Nvidia SSAO vs ENB SSAO

[Holymartyr]

Just did these screenshots myself, and decided that others on here may benefit from what I've learned. Took screen shots with and without ENB, with and without Nvidia SSAO and a mix of both. See below:

 

This is a SS with NO Nvidia SSAO, with NO ENB, and NO ENB SSAO (aka vanilla).

 

This is a SS WITH Nvidia SSAO, with NO ENB, and hence NO ENB SSAO.

 

This is a SS with NO Nvidia SSAO, WITH ENB, and WITH ENB SSAO.

 

This is a SS WITH Nvidia SSAO, WITH ENB, and with NO ENB SSAO.

 

This is a SS with NO Nvidia SSAO, WITH ENB, and with NO ENB SSAO.

 

So in my opinion, I found that Nvidia's SSAO was much better than ENB's. BUT, without ENB you can see the annoying shadow striping is very noticable - lol. Now I must add, I was using Performance SSAO from Nvidia, and the Medium ENB SSAO setting for the SS's. When loading the game, the game loaded MUCH faster with ENB on, than without. Not sure why this is, but obviously there is some performance to be gained from using just the base ENB .dll file and no special effects. I didn't benchmark the FPS difference as well, but I didn't notice any difference. Running a GTX 670 OC'd, Phenom II X4 965 OC'd, 8GB Ram OC'd, OC'd Mobo and Raid 0 setup with two 7200RPM HDD's (SATA 2.0 [3GB/s]).

 

So in conclusion, I found that Nvidia's SSAO with ENB, but NO ENB SSAO was the best =) You can turn on both, but then the SSAO's overlap and creates some really dark shadows. 

 

P.S. Using SkyRealism ENB - Vibrant Setting, ENB v0.123, and Nvidia 310.54 Drivers.

[Farlo]

Stop using red! Apparently I need to dig around and see if we can just disable that color, it looks so ugly. Use Maroon, Brown, or Saddle Brown instead.

[thalastwon]

I gotta say I really appreciate this information! Thanks for posting your research!

[Holymartyr]

Stop using red! Apparently I need to dig around and see if we can just disable that color' date=' it looks so ugly. Use Maroon, Brown, or Saddle Brown instead.

Please don't yell at me =( I'm just using what's there, trying to make interpreting the info easier... =(

[z929669]

Stop using red! Apparently I need to dig around and see if we can just disable that color' date=' it looks so ugly. Use Maroon, Brown, or Saddle Brown instead.

brown and saddle brown need to be stricken as well (see above)

[Besidilo]

Needs more scenes for a proper comparison. ENB and no SSAO should be there too.

[Holymartyr]

Updated with 'Maroon' color now, now has an ENB and No SSAO comparison.

[Vypir]

Whoa! This is actually kind of surprising to me. I've always heard people say that ENB SSAO looks better than NVIDIA SSAO. However, maybe they were only comparing Vanilla+Nvidia to a full ENB experience with improved shadows, color, etc.

 

Going to do some comparisons of my own tonight if I can.