Skyrim and AMD

Peppered · 12-10-2011, 09:11 AM

I have a XF 6950 2gb and seem to have skyrim crash a lot. I have the latest drivers and the game is up to date, or at least it seems so as far as steam shows.

I did the fix on the audio set up that cause the game to crash so I am thinking that it is the AMD drivers.

This is the only game I play at this time and if the card is the problem then I may just buy a 560TI.

Can anyone confirm the issues with Skyrim and AMD?

Grooveriding · 12-10-2011, 09:23 AM

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1013

Try using this to boot it. It's Skyrim that is crashtastic, Bethesda games are always prone to crashing.

This 4GB mod helps people usually. FWIW it seems random, I never have gotten crashing in the game.

MrK6 · 12-10-2011, 09:32 AM

My first question is are you running any mods or a tweaked .ini? If so, you absolutely need to run the 4GB launch executable. If not, the usual stuff - are you overclocked (CPU or GPU)? Is it stable?

I've put a lot of hours into Skyrim and haven't crashed once, but most of that was vanilla and when I started modding my .ini I also started running the 4GB launch.

Peppered · 12-10-2011, 09:58 AM

no mods added, I started over a few times and some quest are broken that were there the first time.
I did do a comand to get my weight limit up, I couldn't stand being over burden all the time. this was not a mod just a counsel comand.
No overclocking on CPU or GPU. this is a new PC that I built and havn't had anyother issues

Elfear · 12-10-2011, 10:35 AM

My money is on the regular executable. Try the 4GB .exe as others suggested. That fixed a lot of crashes for me.

Leyawiin · 12-10-2011, 10:47 AM

Another vote for Skyrim 4GB launcher. After the 1.2 patch my formerly great running game began experiencing crashes when I would fast travel. It would happen about four or five times a night. Since I've been using the 4GB launcher I've had exactly one fast-travel crash and its been about 40-50 hours now. From what I've read Bethesda is going to include LAA in an upcoming patch.

Peppered · 12-10-2011, 11:08 AM

thanks all I will have time next week to try it out, I finaly had 3 days off to try this and got frustrated with the crashes, look forward to trying it with 4gb launcher

Bad thing is if this wont work with mods it kinda makes the point of playing on a PC overe a PS3 or a xbox lose the advantage.

PuppettMaster001 · 12-10-2011, 11:42 AM

+1

The 4GB exe fixed the random CTDs for me too. Without the exe I was getting the worst timed CTDs ever (oops.... forgot to quick save). Haven't crashed once and have been using the 4GB exe for about 50 hours of gameplay.

frozentundra123456 · 12-10-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Peppered

no mods added, I started over a few times and some quest are broken that were there the first time.
I did do a comand to get my weight limit up, I couldn't stand being over burden all the time. this was not a mod just a counsel comand.
No overclocking on CPU or GPU. this is a new PC that I built and havn't had anyother issues

I used the increased carry weight command also!! Got really tired of being overburndened, especially since the vendors have so little cash, and you have to run around to different venders to sell different things. I am up to nearly 100 hours on a low end system, and have had only 1 crash to desktop. The game does freeze occasionally, but if I wait long enough it becomes playable again.

Arkaign · 12-10-2011, 01:47 PM

Hmm, I have 2500k@4.5 and XFX 69502GB, and zero crashes ever. I've used the regular steam patches that have come along. I have seen some random stuff in the game from time to time, I was a daedric guy at the bottom of a lake spazzing out, arrows stuck in the air at the top of a mountain, a dragon skeleton flying around, etc.

Nintendesert · 12-10-2011, 02:06 PM

I have a 2500K at 4.2 and a 5870 and have not had any CTD issues with the game. It's very irregular and across all platforms that it's giving people problems. I don't run the fixed .exe and just stock from Steam while my brother with a very similar setup but with a 570SC experiences a lot of CTDs, the LAA patch fixed a lot for him though. Both systems running 16gigs of ram. He's not running the game from an SSD though while I am.

