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Worse Performance than expected, want better FPS


gamequack48

Question

Hello everyone,

 

I recently followed the STEP v2.2.9 guide, and I have been experiencing worse framerates than I was expecting.  I followed the STEP:Core guide, adding some of the extended mods.  I tried installing higher resolution textures than recommended, but after having these issues I replaced them with the recommended resolutions, which did not noticeably improve my performance.  I am using ModOrganizer.

 

I have been using the opening sequence to test my framerate.  I can maintain 60fps while looking at the two men opposite me, however when I look in certain other directions, the framerate drops to 45-50.  On the steep part of the path right before entering Helgen, my framerate drops to 35-40. I recently built this pc, and I figured it would be powerful enough to run at least STEP:Core at 60fps.  I'm not sure if this is relevant at all, but I can run Titanfall on highest settings at 60fps, and I thought that game would be similar in how demanding it is.

 

I tried following the INI tweaks in this thread, but they didn't make a difference.  I also tried increasing the ReservedMemorySizeMB, since i have 4GB of VRAM.  It didn't help either.  Finally, I tried reducing the MaxAnisotropy to 4 and disabling Vsync in enblocal.ini just to see if it would help at all, but it didn't.

 

Here is the full list of mods I installed.

 

 

mod_id,mod_installed_name,mod_version,file_installed_name
4929,"A Quality World Map - With Roads","8.0.0.0","Hi-Res Quality World Map - Main Roads-4929.zip"
51130,"aMidianBorn Blade of Woe","1.1.0.0","aMidianBorn Blade of Woe-51130-1-1.7z"
24909,"aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Armors","1.9.0.0","aMidianBorn book of silence_Creatures-24909-1-9.7z"
24909,"aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Unique Items","1.9.0.0","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/aMidianBorn book of silence_UNIQUE ITEMS-24909-1-9.7z"
24909,"aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Weapons","1.9.0.0","aMidianBorn book of silence_WEAPONS-24909-1-9.7z"
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 1k-49040-1.7z"
50887,"aMidianBorn imperial light and studded","1.1.0.0","aMidianBorn Imperial Light 1dot1_2k-50887-1-1.7z"
45692,"aMidianBorn stormcloak officer armour","1.0.0.0","aMidianBorn Stormcloak officer-45692-1.7z"
38491,"aMidianBorn Whiterun","2.0.0.0","aMidianBorn Whiterun 1k-38491-2.7z"
48287,"Animated Clutter","1.9.0.0","animated clutter-48287-1-9.7z"
23793,"Appropriately Attired Jarls","1.1.1.0","Appropriately Attired Jarls-23793-1-1-1.7z"
43773,"Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2","2.2.0.0","AOS_Reduced_Reverb-43773-.rar"
10753,"Auto Unequip Ammo","5.0.0.0","Auto Unequip Ammo v5_0-10753-5-0.zip"
0,"Bashed Patch (STEP)","",""
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 Med 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","2.0.0.0L","Better_Beast_Races-2_00-Lite-944-2-0L.7z"
12085,"Better Bones","1.0.0.0","Better Bones-12085-1.7z"
6495,"Better Circlets HQ V1o1","1.1.0.0","Better Circlets MD 1K V1o1-6495.rar"
27371,"Better Dialogue Controls","1.2.0.0","Better Dialogue Controls v1_2-27371-1-2.zip"
4502,"Better Freckles","1.0.1.0","Better Freckles v1_0_1-4502-1-0-1.7z"
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"
8080,"Better Turn Animation only One pose","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"
24909,"Bonemold Hotfix","d2015.1.13","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/Bonemold Hotfix-24909-1-9.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","2.0.0.0","Bring Out Your Dead-14178-2-0.7z"
30411,"Brows","3.1.0.0","Standard Resolution-30411-v3-1.rar"
9037,"ClamsDropPearls","1.0.0.0","ClamsDropPearls-9037-1-0.7z"
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 - Vanilla-43053-1-3.zip"
