Trying to find an ENB I can run.

[Amondra]

While I think my video card is decent enough, every ENB I have tried so far drops me down to like 15fps. The only thing I can think of is it is because of my processor, which is a i7-3630QM duo core 2.40GHz

 

my RAM is 8GB and I am running a NVIDA Geforce GTX 660M(4GBVRAM).

 

The drop in FPS happens even when I use the performance options. Is there an ENB out there that would work well with my computer or am I just out of luck?

[Amondra]

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[Diface]

What is your desired FPS?

 

Your setup doesn't look too sucky. At worst it should handle the hungrier ENBs like The Goddess at around 30 fps...

[Amondra]

  On 12/29/2013 at 9:41 AM, Diface said:

What is your desired FPS?

 

Your setup doesn't look too sucky. At worst it should handle the hungrier ENBs like The Goddess at around 30 fps...

I would like to run my game at around 30fps minimum as the human eye can't notice a difference if the fps is higher. I have tried Project ENB, Realvision and Phinix.

[chanchan05]

Well what FPS do you have before putting an ENB? Realistically, ENBs drop you 20-30FPS, while Performance drops you 10-20. You can do certain tweaks to decrease the drops though, like activating ENBoost, lowering resolution or detail, decreasing distance fade, using Hialgoboost, or performance tweaks like Project Optimization and Skyrim Performance Plus.

[ttpoizn]

I use Realvision ENB option 1 w/ all the recommendations and the full option on my GTX 470 and things run smoothly, but two or three times trying to install it all I missed a couple things and I ended up having unplayable (to me, any noticeable frame lag is "unplayable") FPS, even w/ performance.

 

So two things I found when I was installing RealVision ENB (hopefully this is relevant to other ones):

- Read the mod author's recommomendations thoroughly and follow them exactly

- Make sure you look at the optional files on any other graphic mods you're installing, they might have ENB versions or patches which you will need to use in conjunction with or instead.

 

You wouldn't think missing one tiny patch or one line in skyrimprefs.ini or one non-enb version when one is available would matter, but they all do.

Edited December 29, 2013 by ttpoizn

[meh321]

Just take an ENB you like, then open the ENB configuration menu (default Shift+Enter), in all the options on the left bottom list where it says quality, set it "Low".. basically you will see no visual difference but it's faster. At least I can't tell the difference.. If you are still having low FPS try starting to disable effects one by one, for example SSAO, bloom etc. leave on the ones you can't play without.

 

And in the end don't forget to click on the save configuration button on the left upper part.

[Amondra]

Thanks for the info. I do try to make sure I have all the ENB patches and having everything the ENB author says to have, so I was confused why I was getting such a hit. I know my computer isn't a monster, but it seemed is bit ridiculous.

[ArtMurder]

A lot of people swear by ENBs, because they do make the game look fantastic... when they work right. I personally don't like them very much, because they are glitchy and hit your FPS hard, so I'll suggest alternatives that aren't glitchy and don't hit your FPS ^_^ It's based of using SweetFX instead of an ENB. I get an aervage of about 45~55 FPS with these mods, including using high def texture mods, like 2k Textures lite and book of silence. ^_^

 

I suggest Ultimate Lighting Overhaul as your SweetFX mod it is very realistic in it's design.

 

To get a very ENB like look with a SweetFX mod is possible, bet hard.

 

Download Climates of Tamriel and Enhanced Lights and FX - These two together alter the lighting of the world to be super realistic and breath takingly well designed.

 

Dynavision gives the DoF of ENB, I suggest setting it to "static" as this serves to blur our just very distant things, and doesn't have the nasty "snap" visuals of most DoF you find in ENBs.

 

Also, I have a preset for ULO, that makes nights a bit darker, that is designed around these mods. I am actually mostly just linking you this for the screenshots, as it shows all these mentioned mods in action.

ULO - Dramatic Cinematic

 

And one last thing, if your shadows bug you, then look into this mod. It's actually an edit to your ini file, not a mod, but it's not to challenging. Improved Skyrim Shadows has many options from low end to high end.

Edited December 29, 2013 by ArtMurder

[Amondra]

Thanks for all the help and ideas. I managed to fix with some of things mentioned here. Now I actually have decent fps. You all rock.