ENB and my AMD Card - can it run better?

[chocolambot]

I am running the cinematic ENB mod on nexus with my 6850 and a phenom X4 965 3.4ghz I play on 1280X1024 resolution

 

I get about 20FPS and some stuttering, but I want to know if I can increase this without sacrificing the overall beauty of this mod. I don't mind making minor sacrifices. But I would prefer to keep it all fairly nice :D

Edited February 2, 2012 by chocolambot

[Rennn]

Post your enbseries .ini and I'll look it over.

What settings are you running Skyrim on, as well? Ultra shadows are really not worth it, btw.

Edited February 2, 2012 by Rennn

[chocolambot]

Post your enbseries .ini and I'll look it over.

What settings are you running Skyrim on, as well? Ultra shadows are really not worth it, btw.

 

 

THanks man!

 

ENB ini:

 

 

// Enb Documentation Here: http://enbdev.com/doc_skyrim_en.htm

 

// Additions and Tweaking by HD6 (HeliosDoubleSix)

// MOD by HD6: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4142

// MOD by ENB: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2971

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

 

[GLOBAL]

AdditionalConfigFile=userconfig.ini

UseEffect=true

 

[FIX]

ForceSingleCoreCPU=false

IgnoreThreadManagement=true

IgnoreThreadPriority=true

AntiBSOD=true

 

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

 

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

EnableFPSLimit=false

FPSLimit=30.0

 

[iNPUT]

//back

KeyReadConfig=8

 

//shift

KeyCombination=16

 

//f12

KeyUseEffect=123

 

//home

KeyFPSLimit=36

 

//num *

KeyShowFPS=106

 

//insert: 45

//print screen: 44

KeyScreenshot=44

 

// Above 8 may only make minor if any difference, but may not have fps hit?, I have to set it in skyrimprefs.ini otherwise textures are mushy and blurry such as on slopes/tight angles to your view

// I hear forcing this on causes issues on some cards or something, not sure what to do really, Anistrophy is REALLY important to get right or you just have smudgey textures especially on the ground.

// Odd for me this really only affects the transparent edges of grass / trees, improving those.

// Boris: Recommended to force anisotropy by ForceAnisotropicFiltering parameter instead of forcing it in video drivers, because some effects require non filtered textures to perform without bugs or performance will be too slow for effects like SSAO or parallax. In all other cases anisotropic filtering is almost free by fps.

[ENGINE]

ForceAnisotropicFiltering=false

MaxAnisotropy=16

 

// better to set false in most cases (turn on if mod looks buggy for specific driver version)

SkipShaderOptimization=false

 

[EFFECT]

UseOriginalPostProcessing=false

EnableAdaptation=true

 

// Disabling bloom will sink scene into darkness, you need to compensate with EAdaptationMin/Max in enbseries

// or by commenting out (disabling) '#define USEBLOOM' in enbeffect.fx

EnableBloom=true

 

// Disabling AO (enabling takes a huge hit on speed and will add flickerign to trees at low quality, but greatly improves skin and shadowing in game)

// Note if you reduce the AO Ammount or disable SSAO your scene will lighten up

// I compensate the darkening effect of AO by raising the Ambient Lighting, so if you disable SSAO put AmbientLightingCurveDay back to 1.0.

EnableAmbientOcclusion=true

 

// Do not use, not implimented yet

EnableDepthOfField=false

 

// This affects entire scene brightness and is what makes everything look 'good'

// It also normally brings out the blue/green to much but I wrote a 'fix' for it in the enbeffect.fx that desaturates while keeping the luminance intact.

// Quality: higher numbers = lower quality

[bLOOM]

Quality=1

// Some areas in Markarth especially; really blow out to white, increasing bloom helps 'fix' these blown out parts by mushing them across the screen. At the cost of increasing haziness.

AmountDay=1.8

// Decreased bloom at night to 1 now as it was looking hazy and fuzzy/muddy, correspdondingly EAdaptationMinV2 was lowered to compensate

AmountNight=1.0

 

// 256, 512

// Makes dark areas bluer. Simulates the human eye. Higher is bluer.

