Can this rig handle all the STEP mods and ENB?

[Halde]

Hi all!

 

It's simple, everything I want to ask is in the title.

The core of the rig:

 

i5-3570k Quad Core overclocked to 4.1 GHz

Gigabyte R9 290 4GB VRAM(slightly faster than GTX 780)

16GB RAM(can't remember the manufactorer)

 

Skyrim will be running from a SSD.

 

~Sincerely

 

Halde

 

[TechAngel85]

You'll have no issues whatsoever. Those specs are higher than mine and I run the full STEP:Extended at an average of 55-60FPS (no ENB installed on my system though). With ENB, you'll looking at an average of 40-50FPS probably. That's normal with any system with an ENB installed. Your screen resolution will play a major factor in performance though. I'm saying all this assuming you'll be running at 1920x1080.

[Halde]

Yea I'll be running 1920x1080. What screen size is recommendable for that resolution? Haven't found one yet. But I don't think I should go higher than 22"?

 

BTW, has STEP servers been down the last couple of days?

[TechAngel85]

Any size should be okay as long as it's meant to run at 1920x1080 as its native resolution. I have a 23" IPS @1920x1080. Both games and movies look amazing.

 

Yes, the servers were down, so-to-say. The admin that pays the hosting bill has been moving to a new house with his family so things have been a bit chaotic for him and the bill slipped his mind. Shouldn't happen again as he's almost settled.

[Halde]

Cool. Thanks a lot!

[Halde]

Do you think I can up my uGridstoload with a rig like that? Perhaps to 7.

[TechAngel85]

Possibly. It all depends on how intense the ENB you use is. Upping uGrids will affect performance also as heavy as an ENB. Try it a see what type of performance you get. If it's unsatisfactory, simply drop it back down.

[CJ2311]

Are you kidding? I run the game with an R9 280x, with Vividian ENB, an almost full SRLE + REGS setup and I get over 50 FPS :p

[Halde]

I don't think I know what SRLE + REGS is, but it sounds tough. And that's good news! :)

The reason I am asking is that I'm like a week shy of buying a new computer, and I wanted to make sure it could pull off the game I play the most with all the groovy stuff:)

[CJ2311]

Think STEP extended on steroids, with textures that are twice as bigger for the most part. :P

[tehpandemic]

I have pretty similar specs, them being a tri-x r9 290 4gb and an amd fx 8350 4.0 ghz albeit with only 8gb RAM, but I am struggling for frames, namely in whiterun as soon as you enter the town and look towards the market district. I can honestly say I'm struggling for 30fps. But I have suspected it's to do with the processor if anything, I know Intel blow amd away 99% of the time

[Spock]

My r9 290 can keep the 30 fps very safely @1200p with step extended (although 2.2.7, so no distance overhaul)+NLA and ugrids 7 (10000 grass distance, grass on steroids with 90 density). Make sure you go for 2048 shadow map resolution though. I use 16x ENB AF, all ENB AA options and texture filtering quality high in CCC.

[phazer11]

SR:LE is Skyrim Revisited: Legendary Edition

[TechAngel85]

I was being conservative because every system is different. I haven't actually ran an ENB on my new rig to check the performance I would get. (Core i5 and GTX 760 4GB)