Capping at 30FPS with a 1080

[C5Kev]

This seems to be an issue or at least I've been reading about folks having FPS issues with Win10 and a 1080. I did a fresh install and a new ENB and all's running fine, except I'm capping at about 25-30FPS. I have it set to 60 in my enblocal and tried various odds-n-ends others suggested, but I never go over 30. Boris' VRamTest says I should set the "VideoMemorySizeMb" to 4064 (I know about the Win10 limit thing). So I'm kinda out of ideas as to how to get my frame rate higher. Any ideas out there?

 

Below is my enblocal in case that looks weird...

 

[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=false
InitProxyFunctions=true
ProxyLibrary=

[GLOBAL]
UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false
UseDefferedRendering=true
IgnoreCreationKit=true

[PERFORMANCE]
SpeedHack=true
EnableOcclusionCulling=true

[MULTIHEAD]
ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false
VideoAdapterIndex=0

[MEMORY]
ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false  //set to false based on Crash Fixes
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=false
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
ReservedMemorySizeMb=1024
VideoMemorySizeMb=4064 // Use VRamSize tool
EnableCompression=true
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

[WINDOW]
ForceBorderless=false
ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false

[ENGINE]
ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true
MaxAnisotropy=16
ForceLodBias=false
LodBias=0.0
AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false
EnableVSync=false    //set to ON via Nvidia Control Panel
VSyncSkipNumFrames=0

[LIMITER]
WaitBusyRenderer=false
EnableFPSLimit=false
FPSLimit=60.0

[iNPUT]
//shift
KeyCombination=16
//f12
KeyUseEffect=123
//home
KeyFPSLimit=36
//num /       106
KeyShowFPS=106
//insert
KeyScreenshot=45
//enter
KeyEditor=13
//f4
KeyFreeVRAM=115
//B
KeyBruteForce=66

[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]
Enable=false
Quality=1
DesiredFPS=20.0

[ANTIALIASING]
EnableEdgeAA=true
EnableTemporalAA=false
EnableSubPixelAA=true

[FIX]
FixGameBugs=true
FixParallaxBugs=true
FixParallaxTerrain=false
FixAliasedTextures=true
IgnoreInventory=true
FixTintGamma=false
RemoveBlur=false
FixSubSurfaceScattering=true
FixSkyReflection=true
FixCursorVisibility=true
FixLag=false

[LONGEXPOSURE]
EnableLongExposureMode=false
Time=1.0
BlendMax=0.0

[Lodakai]

One major fps hog are skyrim shadows.  People put the settings to high because they are pretty damn ugly otherwise.   ENB's tend to alleviate the issue by themselves.

You could try turning down your shadow settings in skyrims ini files and see if your ENB renders them suitably enough for your gameplay.  This could go a long way to reduce fps loss.

 

these are the settings I have in my skyrimprefs.. they work well enough for me... ymmv

 

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=0

iRadialBlurLevel=0

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=4000.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=1024

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=0

 

If you decide to do this.. do not forget to back up original copies.

[C5Kev]

One major fps hog are skyrim shadows.  People put the settings to high because they are pretty damn ugly otherwise.   ENB's tend to alleviate the issue by themselves.

You could try turning down your shadow settings in skyrims ini files and see if your ENB renders them suitably enough for your gameplay.  This could go a long way to reduce fps loss.

 

these are the settings I have in my skyrimprefs.. they work well enough for me... ymmv

 

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=0

iRadialBlurLevel=0

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=4000.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=1024

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=0

 

If you decide to do this.. do not forget to back up original copies.

 

OK, I think I got this. It was the ENBSERIES.INI file!  The ENB I'm using came with a bunch of different enbseries.ini files for diff. levels of performance. I was using the max quality file, which is obviously full of a ton of shit that nobody probably needs. I tried a "lower" one and my FPS shot up to 55-57 (capped at 60 in enblocal). And I couldn't tell the damn difference in quality, so...  Who the Hell could run this other than folks that have 3 Titans or something? I mean, geez, I've got an 17-7700, 16G and 8G 1080 for Pete's sake! Not the best, but no piece of shit either!

 

Anyway, thanks so much Lodakai for trying to get this resolved for me as I was really scratching my head. I sincerely appreciate your assistance with all of this! I'm happy now. Well, until it starts crashing again... 

 

 

[Lodakai]

Well if it works.. just start adding mods.  You'll break it again in no time!

[LukeDuke]

Try changing this: 

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false  //set to false based on Crash Fixes
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=false
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
ReservedMemorySizeMb=1024
VideoMemorySizeMb=4064 // Use VRamSize tool
EnableCompression=true
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

to this:

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false  //set to false based on Crash Fixes
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=true
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
ReservedMemorySizeMb=64 (or to 128)
VideoMemorySizeMb=3800
EnableCompression=true
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

Ah I see that you ''fixed'' your issue, but I will leave it here so maybe some other folks will find this useful, but keep in mind that this config is optimised for Windows 10 and GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM.

[C5Kev]

Well if it works.. just start adding mods.  You'll break it again in no time!

 

Amen to that!  Already running 95-100 mods, but yeah, I'll bust it in no time!  At least I have a better handle on how to unbust it. Thanks.

 

 

Tru changing this: 

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false  //set to false based on Crash Fixes

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=1024

VideoMemorySizeMb=4064 // Use VRamSize tool

EnableCompression=true

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

to this:

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false  //set to false based on Crash Fixes

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=true

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=64 (or to 128)

VideoMemorySizeMb=3800

EnableCompression=true

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

Ah I see that you ''fixed'' your issue, but I will leave it here so maybe some other folks will find this useful, but keep in mind that this config is optimised for Windows 10 and GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM.

 

Rig seems better, but I will certainly give your suggestions a try. Thank you!