What the f*ck, Bethesda? Why, all of the sudden and out of the blue, is my game just freezing, dropping tons of frames, and becoming unplayable?
Even before this problem, I used a mod for increasing the amount of RAM Skyrim would use. And I have 12 gigs of it, so I know I'm not running out. But, apparently, after the latest "patch", the large address awareness patch I'd been using was broken.
So I found another mod to let Skyrim see at least 4 measly gigs of RAM (seriously, game designers... accept the fact that 64 bit systems with at least 8 gigs of ram are probably mainstream by now... douches.) and it worked for a while, but no matter what, I'm still getting intense lag.
Didn't happen at all on my first playthrough... or rather, my first 50 hours or so. After re-starting, (and updating), I'm barely a level 20 something and I feel like I'm participating in stop motion photography.
I know it isn't my hardware. My 560Ti never had a problem before. My i7960 processor neither. What the f*ck, Bethesda? I know it's your fault. Don't even try to pretend it isn't.
