Skyrim Modded Keeps Impressing Us - New Screenshots Show Mind-blowing Details

There is no doubt that the modded version of Skyrim looks phenomenal. Modders have managed to overhaul Bethesda’s RPG to the degree that it can even compete with current-gen titles. Look for example at those gorgeous textures, look at that spectacular female character, look at that amazing dragon. Skyrim modded is still one of the best looking days, and that says a lot.

[SaveFerris]

Some of these look fantastic, but what kind of rig do you need in order for it to run well?

[FlameBaitGod]

Not that op really. With nvidia's new GTX 970 you can have a really nice freaking build for cheap. If you really want to save a lot of $, build your PC on Cyber Monday

[FlyingFoxy]

970 is a lot of card for the money, i recently got one but haven't been able to use it yet.

From what i've seen though the 970 rips games apart @ 1080p, even the UE4 elemental demo dips to 39fps at the worst even with an older cpu.

been meaning to upgrade my x58 board and cpu but still haven't found much reason to even with newer games.. May wait and see what Skylake is like for new cpu/board/ram.

[Magicite]

~1$k proly.

[LAWSON72]

I was able to run high end mods 1080p on a HD 7950 and GTX 760 ($200) and a i5 3570k no problem.

CPU: $130 (<=FX 6300)
MOBO: $80 (depends on needs but solid price for FX6300 combo)
RAM: $40-80 4GB works for Skyrim however 8 is recommended for newer games
GPU: $200 (If I took a guess, probably <= R9 280 3GB, I have had success with a 2GB GTX 760 but some say 2GB VRAM is not enough)
Case: $60
HDD: $60 (1TB)
PSU: $60
OS: $100 (there are ways around this with trials e.g getting a 3 month enterprise trial)

So probably $700ish, but if someone took advantage of trial $600ish down.

[GameSpawn]

I had acceptable results from dual HD 7770's (OC'd XFX Black Ed cards). At less than $150 a card (when I got them around two years ago) I'm quite pleased how well they've held up. At first Skyrim had issues because it initially didn't play well with Crossfire setups, but after a couple game updates and AMD driver updates it was no longer an issue.

I "might" upgrade my cards sometime in the future, but I really need a new monitor first. My current one is an old Dell UltraSharp that peaks out at 1680x1050. I'm holding out for the 4K (or near 4K) Dell monitors to come down some in price.

[Irishguy95]

570 euro for me

Amd FX 6350
8GB RAM
ASUS R9 270

This tower http://www.quietpc.com/imag...

1TB Hard drive

Using Realvision ENB and all the recommend mods that go with it. ALso got some sound mods that really add some atmosphere, and some more for stars and Auroras to look well, prettier. So much more immersive now.

[scark92]

This looks great!, Skyrim have great mods, love that they are in the Steam Workshop for easy access!
I hope more games in the console sides allow Mod Support like Unreal Tournament 3 did on PS3, I wonder what they can make with it!

[KidBroSweets2]

Nice to see some screenshots of fully dressed women in these mods for once.

[Feralkitsune]

Personally, it pissews me off that there are so many scantily clad armors bot because I think they look bad; but it's not practical to me. I like to use mods that add to the world to make it more immersive, not the opposite of taking me out of the world.

Same for the guys. If an armor seems too out of place for the game I won't use it.

[megatron00733]

Skyrim always Looks good with new mods.

[Aleithian]

Time to start saving for a gaming PC.

[Feralkitsune]

It's well worth it man. I built my first PC when I got my first job back in highschool. It was the most satisfying moment ever playing games on it. I remember buying Crysis 1 and being blown away at how good and well the game ran. First card was a 465 GTX I think.

[WinterWolf]

Building a computer is pretty satisfying indeed! I built my first one back in high school too, but that was over 10 years ago! lol

I had a GeForce FX5200. And SW:Knight of the Old Republic and Battlefield 2 made it so worth it!

[lfc_4eva]

Man I feel real old now.

I remember building pc's that ran msdos 6.

I was using ISA soundcards like soundblaster.
1MB Vram cirrus logic graphics card (pre 3d acceleration 3dfx).
I think my pc had 8MB ram, 420MB hard drive and an AMD 486 dx2-66 intel clone.

SVGA monitor to top it off.

Utter turd by today's standards, but glorious at the time to play doom2.

[user5669510]

dont do it just get a ps4. if you already have a ps4 get another one. pc sucks and have no exclusives sony the best no matter what. also dont buy any other console except sony's

[lfc_4eva]

Seen any sunlight recently?

[Jyndal]

It's unbelievable how gorgeous this game can be with a little re-texturing. I can't wait to see what ES6 looks like before and after the modders get a chance to play with it.

[Feralkitsune]

More than just retexturing. It's an increased draw distance, higher res textures; custom lighting engine that allows advanced SSAO methods, added parallax mapping to items like grass, and rocks, better AA and more.

[Lucreto]

How much RAM and VRAM do you need to run these?

[Father__Merrin]

to run heavy mods you will need a pretty beefy rig, many will say you don't bit trust me you do. some of the retextur and rebuilding takes a lot to run smooth but it does look nice.

I had some up and running but couldn't hit 60fps and uninstalled, at the moment I have light mods like lighting, saturation, grass, sunglare and ambient wildlife sounds and it runs perfect at 60fps and it looks amazing.

compared to the old ps3 game I had its a world apart, to give you an idea I have 8gb ram, fx-4300 & r7 265 (2gb) running in 900p I prefer the smoother look and increased fps rather than leave it in 1080p

[MRMagoo123]

I refuse flat out to play a game on my pc in anything lower than 1080p I would rather upgrade something than lower the res. I upgraded my cpu and gpu just the other month so I could run dead rising 3 in 1080p. Anything under has too much blur to me.

[Are_The_MaDNess]

Skyrim in itself and its engine crashes once it uses over 3.1GB of ram (alot of mods that handle this tho so its no problem) so the game cant use more than that no matter what.

as for VRAM with 4k textures and such all over the place i got to say you need about 2.8-3.8GB of VRAM aswell :D

its not that bad with todays standards.

[hiredhelp]

For thoes wondering what kinda system you need spec wise look here.
http://www.reddit.com/r/sky...

Anything thats a 2-3gb vram on gpu really helps (7970) plus quad core from sandy bridge example i5 2500k and up really helps and i would suggest 8GB mem be just fine but more always helps.
You dont need latest quad cores nore top of the to in graphics cards but i do suggest to have a smooth game running with these mods what i stated is perfect.

[Imalwaysright]

Modded skyrim is so much better than vanilla skyrim that it isn't even funny and no, I'm not just talking about graphics.

[brando008]

Absolutely beautiful

[JamesBondage]

what mod is this? or is it every mod? haha

[urwifeminder]

I enjoy the mods for this game I don't really bother playing it just jump in an check out the mods lol.

[Bdxxacjkfs]

I dont buy games without Mod option. So GGs, Bethesda!

[Scenarist]

Im surprised that @ this point in time ...

There are no mods labeled as "total conversions" .. also thats a very rare terminology these days

[waltyftm]

Stunning stuff, love it.

[Maxor]

PC gaming, when Nextgen is always this gen.

[PlayableGamez]

Bethesda needs to remaster this game using these mods. That would be freaking awesome.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Way, way too many lolz in that comment.

Have you seen the price of what it cost to actually run some of those mods?

Have you seen the Steam Statistic on their site confirming how many Steam users even use GPU's capable of running such mods well?

Soooo many reasons why they actually shouldn't. Now I like mods myself, but some times you just want the game to play. See how many actually even play with mods and you'll understand why its something that should be left to choice.