Clean STEP install performance help

[eperdos]

Hi,

 

I recently upgraded my PC and my configuration is:

 

i5 4690

16 GB Ram (2x 8GB dual ch.)

GTX 1070 8GB VRam

500 GB SSD

 

so, considering I have plenty of resources for an extended STEP, I chose to install ALL mods listed at their max. resolutions. I am now around middle of install, I just finished 2.J. Animations & Effects subsection. So, benchmarking like usual after one subsection, I observed 2 things that made me stop  installing new mods and asking in here for help:

 

1. mountain flickering at Helgen entrance and inside Helgen, at distant mountains but also midrange mountains. It seems related to Skyrim Enhanced Camera, as disabling this mod makes flickering a little less annoying. But I am not sure IF this flickering was there until now, as I didn`t really looked at the mountains, rather I watched the MSI onscreens to see how ram, vram, temps etc. behaves. I tried editing the ini`s as in z-fighting guide with no results. I had Better results editing the ini`s with these settings:

 

[TerrainManager]
fBlockLevel0Distance=50000
fBlockLevel1Distance=72500
fBlockMaximumDistance=94000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5

 

But, as distant flickering was gone, mid range flickering was STILL there, and performance cost was HUGE (I lost around 10-15 fps)

 

2. Until this point, I always let the camera at its starting position, not moving the mouse so the benchmarkings are solid comparable. I was getting solid 60fps with very isolated mid 50s and an average of 59.7 and above. I said this is really good. Now, after flickering issue, I moved the camera and observed drops in the 40s just before Helgen entrance, if watching left and down. This is with STEP default ini`s and all mods enabled. (so not related to no.1 issue above).

 

My GPU load gets to 99% but for very short times. Average load is around 30%. Also GPU frequency is mostly around 1050MHz, averaging at around 900MHz. Constant spikes at 1635Mhz, never reaching boost.

My VRam load is at the moment 2700MB.

My Ram load is around 4000MB with Pagefile around 7000

CPU load is around 40-50%.

 

Shoud I worry, or should I continue installing the remaining subsection? Will the latest subsections improve some performance? should I restart STEP with indicated resolution? If GTX 1070 can`t handle STEP maxed , what is the reason for even pointing there are HQ options?

 

Thanks!

Edited August 16, 2016 by eperdos

[eperdos]

Now, can someone help me with an ENB like say realvision. How to install it? Step by step if possible, treat me like a noob. 

 

I tried instaling like this: downloaded from nexus. Installed with MO, choose manual install, went to RealVision files folder, copied all files in there, including enbseries folder to the main Skyrim folder. Game crashes first loading window.