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    Skyrim 4GB or 8GB VRAM?

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    Posted · Edited by Amyr

    It really depends on a lot of things.

    Are you only gonna play Skyrim? Are you gonna download every HQ Texture you find? Do you enjoy AAA titles? What will be your native resolution?

     

    If you're gonna play only Skyrim/Fallout in 1080P, 4GB is quite enough for a modded game, if you don't go ham with 4K textures.

     

    If you think playing other games such as BF4, Witcher 3 or some other triple AAA title in 1080P or 2K, 4GB should be enough in most cases.

     

    But if you're talking about a heavily modded Skyrim in 4K, then I would suggest getting at least 6GB.

    Benefits of a Paid Modder - for the Modders, the Users, and for Business

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    Posted

    Paid Mods will never become a thing. You simply can't sell a mod without giving at least half of the profit to Bethesda.

    They will never let the modders to get 100% of the revenue. And because of that, I will always prefer donating over buying.

     

    If you update your existing mod and try to sell it, it will become a problem.

    If you combine your mods together and try to sell it, it will become a problem.

    For this to work, the mod should be a genuine mod. Meaning, it's unique, it doesn't already exist, it's well designed. It's not some bullsht retexture for .99 cents, it has to be an actual MOD.

     

    Would you guys still be against it if Valve didn't come up with updated mods? What if we had a brand new mod like Falskaar that adds so many things to your game. It's a huuuge mod and it's only $5. Wouldn't you guys just buy it? I know I would.

     

    Like I said earlier, problem was that they were trying to sell already existing free mods for money, the ones we already use. Instead they should have come up with complete new mods.

    Steam and Bethesda remove paid modding from Skyrim Workshop

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    Posted

    In response to post #24748294. #24748909, #24748959, #24749014, #24749054, #24749074, #24749089, #24749114, #24749169, #24749269, #24749289, #24749409, #24749439, #24749529, #24749564, #24749574, #24749674, #24749709, #24749814, #24749884, #24749889, #24749954, #24750114, #24750204, #24750249, #24750254 are all replies on the same post.


    mannygt wrote:
    user134 wrote: Or maybe those people missed/forgot to hit the button/don't think it matters.
    Stevensonzilla wrote: That's a fair point.

    From my side, I can tell you that I have downloaded a lot of mods that I simply haven't gotten around to trying out yet. Gray Cowl, for instance, is sitting around on my drive waiting for my next playthrough. If that gives the impression that I'm unappreciative, it really is unintentional.

    I do, however, have to admit that I'm guilty. There are mods that I have used and enjoyed and just never gotten around to endorsing or commenting on. I have no excuse other than laziness.
    Timarot wrote: While I entirely agree that there should be more endorcements - unique downloads does not traslate into "people who love mod". Its more like "amoumt of unique ip-pc combination to which mod was downloaded"
    mcguffin wrote: Exactly.

    Mod users act actually, for a vast majority, like a *consumer*, but without paying the price. Some of them also are angry when updates take time, or when they have issues.

    I have seen few people saying that they have 200 mods installed, and because of that they could not afford to pay them.
    but when you look at their profile, you see very little amount of comments or endorsements.

    Most of people only leech content without caring of anything.

    Seren4XX wrote: Those numbers alone are an accomplishment and ode to the modders who put out those mods. Endorsing is forgotten easily for a number of reasons that don't have anything to do with being grateful or not.
    Ottemis wrote: It's a fact there are parts of this and any modding community in it's users that have zero real concept of the amount of work that goes into modding and think rather loosely or little at all on the matter, even taking an entitled stance rather than an appreciative one.
    While it's 'normal' to forget to endorse or comment on mods you've truly enjoyed, and easy to think modders do it for themselves and out of their own volition that does not negate that modders do thrive on positive feedback from the community and more appreciation and healthy views on what modding entails certainly wouldn't hurt the modding community as a whole.
    zzjay wrote: many dont even know what an endosement is..theyre not into the community,and just like to download mods for their game
    shinji72 wrote: That's a very comment. And before the introductions of the pop ups on Nexus (pointing you to the unendorsed mods) the percentage were far far lower.
    Kioma wrote: Extremely good point, mannygt. Kudos.

