stevosn95

Did you change anything in the Skyrim launcher for gaphic settings after setting the INI file? Because if you did you may want to recheck you INI and make sure shadowdistance didnt jump back up to 8000. At 8000 the shadows are blocky, flicker, and render badly on faces.

I find the best shadows settings to be: iShadowMapResolution=4096 iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096 iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096 fShadowBiasScale=0.1500 iShadowMaskQuarter=4 iBlurDeferredShadowMask=4 fShadowDistance=4500.0000 I have experimented quite a bit here and if you make the shadow distance lower (1000) they will only render about 20ft in front of you. 4500 gives a good distance and leaves them fairly sharp. iBlurDeferredShadowMask around 4-5 will soften the edges of the shadows and give you a nice look. You may want to experiment here.

Opinions are like a$$holes everyone has one and their so eager to share, causing the whole world to stink. You could have easily been more tactful about discussing with him that his choose of main board was bottle-necking his PC without being a complete jackass. I don't know, like explaining why it is and offering a good quality argument to your "opinion" verse passive aggressively calling him a dumba$$. This is why I don't usually post but lurk. stevosn95- The pictures are pretty nice, I've done the same with my game as well and it improves the visuals quite well. You can also up the render distance of the grass from 7000 to 20000 look for these in the skyrimprefs.ini [Grass] fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 change to this [Grass] fGrassStartFadeDistance=20000.0000 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=20000.0000 20000 seems to be the max, performance hit for me was negligible, but your mileage may vary. Thanks man! I'm gonna give these a try now!

Didn't really ask for your opinion on my motherboard. I've been building computers and gaming rigs for 18 years... so, I quite familur with what a bottleneck is. This isn't my main board for my gaming PC, this is a board I used for my budget home Theatre pc. My Asus P7P55D Deluxe burnt up last month and I haven't bought a replacement yet becuase I'm thinking for jumping to a 1155 setup. But then again i'm sure your the expert jumpimg on my ass about a "waste of good money" guess my setup is complete s***. lol

Using all of these settings and mods could bring your PC to its knees. You have been warned. Combination of mods and INI tweaks to improve skyrims graphics. *Note: No blocky low res shadows inside or out* HIGH RES SCREEN SHOTS --------------------------> https://picasaweb.google.com/116684894681857339285/SkyrimPCGraphicTweaks?authuser=0&feat=directlink (Remember to blow up and zoom for full detail) PC Specs: Intel I7-860 @ 2.8ghz 8GB Rippjaw DDR1600 Asrock P55 Extreme 2x SLI GTX 560 TI OC Corsair TX 750 Asus Xonar STX 7.1 OZC Vertex Turbo SSD Game Settings: 1920x1200 8xAA 16AF everything maxed out. Mods Used: Nvidia SSAO profile with extra 16x AF filtering (High Quality) Alpha resampled/filtered textures High Res Armor textures Enhanced Blood Textures Antialiasing and Sharpening Detailed Faces No more blocky noses or chins INI settings: *Note: to get sharper shadows change fShadowDistance= From 8000.0000 to 2500.0000 and fInteriorShadowDistance= 3000.0000 to 2500.0000* (This was a dramatic improvment) If you change any graphics settings in your launcher after you set this you will notice NO improvement. Set game grahics first then modify your INI. [Display] iTexMipMapSkip=0 bFXAAEnabled=1 fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000 fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000 fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000 fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=10000000.0000 iShadowMapResolution=4096 iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096 iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096 fShadowBiasScale=0.1500 iShadowMaskQuarter=4 iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3 fShadowDistance=2500.0000 iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100 iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25 iAdapter=0 iSize W=1920 iSize H=1200 iMultiSample=8 iMaxAnisotropy=16 iPresentInterval=0 bFull Screen=1 sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti" fInteriorShadowDistance=2500.0000 bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 fGamma=1.0000 iShadowFilter=4 fDecalLOD2=1500.0000 fDecalLOD1=1000.0000 fShadowLODStartFade=1000.0000 iTexMipMapMinimum=0 bTransparencyMultisampling=1 iWaterMultiSamples=4 iShadowMode=3 bTreesReceiveShadows=1 bDrawLandShadows=1 bDrawShadows=1 fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000 fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000 fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000 fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000 iScreenShotIndex=0 bShadowMaskZPrepass=0 bMainZPrepass=0 [imagespace] iRadialBlurLevel=1 bDoDepthOfField=1 iPresentInterval=0 [LOD] fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000 [Grass] fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 b30GrassVS=1 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000 [Decals] bDecals=1 bSkinnedDecals=1 uMaxDecals=1000 uMaxSkinDecals=100 uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60 [TerrainManager] fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000 fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000 fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000 fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000 fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000 bShowLODInEditor=0 [blurShaderHDR] bDoHighDynamicRange=1 [blurShader] bUseBlurShader=0 [Launcher] bShowAllResolutions=0 uLastAspectRatio=4 [Water] iWaterReflectHeight=1024 iWaterReflectWidth=1024 bUseWaterDisplacements=1 bUseWaterRefractions=1 bUseWaterReflections=1 bUseWaterDepth=1 [MAIN] fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000 bGamepadEnable=1 bCrosshairEnabled=1 fHUDOpacity=1.0000 bSaveOnPause=1 bSaveOnTravel=1 bSaveOnWait=1 bSaveOnRest=1 [GamePlay] bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1 bShowQuestMarkers=1 iDifficulty=2 [interface] bDialogueSubtitles=0 bGeneralSubtitles=0 bShowCompass=1 [Controls] bMouseAcceleration=0 fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125 fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000 bAlwaysRunByDefault=1 bInvertYValues=0 bGamePadRumble=1 [Particles] iMaxDesired=750 [saveGame] fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000 [AudioMenu] fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000 fVal7=1.0000 uID7=0 fVal6=1.0000 uID6=0 fVal5=1.0000 uID5=0 fVal4=1.0000 uID4=0 fVal3=0.5000 uID3=466532 fVal2=0.8000 uID2=554685 fVal1=0.8000 uID1=1007612 fVal0=1.0000 uID0=94881 [Clouds] fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000 fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000 fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000 fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000 [General] iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1 bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0 [Trees] bRenderSkinnedTrees=1 uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40 bUseWaterReflectionBlur=1 bReflectExplosions=1 iWaterBlurAmount=4 bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0 bForceHighDetailReflections=1 fBlockLoadDistanceLow=50000.0000 fBlockLoadDistance=125000.0000 fHighBlockLoadDistanceLow=20000.0000 The improved shadows alone makes a massive difference. Hope this helps!