My Best settings for ESO (PC) (Video)

Im_MegaDeath

I did a lot of testing with a bunch of different systems and this is what I got for ya ^_^. also ill be adding new tricks to the description as I find them or forgot to add to the video. TY again for everyone who helped.

oh and I did test 4k if anyone would like to hear about that ill make another video or just comment and ill let you know

I tried a bunch of Nvidia control panel settings also nothing seemed to help at all. the only thing there that id say try is turn on Prefer Maximum Performance under Power management mode. i didnt show any FPS improvement for my system but it did hold FPS better so it did help some. Hope this helps everyone.

last thing - if you plan to build a PC for this game moving from console the best CPU for this game is the 8700k and any GPU from a 1070 up will be fine. the game preforms best on strong single thread performance and high clock speeds so OVER CLOCK the **** out of everything (if you know how)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smi6Yi5tZ1E&t=3s

Blackleopardex

Will test the max core and get back to you

Im_MegaDeath

Yeah please post results and system specs. everyone so far say its the best setting change they have ever made.

danno8

My question is best settings for what?

FPS? Graphics? A compromise between the two?

Because it just seems that (other than the MaxCoresToUse setting) the video is basically just "turn everything to low/off", which is fairly self-evident if you are looking for the best FPS and you don't care if the game look terrible.

Also, I tested the MaxCores setting from 6 to 11 and noticed no difference in FPS or loading times, but that is probably because I only have a 4 core i5-4670k.

Im_MegaDeath

yeah you have 4 core only with no hyper threads, and I say in the video these are the best settings for PVP and Score runs in trials. atleast I think I did I made the video like 8 times because I kept forgetting things

Blackleopardex

danno8 wrote: »

My question is best settings for what?

FPS? Graphics? A compromise between the two?

Because it just seems that (other than the MaxCoresToUse setting) the video is basically just "turn everything to low/off", which is fairly self-evident if you are looking for the best FPS and you don't care if the game look terrible.

Also, I tested the MaxCores setting from 6 to 11 and noticed no difference in FPS or loading times, but that is probably because I only have a 4 core i5-4670k.

I think it's basically a guide for those who are struggling with running the game. Where you try this to make it efficient without turning down the graphics to lowest... I also did not touch the rest because of my laptop is pretty powerful..

Im_MegaDeath

Oh and I also say in the video if you have the PC it will show an increase but obv if you dont have more core you wont see a difference

Rohamad_Ali

Hello MegaDeth , you may want to try some of the settings adjustments here

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368986/pc-mega-thread-eso-performance-tweaks-fps-improvements-stutter-free-graphics-tweaking

in that thread for PVP . Some of the values in subtexture setting cause bottlenecks with gpu , even on high end rigs during combat . With these settings I can get upwards of 75fps while keeping good graphics . It adjusts the problems in shadows so you can have them on while also giving a smoother rendering of sub textures while moving . Reduces strain on cpu and gpu so over clocking gets the max results . PVP FPS is hard to keep stable for all machines and those setting keep the drops from going under 35-40 for my PC . Also recently deleted all add on saved variables due to memory leak in this patch and got another 5fps and more stability .

Appricate the information to help us all get better performance , thank you for sharing .

Im_MegaDeath

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Hello MegaDeth , you may want to try some of the settings adjustments here

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368986/pc-mega-thread-eso-performance-tweaks-fps-improvements-stutter-free-graphics-tweaking

in that thread for PVP . Some of the values in subtexture setting cause bottlenecks with gpu , even on high end rigs during combat . With these settings I can get upwards of 75fps while keeping good graphics . It adjusts the problems in shadows so you can have them on while also giving a smoother rendering of sub textures while moving . Reduces strain on cpu and gpu so over clocking gets the max results . PVP FPS is hard to keep stable for all machines and those setting keep the drops from going under 35-40 for my PC . Also recently deleted all add on saved variables due to memory leak in this patch and got another 5fps and more stability .

Appricate the information to help us all get better performance , thank you for sharing .

Thanks ill take a look at this ^_^

Rohamad_Ali

Im_MegaDeath wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Hello MegaDeth , you may want to try some of the settings adjustments here

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368986/pc-mega-thread-eso-performance-tweaks-fps-improvements-stutter-free-graphics-tweaking

in that thread for PVP . Some of the values in subtexture setting cause bottlenecks with gpu , even on high end rigs during combat . With these settings I can get upwards of 75fps while keeping good graphics . It adjusts the problems in shadows so you can have them on while also giving a smoother rendering of sub textures while moving . Reduces strain on cpu and gpu so over clocking gets the max results . PVP FPS is hard to keep stable for all machines and those setting keep the drops from going under 35-40 for my PC . Also recently deleted all add on saved variables due to memory leak in this patch and got another 5fps and more stability .

