Skyrim SLI help.

Smoblikat

Diamond Member
Nov 19, 2011
5,184
107
106
So I just found out that there was ENB for skyrim (its an extreme graphics mod) and I installed it, my FPS went from 60 constant with Vsync, to 20 barely. I knew it was going to be demanding, but I didnt think it was going to be THAT demanding. Turns out it isnt............my SLI doesnt work. I use this mod for GTA IV (a much worse console port) and everything works fine. There is a Xfire patch for this game to enable Xfire for the game, but no SLi one. Does anyone know of anything that will allow me to use SLI properly with skyrim and this mod?

For those of you who will undoubtedly tell me to contact the creator i have:
http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1082&p=13299#p13299

I dont think i will be making any progress with it though.
 

Smoblikat

Diamond Member
Nov 19, 2011
5,184
107
106
Nevermind, Just remembered that I could force it via Nvid CP, FPS is in the mid 40's now, and I havent even reached my peak OC's :p

Should be having some fun with this now.

For anyone with a similar problem, the solution is to use force alternate frame rendering 2, specifically 2. On TES V Skyrim.exe, or the launcher. Im not sure which so I did both. Dont use 1, both my GPU's pegged at 62% usage and my FPS peaked at 6. Now my GPU's are both at 100% usage.
 

The_Golden_Man

Senior member
Apr 7, 2012
816
1
0
Make sure you put shadows on High instead of Ultra. Ultra has a huge performance hit, but give very little visual experience over High. Also, you can smoothen the shadows via a few ini changes.
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
27,052
357
126
I tried just about every ENB config and tweak there was and they all made the shadows oversaturated so literally you cannot see things on thr ground in a cave or at night, and when you adjust it up the screen is overbright and it ruins the fog effects. So I trashed ENB and run vanilla with FXAA injector and post sharpen filter with 4k textures and a few other things.