I am trying to find out more about the lag problems reported by many people and I suggest that everybody post their configurations to see what they have in common (apart from the PS3 )

I have a fat 80GB PS3 bought 3 years ago but I upgraded my HDD with a 320GB.
I am 20 hours into the game and my save files do not surpass 4MB so far. My game runs very well and I never had a severe fps drop like the ones reported ( 5-10 fps, slideshow etc). The game is not smooth as butter but it's perfectly playable.

Maybe this has to do with HDD sizes or speed??

I have a 3 year old 120 GB PS3 Slim.

It's been very well maintained (I clean in out at least once a month)

It's actually right next to my window unit air conditioner, so for the majority of the year it has very cold air blowing on it.

And you guessed it, I'm having the same lag problems everyone else is.

no lag so far, ps3 fat 60gb (launch model) still use 60gb hardrive, have about 2gb free on the hard drive at the moment. 18 hours in, saves files are about 4.2mb

lag is very rare, mainly only occurs during the autosaves, and then only for about 1-2 seconds. frame rate fairly solid throughout.

I don't think it is a problem with the version of the console. I have a 3 month old, barely played 160gb console. My save files is almost 8mb, and I get lag after about an hour or two of playing.

Most definitely. I have a 1 year old 250gig PS3 slim and I get lag.

There are going to be issues, there are going to be graphical errors. It's a system with Risc based IBM processor cores in tandom over a botltlenecking board with limited vram that isn't uniifed.

It runs amazingly well concidering.

It's never goign to run as smooth as PC versions on either console. You want get HD texture packs becuase no matter how efficient the engine is with texture streaming, there isn't enough Vram nor System total ram o hold that.

Yet minor tweaks can hammer out some bugs.

Even with the required HD caching (because Blu-Ray is too slow for streaming that kind of data) there will be slow downs, and graphical issues, I'm amazed it runs half as good as it does on the PS3.

I have the old 80GB model, and to me it starts lagging only after several hours (i think 8 or so) of gameplay. It gets more common now though. think it's all about overheating, because When i turn my PS3 off for a couple of hours and restart, it's perfect ( for a few hours)

It has to do with the save file. Nothing to do with overheating. I just hit 6 Mb and its getting worse.... Guess I'll just finish the main quest and be done with it.

Launch PS3 - 20gbs
System Software - Version 3.73
Free Space 47GB / 186GB *
Upgraded Hard Drive - 200GB, 7200 RPM
Playtime - 10 hours 18 minutes
Save File Size - 4390 KB

No noticeable lag, no major issues. Playing just fine so far

Three month old 160GB slim. Massive amount of HD space left. Deleted all unnecessary stuff / rented game installs today. Made no difference.

Deleted all unnecessary saves as well. Save size, dunno exactly but over 6mb.

Bad framerate, HORRIBLE stuttering after extended play time, especially in big cities during fights, im talking sometimes one frame per second.

Not happy.

Well i hope a patch can address that

hmm iheard from the gamestop people where i live it has to do with server issues but im not so sure just throwing it out there

How would server issues affect a single player game? Lol, funny statement.

think about it if you are signed in and update from a corrupted server couldnt it effect the game or just signed in at all and maybe they have some coding or somthing to track you while your online you are playing their game they can do almost what ever they want because doesnt it know when you need to update? and i have a freind no internet and the game works almost fine just very minor stuttering

i have a 4 month old 160 gb ps3 slim its in great condition i havent had any problems with games before but as most people will say im having lag problems also i tried logging out of psn and deleting things i didnt need and also turning the system off every 2-4 hours to clear RAM and that has helped a whole lot not near as much lag problems but still some hopefully they patch this soon

Yes, but i still think that's really farfetched But i might try to disconnect from internet next time i'm playing and check if it helps, though i doubt it

im not saying thats it but merely its a possiblity but i have dced from the internet and its seems a little better but i could be all in my head

Unfortunatly the time delay on this lagg is the key factor in proving its not directly hardware related. It is more in effect the gradual load on the HDD. The game is caching more and more without clearing up behind it to make room for the next load of stuff. Ontop of this, the further into the game you go, the more dependant the game is on your save file, So not only is it trying to stream the game off the HDD, but also access the save game for more and more data. The longer you play the bigger this collosal memory leak gets until your running out of both ram and Vram to handle the issue.



See above. Basically you turning it off, clears both the cache and the ram, starting it fresh to be leaked into again ;]



There is no server issues to deal with if you look at your connection light on the ps3, it never moves, there is no active connection between the game and the internet, even secretly. The people at gamestop will tell you anything to get the product and leave the store without questions.

just because your constantly connected doesnt mean there not having server problems and its not like im taking it as the word of god im just say it might be but probably isnt

I barley get lag, once in awhile I'll get a FPS drop, my save file is 5674kb or something, I started out with 2000kb or so maybe lower, I rarely get laggy controls or laggy movement, but if a lot of people are having it, I think it needs to be patched.

The problems are not consistent.
If the hardware's inability to run this software was to blame, all PS3's would have the problems!

If the hardware's inability to run the software was to blame, the game wouldn't have ran nearly flawlessly, at first, only to slowly deteriorate into an unplayable mess. The PS3's hardware can handle the demands of the game, graphically and processingly, but there's some seriously screwed up problem (memory leak?) screwing everything up.

This. Let's just hope Bethesda notices us and patches it up SOON!

Lag for me is a huge issue. I've played quite a bit the past few days, and at some points, it's starting to ruin the gameplay. I'll be in the woods, sneaking around, and all of a sudden, my framerate drops. Or I'll enter a city, it doesn't matter which one, and I'll sit there for 30 or so seconds just to let the system catch up. It svcks.

Not to mention the textures fail miserably sometimes. In the distance they look like smudges or smears, and on objects up close, they'll have a checker-board pixelization to them.

I've also seen trees/shrubs/whole buildings pop in and out of frame.

I understand the game isn't perfect, but let's hope they can patch these issues.

A game this epic shouldn't have to suffer to such inconveniences.

Launch PS3 - 20gbs
Playtime - 25 hours 18 minutes
Save File Size - 7.5mb

Very noticeable lag, frequently occurring, though I'm still enjoying the game.

Whenever I Fus Ro Dah with people around the whole thing stops! Pretty annoying but not the end of the world