    I'll admit that I'm guilty of this. I have a tendency to download a mod, forget it's there, get surprised when I load the game and find that I did in fact install it, and then play the game for several hours solid and simply forget to go back to the mod page and endorse it. Not an excuse, just a fact, but one I'm intending to correct. As I type this I'm gearing up to endorse every single mod I currently run and I encourage anyone in my boat (ie. the forgetful boat) to do the same.

    Don't forget to endorse the everloving s#*! out of the mods you love. People need encouragement. Someone can do stellar work and still get disheartened because even though fifty people posted 'nice mod, gj' on their page, only a fraction of those people bothered to endorse.
    mannygt wrote: Please, don't get me wrong, I don't want to force your mouse to point on "endorse" button. I'm explaining how the percentage works in the Nexus. As I said before, I appreciated the users who decided to "follow" me and I always given answers to their questions because this is the real spirit of community (IMHO). Modders and Users working together to improve and make better mods.

    I know that the laziness percentage for saying "thank you" or clicking the endorsement button may exist, and also it exists the percentage of who didn't liked the mod, but I cannot believe that mostly of the mods in the Nexus it only have 5%-10% of users attention.
    mannygt wrote: @user134. This is from your profile:

    Joined: 15 September 2013 Last active: 12:28, 28 Apr 2015

    Posts: 8 Topics: 0 Files tagged: 0 File images: 0 Endorsements given: 0

    samo101 wrote: It's not really a case of being grateful as much as it is of participation. People who don't participate in this community probably don't endorse mods.

    Furthermore, it makes no difference in the long run. If 10% of users endorse mods they like then you still end up with the most popular mods being endorsed the most, the numbers are just lower.
    PROMETHEUS_ts wrote: Well I agree on that , the actual system doesn't even discriminate between good and well made mods and just "popularity" ones .

    Some crap mods do make up to hot file and stay there a whole week hoarding endorsements just because of popularity or because they made a laught on some . But Other well tought , planned, finely craftet that took months to do are left in the voidness of unpopularity .
    some gems are really hidden deep into the vaults of Nexus and are not even known of .
    Even the same search categorizes the mods mostly by endorsements wich increase the popularity of the popular ones , rather than have a better fair system of classification of mods according to the work done for making them .
    mljh11 wrote: Why is an endorsement important? I'm not trolling - I really want to know.

    I only just bought Skyrim Legendary Edition last year, and only got into trying mods this year. Therefore I'm very new to the culture here at the Nexus.

    Other mod sites don't even have an endorsement button; they may have a 10 point rating system or something. Is such a system better or worse than Nexus' endorsement system?
    bangunagung wrote: Well, even Gopher forgot to endorse sometimes.
    bangunagung wrote: @ mljh11

    That's just a way of saying "thanks for the mod, I like it". The mod author doesn't get anything from it. It just helps spreading the word whether the mod is good or not and encourage more people to try it.

    It's not an entirely different system from rating, just a little bit more general.
    ramccoid wrote: Don't forget the protest mod, 3,233 unique downloads to 1,438 endorsements which is the only mod ever to reach nearly 50% ratio.
    People didn't feel lazy or forgetful about that one. It shows the hypocrisy clearly, make the effort when it suits.
    Sigurd44 wrote: I forgot to endorse a lot of mods in my first year here on Nexus. I was just to involved in learning how to install mods correctly at all, learning Skyrim folder and file structures etc. Over time I got used to do it. I guess in the meanwhile almost every mod I once used or still use has an endorsement.

    That's just my experience, I still can't explain why so many mods with extremely high download rates have so less endorsements.
    mkess wrote: No, I think this action from valve this weekend was a wakeup call for many users. Let's wait and see.
    mljh11 wrote: @bangunagung:

    Thanks for your reply.

    So would I be right to say that you think the endorse button is basically a "thanks" button? If so, I would generally agree with you on this. Which brings me to my next question...

    Do mod makers make mods because they want to be thanked?
    riverreveal wrote: I think a lot of people, Im including myself here, take the modding community for granted to an extent. Oblivion was the first game I started getting mods for, Skyrim was the first game where I spent a good proportion of my time playing around with the mods.

