Share your Skyrim creations, list details, and report your VRAM consumption!
Share your Skyrim creations, list details, and report your VRAM consumption!
This decision will directly affect whether I purchase a 970 for my SO.
I removed Skyrim to avoid having those files anymore. Here’s a screenshot from the Steam upload: http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/...E74660A59/ vram usage was 2.5gb. I’m on a 980 GB load and started modding Fallout NVA.
1080p resolution, but she’ll rely heavily on 2K texture adjustments and ENB.
You might want to consider an R9 290X, wait for the 3xx lineup, or opt for a GTX 980. A 3.5GB VRAM capacity won't hold up as well over time compared to a full 4GB version.
It really depends on how heavily you modify the game. If you use all 4K+ textures and lighting changes, you'll likely encounter issues. Running a heavily modded Skyrim on a 560 was manageable with many visual tweaks. Being thoughtful about your mods helps avoid problems, but downloading conflicting texture packs can cause trouble. PS. Sharing a list of mods would be very useful, I'm currently working on Skyrim mods for my 780Ti using STEP as a starting point, and I highly recommend it for smooth modding. - Sam
I'm using an EVGA GTX 780 SC with a 3GB RAM setup and 67 mods installed. I haven't added any custom overclocks. The display runs at 1920x1080 resolution. My original GTX 780 clocked at 1032MHz with memory at 1502MHZ. The peak temps stayed between 47-48% fan usage, reaching up to 80°C. Memory peaked at 1894MB, hovering near 1850MB. GPU utilization was consistently around 85-99%. NVIDIA ShadowPlay was turned off during the whole session, though it probably wouldn't have made a big difference. In real-world play, watching wildlife and adjusting AI settings gave me about 49FPS on average, ranging from 43 to 59. In Whiterun, just local activity, it was around 50.5FPS, between 44 and 58. I don't know why the frame rate caps at 50—maybe it's related to the ENB.
I stick to 4K sets, parallax models, ENBS, and keep VRAM under 2.5GB