Best graphics mod for 2023? Just reinstalled this in like 10 years...

[skyhrg]

So I think I'm gonna give this game a go after like 10 years of not playing it. I had tried a melee build but I kept getting killed. So I think I'm gonna go stealth archer like everyone else and see what the game's hype is all about.

My concern is that after so much time, the graphics may not be good. So I want to install the best graphics mod.

Which is the best graphics mod in your opinion? Help me out here guys :)
(I have a 32 inch monitor with RTX 2080ti. I prefer to play 4k).

[Grumpy Old Dude]

2080ti is not a slouch gpu, but I question whether it and your unstated VRAM would be up to the "latest and greatest", which would be ENB for starters.

This was where I started with my own ENB, which I have yet to get inside of and really tinker with. Running for now with the presets and it is leaps and bounds above vanilla. (running a 6700XT at this end, with a 5800X3D cpu)

https://youtu.be/IreykwcFny0

[skyhrg]

Upon checking dxdiag, it says that my vram is about 11gb?

So ENB is the best bet?

[Corinze]

I would recommend 1k and 2k graphic mods, a strong ENB preset and run the game at 2k.
There are plenty of overhaul guides to help sort them all out.

[Grumpy Old Dude]

Originally posted by skyhrg:

Upon checking dxdiag, it says that my vram is about 11gb?

So ENB is the best bet?

Search youtube and spend some time looking at some of the videos. I've ENB presentations that make the graphics look like an oil painting, and I've seen reasonably photo-realistic. I'm assuming the latter calls for some very real horsepower AND, some time spent fine tuning a lot of settings that frankly, I dont know what they are/do/mean.

[Vlad 254]

No fine tuning unless you want to or need to. First you install the binaries then you go and find a ENB preset from a site like Nexus. Many are made for specific weather mods and some are made for Vanilla weather.

firemanaf has a nice selection of ENB Presets
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/users/7030278?tab=user+files

i use his Re Engaged ENB for Obsidian Weathers

[Grumpy Old Dude]

just ran across this video, and it seemed to me to directly address your query:

https://youtu.be/_6uQpp9Gxe8

[Hyperdimension]

as someone has amd 560 2g idk i always get bad performance frame rate such but u might have better chance at it. 1k enb hard find hate the vanilla skyrim

[Silamon]

Here is what I use, these mods combined make the game look like it could be skyrim 2...

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/27141- ENB and Weather mod combined
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/68307 1-4k textures, all look great

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/68350 for parallax landscaping

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/79473?tab=description
To make paralax easier to set up

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37061
For water

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/26293
grass

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2154
Trees and other plants, get the no grass version or don't get the above grass mod

[jancawa55]

Originally posted by skyhrg:

So I think I'm gonna give this game a go after like 10 years of not playing it. I had tried a melee build but I kept getting killed. So I think I'm gonna go stealth archer like everyone else and see what the game's hype is all about.

My concern is that after so much time, the graphics may not be good. So I want to install the best graphics mod.

Which is the best graphics mod in your opinion? Help me out here guys :)
(I have a 32 inch monitor with RTX 2080ti. I prefer to play 4k).

I use a 3440x1440, 34 inch ASUS, 5 years old., with RTX 2080 Super. Any time I check on newer cards it tells me not to bother, RTX 4000 and up way more than needed. And I'can't fit wider desk. I only have one head, and that one is old too,