What does ENboost actually do and can it be used without enb?

[Milk]

I have problem with fps. It goes from 60fps-57fps(-55fps) what causes 1-2 second stutter. Sometimes it even drops from 60 to 30fps in one second. I tried using borderless window. I've even tried to use safety load but it's not helping.
So I'd like to know if I could use enboost to increase performance but I don't want to use any enb.


I have gtx 660 and 8 gb ram
I have some texture mods like HD Skyrim but I use lite version, some texture mods for characters (nothing like CBBE or some plastic doll stuff).
I have mods like frostfall, vivid weather, PerMa etc.

[MageThis]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/540740500921363665/

[Ilja]

ENB is a binary pack from enbdev. When you speak about "any enb", you will need to understand that you are likely speaking about preset configurations that are made for the game and shared in sites like Nexus.

You do not need any ENB preset to use the ENBoost. You only need the ENB binary pack and - if you wish - can do your own tweaks for it. SHIFT+ENTER opens the ENB GUI ingame (open the console, if screen spins after a mouse), where you can set and test settings yourself. There is no need to do that, or to install any performance heavy presets to your game.

ENBoost uses enbost.exe to tie VRAM and RAM usage together. This does not lift the memory limit for Skyrim, but allows your card to use your computer memory to relief the stress, allowing your game to be more stable, avoiding memory spikes and making it less prone to crash from such spikes.

For ENBoost, you will need to install the binary pack from enbdev. After that you will either use premade ENBoost configurations from Nexus, or you can set values yourself.

Skyrim ENB download:
ENB - Skyrim
http://enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.html

Premade configurations:
CTD and Memory patch ENBoost by Boris Vorontsov
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/38649/?

You can also set them yourself.
ENBoost S.T.E.P. Project Wiki
http://wiki.step-project.com/ENBoost

[Milk]

Ok, so ENBosst makes game more satble but it doesn't increase performance?

[kdodds]

If you want a solid, never drop 60fps on a 660, you're going to have to go lowest quality, no HD mods, and maybe reduce clutter and use optimized and/or lower res textures.

The only reason you'd notice a 60fps to 57fps drop is if a) you've an fps counter showing on screen or b) it's not actually the framerate drop that's a problem, but a symptom of something else (likely scripts) causing the hitch that produces a framerate drop as a symptom/artifact.

[kdodds]

Originally posted by Desetka:

Ok, so ENBosst makes game more satble but it doesn't increase performance?

It CAN increase performance, depending on what else is installed.

[Milk]

Yes I have steam fps counter and I will try to install ENBoost, but not right now (not in the mood for that).

[Ilja]

Having a stable game with less memory spikes already increases performance. Seeing how many spikes the vanilla game already throws at you, your game will run smoother than before.

Having ENBoost and SKSE memory tweak active are very much reommended, but neither of them really makes the game any less resource hungry. Fixed memory usage makes the game more pleasant to play, but nothing really eases the performance itself.

I played the game with GTX 660, until this sping. I had plenty of mods and ENB preset in use. It was well playeble with Skyrim HD 2K texutres (lite) and same mods that you have - thoug I a musing CBBE, because vanilla females and their their polygon breasts are horrible to look at. Bethesda got either lazy or sloppy there.