STEP:Extended suddenly performing terribly

[CaramelCake]

I'm a total newb at modding and configuring computers in general and have probably done everything wrong.

Just getting that out of the way.

 

My problem is that skyrim was running great, (Locked at 60fps) then I added some lighting and weather mods + Vividian ENB and lost more performance then I wanted (40-50fps) so I took out the ENB and redid my L+W mods only to find that skyrim now wouldn't even reach 30fps! and I don't see any improvement except in loading times even when I return everything to my baseline where I was getting 60fps before!

 

These are my specs:https://wiki.step-project.com/User:CaramelCake/SystemSpecs

 

I guess I should give a rough timeline, so here goes.

 

1. Installed STEP:Extended fully, with 2k textures all around. rock solid 60fps

2. Installed REGS fully, didn't test becuase "The Lighting mods won't take long!" Ugh.

3. Struggled though installing High-Quality Vividian ENB and mods following this guide:https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/articles/49706/?, got around 40-55fps with some minor stuttering.

4. Uninstalled the ENB and W+L mods then followed this guide:https://wiki.step-project.com/Pack:Weather_and_Lighting, Not installing any enb. (besides ENBoost)

5. Testing gave me sub 25fps with bad stuttering, tried going back to just STEP+REGS only to get the same result, went back to just STEP with no difference.

6. Cried a bit.

7. Nuked [steamApps/common/Skyrim] and restored from a clean zipped backup, reinstalled SKSE and ENBoost, no difference.

8.Gave up, started writing this post.

 

All of my testing has been the opening carrage ride and Helgen escape.

 

At this point the only thing I can think of to try is deleting everything and starting all over again, which would make me go completely mad.

 

This is my current mod list for reference. (I just used the export button in MO)

 

 

