Highest Impact Graphics Settings?

[BeeBop Huckleberry]

Hi everyone. I have a 7700k and GTX 1080. More details about my rig can be found on my Steam profile.

Currently, I have about 700 mods installed and I'm struggling to maintain 60fps. In certain areas the fps can drop to 55. In one specific area the fps drops to 40.

I'm testing all the graphics settings individually to try and figure out which ones hit the hardest. The only one that has drastically increased fps was reducing shadows from 4096 to 2048 which gained about 8-10 fps. All other settings barely affect fps at all which I found strange.

Some of you have more mods on lower performance systems and still getting 60fps. How'd you do it?

Side notes:
I have BethINI and if I set it to 'Beth High' then everything is fine; however, I don't want to settle for that. I'm aiming for Ultra with minimal tweaks to get 60fps... if possible. Right now I have it set to 'Beth Ultra' and I've reduced shadow distance from 10000 to 8000 and shadow resolution from 4096 to 1028. In the lowest fps spot where I was getting 40fps I'm not getting 53... almost there! Just need a few more tweaks. I also tried ENBoost but removed it because the lighting quality was terrible compared to regular ENB.

Anyways, I appreciate any advice or help. Thank you :)

EDIT: I should add that I searched Google for this but information often came from years ago before we had GTX 1080's or the advice was just flat out bad. For example; one guide said remove TXAA... but I play on a 44" screen and removing TXAA is not a option because the game looks like ♥♥♥♥ on a screen that big.

[StreamWhenGuy]

Something tells me that the low framerate in certain areas must have something to do with those 700 mods you installed and the fancy 4K resolution that you're apparently playing in, but I'm not certain.

[alexander_dougherty]

I think a lot depends on what mods you have.
Some mods have less impact, and some have more impact. If you have more of the mods that have more impact, then you will have a lower fps.

[BeeBop Huckleberry]

Автор сообщения: StreamWhenGuy

Something tells me that the low framerate in certain areas must have something to do with those 700 mods you installed and the fancy 4K resolution that you're apparently playing in, but I'm not certain.

Not sure where you got 4k from. I'm playing at 1080p. Thanks anyways.

Автор сообщения: alexander_dougherty

I think a lot depends on what mods you have.
Some mods have less impact, and some have more impact. If you have more of the mods that have more impact, then you will have a lower fps.

Thanks. I think I'm going to have to disable some mods and test till the fps gets a bit better. I'm sure it's some of the more recent mods because I was doing fine when I only had about 500 or 600. Only recently did it REALLY start to hurt fps in some places. The hardest hit was in Riverwood with all the grass, trees, extra lighting and shadows. In town fps is good. But, on the outskirts of town, looking at Riverwood from the bridge, fps drops bad. That reminds me, I added some Riverwood mods recently on top of JK's mods. I bet those additions put me over the edge there because everywhere else fps seems to be fine.

Good advice though. You're right, I should identify the heavy hitters which are causing the most loss... it's just time consuming to sift through 700 lol.

I could just set it to Beth High, but nahhhhhhh.... ME WANT ULTRA! MUAHAHAHAH!!!

Thanks for your input.

[Doom Sayer]

Grass, trees, city mods, mods that create big battles.
TXAA = 64 - 68 fps
TXAA Off = 65 - 70 fps
I used a save to test it. It has only a 2 fps influence. I choose area with lowest lows since lows are all that matter.
I have same issue as you. I lowered most things in bethini, i got grass fps fix, bug fixes sse, sse fixes, still cant get out fps with game appearance that i want.

I disabled pfsucher textures gained only like 4 fps. (though stuff like that can add up) Im doing tests on my own game.

Depending on ENB you could disable SSAO Indirect lighting, SSAO self intersecting and stuff like skylighting, image based lighting, cloud shadows.... in rudy it makes it look terrible but in others they can barely do anything yet cost a lot of fps.

Honestly probably need a 2080ti and high end intel cpu for 60 fps + modded grass trees and all textures + enb.

[StreamWhenGuy]

Автор сообщения: BeeBop Huckleberry

Not sure where you got 4k from. I'm playing at 1080p. Thanks anyways.

I assumed since you mentioned 44" screen.
It would be cool if you posted your load order, but hey who am I to tell you what to do.

[tramper]

I run a 1080Ti and have everything on ultra @4k and i still get little areas where the game stutters a wee bit, especially middle of the day in areas of lots of grass and trees.

I don't have a lot of mods but i do use Verdant, Real Mountains Rebuilt ( a must in my books ), Realistic Aspen Trees and Skyrim Flora Overhaul- Trees Only.

But have a look here

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1257211158

and here

https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:Skyrim_Configuration_Settings

What my fps is i have no idea as most of the time i have smooth game play so its not something that concerns me.