33562,"Come together N Out of the way - Nausicaa-S Tweaker","1.2.0.0","Nausicaa Tweaker 1_2 Main-33562-1-2.7z"
49791,"Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade","1.3.0.0","Complete Crafting Overhaul - Separate Vanilla and DLC files-49791-1-3.zip"
19730,"Consistent Older People","3.0.0.0","Consistent Older People 30 All NPCs BOYD Compatible-19730-3-0.7z"
5941,"Cover Khajiits","1.0.0.0","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/Coverkhajiits_1024x1024-5941-1-0.7z"
47327,"Cutting Room Floor","1.1.1.0","Cutting Room Floor-47327-1-1-1.7z"
31087,"Dark Brotherhood Tenets Restored - Standard Edition","1.3.0.0","Tenets Restored 1_3 - Standard Edition-31087-1-3.7z"
36125,"DCF plugin","d2015.1.12","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/DCF_plugin-36125-1-3.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 Med 1_6_1-2947-1-6-1.7z"
29608,"Detailed Rugs","1.3.0.0","Detailed_Rugs_v1-3-29608-1-3.7z"
31202,"Disease Descriptions for the Immersive Adventurer","1.2.0.0","Disease Descriptions for the Immersive Adventurer-31202-1-2.7z"
31982,"Distant Decal Fix","1.2.0.0","Distant Decal Fix 1_2-31982-1-2.7z"
27095,"Dragon Glyphs HD - Fixed","2.1.0.0","Dragon Chiseled-27095-2-1.7z"
35286,"Dragons Shout with Voice","1.1.0.0","Dragons Shout with Voice from location-35286-1-0.rar"
0,"DSR Output (STEP)","",""
34155,"Dual Sheath Redux","1.7.0.0","Dual Sheath Redux-34155-1-7.7z"
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 1K Main Cleaned-15152-1-16.rar"
1345,"Enchantment Effect Replacer","1.0.0.0","2XRes-1345-1-0.zip"
60,"Enhanced Blood Textures","3.6.0.0","Enhanced Blood Textures 3_6 NMM-60-3-6.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 2-39394-1-3.7z"
28741,"Enhanced HD Dragon Bones 1k v1.6a","1.6.0.0a","Enhanced HD Dragon Bones 1k 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"
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 Output (STEP)","",""
22745,"Footprints","0.99.0.0","Footprints v0_99-22745-0-99.7z"
11811,"Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS","5.2.0.0","FNIS Creature Pack 5_1-11811-5-1.7z"
27643,"Frost Atronach HD Retex","1.0.0.0","Fraost Atronach HD-27643-1-0.rar"
0,"Fuz Ro Doh","d2015.1.12","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/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","4.1.0.0c","Gemling Queen Jewelry - All In One Installer v4-1c-52266-4-1c.7z"
12254,"Gildergreen Regrown","1.2.6.0","Gildergreen Regrown-12254-1-2-6.7z"
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"
1810,"Hardcore Compass Mod",".2","MofoMojo Slight Hardcore Compass Mod v2-1810.rar"
2782,"HD Baskets Retex","1.1.0.0","HD Baskets Fixed-2782-1-1.zip"
29782,"HD Enhanced Terrain","8.0.0.0","Hd Enhanced Terrain and Map snow 1024x1024 Version-29782-V8.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 Retexture","1.4.0.0","HDSacks14TypeBSmall-2836-1-4.zip"
13779,"Heart of the Beast - Werewolf Sound and Texture Overhaul","1.6.0.0","Realistic werewolves - Feral werewolf Sounds-13779-1-4.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_PerformanceRepack_-1192-1-6.7z"
4834,"High Quality LODs","2.1.0.0","HQLODs - Meshes Med-Res-4834-2-1.7z"
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 1024 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"
1702,"Immersive Skyrim Thunder V6","6.0.0.0","Immersive Skyrim Thunder V6-1702-V6.rar"
43613,"Immersive Travel - No Fast Travel","1.0.0.0","Immersive Travel v1_0 Vanilla-43613-1-0.7z"
15927,"Improved closefaced helmets","1.11.0.0","Improved Closefaced Helmets (Vanilla)-15927-1-11.zip"
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 Correct Metal","1.1.0.0CLEAN","clean version by RPSGC-10445-1-1CLEAN.zip"
2532,"Intricate Spider Webs","1.3.0.0","ISW High v1_3-2532-1-3.7z"
98,"KenMOD - Time on loading screen","5.0.0.0","Time on loading v5-98.zip"
53638,"LeanWolf's Improved Enchanter Candle Meshes","1.1.0.0","EnchantingCandlesImproved_LeanWolf-53638-1-1.7z"