mod_id,mod_installed_name,mod_version,file_installed_name4955,"83Willows 101BugsHD","4.1.0.0","83Willows 101BUGs V4_1 HighResolution-4955-4-1.7z"4929,"A Quality World Map","8.0.0.0",""0,"A Real Explorer's Guide to Skyrim - Patches","4.0.1.0","REGS v4.0.3 - Patches.rar"0,"Amber Guard","d2014.10.22","amber_guard.7z"51130,"aMidianBorn Blade of Woe","1.1.0.0","aMidianBorn Blade of Woe-51130-1-1.7z"24909,"aMidianBorn Book of Silence","1.9.0.0","Bonemold Hotfix-24909-1-9.zip"24909,"aMidianBorn Book of Silence - CA","1.2.0.0","aMidianBorn - Content Addon-24909-1-2.zip"39190,"aMidianBorn Caves and Mines","3.0.0.0","aMidianBorn Caves and Mines 2k-39190-3.7z"49040,"aMidianBorn Farmhouse","1.0.0.0","aMidianBorn Farmhouse 2k hires-49040-1.7z"50887,"aMidianBorn imperial light and studded","1.1.0.0","aMidianBorn Imperial Light 1dot1_2k-50887-1-1.7z"50013,"aMidianBorn Solstheim Landscape","1.0.0.0","aMidianBorn Solstheim Land-50013-1.7z"45692,"aMidianBorn stormcloak officer armour","1.0.0.0","aMidianBorn Stormcloak officer-45692-1.7z"38491,"aMidianBorn Whiterun","2.0.0.0","aMidianBorn Whiterun 2k hires-38491-2.7z"0,"And the Realms of Daedra","d2014.10.22","And the Realms of Daedra.7z"48287,"Animated Clutter","1.9.0.0","animated clutter-48287-1-9.7z"12668,"Animated Weapon Enchants","1.14.0.0","Animated Weapon Enchants-12668-1-14.zip"36746,"Apple Garden","2.0.0.0","Apple garden ENG-36746-2.rar"23793,"Appropriately Attired Jarls","1.1.1.0","Appropriately Attired Jarls-23793-1-1-1.7z"43773,"Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2","2.1.0.0","AOS_2_1_Installer-43773-2-1.rar"10753,"Auto Unequip Ammo","5.0.0.0","Auto Unequip Ammo v5_0-10753-5-0.zip"0,"BashedPatch lighting+whatever","",""28363,"Beards","2.0.0.0","Normal Resolution-28363-v2-0.rar"3621,"Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack","1.7.0.0","Default Animal Replacement High Res-3621-1-7.zip"29631,"Bellyaches HD Dragon Replacer Pack","1.3.0.0","Bellyache HD Dragon Replacer Final-29631-1-3.7z"24805,"Better Animal Footsteps","1.5.0.0","Better Animal Footsteps 1.5-24805-1-5.7z"944,"Better Beast Races v2","2.0.0.0","Better_Beast_Races-2_00-944-2-0.7z"12085,"Better Bones","1.0.0.0","Better Bones-12085-1.7z"6495,"Better Circlets HQ V1o1","1.1.0.0","Better Circlets HQ 2K V1o1-6495.rar"48855,"Better City Entrances","1.0.0.0","Better City Entraces - JK's Whiterun (Outskirts) Comaptible Version.-48855-1-0.zip"27371,"Better Dialogue Controls","1.2.0.0","Better Dialogue Controls v1_2-27371-1-2.zip"14087,"Better Docks","1.7.0.0","Better Docks FOMOD Installer-14087-1-7.rar"15508,"Better Fast Travel","3.76.0.0","Better Fast Travel v3.76 - Loose - Hearthfires-15508-3-76.zip"12608,"Better Horse Pain Sounds","1.0.0.0","Better Horse Pain Sounds-12608-1.zip"2488,"Better males - Beautiful nudes and faces - New hairstyles","2.3.2.0","Underwear - Default-2488-2-3-2.rar"28170,"Better MessageBox Controls","1.2.0.0","Better MessageBox Controls v1_2-28170-1-2.zip"10056,"Better Shadowmarks","d2014.10.20","Better Shadowmarks-10056-1.zip"39870,"Better Shaped Weapons - All in One Installer","1.9.8.0","LeanWolf's Better-Shaped Weapons Installer-39870-1-9-8.7z"8080,"Better Turn Animation","1.1.0.0","Fix Crossed Swords and Turn with Leg move-8080-1-1.rar"17903,"Better Weapon Swing Sounds","1.1.0.0","BWS v1_1-17903.zip"11555,"Birds and Flocks","d2014.0.0-00-00-10-19","Hearthfire Edition Cleaned-11555-.zip"7416,"Bowlegged jump animation