Best Graphic Mod List for 2020

[Jacob]

https://youtu.be/HQj3-soPjOQ

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2189110883

[DEAD RaNgEr 888]

what are your pc specs?

if you want to save some fps then you should download cathedral landscape https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21954 which adds grass and plants, mountain and land retexture at no fps cost. you could also check out cathedral weather https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/24791 which is one of the best weather mods on the nexus, this one also comes with no fps loss.

do you use 4k or 2k textures?

[Vlad 254]

just glancing at it that is a pretty good mod list. I think the only mod I have not used is WICO and I only hear good things about it.

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

what are your pc specs?

if you want to save some fps then you should download cathedral landscape https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21954 which adds grass and plants, mountain and land retexture at no fps cost. you could also check out cathedral weather https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/24791 which is one of the best weather mods on the nexus, this one also comes with no fps loss.

do you use 4k or 2k textures?

Noble is 2K

but with the enb, Static Mesh, High Poly, ruins clutter and it looks like his lighting is good, that should look great.

[Jacob]

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

what are your pc specs?

if you want to save some fps then you should download cathedral landscape https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21954 which adds grass and plants, mountain and land retexture at no fps cost. you could also check out cathedral weather https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/24791 which is one of the best weather mods on the nexus, this one also comes with no fps loss.

do you use 4k or 2k textures?

I have used those before, they are nowhere near as good looking as what I listed, I have spent months trying damn near every texture and graphic mod out there, the ones I listed are the best you are gonna find, they make Skyrim look like a 2020 game. I use the 2k mods, I have tried both 2k and 4k ones and when it comes down to it, you cant tell much of a difference between the two, and the 4k ones take up more harddrive space and since its resolution scailing, it will take away fps for someone on a low end pc.

I am on a RTX 2070 with a i7-9750H, with a 144ghz 1980 screen, i never have any fps problems with skyrim, i keep a constant 59fps always

[DEAD RaNgEr 888]

NAT is very outdated compared to the up to date alternatives.

[Jacob]

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

NAT is very outdated compared to the up to date alternatives.

NAT is the best weather mod period. Its not outdated, it has not been updated in 2 years because its done, theres nothing more to do with it, it does so much more then change the weather, it goes hand and hand with the enbs, and NAT doesn't only change and add new weathers but it also changes and enhances a lot of light sources, particles and special effects, clouds and sun effects, snow shader and color, tweaks dynamically many ini settings depending of various situations for both interior and exterior locations and reworks entirely the tonemapping of the game.

[DEAD RaNgEr 888]

Originally posted by Goonz:

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

NAT is very outdated compared to the up to date alternatives.

NAT is the best weather mod period. Its not outdated, it has not been updated in 2 years because its done, theres nothing more to do with it, it does so much more then change the weather, it goes hand and hand with the enbs, and NAT doesn't only change and add new weathers but it also changes and enhances a lot of light sources, particles and special effects, clouds and sun effects, snow shader and color, tweaks dynamically many ini settings depending of various situations for both interior and exterior locations and reworks entirely the tonemapping of the game.

and the never weather mods dont do stuff like that? i wonder why obsidian is so popular if nat is the best

[Nostrodamaz]

NAT is dated. Vivid holds the most endorsements and downloads ATM on the Nexus. Cathedral and Obsidian over that last 3 or 4 years have had more distribution. ATM Vivid, CoT, Cathedral and Obsidian are trending...NAT is not.

Personally I found NAT to work well with early ENB's but has been left behind these days.

[DrNewcenstein]

Popular doesn't mean good. Retention is more important than initial downloads. There's no way to track actual usage of a mod, only that it has been downloaded, and most of those are "just trying it out", I assure you. People who mod their games will always download a new mod, and most people will hit that Endorse button "to help the author" and "support the scene" without giving the mod a full test that takes weeks or more to do.

Not to mention Nexus nags you about Endorsing a mod you've downloaded as soon as you've downloaded it.

That is false edification and encourages other people to jump on the bandwagon.
If two mods that conflict with each other because they do the same thing have the same number (or close enough) of downloads, who do you think is downloading them? Yes, that's right, the same people. They get both and try them out, and give them a thumb, then uninstall them and go back to whatever they have been using for years because it's better, or just familiar.

There is no way for Nexus to track who is actually using the mods they download, so number of downloads and endorsements is a very thin argument.

As for the "outdated" comments that invariably pop up, let's get something straight: Skyrim has not been updated since the release of Special Edition, aside from minor/general bug fixes. No new content has been added. Ergo, if a mod has not had anything new added to it in 2 years, and it doesn't have incomplete features in the sense of the author having put out a list of "planned updates/new features in the works", then you are not given any authority whatsoever to pronounce it "outdated".
As was said "it's finished". You don't "update" something that's "finished". That's all that was ever going to be done to the mod. Period. It's finished. The spaghetti is cooked, the ham sammich is made, the Pockets are Hot. Done. Finito. End of. The date stamp on it is irrelevant. It may not work with newer mods, but no mod is required to work with any other mod. It's polite, it's courteous, but it is not required by the EULA, or by Nexus, or by Bethesda.
Its purpose cannot be to conflict with any/every other mod, but if it does by its very nature, there's nothing against it.

[Nostrodamaz]

NAT is dated....period. Nice post though bro. Enjoy your ham sandwich.

[Jacob]

Originally posted by Nostrodamaz:

NAT is dated....period. Nice post though bro. Enjoy your ham sandwich.

