New Fallout 4 player with i7/1080/4k HDR: good guide for best mods/graphics?

[DocACE911]

I have never played (ashamed to say) ANY fallout games. Tried the trial on XBOX One X and was hooked after 90 minutes. I see the PC version is going to be 40% off (GOTY).

I see there are SO many mods, youtube videos etc.

Is there a good guide for "you have a kick ass i7/1080, do these enhancements"?

Saw this video on youtube and recommended these:

Anyway hoping someone had a concise list. MOst of these can't be done through steam workshop right?

MODS:
GraFix Texture Overhaul 2.1: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Radiant Clouds: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Vivid Fallout Landscapes: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Vivid Fallout Rocks: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Vivid Fallout Trees: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Faraway Area Reform: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Water Enhanced: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
A Little bit of Green: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
High Res Texture Pack: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Texture Overhaul PipBoy: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
4K HD Textures - Power Armors: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Fr4nsson's Light Tweaks: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Grim Wolf ReShade: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...
Vanilla ENB: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mod...

[a Hippobottomus]

A 1080 will have trouble with 4k in fallout 4.

[Vanni3447]

i recommend you the vivid "all in one" its pretty good an saves ALOT of fps

[DocACE911]

Originally posted by a Hippobottomus:

A 1080 will have trouble with 4k in fallout 4.

Guess I could do reverse DSR and do 2880 or something. I find at 2880 (scaled to 4K) looks great. Would love to stay at 60.

So vivid all in one?

[Licher]

Honestly with Fallout 4, your GPU is never the problem since so much rendering is done by the CPU. Throw in mods and it gets worse. i have a fair amount of mods (200 esps + textures) and my 1080 never sees above 60% at 1440p (EVGA FTW Hybrid ;) ) however the game doesn't properly use my 6700k so the game struggles a fair bit from time to time. I dare not run it at 4k.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

Originally posted by a Hippobottomus:

A 1080 will have trouble with 4k in fallout 4.

I can vouch for this, I use 1440p instead with a mix of high/ultra settings at mostly 60fps.

[Chris]

On ryzen 7 which is much more powerful than your processor I can do 4k and game utilizes it better

[a Hippobottomus]

Originally posted by 501st AC/DC:

On ryzen 7 which is much more powerful than your processor I can do 4k and game utilizes it better

Higher resolutions reduce load on cpu.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

WIth higher resolutions your more GPU bound whereas at lower resolutions you are more CPU bound.
Core I7 5820K (hexacore with hyperthreading) overclocked to 4.5GHz
4K: 20% CPU, 100% GPU at 2100MHz
1440p: 24% CPU, 60% GPU at 17-1800MHz
At 1080p the CPU load is the same as 1440p but I never noted the GPU usage but I believe is less than 1440p.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

Originally posted by Murder Nova :D:

Originally posted by a Hippobottomus:

A 1080 will have trouble with 4k in fallout 4.

What trouble? Where did you see this bs from? No jokes

I'm on a I7-7700k/MSI 1080/ Z type motherboard 60fps is smooth at 4k. Its Witcher 3 were I still can't get a steady 60fps. Going to have to wait for next gen to come out. for smooth 4k on that game.

Spending a couple hundred on a 30% gain 1080ti is not worth it.

I7 5820K @4.5GHz / Asus X99 mobo / 16GB DDR4 Quad channel kit @2666MHz / Gigabyte GTX 1080 @2100MHz.
Settings are high/ultra with AA maxed, godrays and shadow distance at medium, shadow quality and weapon debris on high.
At 1440p I get solid 60fps except in boston where it can drop to early 50's.
At 4K I get early 50's fps and drops to 30's in boston.
So I see your "bs" on my screen.