Heya, I'm kind of new to the whole thread thing so I'll get right to it, if you're bored maybe you could suggest some things to help optimize my "rig" I should note that out of the box almost exactly a year ago this ran games such as Skyrim and Far Cry 3 just fine, Only now I get nearly unplayable framerates (with vanilla Skyrim, no mods) Just recently I tried to play a new game "7 Days to Die" only to find it was also lag city :/ With my limited knowledge I know that I don't have the greatest setup but it's not a total toaster, or atleast it didn't used to be, Here's the Specs. Any opinions would be GREAT.

Btw.. I didn't know where to post, so yeah. If it's a problem just delete the thread and I'll look elsewhere for help I suppose, Thank you.

Note - The only way I could get acceptable framerates was installing FPS Limiter Mod, and that only worked for exploring. (Once mages started to blow [censored] up, my fps would plummet ofcourse)

(What's interesting about this is.. it isn't like I have amazing FPS spikes without it, like say 20 - 90 fps while standing, it just fluctuates between 30-50 without the FPS Limiter.)

I kind of feel like I can't get any game including Skyrim to utilize my pc correctly =/

I've tried -

Multiple ini tweaks

Nvidia Inspector

Graphic Driver is Up to date

Defragged Drive

Completely clean install no mods except official expansions excluding HiRes Packs (Though I have them)

Different Resolutions (native is like 1080x1920 or some stuff)

Windows 8

10GB ram

Intel® Core ™ i7 3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz

64bit OS x64 Based Processor

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce GT 640

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Type: Full Device

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_124B&SUBSYS_231B1462&REV_A1

Display Memory: 7833 MB

Dedicated Memory: 3000 MB

Shared Memory: 4833 MB

Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor Name: HP 2711x LED Backlit LCD Monitor

Monitor Model: HP 2711

Monitor Id: HWP2942

Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)

Output Type: HD15

Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.3182 (English)

Driver Version: 9.18.13.3182

Nothing to do with this thread

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"Alright so one of the guys got back with me from a different Thread and they

suggested hey, just go out and buy a new card. I could buy a new computer

while I'm at it aswell, learn to forge swords & wear armor and trudge around

larping skyrim if I wanted. But no I won't do that."

/rant

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New info

(disregarding the days when I could

play it flawlessly and the other games I could/can play on High or Ultra

settings not to mention is falls under an "Excellent Performance" listing

with Nvidia and this card..and Skyrim auto-detects on High)..

My theory is Skyrim isn't using it's 4gigs of RAM that it's alotted

as my CPU usage while it's running seems too low, does anyone know a way to test this?

1. There was a glaring issue of pop-in textures for a moment there, like

full citys not being rendered until I got within swords length regardless of view distance settings.

2. I did recently do a fresh install with no mods because I was experiencing

a CTD with no warnings/non respondings way too frequent which actually

led me to beleive it could be Temperature.. but I checked it and it seemed fine.

Haven't tested if I still had those CTDs on the Vanilla Skyrim...because

i'd have to play it.. vanilla..

3. Why would the Fps limiter increase performance if it was a GFX issue?

Yep.. Be here all day folks.