Fix","1.1.0.0","bowlegged_jump_fix_11-7416-1-1.7z"24020,"Brawl Bugs Patch - Plugins - Modder Resource","1.0.0.0","Brawl Bugs - Compatibility Edition-24020-1-0.7z"14178,"Bring Out Your Dead","1.2.8.0a","Bring Out Your Dead-14178-1-2-8a.7z"30411,"Brows","3.1.0.0","High Resolution-30411-v3-1.rar"14692,"Burn Freeze Shock Effects","3.6.0.0","BFS Effects 3_6 - Dragonborn Dawnguard-14692-3-6.rar"42044,"Children Deserve Better - Hearthfire","1.0.1.0","Streetkids-42044-1-0-1.7z"9037,"ClamsDropPearls","1.0.0.0","ClamsDropPearls-9037-1-0.7z"-1,"Cleaned Dawnguard ESM","",""-1,"Cleaned Dragonborn ESM","",""-1,"Cleaned Hearthfire ESM","",""-1,"Cleaned Update ESM","",""5711,"Closer Quivers and Longer Arrows","4.2.0.0","Closer Quivers and Longer Arrows - NMM-Bash Compatible Wizard-5711-4-2.7z"43053,"Clothing and Clutter Fixes","1.3.0.0","Clothing and Clutter Fixes - LEGENDARY-43053-1-3.zip"33562,"Come together N Out of the way","1.2.0.0","Nausicaa Tweaker 1_2 Main-33562-1-2.7z"49791,"Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade","1.5.0.0","Complete Crafting Overhaul-49791-1-5.zip"19730,"Consistent Older People","2.2.0.0a","Consistent Older People 22a All NPCs CRF BOYD Compatible-19730-2-2a.7z"14950,"Convenient Horses","5.0.0.0","Convenient Horses v5_0-14950-5-0.zip"5941,"Cover Khajiits","1.0.0.0","Coverkhajiits_1024x1024-5941-1-0.7z"47327,"Cutting Room Floor-REGS","1.1.0.0","Cutting Room Floor-47327-1-1.7z"31087,"Dark Brotherhood Tenets Restored - Standard Edition","1.3.0.0","Tenets Restored 1_3 - Standard Edition-31087-1-3.7z"50336,"Dawn of Riften","1.1.0.0","Dawn of Riften 1.1-50336-1-1.zip"21922,"Dawnguard Crossbow Explosive Bolts Visualized","1.0.2.0","Explosive Bolts Visualized HD Textures-21922-1.7z"24019,"Dawnguard Rewritten - Arvak","1.1.1.0","Dawnguard Rewritten - Arvak-24019-1-1-1.7z"29735,"Dawnguard Rune Weapons FXS Replacer","1.0.0.0","Dawnguard Rune Weapons FXS Replacer-29735-1-0.zip"30947,"Dead Body Collision Fix","1.0.0.0","Dead Body Collision-30947-v1-0.rar"2947,"Deadly Spell Impacts","1.6.1.0","DSI High v1_6_1-2947-1-6-1.7z"29608,"Detailed Rugs","1.3.0.0","Detailed_Rugs_v1-3-29608-1-3.7z"31982,"Distant Decal Fix","1.2.0.0","Distant Decal Fix 1_2-31982-1-2.7z"36125,"Double Cursor Fix","d2014.10.17","DCF_plugin-36125-1-3.zip"27095,"Dragon Glyphs HD","2.1.0.0","Dragon Chiseled-27095-2-1.7z"13850,"Dragon Soul Absorb More Glorious","3.0.0.0","ALL IN ONE INSTALLER-13850-1-0.7z"35286,"Dragons Shout with Voice","1.1.0.0","Dragons Shout with Voice from location-35286-1-0.rar"0,"DSR Output light+whatever","",""34155,"Dual Sheath Redux","1.7.0.0",""14915,"Dual Wield Blocking Animations","1.0.0.0","Dual Wield Blocking Animations-14915-1-0.zip"9247,"Dual Wield Parrying","3.1.0.0b","00 Dual Wield Parrying SKSE 3_1 beta-9247-3-1b.zip"15152,"Elemental Staffs","1.16.0.0","Elemental Staffs 2K Textures-15152-1-15.rar"53638,"Enchanting Candle Meshes Improved","1.1.0.0","EnchantingCandlesImproved_LeanWolf-53638-1-1.7z"1345,"Enchantment Effect Replacer","1.0.0.0","2XRes-1345-1-0.zip"60,"Enhanced Blood Textures","3.5.0.0d","Blurry Screen Blood-60.rar"1598,"Enhanced Distant Terrain","1.65.0.0","Enhanced Distant Terrain 1_65-1598-1-65.7z"39394,"Enhanced Distant Terrain 2","1.3.0.0","Enhanced Distant Terrain 2 - Dragonborn-39394-1-3.7z"28741,"Enhanced HD Dragon Bones","1.6.0.0a","Enhanced HD Dragon Bones 2k v1_6a all options-28741-1-6a.rar"85,"Enhanced Night Skyrim","0.4.0.0","Enhanced