BlueShiftAmountDay=1

BlueShiftAmountNight=1

 

// 5, 3, 1, 1

// 3, 2, 2, 1

// nn: 4, 4, 3, 3

// Intensity is how bright and strong the bloom is, higher = brighter

// Power is how strong the oringal light source has to be to trigger a bloom effect, lower = more thing bloom; more

[CAMERAFX]

LenzReflectionIntensityDay=3.0

LenzReflectionIntensityNight=2.0

LenzReflectionPowerDay=2.0

LenzReflectionPowerNight=2.0

// Mostly fixed now - Setting PowerNight any lower results in snow triggering lensbloom causing weird blue saturated patches, this is only due to my alterations in Enbeffect.fx.. so probably a mistake somewhere I did :-D for now I have just increased this from 1.0

// even at 1 this will trigger in ice caves which are really bright

 

 

// Trees still flicker especially in distance when lower LOD

// Increasing AOAmmount too much makes everything look kinda dirty, during night things will get too black and contrasty also

// ILAmount is a weird thing, not sure what it technically does :-D if you see things in the distance get eerily light and flickery then this is the culprit

// Get big smudgey shadows around distant enemies, shows up say on trolls at night in the snow best, looking down on them

// Shrinking Sampling range reduces/tightens this smudgyness

// Also screen resolution has a big impact when combined with SSAO

// Someplaces are drammatically slowed down by SSAO dropping by 20fps for example

// Note SSAO has nasty effect on plants and shrubs, trees etc giving them a dark flicker or halo around them so dont over do it, use it subtly

// And right now if you have SSAO on at all it will screw up water making it look see thru

// If you alter 'UseIndirectLighting' you must restart game to see changes

// ENB Help Here: http://enbdev.com/doc_skyrim_ssao_ssil_en.htm

[sSAO_SSIL]

// 1, 0.4, 7, 7

// Quality: lower is better, can even go -1 if you are brave

SamplingQuality=2

// Range: lower values will tighten up the shadows, higher shadows will affect greater distances, so balance is needed to get best of both

SamplingRange=0.4

FadeFogRangeDay=7.0

FadeFogRangeNight=7.0

 

// Increase these for better quality at expense of some FPS, may flicker less at higher values but with big performance hit

// 0.35, 0.35 - LOW - will flicker more on trees

// 1.0, 1.0 - Higher - about 3-4 fps slower (typically) than LOW for me

// Not much point in going above 1.0

SizeScale=0.4

SourceTexturesScale=0.4

 

// 2, 0.8, 0.5, true

// FilterQ lower is better, tighter

FilterQuality=2

 

// The AO strength, high numbers = darker shadowy areas.

// v11 = 0.8, dropped to 0.5 due to it looking muddy and bleurgh

AOAmount=0.5

 

// UseIndirectLighting: Can be quite a speed hit, lightens areas, bit like bounced light, not sure what it technically does

// If you alter 'UseIndirectLighting' you must restart game to see changes

// ILAmmount (when UseIndirectLighting is true) will brighten areas that are being darkened by AMAmount, so you can balance the two values together to prevent the AO being too dark

ILAmount=0.5

UseIndirectLighting=true

 

// Alters what time and places are considered to be day or night and the transition between them

// 0.7, 0.15, 1.0

[NIGHTDAY]

DetectorDefaultDay=false

DetectorLevelDay=0.7

DetectorLevelNight=0.35

DetectorLevelCurve=1.0

 

// 0.2, 0.4, 0.1, 0.6

// Adaptation is entirely ignored with my enbeffect.fx file

// Adaptation also set with EAdaptationMin/Max in enbseries

[ADAPTATION]

ForceMinMaxValues=false

AdaptationSensitivity=0.2

AdaptationTime=0.4

AdaptationMin=0.1

AdaptationMax=0.6

 

// 1.2, 0.8, 1, 1, 0, 0

[ENVIRONMENT]

// Sunlight during day cast onto scene

DirectLightingIntensityDay=1.2

 

// Moonlight cast at night, thus creating shadows where it is not cast, most dark night mods just reduce or remove this, but then it looks flat and boring

DirectLightingIntensityNight=0.8

 

DirectLightingCurveDay=1.0

DirectLightingCurveNight=1.0

DirectLightingDesaturationDay=0.0

 

// Desaturating at Night just de-blues everything but then in fact looks more colorful, no real way to desaturate the nights over all

// I desaturate more to correct for the increased Satruation I give during the evenings/day due to EColorSaturationV2 in enbeffect.fx

// More desaturation at night is done in the enbeffect.fx

DirectLightingDesaturationNight=0.3

 

// Reduce SpecularAmountMultiplierDay/Night to 1.0 if its too shiny for you

SpecularAmountMultiplierDay=2.0

SpecularAmountMultiplierNight=1.5

SpecularPowerMultiplierDay=1.0

SpecularPowerMultiplierNight=1.0

 

// Leave at 0

SpecularFromLightDay=0.0

SpecularFromLightNight=0.0

 

//1.3, 1.8, 1.0, 1, 0, 0.8

// 1.0, 1.3, 0.2, 1, 0, 0.5

AmbientLightingIntensityDay=1.0

AmbientLightingIntensityNight=1.0

AmbientLightingCurveDay=0.2

// if you decrease ambient curve at night snow is bright up close and rappidly dark further away, its like a contrast increase, looks bad!

