i recently bought skyrim and it is very laggy. I would like to know what i need to be able to run it normaly. here are the specs: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04472364?openCLC=true
i recently bought skyrim and it is very laggy. I would like to know what i need to be able to run it normaly. here are the specs: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04472364?openCLC=true
It could be the graphics, being that it is an onboard graphics card and there is no details about how much video RAM it has. You have a Quad 2 Core, 8GB of onboard memory, and a 1 TB hard drive, so those cant be the issues. You could try to play Skyrim on low graphics settings, that might ease up the lag a bit.
Yep the integrated graphics chip is the weak spot, like 70.170 said turn the graphics down to low if that helps the lag then maybe do some fiddling and find the balance between looks and performance your ok with. If you have any empty bays in the PC case and some spare cash even a low price graphic card (£20-40ish) would make a big diffrence.
Make sure your computer is set to either 'balanced' or 'high performance' in your control panel -> power options. Also, here's a helpful guide to increase performance and stability:
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50244/?
Try ENBoost and SSME first.
Also,
Try some of those performance-enhancing mods, especially the ones that lower/optimize texture resolution. You can also try removing grass by moving the grass slider all the way to the left in your settings.
Hope this helps!
I use some of Skyrim Performance PLUS from the top of that list to keep things stable in wooded areas (lots of pine needles and leaves flying around in some places).
I might be wrong and don't know what the inside of your computer is like but be careful of the high performance setting, your PC looks like its built to be compact so may not have good ventilation and a integrated graphics chip might only have a small heat sink (or even none) so heat may become a problem if you really push it for too long. I could just be paranoid after owning so many laptops though.
@Deltahost: SSME is redundant, just get SKSE to have it by default.
I don't know why people try to install performance mods, a modification will never improve frame rate (in fact, the complete opposite will happen), so installing mods to get performance is a time wasting and futile effort. You are better off just lowering graphical quality to get a better FPS than installing mods.
I don't know why people try to install performance mods, a modification will never improve frame rate (in fact, the complete opposite will happen), so installing mods to get performance is a time wasting and futile effort. You are better off just lowering graphical quality to get a better FPS than installing mods.
I suggested SSME as a viable alternative in case the people who read my post wanted to stick to vanilla Skyrim as closely as possible and not use SKSE for whatever reason. As for "a modification will never improve frame rate", I have to disagree on that, but I guess it's a semantics game of what can be considered a 'mod'. I consider ENBoost a mod and it does wonders for my framerate and overall game stability. And I also consider texture optimisers to be mods, and they only replace vanilla textures to mimic what happens when you lower texture quality, but only at a slight tradeoff of the actual quality. I can't say you're wrong since I don't know your experience, but for me at least, performance mods helped me run Skyrim on a 4 year-old low-end laptop.
Why would someone "not" use SKSE? o.O
I'm told some mods are decent for improving performance, but if your installing things that clearly impact FPS, installing a performance mod is probably not going to make anything better. You can improve your FPS / performance with a decent system and using lower quality textures where appropriate.