tsynr: Everything started of fine, but now creatures do not render, I can target them, kill them, and see their shadows, but I can't see the creatures themselves. Also, trees, large rocks, shrines, and my weapons and armor randomly disappear from view.

I've tried changing the resolution, turning the texture detail all the way down, up, and in the middle. turning shadows off (which makes it even harder to find and kill creatures)

Anyone else experience this? I'm running a GeForce GTX 560M 1.5 GB video card, and windows 7.

Waltorious: I wonder if your video card might be overheating? Can you check the temperature on the card in its control panel? You also might consider opening up your case and cleaning out any dust that has accumulated.

That is assuming you are using a desktop. If you are running on a laptop it will be harder to prevent the overheating.

tsynr: I suppose that is possible, but it runs Skyrim just fine on high graphic settings and the computer is less than one month old so I doubt it is dust accumulation at this point.