PS5 now runs Skyrim at 60 fps — here’s how to enable it

PS5 now runs Skyrim at 60 fps — here'southward how to enable it

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The PS5 tin can now run perennially popular RPG The Elderberry Scrolls V: Skyrim at a shine 60 frames per second, thanks to a new mod that removes the xxx fps cap. It works on the PS4 besides, so Skyrim fans can get a performance boost even if they haven't been lucky plenty when it comes to finding where to buy the PS5.

The mod, which you can see in action in the video below, is available via the Bethesda mod database. All y'all have to do is install it, restart Skyrim, and you're adept to become. The writer's description adds that the PS4 Pro is compatible too, though since the game runs at 4K on this console you lot probably won't get the full lx fps.

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This PS5/PS4 mod follows in the footsteps of the Uncap FPS mod for Skyrim and Fallout 4, which released in December last year — but was only available for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series Due south.

At present PlayStation owners tin enjoy the same benefit, at to the lowest degree in Skyrim, and this mod fifty-fifty shares 1 of the cooler tricks of Uncap FPS: it tin run without disabling achievements, which making modifications usually does to prevent cheating.

Admittedly this takes some effort compared to simply letting information technology run normally: you need to download and enable the mod in Skyrim, restart the game, then go back into the mods card and delete or disable it. This should permit the game to still run without the frame cap and, crucially, without disabling achievements, simply you'll have to do it every time you want to play.

Nevertheless, it's a handy modernistic that breathes at least a little more life into Skyrim on the PS4 and PS5. And that's peculiarly proficient news considering The Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield, Bethesda'due south side by side RPG projects, are both notwithstanding a few years away.

James is currently Hardware Editor at Stone Paper Shotgun, but before that was Audio Editor at Tom's Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and annihilation else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he likewise wrote computing and gaming news for TG, normally relating to how hard it is to observe graphics bill of fare stock.