Night Skyrim v04 Low Stars-85-0-4.zip"32695,"Even Better Quest Objectives","1.4.0.0","Even Better Quest Objectives - Please Use This Version-32695-1-4.7z"13608,"Expanded Towns and Cities Im. Set. Merged File","13.2.1.0","ETaC - Complete - Patches-13608-13-2-1.7z"8333,"Expanded Winterhold Destruction Ruins","2.23.0.0","Expanded Winterhold Destruction Ruins 2_23-8333-2-23.zip"0,"Faction - Pit Fighter","d2014.10.22","PitFighter.7z"0,"Faction - Pit Fighter Travels","d2014.10.22","PitFighterTravels.7z"37994,"Falskaar","1.1.4.0","Falskaar V1_1_4-37994-1-1-4.7z"19389,"Fast travel timescale fix","1.0.0.0","Fast travel fimescale fix-19389-1-0.zip"22522,"Female Vampires Have Fangs","0.1.0.0","Female Vampires Have Fangs-22522-0-1.7z"2636,"Finer Dust","1.0.0.0","Finer Dust-2636-1-0.zip"0,"FNIS lighting+whatever","",""11609,"Follower Trap Safety","1.3.0.0","Follower Trap Safety v1_3-11609-1-3.zip"22745,"Footprints","0.99.0.0","Footprints v0_99 - Ash Supplemental-22745-0-99.7z"11811,"Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS","5.1.1.0","FNIS Behavior V5_1_1 -- ALWAYS necessary-11811-5-1-1.7z"27643,"Frost Atronach HD Retex","1.0.0.0","Fraost Atronach HD-27643-1-0.rar"0,"Fuz Ro Doh","d2014.10.18","Fuz Ro Doh 60-14884-6-0.zip"51769,"Gemling Queen Dragon Claws","3.0.0.0","SOLID with REFRACTIONS v3-0-51769-3-0.zip"52266,"Gemling Queen Jewelry","4.1.0.0b","Gemling Queen Jewelry - All In One Installer v4-1b-52266-4-1b.7z"12254,"Gildergreen Regrown","1.2.6.0","Gildergreen Regrown-12254-1-2-6.7z"0,"Granite Hall","d2014.10.22","GraniteHall.7z"27178,"Greatsword Sheaths and Scabbards Redux","2.7.1.0","Greatsword Sheaths and Scabbards Redux NMM Installer-27178-2-7-1.7z"23390,"Guard Dialogue Overhaul","1.4.0.0","Guard Dialogue Overhaul-23390-1-4.7z"2782,"HD Baskets","1.1.0.0","HD Baskets Fixed-2782-1-1.zip"29782,"HD Enhanced Terrain","8.0.0.0","HD Enhanced Terrain PRO - Blended Version-29782-PRO.rar"2979,"HD Linens","1.0.0.0","HD_Linens-2979-1-0.zip"3595,"HD Misc","1.0.0.0","HD Misc v1-3595-1-0.zip"9912,"HD Ore And Ingots","1.0.0.0","HD Ore And Ingots with manager-9912-1-0.7z"2836,"HD Sacks","1.4.0.0","HDSacks14TypeBSmall-2836-1-4.zip"13779,"Heart of the Beast","1.6.0.0","Realistic werewolves - Feral werewolf Sounds-13779-1-4.rar"51330,"Hearthfire Chimneys-REGS","1.2.0.0","Hearthfire Chimneys for Falskaar-51330-1-2.zip"35841,"Helgen Reborn","105.3.0.0","Helgen Reborn V105_3-35841-105-3.7z"41580,"High Hrothgar Overhaul","1.0.0.0","High Hrothgar Overhaul-41580-1-0.rar"4817,"High Quality 3D Map","2.0.0.0","HQ3DMap - Normals Original-4817-2-0.7z"1192,"High Quality Food and Ingredients","1.6.0.0","HQ_FOOD-INGREDIENTS_1-6_CUMULATIVE_-1192-1-6.7z"4834,"High Quality LODs","2.1.0.0","HQLODs - Meshes Hi-Res-4834.7z"436,"HiRes Legible Road Signs","3.0.0.0","HiRes Road Signs Version 3 Worn Text-436-3-0.rar"5988,"HQ Paper","2.3.0.0","HQ Paper-5988-2-3.rar"743,"HQ Snow Texture","2.7.1.0","HQ Snow Texture 2_7_1 2048 Loose-743-2-7-1.rar"1546,"Hybrids HD Plants and Herbs Retexture","4.0.0.0","Hybrids Hires Plant and Herb Retexture v4-1546.zip"31039,"IHSS - Improved Horse Step Sounds","2.1.0.0","Improved Horse step Sounds v2-1-31039-2-1.zip"36849,"Immersive College of Winterhold","2.41.0.0","CWI - Immersive College of Winterhold-36849-2-41.7z"3222,"Immersive HUD - iHUD","3.0.0.0","Immersive HUD v3-3222-3-0.rar"1702,"Immersive Skyrim Thunder V6","6.0.0.0","Immersive Skyrim Thunder V6-1702-V6.rar"0,"Improved