Appricate the information to help us all get better performance , thank you for sharing .

Thanks ill take a look at this ^_^

Excellent . Quick question , can a I7 quad core make the core setting change you mentioned to 11 safely ?

Im_MegaDeath

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Im_MegaDeath wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Hello MegaDeth , you may want to try some of the settings adjustments here

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368986/pc-mega-thread-eso-performance-tweaks-fps-improvements-stutter-free-graphics-tweaking

in that thread for PVP . Some of the values in subtexture setting cause bottlenecks with gpu , even on high end rigs during combat . With these settings I can get upwards of 75fps while keeping good graphics . It adjusts the problems in shadows so you can have them on while also giving a smoother rendering of sub textures while moving . Reduces strain on cpu and gpu so over clocking gets the max results . PVP FPS is hard to keep stable for all machines and those setting keep the drops from going under 35-40 for my PC . Also recently deleted all add on saved variables due to memory leak in this patch and got another 5fps and more stability .

Appricate the information to help us all get better performance , thank you for sharing .

Thanks ill take a look at this ^_^

Excellent . Quick question , can a I7 quad core make the core setting change you mentioned to 11 safely ?

You should be in the clear, if you experience any issues just google what CPU you have or post it here and ill tell you the core count for your CPU. I believe you have 8 unless you have the new I7 8700k which has 12 but setting it to 11 should be fine for you regardless

Im_MegaDeath

And I read that thread most of those things are in the first link in my description I didnt cover all of them because the info has been here for a while and for the current patch that I tested most of these thing ZOS made default

Rohamad_Ali

Im_MegaDeath wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Im_MegaDeath wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Hello MegaDeth , you may want to try some of the settings adjustments here

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368986/pc-mega-thread-eso-performance-tweaks-fps-improvements-stutter-free-graphics-tweaking

in that thread for PVP . Some of the values in subtexture setting cause bottlenecks with gpu , even on high end rigs during combat . With these settings I can get upwards of 75fps while keeping good graphics . It adjusts the problems in shadows so you can have them on while also giving a smoother rendering of sub textures while moving . Reduces strain on cpu and gpu so over clocking gets the max results . PVP FPS is hard to keep stable for all machines and those setting keep the drops from going under 35-40 for my PC . Also recently deleted all add on saved variables due to memory leak in this patch and got another 5fps and more stability .

Appricate the information to help us all get better performance , thank you for sharing .

Thanks ill take a look at this ^_^

Excellent . Quick question , can a I7 quad core make the core setting change you mentioned to 11 safely ?

You should be in the clear, if you experience any issues just google what CPU you have or post it here and ill tell you the core count for your CPU. I believe you have 8 unless you have the new I7 8700k which has 12 but setting it to 11 should be fine for you regardless

I have two ASUS Rogs . My new one will run that no problem . The older one for playing while traveling is a ASUS ROG 765m Nvidia with pentium I7 quad core and was wondering if it would be safe to run on that as well . It needs the most boost and must be MSI overclocked for PVP .

Im_MegaDeath

But the Unparked CPU thing is interesting. my PC doesnt have that issue and ill have to look into why OS/ CPU have it to make a suggestion about it

Rohamad_Ali

Im_MegaDeath wrote: »

But the Unparked CPU thing is interesting. my PC doesnt have that issue and ill have to look into why OS/ CPU have it to make a suggestion about it

The Unparking Cores program helps my older laptop a lot . It's a nice program for older machines .

Im_MegaDeath

Yeah as im reading about it, seems it is meant for older hardware, but also Win 10 has that built in now so you should be good if you are on win 10

Rohamad_Ali

Im_MegaDeath wrote: »

Yeah as im reading about it, seems it is meant for older hardware, but also Win 10 has that built in now so you should be good if you are on win 10

Thank you for all your help !

Im_MegaDeath

np, glad I had the chance to help ^_^

danno8

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Im_MegaDeath wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Hello MegaDeth , you may want to try some of the settings adjustments here

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368986/pc-mega-thread-eso-performance-tweaks-fps-improvements-stutter-free-graphics-tweaking

in that thread for PVP . Some of the values in subtexture setting cause bottlenecks with gpu , even on high end rigs during combat . With these settings I can get upwards of 75fps while keeping good graphics . It adjusts the problems in shadows so you can have them on while also giving a smoother rendering of sub textures while moving . Reduces strain on cpu and gpu so over clocking gets the max results . PVP FPS is hard to keep stable for all machines and those setting keep the drops from going under 35-40 for my PC . Also recently deleted all add on saved variables due to memory leak in this patch and got another 5fps and more stability .