[BeeBop Huckleberry]

Thanks for the responses guys. I've set up another mod profile that had minimal mods and reset BethINI back to full ultra. I started adding mods in small groups and I the first group was the more common mods; grass, trees, city overhauls, water, mountains, and SMIM.

The first group I added brought me from a constant 60fps down to 52fps. Keep in mind I'm referring to the 'special spot' that hits my fps the most. In other areas it's constant 60.

This means the other 10fps is being lost somewhere in my other 650 mods lol. But, 10fps for 650 I consider a good deal.

I'm going to re enable all mods and make my ini tweaks again (reduce shadow distance, reduce shadow resolution, and reduce tree distance). Tree distance makes a decent change because I have 3D LOD's and you can barely tell the difference but you save a couple fps. I'm going to toy with my ENB settings too and anything set at a quality of 1 I'll set to 2 and maybe that will help.

People say reduce godrays. I've tried that but literally didn't gain a single fps. Anyone else?

I notice in the ENB settings the shader cache default is disabled. I have shader cache enabled in my nVidia console... should I enable it in the ENB settings too?

Thanks again for the input everyone. As I learn I promise to spread good advice in return.

Автор сообщения: StreamWhenGuy

Автор сообщения: BeeBop Huckleberry

Not sure where you got 4k from. I'm playing at 1080p. Thanks anyways.

I assumed since you mentioned 44" screen.
It would be cool if you posted your load order, but hey who am I to tell you what to do.

I could post my mod list, but I'm still new and haven't learned how to make one of those mod list yet. I guaranteed have some mod conflicts that probably don't make sense. But, slowly but surely I keep learning and making fixes. Gotta get dinner made and walk the dogs then I'll Google how to make the mod list and come back here.

[BeeBop Huckleberry]

Автор сообщения: tramper

I run a 1080Ti and have everything on ultra @4k and i still get little areas where the game stutters a wee bit, especially middle of the day in areas of lots of grass and trees.

I don't have a lot of mods but i do use Verdant, Real Mountains Rebuilt ( a must in my books ), Realistic Aspen Trees and Skyrim Flora Overhaul- Trees Only.

But have a look here

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1257211158

and here

https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:Skyrim_Configuration_Settings

What my fps is i have no idea as most of the time i have smooth game play so its not something that concerns me.

Thanks for the links! I'll check them out tonight :)

[smr1957]

For posting a mod list, use LOOT. Just click on the 3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the LOOT screen, click on copy load order from the drop-down menu, and then paste in the reply box, here.

[BeeBop Huckleberry]

Smr to the rescue once again. Thank you sir.

Here is my current load order. Everything is sorted by LOOT with the except of 5 mods that required custom rules to be compatible with other mods.

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[smr1957]

First:

35 23 SOS - VectorPlexus Regular Addon.esp
36 24 SOS - VectorPlexus Muscular Addon.esp
37 25 SOS - Smurf Average Addon.esp

Only use one of these.


As to performance. just some general thoughts based upon what I do for my builds.

When creating very large builds, try to stick with 2K textures as much as possible - 4K should be used only when there is not a 2K option available

Things which add or enhance trees, plants, or grass can also have an impact upon performance - again, stick to 2K and try not to use higher resolution or 3D models (especially if they are things which appear frequent and in high density, such as trees, plants, or grass).

Mods that add a lot of NPCs or which add a lot of creatures, again, can adversely impact performance.

ENBs, of course, are a major performance degrader.

The more items which are added to the game, the more detail, these are all things that the game needs to process - again potentially having a negative impact performance wise.

When it comes to a large build, it is basically a balancing act between the increased number of mods and all the data they add, and the game's ability - and your PC's - to process it all. A drop from 60 to 55 is really nothing - and even in some areas that may have a heavy load, seeing it drop to 40 is not out of the question. The main factor that is important is smoothness - no stuttering, no lag, no freezes.

And in some areas, there is a lot of extraneous stuff happening in the game - near Whiterun, you have pine needles blowing - In my game I removed them. Other areas, dandelion seeds or leaves falling - I've reduced them to low res to decrease their effect on the game's performance. These type of things should all be taken into account.

Finally, sometimes, you just will have lower performance in certain locations - but, as I said, if the game plays smoothly, that is the most important thing.

[MintedTea]

Автор сообщения: BeeBop Huckleberry

Hi everyone. I have a 7700k and GTX 1080. More details about my rig can be found on my Steam profile.

Currently, I have about 700 mods installed and I'm struggling to maintain 60fps. In certain areas the fps can drop to 55. In one specific area the fps drops to 40.

