So I did a clean install with no mods and added Real Like ENB that suggests v.113 which does indeed affect performance a lot less (but still does). Then I updated only the .dll with newer versions (132, 221, 236, 265) to see what happens and even with the same ENB settings, performance would degrade...

So I stumbled upon this video which was very interesting because it shows FPS with several different ENB and Vanilla. This confirms there's a huge performance hit with most ENB sometimes even greater than 50% drop. I guess then having 30% of Vanilla on my setup is somewhat normal behavior... Since t...

So I figured I could use MSI AfterBurner to monitor my GPU and when I get to the main menu about 550MB Vram is used, I then load my save and after a few minutes I have 1900Mb used. So does that mean the game is saturating my graphic card and I should disable mods or lower texture quality/resolution ...

So I finally managed to update my drivers (14.11.2 Beta) and recovered access to the CCC. Please check screenshot and tell me if all settings are correct. I installed MSI AfterBurner 4.0 Anything you want me to do with it ? I'd rather not burn my graphic card as it would be expensive and complicated...

I reverted to default uGridsToLoad 5
no difference in fps.

I reverted to default ini (removed my custom files, game recreated them) and the fps is terrible - with or without ENB - (probably because of mods that need ini tweaks).
I only modified bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 and uGridsToLoad=7

Well I made a lot of tweaks to my .ini files. I tried reverting to default .ini but my game would crash >:< So I get about 14 FPS when looking at the ground (pavement in Whiterun) and 17 FPS looking straight up at a cloudy sky (in both cases 60 FPS when pressing Shift + F12). I have a lot of mods I ...

Tried these settings no change. I do not have access to BIOS (it's a Mac) so I'm not sure I can disable hyperthreading. I tried installing another ENB called Performance ENB (now called Tamriel Reloaded ENB) I got even worse results... Is there anything in my SkrimPrefs.ini and Skyrim.ini that could...

Set UseDefferedRendering to false (which seems to disable half of the effects) and that improved my FPS by ~1-2. When I disable AA in the console from within the game it improves my FPS by ~1. Yes it's the only game I use ENB with (other games I play don't need it) and no I don't do 3D programming. ...

Insomnia wrote:With my rig with ssao quality at high and dof enabled Im getting 20-25 fps @ 1080p. Grass density at 75 and vurts flora overhaul.

Ok and without ENB ? It's the gap that I find disturbing.