Closefaced Helmets","d2014.10.18","Improved Closefaced Helmets.7z"5289,"Improved Combat Sounds","2.2.0.0","Improved Combat Sounds V2 2-5289-2-2.zip"4473,"Improved Foot Wraps for females","1.0.0.0","Improved Foot Wraps for females-4473-1-0.rar"40922,"Improved Vanilla Mountains HD","1.0.0.0","Improved Vanilla Mountains HD-40922-1-0.rar"10445,"Improved Weapon Impact EFFECTS","1.1.0.0CLEAN","clean version by RPSGC-10445-1-1CLEAN.zip"36334,"Inconsequential NPCs","1.9.0.0c","Inconsequential NPCs - Cutting Room Floor Compatibility Patch-36334-1-0.7z"8429,"Interesting NPCs","f3.08","Hearthfire Patch - v3.08-8429-3-08.zip"2532,"Intricate Spider Webs","1.3.0.0","ISW High v1_3-2532-1-3.7z"58283,"JK's Markarth","1.0.0.0","JK's Markarth.-58283-1.rar"58055,"JK's Solitude","1.2.0.0","JK's Solitude V 1.2-58055-1-2.rar"56639,"JK's Whiterun","1.1.0.0","JK's Whiterun.-56639-1-1.rar"57591,"JK's Windhelm","1.2.0.0b","JK's Windhelm V1.2b.-57591-1-2b.rar"98,"KenMOD - Time on loading screen","5.0.0.0","Time on loading v5-98.zip"0,"Lainter Dale","d2014.10.22","LainterDale.7z"18916,"Lanterns of Skyrim - REGS","2.5.0.0","Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - MCM Special Edition-18916-2-5.rar"15506,"Lightning during Thunder Storms","23.0.0.0","MintyLightningModV23-15506-23-0.zip"29979,"Lock Overhaul","1.2.0.0","Lock Overhaul-29979-1-2.rar"2845,"Lockpicking interface retex","1.2.0.0","without wings around keyhole-2845-1-2.rar"21265,"Lore-Based Loading Screens","1.1.0.0","Lore-Based Loading Screens 1_1 Release-21265-1-1.7z"1826,"Lower Sounding Thieves Guild Door","1.0.0.0","LowerVolume-1826-1.rar"95,"Main Font Replacement","2.0.0.0","Fertigo Pro Font-95-2-0.rar"7801,"Main Menu Spinning Skyrim Emblem","f1.01","Main Menu Spinning Skyrim Emblem Average Speed-7801.7z"52397,"Moon and Star","1.12.0.0","Moon and Star-52397-1-12.zip"30086,"More Immersive Dawnguard Entrance","1.0.0.0","BetterDGEntrance_1_0-30086-1-0.7z"31856,"Moss Rocks","1.4.0.0","Moss Rocks 1-4-31856-1-4.7z"40944,"Moss Rocks - Dragonborn DLC Addon","1.0.0.0","Moss Rocks DB v1-40944-1.7z"30932,"Mystery Modders Shrines HD","1.2.0.0","Mystery Modders Shrines HD-30932-1-2.7z"3693,"N-R HD Display Case","0.9.0.0a","Smudged Glass Version-3693.7z"2875,"N-R HD Keys","d2014.10.20","HD Keys With Normal Maps-2875-1.7z"3589,"Natural Eyes","1.4.0.0","Natural Eyes-3589-1-4.7z"0,"Nernie's City and Village Expansion","d2014.10.21","Nernie's Replacer.rar"6950,"New Thinner Torch","1.0.0.0","Ultimate HD Torch by rheadude compatible-6950-1-0.rar"13632,"Nightingale Hall Restored","3.0.0.0","Nightingale Hall-13632-3-0.zip"28899,"Nightingale Prime HD","1.0.0.0","Nightingale Prime HD - Leather Version-28899-Final.zip"0,"No Mercy","d2014.10.22","NoMercy.7z"51188,"No Snow Under The Roof","2.3.0.0","No Snow Under the Roof and 3D snow 2_3-51188-2-3.7z"7093,"NoMaaM Breathing Idles","d2014.10.19","Female without BBB and Male Breathing Idles V0_1-7093.rar"13202,"Non-Essential Children","10.0.0.0","Non-Essential Children - Hearthfire-13202-10-0.zip"3375,"Not Really HD Mask of Clavicus Vile","0.9.0.0a","Corrected Wrecked Version-3375-0-9a.zip"22369,"Oblivion Gates","3.1.0.0","Oblivion Gates v3 Skyrim and Dawnguard DLC-22369-3-1.zip"37489,"Ogmunds Tomb","1.2.0.0","PP_OgmundsTomb_1_0-37489-1-2.7z"10940,"Pilgrims Delight","1.1.0.0","Pilgrims Delight - 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I'll do my best to get any extra info if needed.

