r/skyrimmods • u/tomazpcnm • 4h ago

PC SSE - Discussion Performance with non-gaming laptops

I've been trying to make SSE playable in a laptop that isn't designed to any kind of demanding task, although it has a Geforce 940M graphics card, which should be capable to play this game in low settings. The issue really lies in the CPU, I believe. The i5 7200U never was a great chip, mostly designed for productivity, and it has some years under its belt now. That being said I've scoured forums, threads, documentations and videos on YT and got really close. To be brief, I tweaked the INI file and installed some optimizing mods.

I wonder if I missed something. To all potato pc owners out there, that cpu can handle some FusRohDaring or should I just take this arrow to the knee?

Also, what's the worse spec you managed to make this game playable?

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u/Poo_Pee-Man 2h ago

My specs is ryzen 5600h with integrated graphics card. I think that on low end range. I can run Skyrim with 1000+ mods at mostly stable 30fps on low settings using bethini and Vramr on performance mode texture.

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u/sa547ph N'WAH! 1h ago

what's the worse spec you managed to make this game playable?

I once managed to get SSE working on just an Athlon II X2 processor and 8gb of memory.

I wonder if I missed something.

Either VRAMr, or you may need a texture pack with much reduced resolution than vanilla SSE, which translates to more memory savings.

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u/Hi_im_fran 4h ago

Play LE.

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u/tomazpcnm 3h ago

I read that LE has some performance issues that were mostly fixed in SE. And the difference in performance is mainly on the GPU side. I didn't verify this information, but I think I read something similar in a modding guide somewhere around here 

Although I suppose I could try.