Boss1138 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Hi guys, I was wondering if S.T.E.P. would run on my system and how well it would run.I have an EVGA GTX550Ti, an AMD FX 9590 8-core CPU, and 16 GB of DDR3 2400 RAM. Thanks, and sorry if it's in the wrong place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harpalus Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) At a glance it should, but avoid large textures and pay particular attention to optimizing your texture files: you only have 1GB of VRAM. Take performance measurements and walk around after finishing the "graphical" section of the STEP guide to see how things are running. If everything checks out fine you're probably good to proceed with the rest of the guide without many issues, and checking before proceeding will potentially save you time. As mentioned in the guide, the Skyrim Realistic Overhaul and the Skyrim Flora Overhaul are the most VRAM intensive mods in STEP, so you might want to avoid them. Avoid using an ENB preset as well, and stick with ENBoost. Bethesda Performance Textures (and here) look nice and are a lighter alternative to some entries in STEP. (The textures are good enough that I use them, even with 3GB of VRAM). I also use Skyrim Performance Plus. Vanilla Reduced Textures will also help. I use this SweetFX preset instead of an ENB preset, modified to suit my tastes. It's much more lightweight and will help disguise the low resolution textures. There are other sweetfx presets on the Nexus, so take a look around. Dynavision helps by adding in a nice, lightweight depth-of-field effect. SweetFX will still lower your FPS slightly, though: just nowhere near as much as an ENB preset would. If you want to take the SweetFX advice, wait until after testing your setup before adding it in. Edited March 9, 2015 by Harpalus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 phazer11 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 It'll run but I wouldn't run an ENB and by run I'm talking probably 30 fps or less. I'd stick to 1366x768 as a maximum resolution while playing and use the textures above. I played on a GTX 460M which was basically the same thing. But that was a while ago and would not go back ever.https://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-550-Ti-vs-GeForce-GTX-460M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Boss1138 Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Awesome, thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Boss1138 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Would the MSI Geforce GTX 750 ti be a considerable improvement over my 550 ti? Enough to handle ENBs?https://www.frys.com/product/8003654?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TechAngel85 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 No, the GTX 750 will not run an ENB...smoothly. Will it be an improvement from the 550? Yes: https://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-750-Ti-vs-GeForce-GTX-550-Ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Boss1138 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nice, looks like it's twice as good. What would you suggest as an upgrade for ENBs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nozzer66 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I have a 780Ti and it laughs at even the most intensive ENBs. Of course I don't get 60 FPS everywhere and don't expect to, but I push out a solid 40ish all the way through even in seriously heavy places like Falkreath and Riften areas. They should have lowered price wise with the 900 Series being around. Of course if your wallet can stretch to a 900 series, or even one of Team Red's offerings, then that would be better again. The trouble is computer building gets addictive. You get a better card, then you need a better mother board to handle it, then the power supply needs beefing up to provide MOAR POWAR! then the processor bottle necks and you need to upgrade that, then you really push the boat out and get liquid cooling going and before long you have something that is an absolute rock crusher... Until some joker comes up with the "super-duper-4-graphics-processor-12GB-uber-mega-Titanic-runs-Witcher3-at-120FPS-everwhere" card to rule them all, and the cycle repeats... We've all been there, haven't we, people? You know who you are... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Neovalen Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Then, there will be Witcher 4. Aaaaand the cycle continues. To be honest though, the hardware treadmill has slowed down over recent years. This is especially true for processors, RAM, and Mobos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TechAngel85 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That's not me. When I build gaming systems, I build them to last 3 to 4 years out. I've only cranked about 2/3rds of the power out of my system and it still plays very strong. But then there's Witcher 4... but I don't plan on getting that one anytime soon...not even in the next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nozzer66 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) I meant Witcher 4. But it seems people got my message :) And Neo is actually right. It's basically graphics cards that are still moving along. I could easily run a 980 in my rig but the 780Ti seems to be handling things well enough. :) Edited March 13, 2015 by Nozzer66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Boss1138 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Yeah, I've already got lots of RAM and an AMD 9590, and an ASUS Sabertooth 900, I think.So my bottleneck is (as ever) the graphics card. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hi guys, I was wondering if S.T.E.P. would run on my system and how well it would run.
I have an EVGA GTX550Ti, an AMD FX 9590 8-core CPU, and 16 GB of DDR3 2400 RAM. Thanks, and sorry if it's in the wrong place.
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