// If you increase curve past 1 you get little superbright specs of light, dots flickering

AmbientLightingCurveNight=1.0

AmbientLightingDesaturationDay=0.0

// More desaturation at night is done in the enbeffect.fx

AmbientLightingDesaturationNight=0.3

 

// some caves lights are treated as Day, so they may always be bright >_<

PointLightingIntensityDay=1.0

PointLightingIntensityNight=1.3

PointLightingCurveDay=1.0

PointLightingCurveNight=1.0

PointLightingDesaturationDay=0.0

PointLightingDesaturationNight=0.0

 

// Making fog black here at night is a good way to darken nights, but can or at least did have many sideffects then, so I leave fog alone

// 0.8, 1.2, 1.2, 1.0

FogColorMultiplierDay=0.7

FogColorMultiplierNight=0.8

FogColorCurveDay=0.7

FogColorCurveNight=1.0

 

//Going above 1.0 will causes for example Lydias hair to get increasingly blonde/grey

ColorPowDay=1.0

 

// Decreases Contrast at night be setting colorpow to 0, cannot go below 0

ColorPowNight=0.0

 

// Need to use ENB Sky so I can blow out the sky to bright values in order for the sky and only sky to glow/bloom, otherwise sky is basically same brightness as ground, which would make groundglow then too

[sKY]

Enable=true

StarsIntensity=1.0

StarsCurve=0.7

 

// You may want to brighten the Aurora and other sky elements if you also darken the nights further using colortweaks in enbeffect for example

AuroraBorealisIntensity=0.8

AuroraBorealisCurve=1.0

 

// 1.1, 1.3, 1.25, 1.25, 0, 0

CloudsIntensityDay=0.9

CloudsIntensityNight=0.9

 

CloudsCurveDay=1.25

CloudsCurveNight=1.25

CloudsDesaturationDay=0.0

CloudsDesaturationNight=0.0

 

// 1.6, 0.15, 1.1

//1.2

// v11.2: 1.5, 0.4

GradientIntensity=1.7

// 0.55 makes for good blue sky, not too cyan/saturated, but wreckes the pink/red sunrises, also bright blue sky wont match fog color on mountains if its super saturated

GradientDesaturation=0.6

 

// 3.2, 2.5, 1.0

// Now Fixed - I had problem of top of sky going greeny cyan, so setting curve to 1.8 makes it deep blue instead, no perfect but better than cyan

GradientTopIntensityNight=0.8

GradientTopIntensityDay=1

GradientTopCurveDay=1.25

GradientTopCurveNight=1.0

 

// 1, 1, 1, 1

// v11.2 - 1, 0.4, 1.3, 0.4 - horizon at night too bright sop darkened for 11.3

GradientMiddleIntensityDay=1

GradientMiddleIntensityNight=0.8

// Setting curve above 1 results in awfulness at some times of day

GradientMiddleCurveDay=1.5

GradientMiddleCurveNight=1

 

// 1.8, 1, 1, 1

// v11.2 - 1.1, 0.6, 1, 0.8 - horizon at night too bright sop darkened for 11.3

GradientHorizonIntensityDay=1.1

GradientHorizonIntensityNight=1

GradientHorizonCurveDay=1

GradientHorizonCurveNight=1.2

 

// Sun here is rather large, its not the center of the sun; more the big glow around it in sky in distance

// Oh I have a sun lens flare mod, maybe that doesnt help

SunIntensity=1.8

SunDesaturation=0.0

 

// Setting this higher results in pixely noise and visble border of sunflare

// Oh I have a sun lens flare mod, maybe that doesnt help

// Cannot get sun to bright enough in center

SunCoronaIntensity=1.7

SunCoronaCurve=1.2

SunCoronaDesaturation=0.0

 

MoonIntensity=0.8

MoonCurve=0.5

MoonDesaturation=0.3

 

// Makes Frosttrolls, ice, trees and such glow at night when set too high :-)

// Also on skin I get a pixely aliased countour on faces sometimes which high SS makes even worse (exist in vanilla game too so bug in skyrim)

// 0.4, 0.3, 1, 1

// 0.9, 0.9, 0.4, 0.4

[OBJECT]

SubSurfaceScatteringMultiplierDay=0.9

SubSurfaceScatteringMultiplierNight=0.9

 

// Setting this higher makes people go redder, lower = whiter and brighter

SubSurfaceScatteringPowerDay=0.4

SubSurfaceScatteringPowerNight=0.4

 

[LIGHTSPRITE]

IntensityDay=1.0

IntensityNight=1.0

CurveDay=1

CurveNight=1

 

[WINDOWLIGHT]

Intensity=4

Curve=0.7

 

// Clouds on mountain tops and I think fog sprites in dungeons

[VOLUMETRICFOG]

