Best Mods To Make Skyrim Looks As Nice As Possible

[JoeDinsdale]

Hi all,

 

earlyer today i made a topic asking if there was a mod out there that did a full 4K retexture for the base game along with all its dlc. But people seem to say, that first off there is no just one mod to do that and that the 4k textures dont overly make that much of a differance.

 

So now i have a new question. Now im looking for a collection of mods to make Skyrim look as nice as possible. So any good ENBs that look mostly realalistic but adds a slight fantisy feel to them. Any good weather mods, lighting mods, HD textures 4K or not. Along with any other good mods that make the game look as nice as possible.

 

Any guids to tweak the games files to get the most out of computer hardware and increase the graphics.

 

in my last post people said i should have posted my system spec so that people can help me out more by know what mods i will be able to run. So i will list my system spec, its a computer i have or will be building my self, once all the parst have been delivared still waitng on some turning up, but this is the spec of what i have purchsed;

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5 S2011
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.30GHz (has 6 cores and over clocked to 3.60GHz with 15MB Chace, water cooled with Corsair H80i Hydro)
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB (i have 2 of these in SLI)
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2800MHz
HDD: 1TB VelociRaptor SATA 3 10K RPS (i have 2 in stripe raid)
PSU: Corsair 850W
Disk: Asus Blu-Ray R/W x16
Case: CoolerMaster Silencio RC-550 (with all fans slots full)
Audio: Creative Sound Blaster FX
Speakers: Genius SW-G2.1 3000
Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 4K 28" LED

 

So please give me as much help as you can i want to get skyrim to look as nice and as beautiful as possible on my new system.

 

Thanks.

[lordmonkus]

There's no real short answer for you but I can give you some links to point you in the right direction. Start off by reading the Achieve Smooth-Performance SKYRIM with 255-Plus MODS guide by Alex y Taina. This will help you with making sure your Skyrim runs as smooth as it can. Just throwing a pile of mods into a game can make it very unstable no matter how beastly of a system you are running. That guide is gonna point you over to the S.T.E.P. guide which will have a great list of mods to at least give you a very good looking solid base to work off of.

 

Once you have read and followed those 2 guides then you can think about a weather and lighting mod along with an ENB. These two will work off of each other because certain ENBs are designed to be used with specific weather and lighting combinations. Here is a great ENB comparison you can go through and find one that suits your tastes. Link.

 

Fortunately you will have a powerful enough of a rig to handle pretty much any ENB out there.

Hopefully this gets you started on what you are looking for.

 

Edit: I noticed in your system specs you didn't have an SSD listed. I have zero experience with stripe raid so I do not know what the performance of it is like in comparison to an SSD. I have my Skyrim and Mod Organizer files installed on an SSD and the load times are greatly improved over a traditional HD.

Edited November 7, 2014 by lordmonkus

[JoeDinsdale]

Thanks for those tips and links :) i will go have a read of them now, also i still have room for an SSD, maybe i will invest in buying one to use for Skyrim

[yudhi108]

I use RealVision ENB. I prefer the fantasy version, but I've used the realistic version with Realistic Lighting Overhaul before and it was very realistic and nice. I recommend lower texture water becase it still looks good low res and medium to low grass. Don't install all 4k mods or you'll bog down your system and won't have rooms for awesome gameplay mods,