39870,"LeanWolf's Better Shaped Weapons - All in One Installer","1.9.9.0","LeanWolfs Better-Shaped Weapons Installer v1.9.9-39870-1-9-9.7z"
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"
3397,"More Realistic Hair","1.0.0.0","Realistic Hair-3397-1-0.rar"
31856,"Moss Rocks","1.4.0.0","Moss Rocks 1-4-31856-1-4.7z"
3693,"N-R HD Display Case","0.9.0.0a","Smudged Glass Version-3693.7z"
3589,"Natural Eyes","1.4.0.0","Natural Eyes Low Res-3589-1-4.7z"
6172,"new children","2.0.0.0","children dirt skin-6172-2.rar"
6950,"New Thinner Torch","1.0.0.0","Ultimate HD Torch by rheadude compatible-6950-1-0.rar"
28899,"Nightingale Prime HD","1.0.0.0","Nightingale Prime HD - Leather Version-28899-Final.zip"
746,"No NPC Greetings","1.1.0.0","Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings-746-1-1.7z"
17214,"No Spinning Death Animation","1.1.0.0","No Spinning Death Animation v1_1-17214-1-1.rar"
7093,"NoMaaM Breathing Idles BBB","d2015.1.13","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/NoMaaM Breathing Idles BBB V0_1-7093.7z"
13202,"Non-Essential Children","10.0.0.0","Non-Essential Children-13202-10-0.zip"
2875,"Not Really HD Keys","d2015.1.13","HD Keys With Normal Maps-2875-1.7z"
3375,"Not Really HD Mask of Clavicus Vile","0.9.0.0a","Corrected Wrecked Version-3375-0-9a.zip"
10940,"Pilgrims Delight - High Hrothgar Shrine Retextures","1.1.0.0","Pilgrims Delight - Legacy-10940-1-1.zip"
33393,"Point The Way","1.0.4.0","Point The Way-33393-1-0-4.7z"
29624,"RaceMenu","3.0.0.0","RaceMenu v3-0-0-29624-3-0-0.7z"
34108,"Ragdoll Paralysis","1.0.0.0","Paralyze-34108-1.7z"
25666,"Rainbows","f1.05","Rainbows v1_05-25666-1-05.7z"
3147,"Re-Defined Dungeons WIP","1.0.0.0","Re-Defined Dungeons 1024x1024-3147-1-0.zip"
5388,"Real Ice","3.0.0.0","Real Ice ALL-IN-ONE Installer by morpheas768-5388-V3.7z"
50595,"Real Wood Textures - Farmhouses","1.0.0.0","Real Wood Textures - Farmhouses No Green Moss Version 1K-50595-v1-0.7z"
8027,"Realistic Instruments - Flute Lute and Drum HQ","d2015.1.13","Realistic Instruments Pack-8027-1.zip"
601,"Realistic Ragdolls and Force","1.9.0.0","Realistic Force-601-1-9.rar"
836,"Realistic Smoke and Embers","1.4.0.0","RSE Medium v1_4-836.7z"
41076,"Realistic Water Two","1.11.0.0","Realistic Water Two v1_11-41076-1-11.7z"
30636,"Realistic wolf howls","1.3.0.0","Realistic Wolf Howls final-30636-1-3.rar"
50327,"Ren's HD Shrines by Rengel","2.0.0.0","Rens HD Shrines - Ultimate-50327-2-0.rar"
14227,"Ruins Clutter Improved","2.8.0.0","Ruins_Clutter_Improved_2-8 NMM Installation-14227-2-8.7z"
23906,"Run For Your Lives","2.0.3.0","Run For Your Lives-23906-2-0-3.7z"
12426,"Running with a bow 3rd person","d2015.1.13","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/Running with a bow 3rd person-12426-1-0.zip"
3018,"Septim HD","1.0.0.0","Septim HD 1 point 0-3018-1-0.zip"
2146,"Serious HD Retexture Skyrim","2.0.0.0","Serious HD Retexture RIFTEN 1024px-2146.rar"
4259,"Silly Level of Detail - Potions and Poisons -- SLOD PnP","3.0.0.0","Ceramic Style Poisons-4259-v3-0.rar"
4260,"Silly Level of Detail - Wine Cellar -- SLOD WC","f1.00","Less Saturated Labels-4260.rar"
17202,"SKSE -Elys- AltF4","1.0.0.0","Skyrim -Elys- AltF4 v1-17202-1-0-0-0.rar"
0,"skse 1 07 01","d2015.1.12","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/skse_1_07_01.7z"
40564,"SkyFalls + SkyMills","3.3.1.0","SkyFalls and SkyMills FOMOD-BAIN Installer-40564-3-3-1.rar"
24909,"Skyforge Hotfix","d2015.1.13","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/Skyforge Hotfix-24909-1-9.zip"
1175,"Skyrim -Community- Uncapper","1.15.2.0","Skyrim -Community- Uncapper v1_15_2_0-1175-1-15-2-0.rar"
48195,"Skyrim Coin Replacer Redux","1.2.1.0","SCRR - Vanilla Edition-48195-1-2-1.7z"
12866,"Skyrim Distant Detail","1.0.0.0","Distant Detail-12866-1-0.zip"
141,"Skyrim Flora Overhaul","1.87.0.0a","Recolored Pines and LODs for Basic v181b-141-1-2.7z"
33335,"Skyrim Improved Puddles - SIP","1.1.0.0a","Skyrim Improved Puddles 1024 BAIN-33335-1-1a.7z"
6387,"Skyrim Performance PLUS","2.0.0.0","The Rift - Aspen Leaves FX - Super Performance-6387.zip"