    If there is already a community in place with 1000s of members, 1000s of endorsements, millions of downloads then some people think they arent needed. A lot of people have come out of the woodwork in the last few days (again myself included) and I can totally understand a mod author saying, why are you speaking up now about us not getting money now, but not even thanking us when you were grabbing our free mods. I get that.

    I have never in my head taken a mod author for granted, but I do realise that my actions over the last few years has been exactly that. If one good thing does come out of all this then I hope a lot more people are going to recognise the same thing and be a bit more proactive towards endorsements and donations.

    I really hope Beth and Valve find a way to get you guys rewarded that benefits the community as well. The system they used sucked, but there was a pro there as well.
    user134 wrote: @mannygt: Yeah, those are statistics on my profile. What is your point? =/
    mljh11 wrote: The thing is - mod makers (typically) make mods because
    1) they themselves love the game, and
    2) they love the idea of sharing cool stuff they make for the game with other people.

    I say this as an ex-modder myself (for other games, not Skyrim). The sites I uploaded my mods to didn't have an endorse / thanks button at all - and guess what? I never got bothered thinking about whether people were thankful for my mods.

    At all.

    Seriously.

    If you're a modder who DOES MODDING BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE GAME, just carry on. Who cares about a number that says how many people endorse or thank you for your mod? It's just that - a stupid number. Please don't get upset because of this number or the lack of it; there are waaaaay more worthwhile things in life that you could get upset over.
    jet4571 wrote: Heya Mannygt I think I have endorsed one of your mods or you one of mine.. both... Or just recognize your name. Anyway this one gets me....

    "but the most of the users just download the mod without saying any f***ing word. "

    A simple "Thanks for uploading" is worth a $5. A "Thanks." is worth $2.50. A "Thanks." with a paragraph describing what you liked is priceless. I just uploaded an Oblivion mod 2 days ago and not one comment and that depresses me. I feel as though the mod isn't quite bad enough to get hate and not good enough for a thanks. I want to know if you are happy with it just like any other modder. If a part of it doesn't get you then please tell me in a constructive way.

    I am sure many other modder will agree to that.

    jaffa5 wrote: I don't agree that just because people ether choose not to or forget to endorse a mod that they have downloaded automaticly makes them ungreatful. There are a number of reasons why some one might not endorse a mod or even comment thank you.

    Personally I have only given 66 endorsments on this site since i joined in 2011 but i am not ungreatful. In fact I am massively greatful to the people who spend countless hours creating mods for me to enjoy. The truth is i often forget to endorse mods unless they have really really impressed me. in those cases i will not only endorse i will vote for file of the month and possibley leave a comment.

    I think it's nieve to just generalise that every one who downloads and dosn't endose or comment is inherantly ungreatful.


    Endorsement system should be gone anyway. It's completely useless.

    What would you gain if Falskaar had 250K Endorsements instead of 60K? Nothing. It's just a number.

    What we actually need is a review system. You can have 200 reviews and it seems like a really really small number compared to 60K Endorsement, but wouldn't it be better to have 98% approved rating with those reviews? Rather than having 200K mindless clicks because Nexus keeps forcing you to?

    PC Build for Skyrim @4K, 60FPS + heavy ENB & the best texture mods on Nexus

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    Posted · Edited by Amyr

     

     

     

    Speculation? Did you even search for any reviews before saying that? This review has been up for a week.

     

    http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2015/03/17/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-review/7

     

    Bit-tech is one of the most trusted review sites and still uses Skyrim as a benchmarking tool for GPUs. I've been reading their reviews on every GPU for the last 2-3 years for Skyrim and I can say that they've never been wrong.

    As far as I know, Ocaholic and PCper still uses Skyrim too. Unfortunately they only used 1440P and not 4K.

     

    http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-TITAN-X-12GB-GM200-Review/Skyrim

    I don't get it, why does the Titan X beat the 980 @1080p in all games but skyrim?

     

     

    You mean why 980 performs better in 1080P Skyrim?

    It's simple, game is not putting enough pressure on Titan X to use its full capacity. Basically GPU load was pretty low during that test.