Arkadrel · 12-10-2011, 02:30 PM

i have a ph II@4ghz and a 5870, and its running like a charm for me.

i doubt its a amd issue.

SlowSpyder · 12-10-2011, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Arkadrel

i have a ph II@4ghz and a 5870, and its running like a charm for me.

i doubt its a amd issue.

I've had one or two lockups, but since going to the latest drivers I haven't. I'll also try the 4GB mod also. I'm not sure if the drivers were coincidence or if it actually fixed anything. I'm using CF 5870's, though.

Concillian · 12-10-2011, 05:26 PM

FYI I've only had one crash on a 5770.

Read any Skyrim centric forums and you'll see lots of people having CTD issues. There is no real common thread. You see it from Intel CPUs, AMD CPUs, nVidia cards, AMD cards, doesn't matter, the game has bugs. Even console players are having issues here and there.

Mem · 12-10-2011, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Peppered

I have a XF 6950 2gb and seem to have skyrim crash a lot. I have the latest drivers and the game is up to date, or at least it seems so as far as steam shows.

I did the fix on the audio set up that cause the game to crash so I am thinking that it is the AMD drivers.

This is the only game I play at this time and if the card is the problem then I may just buy a 560TI.

Can anyone confirm the issues with Skyrim and AMD?

It's the game,I've 560Ti and have had quite a few CTD,not so many since 1.3 patch(about 4 so far ) .

Huge official thread on CTD at their forums here http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php...page__st__1120 over 55 pages long.

brandonb · 12-11-2011, 10:20 AM

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Never any crashes, however, I'm only lvl 15 or so. I haven't put alot of hours into it, maybe 10, but no crashes in those 10 hours.

volcane · 12-12-2011, 01:19 AM

I've gotten more CTDs since I updated Skyrim to version 1.3. Much more than when I was in version 1.2.

The game would consistently last about 10 minutes before it either freezes or crashes. Sometimes I get the "Display driver stopped responding" message, sometimes I don't.

I'm running a X4 960t and 6870 1GB (both stock) with Catalyst 11.11.

Just used the 4GB mod yesterday and while it still occasionally freezes, it has stopped crashing.

3DVagabond · 12-12-2011, 01:32 AM

Have we satisfactorily established that it's not an AMD conflict? If so, maybe the title should be edited?

RavenSEAL · 12-12-2011, 01:55 AM

Lay off AMD, this is bethsoft's issue, not their.

TakeNoPrisoners · 12-12-2011, 10:01 AM

I don't have a problem with crashing and I have a 5850.

Skott · 12-12-2011, 11:41 AM

The only AMD issues I have heard of is when using dual cards in CF. AMD said this would be addressed in a driver update. Not sure if that updated driver has been released yet or not. That's a CF set up however. Single AMD use is suppose to be fine. Given the reported bugs that are in Skyrim I too would be inclined to say it is more of a game issue/bug than a AMD one.

3DVagabond · 12-12-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Skott

The only AMD issues I have heard of is when using dual cards in CF. AMD said this would be addressed in a driver update. Not sure if that updated driver has been released yet or not. That's a CF set up however. Single AMD use is suppose to be fine. Given the reported bugs that are in Skyrim I too would be inclined to say it is more of a game issue/bug than a AMD one.

Seeing as the issues are happening randomly to both brands of cards... It could be caused by a lot of things. It could be an Arrow or *MPC (media player classic). Or some random app phoning home causing it for all we know.

*I'm not saying it's either of these programs in particular. Just making an example. Before someone gives us a wall of text on why MPC could never cause this.

Avalon · 12-12-2011, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 3DVagabond

Have we satisfactorily established that it's not an AMD conflict? If so, maybe the title should be edited?

Yes, I'm running an Intel Core2 E8400 on an Nvidia GTX 560 and get random CTD about every couple hours.

My wife is running an Intel Core i5 750 w/ATI Radeon 4850 and gets the same thing.

Definitely random. Going to try the 4B LAA launcher.