PC Freezing/Unfreezing while playing Skyrim help...

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Nafeasonto

Member
I can't take this anymore. I have tried so many thing and have done so many things to figure out this issue. But I am stumped and jst plain pissed on why the frig' this hapening.

First to start off with my stats:

Intel Core I7-920 3.5GHZ
16Gb DD3 1600MHZ Ram
GTX 470
Raid 0 - 3/7200RPM Hard Drives. Used in conjunction with Intel Rapid Storage - Tested this and it reads at a nearly consistent 400 Megabytes per second.
850WATT Power supply
Windows 7 64 Bit
310.70 Nvidia Drivers

When I am playing Skyrim and I turn to face my characters or my actors, the game freezes for like 1.5 to 2 seconds and unfreezes after "loading" the actors. But this will happen EVERYTIME i turn to them. Everytime I zone in and zone out. It will do freezing and unfreezing during FIGHTING. This has killed me several times because of this BS. I have even turned EVERY conceivable graphic intense setting down, even the resolution. It makes no difference it STILL happens, at the same quantity! It's like information is not flowing through my computer correctly. My temp on my video card is staying at a steady 53 Celsius. What is WEIRD is MSI afterburner reports at this particular moment my video card going down to 0 PERCENT usage. Then back up to 100 percent. WTF????

Guys I really need help on this this is annoying the CRAP out of me.
 

Keen's Manatees

New Member
That might be your problem, if you have one fan and you're running a game like skyrim, then you're outta luck. I'd actually recommend taking the side part of your case where your graphic card is on the side, and putting a box fan there to cool it down, it helps.
 
Maybe your save game is bloating?
 

Nafeasonto

Member
No my save is about 10 MEGS. Never had bloated saves. 53 degrees Celcius for my GTX 470 is LOW. This stuttering issue doesn't happen with Dishonored or Mass Effect 3. It happens with STO BUT when I turn shadows completely off, smooth gameplay. It happens with Starcraft II and Diablo III, no idea why. There has to be similarities in these games.
 

Hadean

Member
do you know what kind of FPS you are getting?

i find when turning my character sometimes it drops from 60 to 57-58 or so and it stutters then. so i use a FPS limiter set at 55 and it works ok (there is an FPS limiter built into MSI Afterburner, and its a free program),

this completely stopped the stuttering for me
 

Keen's Manatees

New Member
Okay, here's my advice. Get a bigger case, get better cooling, it's obvious it's a cooling problem. That's the only way you can fix it, if your card is dusty or your parts are dusty get canned air, remove your computer parts and clean them.
 

Nafeasonto

Member
Okay, here's my advice. Get a bigger case, get better cooling, it's obvious it's a cooling problem. That's the only way you can fix it, if your card is dusty or your parts are dusty get canned air, remove your computer parts and clean them.

I hate to burst your bubble but I have plenty of AIR flow and I dust my computer weekly. My temps are perfectly fine.
 

Mouseman96

New Member
I have the exact same problem, it's funny, people give the same solutions, poor hardware, update drivers, or high temps.

I've tried everything and have struggled to find a solution, if you stumble across one, let me know!
 

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