SkyrimSE:Display Settings

A guide to configuring the best display settings for Skyrim Special Edition

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WIP

This guide is a work in progress.

Guide scope

It is the intent of this guide to direct users to the optimal settings to be used for Skyrim Special edition for their hardware. This includes setting up unofficially supported display methods and workarounds for different use cases.

Resolution

Your resolution can be set by modifying the following lines in SkyrimPrefs.ini:

[Display]
iSize H=1080
iSize W=1920

Alternatively these can be set in an INI editor such as SkyrimSE:BethINI_SE BethINI, or, if you are using the SSE Display Tweaks mod, by changing the following line in the SKSE\Plugins\SSEDisplayTweaks.ini file:

[Render]
Resolution=1920x1080

SSE Display Tweaks also allows you to set a resolution lower than your screen resolution and upscale it to your screen while in borderless windowed mode. In order for this feature to work, you must change BorderlessUpscale to true.

[Render]
BorderlessUpscale=true

A quick and easy way to change the resolution scale is also provided with the ResolutionScale tweak. This tweak is a multiplier for your resolution to modify it lower or higher while maintaining the aspect ratio as used in the Resolution tweak. This can be uncommented and lowered to improve performance at the cost of resolution.

[Render]
ResolutionScale=0.75

Ultra Widescreen

While the game does not natively support ultra widescreen aspect ratios, the Complete Widescreen Fix is able to fix the user interface issues that would otherwise inhibit their use.

Framerate handling

VSync

Best method is VSync + FPS Limit that is 0.01 FPS less than your monitor's maximum refresh rate (e.g., typical 60HZ is actually 59.940HZ - 0.01 = 59.93).

G-SYNC

Best method is G-SYNC + VSync + FPS Limit that is 3 FPS less than your monitor's maximum refresh rate.

FreeSync

Presumed best method is FreeSync + VSync + FPS Limit that is 3 FPS less than your monitor's maximum refresh rate.