So, what kind of fps hit should I get with UIgrids 9 on my system?

I was on ultra with the vanilla ini, hitting 60 fps avg.

With this on I dip into the 30'ish range.

2600k
8gb ram
GTX 580

Is that about what others with a similar system get?

Just wondered if anyone could give me some ugrids etc. recommendations for my system, I'm using the LAA patch but suspect my CPU will be a major limiting factor

My Specs

Q6600 Quad core @ 3GHz
GTX 260 Ti with 2GB VRAM
8GB RAM
SSD for game

anyone been able to play stable with grid11? Is it the hardware causing it to crash or the software not stable enough for grid11?

Game engine cant sustain 11grids. requires some memory optimization, which is non-existant.

7ugrids is 100% stable though. Only stutters when you have smoke around.

Game engine cant sustain 11grids. requires some memory optimization, which is non-existant.7ugrids is 100% stable though. Only stutters when you have smoke around.

Pretty sure 11 or more would be possible on a sixcore but no one in their right minds should shell that much for a video game lol.

Yes it can. Completely dependent on your system.

no man, it cant. u can play for several hours but at some point your savegame will get corrupted. This is game engine - it has nothing to do with the system.

ugridstoload makes the game run slow.

PS: What is that uexterior cell buffer ? If i increase that value i can get more stable performance ?

Lets just agree to disagree

How to test ugrids for corrupting savegames:

fasttravel to broken limb camp (not at night, preferably at the evening - or try every time of the day separately to be sure)
look at the giants
see the stuttering
save the game
exit the game
run the game
load the savegame

there, now you have a corrupted savegame.
Do the same thing with lower values of the ugrids and the save will operate just fine.

Will try this tonight mate.

Maybe not with my main save, just in case lol.

How to test ugrids for corrupting savegames:

fasttravel to broken limb camp (not at night, preferably at the evening - or try every time of the day separately to be sure)
look at the giants
see the stuttering
save the game
exit the game
run the game
load the savegame

there, now you have a corrupted savegame.
Do the same thing with lower values of the ugrids and the save will operate just fine.

How to test ugrids for corrupting savegames:

fasttravel to broken limb camp (not at night, preferably at the evening - or try every time of the day separately to be sure)
look at the giants
see the stuttering
save the game
exit the game
run the game
load the savegame

there, now you have a corrupted savegame.
Do the same thing with lower values of the ugrids and the save will operate just fine.

appears to work just fine o.O

I have a few questions about this tweaking guide. I am kinda confused with it and I tried to using the ugridtoload=7 but my game kept on crashing on me every 10 or so minutes.

I tried

[General]
uExterior Cell Buffer=64
uGridsToLoad=7
iPreloadSizeLimit=51380224

But had to revert to default as I kept getting CTD's. I know my PC can run this game on Ultra so I do not think that it is hardware but perhaps I am doing something wrong.

My PC Specs

Intel Core i7 950 running at 3.07 Ghz
12 gigs of DDR3 2000 Ram
EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX470 GDDR5 with 285.79 Beta Drivers. Graphics Clock at 625 MHz and Memory clock at 1701 MHz
ASUS P6T Delux Mother Board.

I am also using the Large Address Aware Program with the game at the time of crash. And I wrote in the Papyrus Memory tweak recently but have not tried it with the ugridstoload=7

[Papyrus]
iMinMemoryPageSize=100000
iMaxMemoryPageSize=5000000
iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=1800000000

I will provide my Skyrim.ini and Skyrimprefs.ini as well. What I am looking for is for me to see far off objects like a large rock, Mammoth camp or waterfall. Better grass that writes at further distance. Just better " distance " writes.

Skyrim.ini

[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
bAllowScreenshot=1

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - Voicesixtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]
iMinMemoryPageSize=100000
iMaxMemoryPageSize=5000000
iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=1800000000
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1


Skyrimprefs.ini

[General]
fBrightLightColorB=1.0000
fBrightLightColorG=1.0000
fBrightLightColorR=1.0000
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[Imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1
iRadialBlurLevel=2
[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fShadowDistance=8000.0000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=16
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000.0000
fGamma=1.0000
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iMultiSample=8
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=0
bDrawLandShadows=0
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1080
iSize W=1920
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000
iScreenShotIndex=6
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470"
bFXAAEnabled=0
iShadowMapResolution=4096
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=1
iShadowFilter=3
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
bDrawShadows=1
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
[MAIN]
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=3
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0280
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bMouseAcceleration=1
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=1.0000
uID3=94881
fVal2=0.4000
uID2=466532
fVal1=1.0000
uID1=554685
fVal0=0.8000
uID0=1007612
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[NavMesh]
fObstacleAlpha=0.5000
fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000
fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500
fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000
fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500
fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000
fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000
fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500
fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000
fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000
fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000
fEdgeThickness=10.0000
fPointSize=2.5000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20
[Decals]
uMaxDecals=1000
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxSkinDecals=100
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=512
iWaterReflectWidth=512
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1


Thank you for the help. I am just trying to get as much out of this game as possible without crashing all the time.

Note: not sure if this is a factor but I am running another monitor off the same graphics card but there is nothing usually on that monitor when playing. Can this be a factor or not? Also wanted to know what if I put some graphics tweaks and ran the game in Windowed Mode, would that not cause so many crashes?