It does not matter how many downloads or endorsements those other weather mods have , it does not mean they are better, There doing it, I am gonna do it to kinda attitude is why half the world is a bunch idiots. I have tested all those weather mods you mentioned above and many more, and when choosing a weather mod, it is not about the weather, they all make it rain/snow whatever, it comes down to the shaders, they change the environment and atmosphere, the lighting and shadows and in the end NAT combined with that ENB I provided above looks better then anything else out there...period You are not gonna out do that mod list I provided and I challenge you to do so

[DEAD RaNgEr 888]

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

Popular doesn't mean good. Retention is more important than initial downloads. There's no way to track actual usage of a mod, only that it has been downloaded, and most of those are "just trying it out", I assure you. People who mod their games will always download a new mod, and most people will hit that Endorse button "to help the author" and "support the scene" without giving the mod a full test that takes weeks or more to do.

Not to mention Nexus nags you about Endorsing a mod you've downloaded as soon as you've downloaded it.

That is false edification and encourages other people to jump on the bandwagon.
If two mods that conflict with each other because they do the same thing have the same number (or close enough) of downloads, who do you think is downloading them? Yes, that's right, the same people. They get both and try them out, and give them a thumb, then uninstall them and go back to whatever they have been using for years because it's better, or just familiar.

There is no way for Nexus to track who is actually using the mods they download, so number of downloads and endorsements is a very thin argument.

As for the "outdated" comments that invariably pop up, let's get something straight: Skyrim has not been updated since the release of Special Edition, aside from minor/general bug fixes. No new content has been added. Ergo, if a mod has not had anything new added to it in 2 years, and it doesn't have incomplete features in the sense of the author having put out a list of "planned updates/new features in the works", then you are not given any authority whatsoever to pronounce it "outdated".
As was said "it's finished". You don't "update" something that's "finished". That's all that was ever going to be done to the mod. Period. It's finished. The spaghetti is cooked, the ham sammich is made, the Pockets are Hot. Done. Finito. End of. The date stamp on it is irrelevant. It may not work with newer mods, but no mod is required to work with any other mod. It's polite, it's courteous, but it is not required by the EULA, or by Nexus, or by Bethesda.
Its purpose cannot be to conflict with any/every other mod, but if it does by its very nature, there's nothing against it.

it doesnt matter if a mod is finished or not. if the newer alternatives after 2 years are better, then the mod is outdated

[Nostrodamaz]

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

Popular doesn't mean good. Retention is more important than initial downloads. There's no way to track actual usage of a mod, only that it has been downloaded, and most of those are "just trying it out", I assure you. People who mod their games will always download a new mod, and most people will hit that Endorse button "to help the author" and "support the scene" without giving the mod a full test that takes weeks or more to do.

Not to mention Nexus nags you about Endorsing a mod you've downloaded as soon as you've downloaded it.

That is false edification and encourages other people to jump on the bandwagon.
If two mods that conflict with each other because they do the same thing have the same number (or close enough) of downloads, who do you think is downloading them? Yes, that's right, the same people. They get both and try them out, and give them a thumb, then uninstall them and go back to whatever they have been using for years because it's better, or just familiar.

There is no way for Nexus to track who is actually using the mods they download, so number of downloads and endorsements is a very thin argument.

As for the "outdated" comments that invariably pop up, let's get something straight: Skyrim has not been updated since the release of Special Edition, aside from minor/general bug fixes. No new content has been added. Ergo, if a mod has not had anything new added to it in 2 years, and it doesn't have incomplete features in the sense of the author having put out a list of "planned updates/new features in the works", then you are not given any authority whatsoever to pronounce it "outdated".
As was said "it's finished". You don't "update" something that's "finished". That's all that was ever going to be done to the mod. Period. It's finished. The spaghetti is cooked, the ham sammich is made, the Pockets are Hot. Done. Finito. End of. The date stamp on it is irrelevant. It may not work with newer mods, but no mod is required to work with any other mod. It's polite, it's courteous, but it is not required by the EULA, or by Nexus, or by Bethesda.
Its purpose cannot be to conflict with any/every other mod, but if it does by its very nature, there's nothing against it.

it doesnt matter if a mod is finished or not. if the newer alternatives after 2 years are better, then the mod is outdated

Fact.

[DEAD RaNgEr 888]

Originally posted by Goonz:

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

it doesnt matter if a mod is finished or not. if the newer alternatives after 2 years are better, then the mod is outdated

You can watch some gameplay of this mod list here, just make sure you change the resolution to 1080p HD with the settings icon in the bottom right corner of the video player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAL-xdF7LMc

it doesnt look bad. have you tried cathedral/obsidian weather with rudy enb?

[DEAD RaNgEr 888]

Originally posted by Goonz:

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

it doesnt look bad. have you tried cathedral/obsidian weather with rudy enb?

I did not like Obsidian, it looks like crap to me

LOL

rudy and cathedral require some more mods to work better though.
this https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/27831
and
this https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32437
fixes the black rain and just makes the weather look a bit better overall.

since you are more into natural stuff then perhaps something like intrigued enb would suite your taste better.

[DEAD RaNgEr 888]

Originally posted by Goonz:

Originally posted by DEAD RaNgEr 888:

LOL

rudy and cathedral require some more mods to work better though.
this https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/27831
and
this https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32437
fixes the black rain and just makes the weather look a bit better overall.

since you are more into natural stuff then perhaps something like intrigued enb would suite your taste better.

I somehow missed intrigued enb, theres so many out there i over looked that one, looking at it, it is by the same author as my choosen enb , i am downloading it now and gonna try it, the images posted looks really good, I did see that it goes with obsidian, thanks man

plz report your opinion on it