20 FPS with ENB

[OldSkoolRPG]

I have just reinstalled Skyrim from scratch and after installing the TAZ Visual Overhaul I logged in and was only getting 20fps. I logged out and made all of the suggested settings recommended on the Speed & Stability Guide for ENB here ----> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50214/?

That didn't help so I downloaded and ran BethINI and launched the game again and was still only getting 20fps. I completely removed the TAZ ENB relaunched the game and fps shot back up to 60. Reinstalled it and fps dropped to 20 again.

My system is as follows:

Processor: Intell Core i7 2.60GHz
System Memory: 16gb
VRAM: 4gb
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Skyrim Ver: 1.9.32.0.8

All I currently have installed is the latest SKSE, ENBseris ver 308, Optimized Vanilla Textures, TAZ Visual Overhaul and ELFX. The contents of my skyrimprefs.ini and enblocal.ini are below. I would greatly appreciate any help in figuring out what is causing this.

SKYRIMPREFS.INI
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal0=0.8000
fVal1=1.0000
fVal2=0.4000
fVal3=1.0000
fVal4=1.0000
fVal5=1.0000
fVal6=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID0=1007612
uID1=554685
uID2=466532
uID3=0
uID4=0
uID5=0
uID6=0
uID7=0

[Clouds]
fCloudLevel0Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=65536.0000
fCloudLevel2Distance=524288.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=18000.0000

[Controls]
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bGamePadRumble=1
bInvertYValues=0
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0180

[Decals]
bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry=1
uMaxDecals=1000

[Display]
bDeferredShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
bFull Screen=1
bFXAAEnabled=0
bMainZPrepass=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
fDecalLOD1=2000.0000
fDecalLOD2=3000.0000
fGamma=1.0000
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fLightLODStartFade=750
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=128.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=0.6000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1e+007
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=5688.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1e+007
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=4096.0000
fShadowBiasScale=0.25
fShadowDistance=4000
fShadowLODStartFade=400.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=4000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=14000
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
iMaxAnisotropy=1
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMultiSample=0
iScreenShotIndex=0
iShadowFilter=4
iShadowMapResolution=2048
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iShadowMode=4
iSize H=1080
iSize W=1920
iTexMipMapMinimum=4
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M"

[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2

[General]
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7750
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0
fGrassStartFadeDistance=3750

[imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1

[interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=0
bGeneralSubtitles=0
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.00

[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3

[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=7.0
fLODFadeOutMultiSkyCell=1.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=9.8
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=10.5

[MAIN]
bCrosshairEnabled=1
bGamepadEnable=1
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnRest=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
fHUDOpacity=1.000
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=25000.0000

[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[TerrainManager]
bShowLODInEditor=0
fBlockLevel0Distance=70000
fBlockLevel1Distance=140000
fBlockMaximumDistance=500000
fSplitDistanceMult=3.000
fTreeLoadDistance=150000

[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
bUseMultiThreadTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20

[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=1024
iWaterReflectWidth=1024

ENBLOCAL.INI
[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=false
InitProxyFunctions=true
ProxyLibrary=
[GLOBAL]
UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false
UseDefferedRendering=true
IgnoreCreationKit=true
[PERFORMANCE]
SpeedHack=true
EnableOcclusionCulling=true
[MEMORY]
ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=false
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=true
ReservedMemorySizeMb=256
VideoMemorySizeMb=4096
EnableCompression=true
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false
[THREADS]
DataSyncMode=0
PriorityMode=0
EnableUnsafeFixes=false
[MULTIHEAD]
ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false
VideoAdapterIndex=0
[WINDOW]
ForceBorderless=false
ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false
[ENGINE]
ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true
MaxAnisotropy=6
ForceLodBias=false
LodBias=0.0
EnableVSync=false
AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false
VSyncSkipNumFrames=0
[LIMITER]
WaitBusyRenderer=false
EnableFPSLimit=false
FPSLimit=60.0
[iNPUT]
KeyCombination=16
KeyUseEffect=123
KeyFPSLimit=36
KeyShowFPS=106
KeyScreenshot=44
KeyEditor=13
KeyFreeVRAM=115
KeyBruteForce=66
[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]
Enable=true
Quality=0
DesiredFPS=20.0
[ANTIALIASING]
EnableEdgeAA=true
EnableSubPixelAA=false
EnableTemporalAA=false
[FIX]
FixGameBugs=false
FixParallaxBugs=true
FixParallaxTerrain=false
FixAliasedTextures=true
IgnoreInventory=true
FixTintGamma=false
RemoveBlur=false
FixSubSurfaceScattering=true
FixSkyReflection=true
FixCursorVisibility=true
FixLag=false
[LONGEXPOSURE]
EnableLongExposureMode=false
Time=1.0
BlendMax=0.0

[jpm22112]

What GPU do you have?

[OldSkoolRPG]

Nvidia GTX 960, I've tried the Optimus fix dll and using the enb injector method. Neither made a difference.

Edited August 18, 2016 by OldSkoolRPG

[twiztedmongoloid]

The cause is more than likely that your GPU isnt strong enough to run what your asking of it.

 

Reduce some effects in the enb series.

 

disable things like water and skylighting. Will give you some FPS back and minimize the loss of visual quality. I bet if you turn off the right things you could get to 30 or so.

 

you could also look into more performance friendly ENBs.

[OldSkoolRPG]

I've already given up and switched back to Purevision and Purity. In addition I have also installed SFO, Simply Bigger Trees, 4k Parallax Treebark, Verdant, Vivid Landscapes All-In-One, and Immersive Roads, Skyrim HD 2k Textures, and Nobles 2k Textures all of which impact fps and I am getting 40-55fps in exterior areas depending on location. I find it hard to believe that the TAZ enb with nothing else installed is harder on my gpu than all of that. I also tried out between 10-15 other enbs while trying to find the one I liked best and none of them produce the same drop in fps. Sure they all dropped fps some but not to a consistent 18-22fps and with TAZ interior or exterior doesn't matter. Always hovering in that low fps range.