Questioning my GPU (GTX 1050 4 GB)

[Johnny]

I was just wondering if there is something wrong with my gpu/cpu. I've seen a lot of videos on YT with ppl having the same gpu and getting stable 60 fps at ultra settings (laptops),. yet im struggling to reach stable +45 fps when being in the open area.

GTX 1050 4GB
i5 8300-H
8GB RAM

[Grumpy]

mods yes - no?
multiple GPUs in your pc and you playing from the weaker one?

[Johnny]

No mods, just the standard game.. im sure im using the dedicated one, not integrated

[George Cantstandya]

Lower god rays, shadows quality and distance. Those eat up a large majority performance.

[Rafael Freeman]

A GTX 1050 (or a GTX 1050 Ti) is not going to play Skyrim SE at ultra quality settings / 60 FPS.

YouTube movies on virtually unknown channels are not a good source of information.

[Johnny]

Originally posted by HeaVy Bowgun:

Lower god rays, shadows quality and distance. Those eat up a large majority performance.

Ye, I'll do that, i was just kinda comparing it. Thank you

[Johnny]

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

A GTX 1050 (or a GTX 1050 Ti) is not going to play Skyrim SE at ultra quality settings / 60 FPS.

YouTube movies on virtually unknown channels are not a good source of information.

Fair enough. I was just scared that there could be some problem. something like cpu throttling ..
Thank you, anyway

[Rafael Freeman]

Originally posted by Johnny:

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

A GTX 1050 (or a GTX 1050 Ti) is not going to play Skyrim SE at ultra quality settings / 60 FPS.

YouTube movies on virtually unknown channels are not a good source of information.

Fair enough. I was just scared that there could be some problem. something like cpu throttling ..
Thank you, anyway

The good news is that you will be able to play the game at decent settings since your system seems to be well balanced.

However, you might want to use MSI Afterburner to check how much usage the GPU and CPU get at various settings. Afterburner can also monitor temperatures.

[Johnny]

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

Originally posted by Johnny:

Fair enough. I was just scared that there could be some problem. something like cpu throttling ..
Thank you, anyway

The good news is that you will be able to play the game at decent settings since your system seems to be well balanced.

However, you might want to use MSI Afterburner to check how much usage the GPU and CPU get at various settings. Afterburner can also monitor temperatures.

Ye, I'm using that for some days now. I don't totally understand the numbers but ill get used to it by some time.
If I mention the temperature. It rose up to 78°C once,which seemt pretty high, but I wasnt using cooling pad back then.
As for now, with a cooling pad, it got reduced by +-5°C when playing.

[Rafael Freeman]

Originally posted by Johnny:

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

The good news is that you will be able to play the game at decent settings since your system seems to be well balanced.

However, you might want to use MSI Afterburner to check how much usage the GPU and CPU get at various settings. Afterburner can also monitor temperatures.

Ye, I'm using that for some days now. I don't totally understand the numbers but ill get used to it by some time.
If I mention the temperature. It rose up to 78°C once,which seemt pretty high, but I wasnt using cooling pad back then.
As for now, with a cooling pad, it got reduced by +-5°C when playing.

A temperature of 80% is fine unless that temperature is achieved by throttling (running either the CPU or GPU slower in order to cool that component down).

You might have figured it out already, but by clicking the gear symbol and then the Monitoring tab in Afterburner, you can determine which values are displayed in-game.

GPU usage and CPU usage are displayed as a percentage. If one of those values is close to 100%, than that means that that component is close to its limit and might be a bottleneck.

Afterburner can also display the CPU clock per clock. If your system is cool enough, you should see a boost over the base frequency.

[Johnny]

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

Originally posted by Johnny:

Ye, I'm using that for some days now. I don't totally understand the numbers but ill get used to it by some time.
If I mention the temperature. It rose up to 78°C once,which seemt pretty high, but I wasnt using cooling pad back then.
As for now, with a cooling pad, it got reduced by +-5°C when playing.

A temperature of 80% is fine unless that temperature is achieved by throttling (running either the CPU or GPU slower in order to cool that component down).

You might have figured it out already, but by clicking the gear symbol and then the Monitoring tab in Afterburner, you can determine which values are displayed in-game.

GPU usage and CPU usage are displayed as a percentage. If one of those values is close to 100%, than that means that that component is close to its limit and might be a bottleneck.

Afterburner can also display the CPU clock per clock. If your system is cool enough, you should see a boost over the base frequency.

Thanks a lot for the information. I feel better after hearing that.
As for afterburner, do you think that i could somehow increase the performance with setting up the core/memory clock?

[Rafael Freeman]

Originally posted by Johnny:

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

A temperature of 80% is fine unless that temperature is achieved by throttling (running either the CPU or GPU slower in order to cool that component down).

You might have figured it out already, but by clicking the gear symbol and then the Monitoring tab in Afterburner, you can determine which values are displayed in-game.

GPU usage and CPU usage are displayed as a percentage. If one of those values is close to 100%, than that means that that component is close to its limit and might be a bottleneck.

Afterburner can also display the CPU clock per clock. If your system is cool enough, you should see a boost over the base frequency.

Thanks a lot for the information. I feel better after hearing that.
As for afterburner, do you think that i could somehow increase the performance with setting up the core/memory clock?

Not a great idea, because you will increase the temperature by doing so. That will prevent the CPU and GPU from using their boost functions. Overclocking a laptop is seldom a good idea.

For Skyrim SE use this as a starting point:

First select High Quality and adjust the following settings afterwards

Set Shadow Quality to Medium

Set Actor Fade to Max (move the slider all the way to the right)

Set Godrays Quality to Low or Off (Off isn’t always possible, it’s a bug)

(You should be able to increase Object Fade (move the slider to the right), but leave it for now.)

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Use Afterburner to see how your GPU is doing is with these settings.

Increase the Object Fade setting if you can.