Needing help, technical computer problems...kinda...

[TRUEPATRiiOT]

So my laptop has:

 

- i7 4700mq @ 2.4ghz

- 8gb ram

- GeForce GTX 765m @ 1.5gb DDR3 (i think its 1.5, may be 1.25)

 

and with this, Skyrim runs well with MANY mods installed. My issue is once I put it flora overhaul mods (i.e anything that adds more grass, trees. etc.) or an ENB, my FPS drops down to next to nothing (like 25 FPS). So my question is: if I put the GeForce GTX 880m @ 8gb DDR5, in my computer, would my FPS get back to around 50-60 with ENB and flora overhaul mods?

 

Any help would be appreciated, as I've only been a hardcore PC gamer for around 10 months.

[Valkirth]

tbh enb's will punish the graphics,i have a R9 280x 3gb card and even that has my fps outside at 45 fps (thought my game is heavily modded as well),not entirely sure why your having problems with flora mods thought they shouldn't knock off more then 5 fps(maybe slightly more on a laptop),most i saw was a 4 fps loss when i used to use vurts but now im running bigger trees with lush trees and grass i barely notice at difference at all.

 

have you tried tweaking any of the enb's you've tried,like disabling ambient occlusion etc,as that's what hurts the most when running them.

 

as for gpu not very familiar with laptop gpu's although the 880m is powerful by laptop standards(fastest laptop gpu iirc) there still not in the same league as desktop gpu's so you might be hard pressed to hit 60 fps,might be able to get around 45 on average with an enb and loads of mods (unless you only run a lightly modded game),maybe someone who knows more about laptop gpu's can answer that question.

Edited October 13, 2014 by Phoenix_1982

[TRUEPATRiiOT]

tbh enb's will punish the graphics,i have a R9 280x 3gb card and even that has my fps outside at 45 fps (thought my game is heavily modded as well),not entirely sure why your having problems with flora mods thought they shouldn't knock off more then 5 fps(maybe slightly more on a laptop),most i saw was a 4 fps loss when i used to use vurts but now im running bigger trees with lush trees and grass i barely notice at difference at all.

 

have you tried tweaking any of the enb's you've tried,like disabling ambient occlusion etc,as that's what hurts the most when running them.

 

as for gpu not very familiar with laptop gpu's although the 880m is powerful by laptop standards(fastest laptop gpu iirc) there still not in the same league as desktop gpu's so you might be hard pressed to hit 60 fps with an enb and loads of mods (unless you only run a lightly modded game),maybe someone who knows more about laptop gpu's can answer that question.

 

Thanks for the reply. Yea I honestly don't know what the issue is with the flora overhauls, but in Skyrim (I can use them in Fallout) they eat my FPS down to nothing. And yea, I have tried disabling some of the more taxing functions of the ENB's.

 

Im pretty sure my processor is good and 8gb of ram is more than enough (though once I get the GPU, im gonna go ahead and add 8 more since my laptop will already be open), so that really only leaves the GPU. I'll have to see if I can find someone who knows more about laptops though. Thanks again for the help.

Edited October 13, 2014 by TRUEPATRiiOT