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This was my point. I just didn't explain it correctly.

Yep W10 users are stuck with 4064. In my opinion W7 64bit (and maybe 8.1 not sure) is the optimal platform for Skyrim, with that you get 10240 using enBoost. I'm still considering going back to it.

What objection do you have over someone building an extender when the original team doesn't have time to do so? <snip> I have no objections if someone else wants to try. More power to them, but I can wait for the original. Barring my death, our self-destruction, or other cataclysmic event, I have the time.

I play Skyrim SE just fine with the S.E.P.T.I.M. Load-out while I wait for SKSE64 to come out. I don't understand these people either. The I want it all and I want it now generation just cannot be appeased it seems.

I'm glad you got it working and are "satisfied". Like OutLaw666 said, if it gets problematic you could try Vivid Landscapes, it's not as "Heavy" and it is beautiful. I use a few textures from it actually.

I guess I can install low resolution of SMIM and details like that, I agree that landscapes and mostly NPC graphics are the most immersive to me. I'm trying hard to understand how mods work and how they must be loaded, but S.E.P.T.I.M. is a great help. I think I'll have to start all over again for it to be optimal. I don't know how Noble Skyrim works, but someone said it's the best. I'm a bit scared, because Skyland alone made me lag a bit and Osmodius textures were absolutely gorgeous but my computer couldn't handle it (I had terrible lags and freezes). I hope Noble Skyrim won't demand to much to my laptop. I think I will use only one texture replacers, it's easier to install and for my PC. Having new textures and weather is already a big thing for me after playing the old Skyrim on Xbox 360 for 5 years. I just want to optimize it so I can't get the best quality without lowering my performance (for now I'm already happy that my loading times for fast travel don't exceed 30 seconds). I wish you good luck. If Noble is too much for you also, then use smim only but try it at it's normal resolution first if you use it alone. I've been playing Skyrim since it came out. Everything I know about the game has come from reading on forums, the Nexus, the S.T.E.P. site, and Gopher's and Gamer Poet's videos. I also used to follow Dirty Weasel but he recently stopped making videos. It took me several years to get where I am now concerning modding Skyrim. I pretty much exclusively play only Skyrim and I get lost in it's world and have many many characters. I've broken the game a few times in my modding efforts and have had to start over quite a few times. Modding Skyrim is rewarding and adds to it's already great replay value. The only other thing I could add is: If playing a modded Skyrim, once you start a new game, put the Nexus and new mods away until you are done with your current playthrough.

Keegan 1622 said: Thank you ! I didn't realize how the SEPTIM page was complete and detailed ! It's amazing. But, according to my config, would you consider it medium or weak ? I will not say that your system is medium or weak as I don't know enough about it and laptops in general, I'm a desktop person. But I will say this. You will probably be happy if you use 2k textures for landscape and character/npc's but use 1k or less for everything else. It's going overboard on the small stuff that usually slows folks down. Start with SBT and Grass on Steroids like I recommended. If your system does well and you think it can handle it, move up one notch. I have an i5 4690k, a gtx 970 4gb, and 16mb of ram with Windows 10 x64 (which sucks for Skyrim) Windows 7 x64 is better. I would consider my system a low high or a high medium setup. I use 4k for my character and some npc's. 2k for my main graphics overhaul and most textures and 1k or less for everything else. I also use Vivid Weathers + ReEngaged Reshade + ENB I can play the game mostly at 58-60 fps with occasional temporary drops to mid 40's fps in well documented problem areas with extreme heavy rain. I used S.E.P.T.I.M. as a base and then installed other things I wanted on top of it. If you are going to mod Skyrim successfully, you cannot just throw a bunch of mods together and play. You need to know your system, Skyrim, and most importantly, what the mod you are installing does and how it will work with other mods you have installed. Sometimes you just have to test it for yourself. S.E.P.T.I.M. doesn't use both Noble Skyrim and Skyland. It uses Noble and parts of Skyland for certain textures. Read the Skyland entry carefully.

Thank YOU!!!!

Texture overhauls are a matter of taste, you can look at the photos on the mod's page on nexus, look at examples on you tube, or you can download them all, install one, start a test game and check out the textures. Choose the one you like best. I noticed you didn't list Noble Skyrim, it's Skyrim SE port is on it's old Skyrim page. I use Noble with some stuff from other texture overhauls. Definitely use SMIM. On an nvidia 950m, I would not use SFO it could be too vram heavy (of course you can try it), I'd suggest using Simply Bigger Trees and Grass on Streroids. There are some good graphic overhaul combinations listed on the S.E.P.T.I.M page for varying strengths of GPU power.

xXFoxXX Your load order is a mess. Did you use LOOT on it? Also are you on PC or Xbox or PS? If you are on PC, you need to download LOOT, google for instructions on how to set it up for Skyrim. Your game will be much improved. I can help some if you are on PC, but if you are on one of the other gaming platforms, I can't help with those.

xXFoxXx Like wanderer3292 said above you could also just play with Combat Evolved only, I forgot to list that as an option. Sadly it is not wise to remove mods in the middle of a playthrough. It screws up the saves down the road and unless you are familiar with Save Game Cleaners I would highly recommend not removing mods in a playthrough. Believe me you will be happier and saner if you start over with a new game, and chalk this one up to a learning experience.

Well for starters, you say you have both Smilodon and Wildcat installed. Enai made both mods. You need to use one or the other. Smilodon would have been Wildcat 6.00 and I believe that the only thing that Smilodon lacks is the injuries part of Wildcat. (See the first post on the Skyrim SE Smilodon posts page for confirmation and where I got this from) You need to use one or the other. You also state that you are using Combat Evolved. Depending on which is first in your load order, parts of one may be overwritten by the corresponding parts of the other, and what isn't overwritten will be added on top of what is left. Do not correct this on any current save game. Start a new game. (Console your level and perks up to what you have now) Choose either Smilodon or Wildcat and test your combat. Adjust Smilodons combat settings to your liking . Then if it is still too easy for you then reinstall or reactivate Combat Evolved. Test again to see if both mods activated is to your liking. Bear in mind that Smilodon has a default combat setting and an optional "Realistic" setting that changes based on your game difficulty settings. If you don't understand what I've said here, then I encourage you to read each mods Skyrim SE Nexus mod description page and at the very least the first post page of the posts tab for each mod.

The mod author of that mod listed the mods he used. They are shown in the "credits" section of that mods main page on the nexus.