Read the full article at:
https://www.techspot.com/review/467-skyrim-performance/
Please leave your feedback here.
https://www.techspot.com/review/467-skyrim-performance/
Please leave your feedback here.
Nvidia's graphics cards seemed to perform much better, as the GTX 560 managed 89fps versus the HD 6850's 77fps.
Hmm I play on maximum (Ultra) in 1900 by 1200 using a slightly overclocked 1GB 550Ti and my game runs fine... Am I missing something or is my 550Ti special?
Interesting review, especialy with regards to CPU scaling.
However I'm a little confused with the high/ultra settings - I get different values when clicking on the presets, e.g. for ultra you have AA=4x and AF=0x but when I click on ultra I get AA=8x and AF=16x. Maybe this explains the drop off in image quality between high and ultra?
okrings said:
I really enjoy these types of reviews. I've never seen another site that takes on a single game the way TechSpot does here. Good work, and thanks!
Hey Steve, I've got a few questions if you don't mind.
1) Are you testing with Vsync off? I've heard there are problems when not running with it off (physics problems apparently).
2) My game also defaults to Ultra with AA=8x. I have a 2500K + MSI 560Ti
3) I can't seem to get my games FPS above 60 FPS even with Vsync turned off. Not that I like VSYNC off as I hate the screen tearing, just thought it was curious.
4) I have a weird lag issue. The game runs perfectly outdoors, but sometimes while I am indoors (in a corridor or a room etc.) the FPS drops to 30 and I notice quite a bit of mouse lag. Very annoying and it doesn't really make sense as these indoor areas are definately less intensive than the outdoors ones (which run at a stable 60 FPS). Funny thing though is my GPU usage is always at close to 100%, maybe it has got something to do with FXAA or the shadows and the CPU?
5) Have you tried testing the game with FXAA on? I've turned it on an it makes a huge difference visually as foliage etc. is a lot less pixelly. U can turn it on in the options (in the launch screen).
How do you enable maximum settings?
I really enjoy these types of reviews. I've never seen another site that takes on a single game the way TechSpot does here. Good work, and thanks!
1. Vsync has to be off to exceed 60fps so yes we were testing with it off, I noticed no problems.
2. Not sure why my ultra-settings were different, I was using the latest version at the time of testing.
3. You need to edit the config file to disable vsync.
4. A lot of people seem to think that has to do with the CPU, what CPU are you using? A dual-core?
5. Our maximum quality test uses FXAA.
Guest said:
I am using an 460gtx with 8gig Ram and Core i3 cpu and i am having loads of trouble. Only having about 20-40 maybe sometimes up to 50 on low settings. Is something wrong?
Steve said:
Interesting review, especialy with regards to CPU scaling.
However I'm a little confused with the high/ultra settings - I get different values when clicking on the presets, e.g. for ultra you have AA=4x and AF=0x but when I click on ultra I get AA=8x and AF=16x. Maybe this explains the drop off in image quality between high and ultra?
What version are you using?