32505,"Skyrim Project Optimization","1.6.0.0","Skyrim Project Optimization-32505-1-6.rar"
8954,"Skyrim Redesigned","1.0.0.0","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/Skyrim Redesigned-8954/Skyrim Redesigned-8954.7z"
16072,"Skyrim Weapon De-LARP-ification Project","1.0.5.0","Skyrim Weapon DeLARPification Project v1_0_5-16072-1-0-5.7z"
3863,"SkyUI","4.1.0.0","SkyUI_4_1-3863-4-1.7z"
10394,"SM Drop Lit Torches","3.0.0.0","Drop Lit Torches 3-10394-3-0.zip"
2317,"Smaller Cursor","d2015.1.12","SmallerCursor-2317.rar"
31899,"Smaller Ice Spike and Ice Spear","1.1.0.0","Smaller Ice Spike 50-31899-1-1.zip"
0,"Smart Souls","d2015.1.12","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/Smart Souls 90-14559-9-0.zip"
1117,"Smooth blades draw and sheath","2.3.0.0","Smooth draw and Sheathe sfx - Full options-1117-2-3.7z"
6335,"Soul Gems Differ","1.5.6.0","Soul Gems Differ - All-In-One-6335-1-5-6.7z"
0,"SRO","d2015.1.12","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/SRO+DG_v1.6_Optimal_(1k-2k).7z"
41592,"Stable uGridsToLoad","d2015.1.12","Cell Stabilizer-41592-.zip"
24909,"Staff of Magnus Hotfix","d2015.1.13","B:/Users/Scott/Downloads/Staff of Magnus Hotfix-24909-1-9.zip"
54523,"Stalhrim of Skyrim","f1.02","Stalhrim of Skyrim 1_02-54523-1-02.7z"
8655,"Static Mesh Improvement Mod","1.74.0.0","SMIM 1-74-8655-1-74.7z"
3794,"Super Realistic Ore Textures","1.0.0.0","Super Realistic Ore Textures-3794-1.zip"
36510,"Superior Lore-Friendly Hair - HD textures","2.0.0.0","  SLF Hair - Rough Hair - Lite 1K-36510-2-0.7z"
4947,"Sweet Mother - the Night Mother Improvement","2.0.0.0","Sweet Mother HD-4947-2-0.7z"
37950,"Terrain Bump","1.4.0.0d","Terrain Bump 1_4d-37950-1-4d.7z"
19107,"The 418th Step","1.2.0.0SN","The 418th Step 1_2 - Snow Version-19107-1-2SN.zip"
37496,"The Beauty of Skyrim - Dungeons","1.0.0.0","The Beauty of Skyrim - Dungeons 1k-37496-1-0.7z"
18465,"The Paarthurnax Dilemma","1.2.8.0","The Paarthurnax Dilemma-18465-1-2-8.7z"
19446,"The Skyrim Distance Overhaul Beta (S.D.O.)","1.0.0.0","The Skyrim Distance Overhaul Beta-19446-1-0.rar"
14157,"Thieves Guild Requirements - No Auto Quest Start Brynjolf","2.1.0.0","Thieves Guild Requirements-14157-2-1.zip"
3799,"Thundering shouts","1.2.0.0","Thundering Shouts - loose files-3799-1-2.7z"
1123,"Tobes Highres Textures","1.2.0.0","Tobes Highres Textures 1_2b SMIM Patch-1123-1-2.rar"
34612,"Trade and Barter","1.2.0.0","Trade And Barter-34612-1-2.zip"
31799,"Traps Make Noise - More Dangerous Traps","2.1.0.0","Traps Make Noise-31799-2-1.zip"
3812,"TreesHD_Skyrim_Variation","1.6.0.0","TreesHD_Skyrim_variation_HIGH_NEW-3812-1-6.rar"
28642,"Ultimate HD Fire Effects","1.9.0.0","Ultimate HD Fire Effects -Medium Resolution--28642-1-9.rar"
28060,"Ultimate HD Torch","1.3.0.0","Ultimate HD Torch -less glowing cloth- MedRes 1024x1024-28060-.rar"
27208,"Ultra Realistic Bow Shoot Sounds","1.0.0.0","Bow sound-27208-1.rar"
-1,"Unmanaged: HighResTexturePack01","",""
-1,"Unmanaged: HighResTexturePack02","",""
-1,"Unmanaged: HighResTexturePack03","",""
31255,"Unofficial High Resolution Patch","1.1.9.0a","Unofficial High Resolution Patch-31255-1-1-9a.7z"
19,"Unofficial Skyrim Patch","2.0.8.0a","Unofficial Skyrim Patch-19-2-0-8a.7z"
6971,"Visible Windows","1.2.0.0","Visible Windows Medium v1_2-6971-1-2.7z"
43221,"Vivid Landscapes - Tundra Moss Revised","1.4.0.0","SMIM compatibility patch-43221-1-4.7z"
34093,"Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade","5.0.0.0","Improved Closefaced Helmets _ WAF compatible version-34093-ICH1-11.zip"
54078,"White Phial Replacer","1.2.0.0","White Phial Replacer - All In One Installer v1-2-54078-1-2.7z"
1647,"Whiterun Trellis Redesigned and HQ","1.1.0.0","Whitrun Trellis Texture 1024    v_1_1-1647.zip"
2356,"XCE - Xenius Character Enhancement","1.13.0.0","XCE-1_13-2356-1-13.7z"
26800,"ãSkeletonãXP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended","2.36.0.0","Groovtama's XPMS Extended-26800-2-36.7z"

