to get that HD texture pack somewhere else as I wouldn't be surprised it it was uploaded elsewhere...permission or not. I won't be able to run it so it doesn't bother me really. I don't have the Bethesda HD pack either, I just add some replacers for more obvious things.
Oh well, I'm about to run the game with HiAlgo Boost...fingers crossed.
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