Buying a New GPU, Need VRam Help

[Dmz96]

I'm sorry if this has been posted a thousand a two times, but after several days of googling, bing, and yahoo (that's right I went so far as yahoo), I can't get a solid answer to my question.

 

I plan on running skyrim at 1920 X 1080 on a single monitor. I want to use an ENB, for example Project Matso link:

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25451

 

 

I may use the Bethesda HD Pack, but I would really be focusing on mods such as the static mesh improvement mod, W.A.T.E.R, and a few armor mods that are HD (really like 1 or 2 stand-alones). So my question is, do I need 4gb of VRam to accomplish this? Or is it safe to go with 2gb? I plan on getting either:

 

The EVGA GTX 670 Superclocked+ 4Gb ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785 )

 

Or

 

The EVGA GTX 670 Signature 2 2Gb ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130843 )

 

The cost at this point isn't a major issue, it's more so "Do I need the extra 2gb VRam?"

 

Again, sorry if this has been asked a lot, but I can't find a satisfying answer. I greatly appreciate the time you take to leave a response.

[LargeStyle]

Although I directly don't know the answer to your question, I thought I'd chime in with a little info:

 

I'm running my Skyrim with several Hi-Res armour and clothing mods (all aMidianBorn retextures, Improved NPC clothing etc), Realistic Water Textures amd Terrain, SMIM, character enhancing mods (face / body texture overhauls), a custom-modified ENB (which uses Matsos DOF code), several script-based mods, and have Ugrids up to 7 - all running fine and stable from my 896Mb GTX 260.

 

According to MSI Afterburner, I've maxed out GPU RAM now so environmental texture overhauls will prob push it too far for me, but for you I'd guess the 2Gb should be plenty, but really I have no idea, I'm just comparing it to what I can achieve with my spec.

 

I don't know if 4Gb GPU RAM is worthwhile, but personally speaking I'd get the best I could afford just in case you need something better in the near future.

[Dmz96]

Although I directly don't know the answer to your question, I thought I'd chime in with a little info:

 

I'm running my Skyrim with several Hi-Res armour and clothing mods (all aMidianBorn retextures, Improved NPC clothing etc), Realistic Water Textures amd Terrain, SMIM, character enhancing mods (face / body texture overhauls), a custom-modified ENB (which uses Matsos DOF code), several script-based mods, and have Ugrids up to 7 - all running fine and stable from my 896Mb GTX 260.

 

According to MSI Afterburner, I've maxed out GPU RAM now so environmental texture overhauls will prob push it too far for me, but for you I'd guess the 2Gb should be plenty, but really I have no idea, I'm just comparing it to what I can achieve with my spec.

 

I don't know if 4Gb GPU RAM is worthwhile, but personally speaking I'd get the best I could afford just in case you need something better in the near future.

 

Thanks for the info, what your running now is possibly the most I may ever run (save the Ugrids, those I don't plan on changing, but I may if the card can handle it). I've also found several youtube videos of 670's and enbs, all of which have 2gb. I think i'll settle for the 2gb one, but I'll wait until tomorrow and see if anyone else wants to chime in.

 

Again, thanks for the response!