what is your vram consumption now ? as i'm hunting for a new VC and trying to make an ideea what to choose since 1080 is a bit high for me now.... i'm thinking for an 1070
Try an older version of the driver and do a clean install of it. Edit: also first you can try entering safe mode. Uninstall nvidia drivers. Also manually delete if the uninstaller didnt remove all nvidia related folders. Then enter windows normally without drivers installed. If it works then install an older version maybe latest are bad.
you can check here how SRLEx LOTD is integrated over SRLE -> https://wiki.step-project.com/User:Darth_mathias/SRLE_Extended_Legacy_of_The_Dragonborn_Integration_guide
https://wiki.step-project.com/index.php?title=User:Neovalen/Skyrim_Revisited_-_Legendary_Edition/Conflict_Resolution&action=history Here. Or use Page tools -> History (needs wiki log in)
You wont gain any performance by removing it. It's just an expansion just like dawnguard or dragonborn. It's not hard to remove it but i wouldn't complicate my life.
well using pcea will only make RAP available for the player and breathing animations will be available to NPCs only since for the player will be overwritten by RAP. btw you'll have to delete all included animation in PCEA2 and only copy RAP there, then check if gender patch is really working for pcea
thank you. Only sunday i'll leave for the beach now i'm at my parents with the family. you can use the RAP - Idles with the recommended animations only without random play. It's 2 minutes of idle animation i think it's enough :)