 

 

 

I ran GPU-Z and Fraps to record my performance during the opening sequence.  I started it from the beginning and ended when the cart stopped (some frames at the beginning are loading screen/main menu and some frames at the end are pause screen).  These are the results.

 

 

     Frame Index       FPS  GPU Load [%] GPU Temperature [?C]  Video Engine Load [%]  Memory Controller Load [%]    Memory Used [MB]
                1                       1                   31                      0                           0                 245
                2                       0                   32                      0                           0                 245
                3                       1                   32                      0                           1                 235
                4                       0                   31                      0                           0                 233
                5                       0                   31                      0                           0                 233
                6                       0                   31                      0                           1                 233
                7                       0                   31                      0                           1                 233
                8                       1                   31                      0                           1                 234
                9                       0                   32                      0                           0                 243
               10                       0                   33                      0                           0                 243
               11                       1                   33                      2                           1                 419
               12        31             5                   33                      9                           2                 421
               13        39             8                   33                     16                           3                 513
               14        60             6                   33                     21                           3                 531
               15        60             6                   33                     24                           3                 531
               16        59             7                   34                     27                           3                 531
               17        60             7                   34                     29                           3                 531
               18        59             8                   34                     30                           4                 531
               19        40             7                   34                     32                           3                 536
               20        59            10                   35                     33                           4                 536
               21        23            10                   34                     34                           5                 600
               22        30            11                   35                     36                           5                 670
               23        30            11                   35                     37                           5                 808
               24        30            13                   35                     38                           7                 946
               25        30            14                   35                     39                           6                1082
               26        31            15                   35                     40                           7                1240
               27        30            13                   36                     41                           6                1375
               28        30            15                   35                     41                           7                1465
               29        30            13                   36                     42                           7                1550
               30        30            13                   36                     42                           7                1590
               31        18             4                   36                     41                           2                1937
               32        59            73                   39                     38                          35                1898
               33        56            76                   39                     36                          41                1912
               34        59            97                   44                     34                          55                1912
               35        59            97                   45                     33                          54                1912
               36        60            93                   45                     32                          50                1912
               37        58            94                   46                     32                          51                1914
               38        54            91                   46                     32                          46                1944
               39        59            89                   46                     31                          47                1949
               40        60            90                   47                     31                          48                1948
               41        59            91                   47                     31                          49                1949
               42        60            96                   48                     31                          52                1951
               43        60            96                   48                     31                          52                1950
               44        59            97                   49                     31                          54                1950
               45        60            97                   49                     31                          55                1950
               46        60            96                   49                     31                          55                1951
               47        59            75                   49                     32                          43                1951
               48        60            82                   50                     34                          50                1955
               49        60            85                   50                     34                          52                1956
               50        59            88                   51                     35                          53                1956
               51        60            84                   50                     37                          53                2006
               52        59            72                   51                     38                          44                2083
               53        60            75                   50                     39                          47                2116
               54        60            84                   49                     40                          51                2113
               55        60            84                   50                     40                          50                2113
               56        59            82                   50                     41                          48                2113
               57        59            84                   50                     41                          50                2113
               58        58            94                   52                     41                          54                2108
               59        53            96                   53                     41                          54                2109
               60        53            96                   53                     42                          53                2109
               61        49            97                   54                     42                          52                2109
               62        49            97                   54                     43                          52                2109
               63        54            97                   54                     43                          50                2109
               64        52            98                   55                     43                          52                2109
               65        47            92                   54                     43                          50                2120
               66        48            96                   55                     43                          52                2115
               67        51            97                   55                     43                          52                2114
               68        49            97                   56                     43                          52                2114
               69        49            96                   56                     43                          51                2115
               70        52            97                   56                     43                          51                2115
               71        55            97                   56                     43                          50                2115
               72        59            97                   57                     43                          51                2115
               73        52            96                   56                     43                          51                2115
               74        52            96                   57                     43                          50                2115
               75        59            97                   57                     43                          51                2115
               76        55            98                   58                     43                          56                2115
               77        60            85                   57                     43                          51                2115
               78        56            97                   58                     44                          53                2115
               79        50            95                   58                     44                          55                2125
               80        58            97                   59                     44                          57                2125
               81        55            95                   59                     43                          56                2125
               82        60            93                   59                     43                          59                2125
               83        57            95                   59                     43                          48                2125
               84        52            96                   59                     43                          52                2125