     

    How much better do you think the Titan X is compared to the 980 with a modded game @1080p or even 1440p?

    (Assuming its possible to ballpark it, without actually testing it)

     

    1.5 times better, assuming they both work at the same clock speeds.

     

    If you check the specs you'll understand why.

    http://anandtech.com/show/9059/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-review

     

    But honestly single 980 is enough for 1080P. At least for me. I wouldn't buy a Titan X for 1080P, maybe not even for 1440P.

    PC Build for Skyrim @4K, 60FPS + heavy ENB & the best texture mods on Nexus

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    Posted

     

    Speculation? Did you even search for any reviews before saying that? This review has been up for a week.

     

    http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2015/03/17/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-review/7

     

    Bit-tech is one of the most trusted review sites and still uses Skyrim as a benchmarking tool for GPUs. I've been reading their reviews on every GPU for the last 2-3 years for Skyrim and I can say that they've never been wrong.

    As far as I know, Ocaholic and PCper still uses Skyrim too. Unfortunately they only used 1440P and not 4K.

     

    http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-TITAN-X-12GB-GM200-Review/Skyrim

    I don't get it, why does the Titan X beat the 980 @1080p in all games but skyrim?

     

     

    You mean why 980 performs better in 1080P Skyrim?

    It's simple, game is not putting enough pressure on Titan X to use its full capacity. Basically GPU load was pretty low during that test.

    PC Build for Skyrim @4K, 60FPS + heavy ENB & the best texture mods on Nexus

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    Posted · Edited by Amyr

    What are you trying to achieve here? First you say my facts are speculations because there are no reviews yet, I show you the review and then you say it doesn't show modded game?

     

    Every sane person with mediocre knowledge about modding Skyrim can easily understand that if you're getting around 80-90 FPS on 4K with Vanilla game, there is no way that you're gonna get constantly 60FPS with heavy ENBs. Even at 1080P you lose around 30FPS after installing a mediocre ENB.

     

    It's obvious that you're just trying to dodge the fact that you didn't even know about the review because you didn't even bother to search for it in the first place. You just thought "well I didn't see any reviews yet", and you clearly didn't know any site still using Skyrim so you just thought I was lying or something. It's understandable, everyone fails sometimes. No need to be ashamed.

     

    And I never said he needed two Titan X. Nor I assumed. He asked if he can get 60FPS on 4K with heavily modded setup plus ENB, and I said no but maybe 30.

     

    Facts and the review stand still, I don't need to say anthing aynmore. GL at disproving it.

     

    Look, I've found another review supporting the same data:

    http://www.hardwareluxx.com/index.php/reviews/hardware/vgacards/34550-reviewed-nvidia-geforce-titan-x-12gb.html?start=8

    Building a PC for Skyrim

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    What's your exact budget? Because 500-750 is not a good tell. 250USD can make a huge difference on how your PC performs in games. I'm just gonna assume it's 750:

     

     

    Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($51.99 @ Newegg)
    Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card ($289.99 @ Amazon)
    Case: NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
    Total: $755.43
    Pretty decent PC I would say, can totally run modded Skyrim on 1080P just fine.

    PC Build for Skyrim @4K, 60FPS + heavy ENB & the best texture mods on Nexus

    in Skyrim LE

    Posted · Edited by Amyr

    Speculation? Did you even search for any reviews before saying that? This review has been up for a week.

     

    http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2015/03/17/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-review/7

     

    Bit-tech is one of the most trusted review sites and still uses Skyrim as a benchmarking tool for GPUs. I've been reading their reviews on every GPU for the last 2-3 years for Skyrim and I can say that they've never been wrong.

    As far as I know, Ocaholic and PCper still uses Skyrim too. Unfortunately they only used 1440P and not 4K.

     

    http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-TITAN-X-12GB-GM200-Review/Skyrim

    PC Build for Skyrim @4K, 60FPS + heavy ENB & the best texture mods on Nexus

    in Skyrim LE

    Posted

    A single Titan X is just not enough for 4K heavily modded Skyrim. Especially with heavy ENBs that contains high SSAO and DOF will just cut your FPS into half.