[TechAngel85]

Make sure you're not limiting your frame rate in the enblocal.ini file, in the drivers, or in the INIs anywhere. In fact, just reset your INIs:

• Delete your two INIs in the My GamesSkyrim folder.
• Go to Steam and launch the game to open the launcher. This will recreate your INIs (with your hardware it'll most likely set to Ultra settings but change what you want).
• Close the launcher and open MO.
• Copy and paste your default INIs into the INI Editor within MO.
• Save

Launch the game from MO and see if that fixed it.

 

If you reinstall ENBoost, follow this Guide: https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENB#tab=ENBoost

[phazer11]

Have you tried removing all of the mods and seeing if it gets better at vanilla? If it does get better; it's likely a mod, if not I'd say it's hardware.

[CaramelCake]

Alright, here's what I did:

1. Wiped [steamApps/common/Skyrim] again (yay backup archives) to make sure I didn't have any weird ENB or SKSE file kicking about.

2. Made new .ini files as instructed and dropped them in MO.

3. Restored all settings to default in nVidia Inspector.

4. Launched Skyrim though Skyrim Performance Monitor and MO on the "Default" profile.

 

And I still have sub 30fps with stuttering! On vanilla! Arrrgh!

 

Something that stood out as really odd to me was SPM's "GPU %" stat which read 98% the whole way though.

So I guess this is a system issue and not a problem with Skyrim? I just don't understand what changed between when I started and now.

 

If it's useful I got a screen grab of SPM:

That's letting it run until you get off the cart by the way.

[GrantSP]

Did you clear out the settings files in your DocumentsMy GamesSkyrim folder?

[CaramelCake]

I didn't, but none of it looks like it should be doing anything, just .log and .dat files, except for a "Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp_Consistency" but that shouldn't do anything if DSR isn't on right?

[GrantSP]

Your Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini should be in there.

[CaramelCake]

Well yeah those are there, but that shouldn't matter since I'm launching through MO, right?

[GrantSP]

Ordinarily I would say no, it doesn't matter, but it makes eliminating problems easier if we go the extra step.

It should be a case of MO merging the ini settings it has, into the skyrim_default and the result is found in your profile folder.

You know, when all logical steps prove useless, the only remaining steps no matter how obscure might be the thing that helps. I wouldn't bet on it though, more than likely something else is going on.

 

Question. Where are the settings assigned by that nVidia Inspector stored? Are they in your skyrim.ini? I haven't used that tool.

What happens if you skip that step?

[TechAngel85]

If my instructions above for resetting the INIs were followed, then those two INIs should have been deleted and the launcher will recreate them as defaults when you open it.

[TechAngel85]

That SPM graph is a bit concerning... Your GPU should not be maxed out like that. My GTX760 does not do that...of course if this is from the beginning cart ride it might though. That is the most intensive scene you'll ever experience in Skyrim. Make sure you are running the latest drivers which are the v344.48. I can make a run to find out if my maxes out during the cart ride if I have too, but that points me to an issue with the card or drivers. Not with Skyrim. How are other games?

[phazer11]

Have you tried doing what tech and I suggested?  Please do so as especially after that graph I'm wondering if it's a hardware issue.

[CaramelCake]

I did follow your instructions Tech, the .ini files in [my games/Skyrim] are the new ones and I copied them over to MO as well.

 

Thus far I've run Skyrim (post .ini reset) totally stock though Steam, on the "default" profile though MO (aka no mods) and on my "Step+Regs+Whatever" profile though MO.

Stock Skyrim seemed to run the best but it was still at sub 60fps and choppy, the "default" profile was pretty much the same and with everything loaded I lost around 10-15fps extra.

 

I'll look into my drivers next, they should be about as new as can be since this computer is brand new but who knows.

I'll also try to get another intensive game loaded up to see if the problem is with everything or just Skyrim.

[CaramelCake]

Success! Updating the graphics drivers fixed it!

Got through the carrage ride at 60fps all the way though with STEP:Extended and REGS!

 

Only problems i had were a brief drop to ~50fps when I got to Helgens gates (which happens not matter what seemingly) and a crash right before I got off the cart, but I'm willing to think that it was just Skyrim being random since it didn't happen again.

 

My big question now is what caused this whole thing? I still want to add some lighting and weather mods to my game before I start playing, maybe even try normal Vividian out since I only tried the HQ version before, but I don't want to do whatever it was that caused all this again if I can help it. Any ideas?

 

(Also I know this is a double post but I figured it warranted it.)

Edit: Added a photo and clarified a bit

Edited October 26, 2014 by CaramelCake

[TechAngel85]

It was mostly like the out of date drivers the entire time. Anytime you get new hardware you should always grab the latest drivers for it. Glad it's fixed!

[CaramelCake]

Yeah, I guess that's true, I just find it weird that everything ran fine, then I changed something and it all fell apart.

But ah well, I know how to fix it if it breaks again. Thank you for your help everyone!