Appricate the information to help us all get better performance , thank you for sharing .

Thanks ill take a look at this ^_^

Excellent . Quick question , can a I7 quad core make the core setting change you mentioned to 11 safely ?

If you download CPU-Z here https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html , it will show you how many cores and threads your CPU has as well as a bunch of other good information about your entire computer hardware setup.

I would probably just set the "MaxCoresToUse" to the number of cores CPU-Z says you have, or leave it at the default of "6".

Blackleopardex

Tested the Max Core setting for about 2 hours, seems to work better for me!

Knights12

Some of these settings actually helped my weak spec laptop. Thank you. One question, my laptop has an i-5 with only 2 cores but the default still says "6" would it hurt anything to change that setting?

Im_MegaDeath

Knights12 wrote: »

Some of these settings actually helped my weak spec laptop. Thank you. One question, my laptop has an i-5 with only 2 cores but the default still says "6" would it hurt anything to change that setting?

well it wont help. since you only have 2 core you are not even being capped my the game yet. biggest improvment would be to upgrade hardware

YoungJacques69

I have a new i7 8700k and recently bought my first gaming PC after playing ESO from launch on PS4. But I don't understand why boosting this setting to 11 would improve the performance. From what I have read the game was designed for 4 core processors and hasn't really been upgraded or optimized since then. And everyone insists that this game loves single core performance... I know this helped you but logically it seems like giving the game more cores to randomly disperse upon might not hurt the game but I would assume it would reduce the capability of fps where as that is affected by single core peak performance. Usually the benchmarks I have seen the more cores you have in a program that utilizes them, then the lower your highest individual core clock speed is. Thats why when benchmark in games with a 1080ti a lot of games the i5 8700k which is 6 cores with no threads will beat the i7 8700k. Also when you consider that blockbuster games like GTA V and others don't benefit from having more than 6 cores/threads then I find it really hard to believe ESO would, seeing how poorly designed and optimized people claim it is. Are you sure you didn't change anything else before noticing the "improved load times"? Did you time it with a stop watch? Thanks.

RouDeR

Don't fool yourself with this 8700k nonsense , i7740x is the way to go , its the best CPU for High GHZ Overclocks , if you have decent Cooling 5.1 - 5.2ghz even 5.4ghz is possible ,I run my i7740x with crappy 45$ Liquid Cooler and can still maintain 4.9ghz at a reasonable temperatures while gaming.

Im_MegaDeath

YoungJacques69 wrote: »

I have a new i7 8700k and recently bought my first gaming PC after playing ESO from launch on PS4. But I don't understand why boosting this setting to 11 would improve the performance. From what I have read the game was designed for 4 core processors and hasn't really been upgraded or optimized since then. And everyone insists that this game loves single core performance... I know this helped you but logically it seems like giving the game more cores to randomly disperse upon might not hurt the game but I would assume it would reduce the capability of fps where as that is affected by single core peak performance. Usually the benchmarks I have seen the more cores you have in a program that utilizes them, then the lower your highest individual core clock speed is. Thats why when benchmark in games with a 1080ti a lot of games the i5 8700k which is 6 cores with no threads will beat the i7 8700k. Also when you consider that blockbuster games like GTA V and others don't benefit from having more than 6 cores/threads then I find it really hard to believe ESO would, seeing how poorly designed and optimized people claim it is. Are you sure you didn't change anything else before noticing the "improved load times"? Did you time it with a stop watch? Thanks.

From my testing before dragons bones patch it improved stability of my fps and improved loadtimes. didnt need to use a stop watch because the difference was noticeable. I understand your viewpoint and frames are still mainly determined by single core performance but sharing loads between multiple cores is what this does.

Also I made another video turning off superfetch helped on my ryzen CPUs and playing in 4k fullscreen maxed out clock speed on the 1080 I have to increase stability

Im_MegaDeath

the 4k trick was addressed in dragons bones. the last patch made the game keep your GPU clock static (what the 4k trick was for) so now there isnt a reason to do so

Im_MegaDeath

also ive made so many changes in

RouDeR wrote: »

Don't fool yourself with this 8700k nonsense , i7740x is the way to go , its the best CPU for High GHZ Overclocks , if you have decent Cooling 5.1 - 5.2ghz even 5.4ghz is possible ,I run my i7740x with crappy 45$ Liquid Cooler and can still maintain 4.9ghz at a reasonable temperatures while gaming.

you can get 5.1 on a lot of 8700ks

Im_MegaDeath

also single core performance benchmarks

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https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html