IntensityDay=1.0

IntensityNight=0.8

CurveDay=0.7

CurveNight=1.0

 

// Increasing this still affects water foam amongst other things

// Affects draugr spirity/blue glowly bodies also, which is cool ;-)

[FIRE]

IntensityDay=1.0

IntensityNight=1.5

CurveDay=0.7

CurveNight=0.7

 

// enables use of enbpallette.bmp if present

[colorCORRECTION]

UsePaletteTexture=true

 

// Fixes shadows in places where it wasnt casting shadow properly before, has side effect that some places with very very small shadows will get ignored; but worth it

[sHADOW]

ShadowObjectsFix=true

 

[DEPTHOFFIELD]

FadeTime=0.1

 

 

Skyrim Prefs ini:

 

[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=2

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=4000.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=12

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=10000000.0000

fGamma=1.0400

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=0

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

bDrawLandShadows=1

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=1024

iSize W=1280

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100

bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

sD3DDevice="ENB"

bFXAAEnabled=1

iShadowMapResolution=4096

fShadowBiasScale=0.1500

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=0

iShadowFilter=3

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

bDrawShadows=1

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

bShowCompass=1

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=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=1.0000

uID3=94881

fVal2=0.8000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000

bShowLODInEditor=0

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=1000

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=100

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=2

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=1

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=512

iWaterReflectWidth=512

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

 

 

Cheers!

[Rennn]

You should be getting a better framerate than that on that card and that cpu, with those ENB settings and that resolution. My brother runs an HD6770 at 1600x900 and gets better performance than that. I don't really see any room for improvement without really losing the effects, btw.

 

Two questions:

 

Have you tried the TES V Acceleration Layer? It gave me an extra 5-10 fps. It requires SKSE.

 

What are your Skyrim settings? A few tips:

 

Ultra shadows can kill framerates, and don't really look any better than high. They doubled the resolution (and almost doubled the fps hit), but due to the shadows being drawn at higher distances with little noticeable effect, the resolution is scaled back down and you're just stuck with the lag. Long story short: ultra shadows are bad. I don't know if you have them on, but if you do, turn them to high instead.

 

Ultra distant land detail is only very rarely noticeable compared to high.

 

*EDIT*

Do you run Skyrim windowed or full-screen?

Edited February 2, 2012 by Rennn

[chocolambot]

You should be getting a better framerate than that on that card and that cpu, with those ENB settings and that resolution. My brother runs an HD6770 at 1600x900 and gets better performance than that. I don't really see any room for improvement without really losing the effects, btw.

 

Two questions:

 

Have you tried the TES V Acceleration Layer? It gave me an extra 5-10 fps. It requires SKSE.

 

What are your Skyrim settings? A few tips:

 

Ultra shadows can kill framerates, and don't really look any better than high. They doubled the resolution (and almost doubled the fps hit), but due to the shadows being drawn at higher distances with little noticeable effect, the resolution is scaled back down and you're just stuck with the lag. Long story short: ultra shadows are bad. I don't know if you have them on, but if you do, turn them to high instead.

 

Ultra distant land detail is only very rarely noticeable compared to high.

 

is my card broken ):

[chocolambot]

Ok , I am actually getting 38 FPS outdoors. I use medium-high texture packs (medium mostly) and have put my ugrids back down to 5.

[Rennn]

Is it a large pack like 2K Skyrim or Serious HD Textures, or did you just replace individual things?

 

Also, since you didn't answer before, are you using the TES V Acceleration Layer?

 

I'd also recommend setting your fps cap in the enbseries.ini to 32.0

Smooth framerates look much better than jumpy ones.

 

Btw, I doubt your card is broken unless you're seeing flashes of color across the screen or getting a lot of crashes.

Edited February 2, 2012 by Rennn

[chocolambot]

Is it a large pack like 2K Skyrim or Serious HD Textures, or did you just replace individual things?

 

Also, since you didn't answer before, are you using the TES V Acceleration Layer?

 

I'd also recommend setting your fps cap in the enbseries.ini to 32.0

Smooth framerates look much better than jumpy ones.

 

Btw, I doubt your card is broken unless you're seeing flashes of color across the screen or getting a lot of crashes.

 

 

I used to use TESVAL, not any more because I heard 1.4 makes it unusable.

 

Skyrim HD, but using th 1K pack

 

Good idea with the locked FPS!

[Rennn]

I haven't had any problems with TESVAL myself, but I've seen the comments and there are definitely people complaining about the stability of 1.4.

It seems like the best choice would be to install it and just get rid of it if you start to crash.

[Sunnie]

Anyone that has updated to 1.4 should NOT be using TESVAL or Skyboost. The optimizations made in 1.4 make those 2 mods duplicating functionality and they definitely cause random crashes to desktop.