I've been looking to upgrade my Skyrim experience for awhile now and was hoping to get some help from some of the more knowledgeable members out there on how Skyrim performs completely modded out.
I guess I'll start out with what kind of performance I'm currently getting.
uGrids 5:
Without ENB: 30-40fps with frame stuttering (lack of VRAM suspect).
With ENB(Ultra SSAO, DOF) + SMAA via dll: 20-25fps with frame stuttering.
uGrids 7 won't load at all with texture mods.
I currently use STEP with HRDLCOpt /w Vanilla Normals and all the various textures at 1024 if available.
I'm looking to upgrade my video card, currently I have an XFX Radeon 5870 1GB. I know pretty much anything will give me a good upgrade but I'm looking to keep playing Skyrim for the foreseeable future.
You never know what games are around the corner however so I want to make sure I get a card that will last me a few years.
To that end, the options I've been considering are the following:
Radeon HD7970 3GB (Available now)
Nvidia 680GTX 2GB (Available now)
Radeon HD7970 6GB (Available in a few weeks supposedly)
Nvidia 680GTX 4GB (Available in a few weeks supposedly)
Nvidia 685GTX 4GB (GK110 available August 2012 supposedly)
I know my VRAM is currently running out and I'd love to get back to playing in surround/eyefinity as I have the three monitors.
I'm holding about 600 dollars in my hand for a single card massive upgrade. I've been leaning towards waiting but the danger is there's always something around the corner... that or I might spend the money mean time.
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Hello everyone,
I've been looking to upgrade my Skyrim experience for awhile now and was hoping to get some help from some of the more knowledgeable members out there on how Skyrim performs completely modded out.
I guess I'll start out with what kind of performance I'm currently getting.
uGrids 5:
Without ENB: 30-40fps with frame stuttering (lack of VRAM suspect).
With ENB(Ultra SSAO, DOF) + SMAA via dll: 20-25fps with frame stuttering.
uGrids 7 won't load at all with texture mods.
I currently use STEP with HRDLCOpt /w Vanilla Normals and all the various textures at 1024 if available.
I'm looking to upgrade my video card, currently I have an XFX Radeon 5870 1GB. I know pretty much anything will give me a good upgrade but I'm looking to keep playing Skyrim for the foreseeable future.
You never know what games are around the corner however so I want to make sure I get a card that will last me a few years.
To that end, the options I've been considering are the following:
Radeon HD7970 3GB (Available now)
Nvidia 680GTX 2GB (Available now)
Radeon HD7970 6GB (Available in a few weeks supposedly)
Nvidia 680GTX 4GB (Available in a few weeks supposedly)
Nvidia 685GTX 4GB (GK110 available August 2012 supposedly)
I know my VRAM is currently running out and I'd love to get back to playing in surround/eyefinity as I have the three monitors.
I'm holding about 600 dollars in my hand for a single card massive upgrade. I've been leaning towards waiting but the danger is there's always something around the corner... that or I might spend the money mean time.
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