EPIC Skyrim Performance

I can now successfully run skyrim on Ultra settings... here are the specifics if you guys want to know

 

Screenshot of in-game please? No water details kind of begs the question of it being worth it.

 

How is that ULTRA?...?...

I'm running with all reflections except sky plus all high except blur, i don't really need it anyway, plus some considerable view distances with distant object detail on HIGH... if i OC i can go ultra shadows and decals without any frame drops... just keep filerings to 4x for smoothness and the fact i don't quite make out the difference visually after the 4x.

That isn't really great for an R3

 

This. Typically Ultra refers to maxed out quality.

 

I just run everything on high in 1366x768 with no AA and AF and FXAA un-ticked, all view distance sliders left where they are and everything ticked in water advanced settings. It runs like a real charm!

Who on earth needs AA and AF on an 11.6" screen?

 

Yeah runs great on my R1 on High with no AA or AF.

 

Just out of interest, what resolution are people playing Skyrim at? I've been going all out on native 1366x768 so nothing is distorted but I'm willing to give a lower resolution a whirl if it ups performance. I refuse to use fraps as I'd rather enjoy the game not knowing

 

How does the R1 run Skyrim at high when my R2 w/ throttlestop and max overclock runs 25-35 FPS outdoors at medium.

I've spent hours experimenting with settings, and there is no way I can get rid of the 25 FPS dips that seem to plague this game. When I fast travel to Riften, my framerate hits the low 20's (eventually averaging around 30 when I walk around)

All my temperatures are fine, and I've got nothing running in the background. I've tried with vertical sync and without vertical sync, and it's a damned-in-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation....

If I enable vertical sync, I get horrendous mouse lag and uneven framerates.

if I disable vertical sync, I get horrendous screen tearing every 5 minutes.

I'm hoping that they release a patch and optimize performance for this game. There's no reason why a overclocked Core i7 at 2.7 ghz can't run this game on default medium settings with no AA/AF and not dip to 25 in areas. It strikes me as really sloppy programming.

 

Works flawless on my R3, with slight drops in FPS to like 20fps, again really rarely and not really because of massive hordes of enemies or anything. Item/NPC distance to max cause i used to play fallout 3 with it set to LOW cause of 1gb ram issue, and it would really suck cause enemies would shoot at me and i could not see from where as i couldn't see the enemies from far away...

I don't see how it wouldn't run on AT LEAST medium settings with decent distances unless you got 2gb ram or less... If i'd OC it a bit it would run maxed out with decent frame rates, but i don't really see it as worth it for the very little extra eye candy.

 

any word on mods to the latest patch on steam, i refer to the 2Gb limit of the original game? (that was modded , later "fixed" by a patch of Bethesda)