I'm testing all the graphics settings individually to try and figure out which ones hit the hardest. The only one that has drastically increased fps was reducing shadows from 4096 to 2048 which gained about 8-10 fps. All other settings barely affect fps at all which I found strange.

Some of you have more mods on lower performance systems and still getting 60fps. How'd you do it?

Side notes:
I have BethINI and if I set it to 'Beth High' then everything is fine; however, I don't want to settle for that. I'm aiming for Ultra with minimal tweaks to get 60fps... if possible. Right now I have it set to 'Beth Ultra' and I've reduced shadow distance from 10000 to 8000 and shadow resolution from 4096 to 1028. In the lowest fps spot where I was getting 40fps I'm not getting 53... almost there! Just need a few more tweaks. I also tried ENBoost but removed it because the lighting quality was terrible compared to regular ENB.

Anyways, I appreciate any advice or help. Thank you :)

EDIT: I should add that I searched Google for this but information often came from years ago before we had GTX 1080's or the advice was just flat out bad. For example; one guide said remove TXAA... but I play on a 44" screen and removing TXAA is not a option because the game looks like ♥♥♥♥ on a screen that big.

700 mods is far too many for the engine to handle, even with the 64bit update that SSE provides. Eventually you'll just hit a bottleneck where it simply just can't deal with the amount of information it has process, cache and load, so it'll start stealing more and more resources from your PC to do so until there isn't enough left to render/process the game itself, hence the frame drops.

I run at a constantly locked 60fps on a GTX 1660 Super and Ryzen 5 3600 because I've kept my plugin count in check. Keep in mind that the process of modding Skyrim is actually quite delicate despite popular belief, and requires a lot of work on your end to properly stablize. Here's some advice that might help:

1) SSE Engine Fixes. Use it. This could quite literally net you an extra 40-50fps on it's own.

2) SSE Display Fixes. Also use it.

3) Make sure your Bashed Patch is up to date. Re-build it every single time you make any changes to the game files in any way, to be safe.

4) Run SSELODGen, and THEN DynDoLOD, in that order (assuming you've used them). Temporarily disable your Bashed Patch beforehand to avoid errors.

5) Manually re-sort your load order. LOOT is not a catch-all program - it's an excellent baseline, but manual sorting will most definitely be required for your excessive plugin count. You've set some custom rules, which is good; but nowhere near enough to properly stabilize your LO.

6) I recommend you replace RS Children with TKAA (The Kids Are Alright) - it's a lot more stable.

[BeeBop Huckleberry]

Thanks smr and Lynx! Great advice from everyone. Much appreciated. I'm listening and applying all this advice to my mod collection.

I have a entire list of things to do like downsize all remaining 4k textures to 2k, reduce the number of mods by eliminating those I can live without, remove extra schlongs, tweaking ENB, etc.

Right now, with all mods on, I'm currently at 53fps in that spot that hits me the hardest. Other than that I'm only seeing a minor dip here or there. I'll keep working at it till it's 60. But, smr you said it best... 53-55 fps is nothing to complain about if it's only in one spot.

Uhhhhhh, Lynx.... Whats a bashed patch lol??? Sounds important lol. Before you laugh, remember you were all noobs once too ;)

[alexander_dougherty]

Автор сообщения: BeeBop Huckleberry

Thanks smr and Lynx! Great advice from everyone. Much appreciated. I'm listening and applying all this advice to my mod collection.

I have a entire list of things to do like downsize all remaining 4k textures to 2k, reduce the number of mods by eliminating those I can live without, remove extra schlongs, tweaking ENB, etc.

Right now, with all mods on, I'm currently at 53fps in that spot that hits me the hardest. Other than that I'm only seeing a minor dip here or there. I'll keep working at it till it's 60. But, smr you said it best... 53-55 fps is nothing to complain about if it's only in one spot.

Uhhhhhh, Lynx.... Whats a bashed patch lol??? Sounds important lol. Before you laugh, remember you were all noobs once too ;)

Bashed patches and merged patches allow you to merge mods together, there is a difference between the two, and you need to know what you are doing.... You probably need to see several guides for both before you have a try.

Sadly it's not something I'm familiar with, because I've never had a load order big enough to need either.

[Grumpy]

Автор сообщения: Lynxtra

700 mods is far too many for the engine to handle, even with the 64bit update that SSE (snip)

I strongly disagree here. 700 mods is just a number and tells nothing really. What matters most is the experience and skill of the person who is modding that game.

Автор сообщения: BeeBop Huckleberry

I have a entire list of things to do like downsize all remaining 4k textures to 2k

keep in mind that texture size does not affect FPS. the only thing which is import for higher resolution textures is your VRAM. if you are not hitting the limit of said VRAM then the texture resolution does not matter.