     

    Vanilla game(vanilla ini files, with a modified uGrids and higher fov like 75-90 story might change) at 4K gives between 80-100FPS with Titan X, especially if you don't wanna drop below 60FPS you have very little room to mod. Let's say you're going for 30FPS. Even then finding the right setup will be hard. You won't be able to install every mod you want. It's doable of course but not the way you think, you'll have to sacrifice a lot of FPS heavy mods.

    Anything you install at 4K will hit you more than 2 times harder what it does in 1080P. And imagine K ENB, Serenity ENB or Realvision with full quality on 1080P. Even in 1080p, they hit like at least 30-40 FPS, maybe more.

    My future rig-a question about its specs

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    Posted

    Except for that awful GPU, build seems fine.

     

    You'll need atleast 3-4GB VRAM and something close to 270X or 760. ATLEAST. These days it's easy to find a cheap 290X. Or if you prefer NVIDIA you can go 970. If these are out of your budget you're gonna have to wait for 4GB 960Ti, coming really soon. Specs are released already.

    improving graphics

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    Posted

    Install SFO but disable the esp. Then install Verdant Grass Plugin. Use a lighting overhaul and then install an ENB(a good one).

     

    But I must say that it's really hard to get a good looking Skyrim with your PC specs. I believe you want something like this? Really different that vanila Skyrim?

     

    http://i.imgur.com/izgMHcH.jpg

    I'm wanting to build a computer for Skyrim... advice wanted.

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    Posted

    Honestly you don't necessarily need to go all out for a 900 series nVidia geForce, you can rely on a 700 series, (heck if you aren't planning on anything 4K a nVidia 580 GTX might be enough for Ultra settings). If you are planning on having this machine for some time and play games outside of Skyrim that will be demanding (such as Star Citizen, or any of the current AAA titles), you will want the 900 series card.

     

    That's only true for Vanilla Skyrim.

     

    And I don't remember last time I see someone playing unmodded Skyrim.

    I'm wanting to build a computer for Skyrim... advice wanted.

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    Posted · Edited by Amyr

    Bang for Buck

     

    CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.99 @ Newegg)
    Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($390.98 @ Newegg)
    Total: $1148.90

    Bang for Buck SLI Edition

     

    CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.99 @ Newegg)
    Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($390.98 @ Newegg)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($390.98 @ Newegg)
    Total: $1567.89
    Like Throwing My $ Away SLI Edition

    Psu dillema!

    in Hardware and software discussion

    Posted

    Well, you will most likely be fine if you're not into overclocking and stuff like that.

     

    But you should also know that is a pretty entry level gaming PSU, so you don't expect much when it's only entry level. If you really want some high quality stuff from Corsair, you should check their RM, HX or AXi series. Other brands might be EVGA, Antec and Seasonic. But you should keep in mind that as long as you keep buying the entry level stuff, the brand doesn't really make any difference.

    Is Modding Worth It?

    in Skyrim LE

    Posted

    I think the vanilla game is pretty empty and feels dull. I wouldn't even buy the games if there wasn't a modding community.

     

    A lot of people I see says that modding community is just there to fix the parts that Bethesda didn't but I guess they just don't get making skyrim unique to yourself wouldn't be possible that way.

    Best way to record gameplay? Skyrim etc

    in Hardware and software discussion

    Posted · Edited by Amyr

    Shadowplay has the lowest performance impact but the image quality is not that great. If you're okay with not-so-great image quality then it will be fine but if you're looking for top-notch image quality with near zero performance loss, all you need to buy is a video capture card.

     

    Like these ones;

    http://gamerzone.avermedia.com/game_capture/game_capture_hd_2

    http://gamerzone.avermedia.com/game_capture/extremecap_u3

     

    You don't need to buy a secondary PC just for that :D

    Computer Specifications Help

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    Posted

    iBuyPower(or any website like them) might be useful for an average person but if you're enjoying unboxing new pretty tech and putting them together by yourself, modding it and making it look pretty, then they are pretty useless.

     

    Why would I wanna pay another dude 70USD to do this for me while I can do it myself and enjoy that time greatly. And I seriously don't trust anyone to do my cable management for me. I'm pretty obsessive about it. :)

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