The most suitable ENB for my rig?

[masichunter2]

Hello

I just bought the legendary Skyrim edition for PC and I am pretty overwhelmed by all these configurations you can make on Skyrim.

After a day of research, I found out that ENBs boost one's graphics in Skyrim in exchange of performance. However, I heard that some ENBs affect one's FPS by a huge amount, or a little amount. I am considering these two ENBs: Realvision ENB and Project ENB; I also want to hover around 40 to 60 fps.

My computer specifications:

i5-2500k
p67 pro motherboard
Asus Gtx 580 http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ENGTX580_DCII2DIS1536MD5/#specifications
G.Skill 8GB ram

Will I be able to run the two ENBs mentioned above with around 60 fps? If not, what other ENBs do you recommend? And also, which of the two ENBs are better for my rig? If RealVision, should i use full or performance? What kind of mods do I have to install along with the ENBs to get maximum performance and graphics?

Thank You so much!

[prod80]

You can only run 1 ENB at a time, not two :smile:

And either one will cost you the same performance hit... they look quite different tho... so just try both and keep the one you like most. You need to remove all files from one ENB before installing the other (files have the same name but are very different inside!). It's manual installation only, so take care.

 

And about your 60 FPS...

 

I run a heavy modded game + ENB on a GTX680 overclocked to the moon and I'm happy to still have ~45 FPS left in outside world... so, performance hit is huge, between 15 and 60% FPS I would guess. But my game is very heavy modded and I run a very heavy ENB (non-Nexus)... so with lighter modding you'd probably be better off.

[drbeavis]

I would HIGHLY recommend RealVision (Option A - Performance) - and yeah, you can only run one ENB at a time. You'll have to download the file from the ENB main site (.168 i believe), extract the d3d9.dll to your skyrim directory, then extract the whole contents of RealVision into your Skyrim folder. Get Climates of Tamriel and Realistic Lighting Overall and you should be golden. I've messed around with a lot of ENB's and this one is easily the best for its performance. I have a 660 and run around 50 fps in even the most flora heavy sections.

 

Also, if your willing to do it, install all the optional mods as well listen on the ENB's description. One of the flora mods helps with FPS (sort of counter-intuitive, i know).

[masichunter2]

I would HIGHLY recommend RealVision (Option A - Performance) - and yeah, you can only run one ENB at a time. You'll have to download the file from the ENB main site (.168 i believe), extract the d3d9.dll to your skyrim directory, then extract the whole contents of RealVision into your Skyrim folder. Get Climates of Tamriel and Realistic Lighting Overall and you should be golden. I've messed around with a lot of ENB's and this one is easily the best for its performance. I have a 660 and run around 50 fps in even the most flora heavy sections.

 

Also, if your willing to do it, install all the optional mods as well listen on the ENB's description. One of the flora mods helps with FPS (sort of counter-intuitive, i know).

 

Hey,

 

Thanks a lot for the reply!

I am now clinging towards the RealVIsion ENB, but I don't know which, (full version or performance version), to install.

You said you highly recommend the performance version, but I am worried if it has significantly lower graphics than that of the full version. Would it be an overkill to get the full version?

[Nodtveidt]

RealLike enb is good too, it's does not damage you're performance too much

[mindw0rk2]

I use Real Vision and its about 45 FPS on my i5 2500k/gtx 680/16Gb OC'ed (more in dungeons and interiors).

If you want 60 FPS, I recommend using RCRN. It gives nice colours and effects similar to ENB and 0 performance loss