Graphics for PC getting patched? : V

» Thu May 10, 2012 1:52 am

I had originally though everyone complaining over the graphics were nothing but trolls but having had a day to play it I'm finding myself disappointed. Some of the rock terrain looks almost identical to stuff I saw on Solstheim back in Morrwind! I'm playing on high because I had heard people complaining of slowdowns when playing on ultra with AMD cards, but that should not give me what I'm seeing in game.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/screenshot2ag.png/

And this lovely bit of light in riften every night...

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/717/screenshot3ew.png/

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:52 am

Slow on AMD cards? I wondered what was up with the framerates.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:00 am

I had originally though everyone complaining over the graphics were nothing but trolls but having had a day to play it I'm finding myself disappointed. Some of the rock terrain looks almost identical to stuff I saw on Solstheim back in Morrwind! I'm playing on high because I had heard people complaining of slowdowns when playing on ultra with AMD cards, but that should not give me what I'm seeing in game.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/screenshot2ag.png/

And this lovel bit of light in riften every night...

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/717/screenshot3ew.png/

Looks like you just need a better video card.

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:39 pm

Running ultra high very smooth with an HD 5770 so I don't think that's it.

I honestly haven't seen any of these "bad textures" yet. I'll post some screencaps of what I'm seeing on MY monitor lol

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:28 am

Looks like you just need a better video card.

radeon 6850
8gb of ram
2.8gz quadcore cpu

My hardware is not an issue.

Running ultra high very smooth with an HD 5770 so I don't think that's it.

I honestly haven't seen any of these "bad textures" yet. I'll post some screencaps of what I'm seeing on MY monitor lol

All the complaints I've seen lodged with amd is the 6800 and 6900 series.

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:01 am

radeon 6850
8gb of ram
2.8gz quadcore cpu

My hardware is not an issue.

If you change to 3,4GHz Quadcore you got my specs too.
I'm hardly running on high, there's something ruining my framerates.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:41 am

IIRC, AMD is a little behind on a driver update to support/fix playing Skyrim.

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:28 am

Its running fine on my 6970 at 1920x1080.

» Thu May 10, 2012 2:27 pm

Running ultra high very smooth with an HD 5770 so I don't think that's it.

I honestly haven't seen any of these "bad textures" yet. I'll post some screencaps of what I'm seeing on MY monitor lol

I can't run ultra on my HD 6950, which is much faster than your 5770. The ultra shadows immediately decimate my framerate, making it go from 30fps to 3, which means there has to be a driver issue somewhere (A friend with a 4980 or so can also run it in ultra).

» Thu May 10, 2012 1:54 pm

I've experienced something similar, while the game itself is working on Ultra settings without a single problem, sometimes it just slows down for 2-3 seconds for no reason, like framerate drops below 10, and then it goes back up again.

I hope they fix this with simple video drivers...

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:27 am

ive had no issues with graphics myself other then twitchy shadows for 1 second, every x seconds.. but u barely notice it. and some weird purple colored water puddle reflections arround the first area

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:13 pm

I've experienced something similar, while the game itself is working on Ultra settings without a single problem, sometimes it just slows down for 2-3 seconds for no reason, like framerate drops below 10, and then it goes back up again.

I hope they fix this with simple video drivers...

How do I check the framerate, and what is optimal?
My rig should run smoothly at high, maybe ultra. So I don't get what the problem is.

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:36 am

I've experienced something similar, while the game itself is working on Ultra settings without a single problem, sometimes it just slows down for 2-3 seconds for no reason, like framerate drops below 10, and then it goes back up again.

I hope they fix this with simple video drivers...

Exterior cells? That sounds like the surrounding cell load drop. When the game loads the upcoming cells from the HDD to RAM the game bogs down. I got it bad in Oblivion and Fallout 3/NV. Getting an SSD helped lesson the duration and amount of FPS dropped.

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:20 am

How do I check the framerate, and what is optimal?
My rig should run smoothly at high, maybe ultra. So I don't get what the problem is.

Based on my experience with PC's I would definitely say its graphic driver's problem, I just hope they fix it ASAP.

I am running on Ultra settings 1920x1080, sometimes an hour goes by and there is no frame drop at all, and sometimes the game ''hickups'' in some lame hallway for no reason at all twice.

» Thu May 10, 2012 12:33 pm

Nothing wrong with the graphics using a Nvidia card. Max settings + 3D vision enabled, no lag, looks amazing.

» Thu May 10, 2012 2:01 pm

Nothing wrong with the graphics using a Nvidia card. Max settings + 3D vision enabled, no lag, looks amazing.

That's what I thought too, because not a single person using Nvidia card didnt post anything.

I'm telling you people its only the GPU driver.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:53 am

Don't run on ultra. Problem solved?

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:01 am

Based on my experience with PC's I would definitely say its graphic driver's problem, I just hope they fix it ASAP.

I am running on Ultra settings 1920x1080, sometimes an hour goes by and there is no frame drop at all, and sometimes the game ''hickups'' in some lame hallway for no reason at all twice.

Does such a problem mean my card is bad or something with the game is bad?
This was expensive, so I hope for the latter.

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:12 am

I love my 5870.

http://i44.tinypic.com/34ngl1w.jpg

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:36 am

I've been getting scraggly textures too (But not as bad as some) Though my framerates are pretty stable, (60-25) it's mostly a driver issue, as most game companies favor Nvidia over AMD. Plus, AMD has always been that stubborn irritant that gamers had to put up with for decades.

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:01 am

Game looks ok to me graphics wise.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:30 am

I've been getting scraggly textures too (But not as bad as some) Though my framerates are pretty stable, (60-25) it's mostly a driver issue, as most game companies favor Nvidia over AMD. Plus, AMD has always been that stubborn irritant that gamers had to put up with for decades.

So I have to change my AMD Radeon HD 6850 to a Nvidia one?

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:49 am

I am using a 6950 and have no issues.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:13 am

Running ultra high very smooth with an HD 5770 so I don't think that's it.

I honestly haven't seen any of these "bad textures" yet. I'll post some screencaps of what I'm seeing on MY monitor lol

I've got a 5770 as well, with ultra high settings. I can confirm what Anthraxcp is saying.

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:30 am

I love my 5870.

http://i44.tinypic.com/34ngl1w.jpg

That mountain in the distance is a blurry mess. Come on Bethesda! this is 2011 already!