Skyrim graphics mods question?

[Deleted2993601User]

Hey guys, Theshawty's back in the house! Two days ago I ordered a collection of computer parts and built a computer yesterday (my little bro helped me but it still took 4 hours!! My/our first time building a PC, though) so now that I finally have a gaming rig, I've been looking for some awesome graphics mods to enhance Skyrim more visually. It still looks stunning to me maxed out, but there's always room for improvement! I've browsed the mod section for hours but there's millions of mods and I'm starting to get a bit confused.

 

And hopefully this beast should handle everything I throw at it :P

 

My rig:

 

Intel i5 3570K 3.4 GHz

MSI Geforce GTX 660 TwinFrozr 2GB

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz

Gigabyte GA-Z77 DS3H 1155 ATX

BitFenix Merc Alpha ATX tower

OCZ ZS series 650W PSU

Samsung SATA 22x DVDRW

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB

Edited October 26, 2012 by Guest

[DarkVentus]

I would definitely recommend Skyrim HD 2k- http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607/ download the Full resolution textures, The Wilds ENB, http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/21123 I can run it, it just lags my pc a lot, your pc should be able to handle it. Everything this guy has that has the word Parallax in it http://skyrim.nexusm...om/users/996477 , this mod called WATER http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13268 and there's so many more, but these would be some of the mods on the top of my list. Edited October 26, 2012 by DarkVentus

[Deleted2993601User]

le bump

 

Thanks DarkVentus! Any others?

[LargeStyle]

Here's a reply I gave in another similar thread, which is full of links...

 

Here's my experience of my currently used and recommended mods:

 

 

Terrain (Currently using):

 

Bethesda Hi-Res Texture Pack, Bump Roads Vanilla V1o5, Enhanced Distant Terrain, Realistic Water Textures and Terrain, Lush Trees, Trees LODs with shadows.

 

 

[Terrain (Currently not using but also recommended):

 

Texture Pack Combiner (which uses Skyrim HD - 2K Textures, Serious HD Retexture Skyrim, and Skyrim Realistic Overhaul), Terrain Bump - Texture Pack, Lush Grass, Skyrim Flora Overhaul, Bump Markarth Vanilla V1, Bump Mountains Vanilla, Bump Riften Vanilla V1, Bump Snow Vanilla, Bump Solitude Vanilla V1, Bump Whiterun Vanilla V1, Bump Winterhold Vanilla V1, Better Dynamic Snow, WATER - Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux, Pure Waters

 

 

Sky (Currently using):

 

Skyrim Sunglare V4

 

 

Sky (Currently not using but recommended):

 

Sun and clouds textures, Dramatic Clouds

 

 

Armours (Currently using):

 

aMidianBorn Book of Silence, Dragonplate HD Re-color, Dawnguard Vampire Armors CBBEv3, Warchief Armor

 

 

Character Mods (Currently using):

 

No More Blocky Faces, AOF Believable Hair -Female and Male-, CHSBHC - BBP - Nude and Jiggly Mod (Adult Mod), Calientes Female Body Mod Big Bottom Edition -CBBE (Adult Mod), CBBE skin texture V2 V3 plus Thepal and UNP compatible (Adult Mod), Improved Eyes Skyrim, XCE - Brows, The Eye of the Guard, Slimmer Horse Shape

 

 

Various other visual-based mods (Currently using):

 

Footprints, Get Snowy, Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM, Deadly Spell Impacts

 

 

Weather / Lighting (Currently not using as I'm writing my own mod for this category):

 

Realistic Lighting With Customization, Project Reality - Climates Of Tamriel, RCRN v3 HDR - Realistic Colors and Real Nights

 

 

So that's my suggestions / recommendations! Bear in mind that I setup my Skyrim mod collection to improve but be faithful to the original game, and also be performance friendly. There are other mods which alter the cities around Skyrim, add loads of new clothing and armours, alternative rocks etc, but I've left them out just because this list is long enough already!

 

Hope this helps.