               85        56            96                   59                     43                          52                2124
               86        59            98                   60                     43                          59                2128
               87        58            97                   60                     43                          52                2128
               88        53            54                   58                     43                          27                2153
               89        44            89                   59                     43                          49                2236
               90        43            88                   60                     43                          49                2318
               91        44            92                   60                     43                          53                2384
               92        48            94                   60                     43                          52                2409
               93        49            98                   61                     43                          55                2409
               94        53            97                   61                     43                          55                2410
               95        51            97                   61                     43                          56                2410
               96        54            98                   61                     43                          55                2413
               97        49            97                   61                     43                          50                2420
               98        54            97                   61                     43                          53                2404
               99        51            91                   61                     43                          49                2404
              100        54            88                   61                     42                          46                2404
              101        51            86                   61                     42                          46                2404
              102        48            91                   62                     42                          49                2404
              103        49            95                   62                     42                          50                2404
              104        49            97                   62                     43                          52                2404
              105        51            96                   62                     43                          51                2404
              106        50            97                   62                     43                          54                2404
              107        56            97                   63                     43                          55                2404
              108        58            97                   63                     43                          55                2404
              109        55            96                   63                     43                          55                2404
              110        52            96                   63                     43                          55                2354
              111        59            73                   62                     43                          45                2353
              112        59            71                   62                     43                          43                2355
              113        60            73                   62                     44                          42                2355
              114        60            81                   59                     44                          45                2355
              115        59            86                   59                     44                          48                2355
              116        60            90                   61                     44                          54                2355
              117        59            87                   62                     44                          51                2355
              118        60            82                   62                     44                          49                2355
              119        60            84                   63                     44                          51                2355
              120        59            96                   63                     44                          58                2355
              121        55            97                   63                     43                          54                2355
              122        53            97                   64                     43                          52                2355
              123        52            97                   64                     43                          51                2355
              124        54            97                   64                     43                          53                2355
              125        51            98                   64                     43                          52                2355
              126        49            98                   64                     43                          52                2355
              127        48            98                   64                     43                          52                2355
              128        48            97                   64                     43                          51                2355
              129        46            98                   65                     43                          50                2355
              130        40            86                   62                     43                          42                2363
              131        44            98                   65                     43                          51                2357
              132        43            98                   65                     43                          51                2345
              133        40            98                   65                     44                          51                2345
              134        42            98                   65                     44                          53                2345
              135        41            98                   65                     44                          54                2345
              136        38            98                   65                     44                          53                2345
              137        39            98                   66                     44                          52                2345
              138        39            98                   66                     44                          51                2345
              139        42            98                   66                     43                          50                2345
              140        39            63                   64                     43                          31                2359
              141        41            98                   66                     44                          51                2352
              142        39            95                   66                     44                          49                2352
              143        41            97                   66                     44                          50                2352
              144        40            93                   66                     44                          47                2354
              145        38            87                   66                     44                          44                2351
              146        39            97                   67                     44                          50                2350
              147        45            98                   66                     44                          50                2349
              148        47            97                   67                     44                          51                2350
              149        43            98                   67                     43                          49                2350
              150        39            82                   66                     43                          42                2358
              151        39            94                   67                     43                          47                2358
              152        42            97                   67                     43                          50                2358
              153        43            95                   67                     43                          50                2358
              154        50            95                   67                     43                          49                2358
              155        55            97                   67                     43                          54                2358
              156        55            97                   68                     44                          55                2357
              157        55            98                   68                     44                          56                2353
              158        59            85                   67                     44                          50                2353
              159        60            88                   67                     44                          52                2354
              160        59            87                   67                     44                          51                2354
              161        56            92                   67                     44                          50                2391
              162        46            96                   67                     44                          49                2464
              163        42            91                   67                     44                          49                2466
              164        44            95                   68                     44                          52                2466
              165        42            91                   68                     44                          49                2466
              166        43            85                   67                     44                          44                2466
              167        43            87                   67                     44                          44                2466
              168        51            98                   67                     44                          51                2466
              169        43            87                   67                     44                          44                2466
              170        44            80                   66                     44                          41                2466
              171        45            79                   67                     44                          42                2466
