Skyrim is so unoptimized that no one will get 99% gpu usage consistently. For the record, those fluctuations most likely happen to everyone. It explains the fluctuations in GPU usage. GPU usage in those areas is low, this indicates a bottleneck elsewhere and as Quinnbeast is suggesting it might not be your GPU that is having issues. Looking purely at low fps and not at stuttering in particular, CPU bottleneck is most likely the issue! I've done testing with my intel CPU too with just vanilla and JK's City mods and also get 20-30 fps in certain areas. It seems unlikely to be an issue with your new GPU.

Skyrim does not carry a big GPU load in vanilla, and is much more likely to be CPU bound until you start adding ENBs on top of big texture packs. My fps near Whiterun aren't better mind you.Īre you able to test the same part of the game with your old GPU? Have you moved beyond the intro into the game world proper, to see if the stutter persists after the opening scripted sequence? How is that possible?īefore I start tackling the stutter issue again - is that kind of performance normal? I mean we're talking about a 4 year old game with no mods whatsoever barely hitting 60 fps. My fps dropped even further while running the CPU at 3,7 GHz (No Turbo, OC via BIOS) at 1,35V (solid 13% drop even though the clock speed is the same). The FX-8320 is working at 3,7 GHz (Turbo) at 1,4V. The card itself is working fine since I'm getting results via the Heaven Engine benchmarks that match those by other R9 380 owners. With everything set to ultra and VSync off, I'm getting 41/81/60,3 fps during the first minute of the intro (with my This just seems off based on these Skyrim Benchmark results: I've started with the Vanilla Game+HighResDLC. I noticed gigantic macro stuttering after installing the card, so I 'stripped down the game' to find the culprit. I've upgraded my 6850 1 GB VRAM to a R9 380 4 GB VRAM, but the performance gain isn't nearly as big as I hoped.

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