Looking graphic mod suggestions

[Elyssa]

Let me start by saying I don't have a high quality gaming pc, just an everyday laptop. I am looking a graphic mod which will make skyrim look more realistic while keeping the game playable and open for other mods as well, any suggestion? i got a nexus account as well so im open to that

[pedantic_roc]

If you post your lappy's Specs they are plenty of peeps here with extremely good knowledge of what you can expect to achieve.

[Elyssa]

Well you are dealing with a computer noob here, I dont know how to tell my computers specs or exactly what to even look for, i run windows 8

[pedantic_roc]

Try this: https://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

Everything is summed up in the, erm, Summary you'll get. :-)

[Elyssa]

hmm.... still cant really tell, have it download, it has analized my computer, but i just dont know what im looking at, it is quite embarrassing to be honest

[pedantic_roc]

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 940 43 °C
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 401MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770-UD3 (Socket M2) 40 °C
Graphics
PLE2407HDS (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6670 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 30 °C
Storage
298GB MAXTOR STM3320613AS ATA Device (SATA) 31 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223B ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

That's my miserable, salvaged, specs as an example... Just mouse over, and highlight, the summary page and hit Ctrl and C together to copy your summary, then hit Ctrl and V together to paste it back here. Simples :-)

[Elyssa]

Operating System
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
CPU
AMD A6-3400M 56 °C
Llano 32nm Technology
RAM
7.00GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 180B (Socket FS1) 56 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
512MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6520G (HP) 59 °C
Storage
698GB Seagate ST975042 3AS SATA Disk Device (SATA) 43 °C
Optical Drives
hp BD ROM BC-5550H SATA CdRom Device
Audio
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC

[pedantic_roc]

Good, now all you need is for the experts to come along and take a look. You're not going to get great results, though, because the GPU is a tad weak - but then I'm not one of the experts that regularly frequent here. Good Luck Shadow :-)

[pedantic_roc]

Where have all you graphics mod specialists gone when you're needed? ;-)

[Elyssa]

do you know of an "unarmed" perk tree mod?

[Elyssa]

like the old oblivion

[pedantic_roc]

Hah, there's loads of UC mods - I liked this one although it might not be up your alley :-)

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50416

Best you start googling, Shadow, and amaze yourself :-)

[pedantic_roc]

Yay, thanks for restoring my faith, Grimus - I was hoping one of you guys would see this and help out. :-)

[Toast580]

Would this be able to run a UNB and mods?

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD A6-3420M 73 °C
Llano 32nm Technology
RAM
3.00GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
AMD Torpedo (Socket FS1) 76 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1280x720@60Hz)
512MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6520G (Toshiba) 73 °C
Storage
465GB TOSHIBA MK5075GSX ATA Device (SATA) 37 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SN-208AB ATA Device
Audio
Conexant SmartAudio HD

[pedantic_roc]

Origineel geplaatst door grimus:

@ pedantic_roc: Its hard to second guess someone's taste, but these mods are nice and I don't think they'll give to much of a fps hit, leaving room for a couple of other smallish mods. ( except for the 2K mod.)

Thanks, Grimus, I might try some of these little graphic mods, like the fish, myself. Even though my PC is now made up of spare elbows and salvaged parts it will easily manage a few of these. I just got so despondant I never really bothered to look past COT Lite - lol. I'm off playing The Witcher atm hoping Skyrim will look better afterwards but, actually, The Witcher EE isn't that bad on the old eyes :D

[pedantic_roc]

On a brighter note, of the three specs shown, I would say I did a pretty damned good job with my 'must improve my cooling' project :D