» Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:56 pm that’s my pc. it's connected w/ HDMI to a Sony 55" TV. It’s done me well over the years. Played any game on setting I was completely happy with. High, some even ultra. That is any games, except the ones I like the most. Fallouts and Skyrim. It just can’t handle the great outdoors, at least not with all the mods I add, but even just vanilla Skyrim is giving me lotsa lag and stutter outside. Dungeons are fine. What it’s doing that I just hate is stutter or even stop for seconds when crossing into a new outdoor zone, and lots of stutter when looking around fast, especially if there’s followers behind me or lotsa npcs. And mods make it worse. Mods that add spawns, ENB, better textures (even the performance ones). I’ve searched and tried every tweak and trick I could find over the last 4 years. not many have helped. The 4GB Enabler helped w/ Fallout, and compressing the textures and BSAs have helped w/ Skyrim. But I’m tired of spending untold hours searching out tweaks that don’t even help much.
So my goal is to play Skyrim and Fallouts as well as they possibly can be played. i mean as if Skyrim was runnin on a beast of a government computer or something lol. w/ NO stutter or lag, a decent FPS (40+), and with mods that add lotsa npc spawns, HI-RES textures, and lighting effects.
The Hi-res, and ENB lighting would be nice but not a real requirement if upgrading. If going new I want the whole shebang tho! . I know it’ll need a video card and power supply (think it has a 350 in it now). But it might need extra cooling and a new case too. The case only has a 1 ½” by 4” row of slits for the vents on either side. The 4850 in it CONSTANTLY runs around 60 idle and 85-100C playing games. I used to get worried but have read numerous times that the 4850 runs hot like that. Anyways, if I can upgrade this one to play Skyrim like I would like to, then I’d rather upgrade. Provided the cost is not over say 50-60% of buying new. If it’s be more than that, think I’d rather go new. Also I’m told that Skyrim and Fallout need a good CPU too, so not sure if that would need replacing. Read about a Solid state something but not sure what that’s about.
As for new, gimme you thoughts on that too please. I’m an old gamer and fairly new to the PC, plus my eyes are bad now with small stuff so I’d probably have Microcenter locally build it, or maybe a reputable online place if shipping wasn’t a killer. If there’s a pre-built out there that would do what I want, then even better. That’s why I got the one I have 4 years ago, because it was all built in a box lol. I’d like to keep new to around $1300 or less, but if going new I also want it to be a beast. I mean play Skyrim and other games over the next 3-4 years, like it’s it’s damn job! Lighting mods, extra spawns, no lag or stutter. The whole works.
Any suggestions on upgrades or example builds please include links or exact names I can search for. It would be much appreciated. Help this old gamer take gaming up a notch! thank you much for looking!