              172        45            75                   66                     44                          40                2466
              173        46            85                   67                     44                          45                2466
              174        48            85                   67                     44                          47                2466
              175        49            89                   67                     44                          49                2466
              176        47            87                   67                     44                          47                2466
              177        47            82                   67                     44                          42                2465
              178        51            88                   67                     44                          44                2465
              179        45            47                   65                     44                          23                2476
              180        51            84                   67                     44                          45                2477
              181        57            94                   67                     44                          53                2456
              182        57            80                   66                     44                          44                2456
              183        54            78                   66                     44                          42                2456
              184        57            89                   67                     44                          46                2457
              185        55            89                   67                     44                          45                2457
              186        59            90                   67                     45                          50                2458
              187        60            83                   67                     44                          47                2458
              188        60            77                   66                     44                          44                2458
              189        59            89                   67                     44                          50                2458
              190        60            76                   66                     44                          43                2458
              191        60            81                   67                     44                          46                2458
              192        59            90                   67                     44                          51                2458
              193        60            91                   67                     44                          51                2458
              194        60            87                   67                     44                          49                2458
              195        59            84                   67                     44                          47                2457
              196        60            87                   67                     44                          49                2457
              197        60            81                   67                     44                          46                2456
              198        57            85                   67                     44                          45                2456
              199        54            98                   68                     44                          50                2457
              200        57            95                   68                     44                          52                2456
              201        59            95                   68                     44                          51                2456
              202        59            72                   67                     44                          41                2456
              203        59            82                   67                     44                          45                2456
              204        60            74                   66                     44                          40                2456
              205        60            61                   65                     44                          36                2462
              206        59            73                   65                     44                          37                2463
              207        60            76                   64                     44                          38                2463
              208        59            80                   63                     43                          41                2463
              209        60            70                   63                     44                          39                2463
              210        58            90                   64                     44                          46                2463
              211        50            92                   66                     44                          47                2463
              212        54            97                   67                     44                          52                2463
              213        49            66                   66                     44                          33                2472
              214        54            95                   67                     44                          51                2463
              215        50            92                   67                     44                          49                2462
              216        57            73                   66                     44                          41                2462
              217        59            80                   67                     44                          43                2462
              218        60            73                   66                     44                          42                2462
              219        59            84                   66                     44                          45                2463
              220        60            66                   65                     44                          39                2463
              221        60            78                   66                     44                          42                2463
              222        59            81                   66                     44                          44                2463
              223        60            78                   66                     44                          42                2463
              224        58            74                   66                     44                          40                2461
              225        56            70                   65                     44                          40                2395
              226        60            66                   65                     44                          40                2384
              227        59            64                   65                     44                          39                2384
              228        60            70                   65                     44                          40                2384
              229        58            64                   65                     44                          35                2384
              230        60            76                   66                     44                          41                2384
              231        59            76                   66                     44                          42                2249
              232        60            71                   65                     43                          41                2249
              233        59            66                   65                     43                          40                2249
              234        60            67                   65                     43                          39                2249
              235        60            66                   65                     43                          39                2249
              236        58            66                   65                     44                          36                2236
              237        57            79                   65                     44                          42                2246
              238        60            69                   65                     44                          38                2228
              239        58            81                   66                     44                          44                2227
              240        58            86                   66                     44                          47                2227
              241        56            91                   67                     44                          50                2228
              242        59            72                   66                     44                          41                2228
              243        58            88                   66                     44                          49                2228
              244        53            83                   66                     44                          44                2228
              245        55            87                   67                     44                          47                2227
              246        57            91                   67                     44                          49                2225
              247        59            91                   67                     44                          50                2225
              248        57             5                   62                     44                           4                2225
              249        59             6                   61                     44                           4                2225
              250        60             6                   60                     44                           4                2195
              251        59             5                   60                     44                           4                2195
              252        60             6                   59                     44                           4                2195
              253        59             6                   57                     43                           4                2195
              254        60             6                   57                     43                           4                2195
              255        59             6                   56                     43                           4                2195
              256        60             6                   56                     44                           4                2195
              257                       3                   55                     44                           2                2195
              258                       1                   55                     38                           1                 250

 

 

 

Here are my system specs.

 

I figured I would be able to keep it at 60fps.  I'm not sure if INI tweaks will be able to get me better performance, I may have to disable some mods.  I'd like to keep the FPS at least 50.  But maybe I just need to stop complaining  ::P:

 

Any information or help would be extremely appreciated!

 

 

 

EDIT: turns out I had The Skyrim Distance Overhaul from STEP:Extended.  Disabling that gave me about a 4fps boost, but it still falls to 40 at times.

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That's pretty much normal. That path exiting the Helgen dungeon usually drops me to about 45 FPS with ENB enabled on my rig with my mod setup. Reduce your shadow settings in your .ini's via Mod Organizer.

https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:Mod_Organizer#Editing_INI_settings

Edit the values in your SkyrimPrefs.ini to look something like this and see if it helps any.

iBlurDeferredShadowMask = 3
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary = 2048
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary = 1024
iShadowSplitCount = 2
fShadowLODStartFade = 200.0000
bShadowMaskZPrepass = 0
fShadowBiasScale = 0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter = 4
iShadowMode = 3
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Actually, those were the values when I went to check.  But I looked up what many of them did, and lowered the shadow quality, and now other than a couple quick dips it stays above 50! Here's what I ended up with.

iBlurDeferredShadowMask = 5
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary = 1024
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary = 512
iShadowSplitCount = 2
fShadowLODStartFade = 200.0000
bShadowMaskZPrepass = 0
fShadowBiasScale = 0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter = 4
iShadowMode = 3

iShadowMapResolution = 1024

The shadows now look pretty bad, but at least the game runs better.  I didn't know what iShadowMode, fShadowLODStartFade, or iShadowSplitCount do so I left them alone.

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