What ENBs' are good for this machine??

[Niggabanana]

Hi there!

 

I recently upgraded my old rig and wanted to know if this can run a decent / high quality ENB without much performance lost. I'm currently enjoying "I Can't Believe I'ts Not ENB!" SweetFX preset @ 60~70FPS outdoors & 100+FPS Indoors. But I really want to know if this ccan run atleast HRK's ENB settings without losing as much as 3~8FPS in general.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Specs:

 

Asus GTX 750 Ti  (drivers up to date)

MSI B85M-P33 Mobo(Tom's Hardware Mobo Tier two list recommendation)

Kingston Hyper-X fury 16GB RAM (8x2) @ 1600Mhz ea.

Toshiba/Hitachi 1TB HDD @7200RPM

Intel i-5 4440 @ 3.1Ghz ~ 3.4Ghz(Turbo)

Antec VP 450W PSU(Tom's Hardware PSU Tier two List recommendation)

[Suited Prawns]

You should just try it out, enbs can usually be uninstalled easily.

[asdasd123123]

What do you mean by performance loss? What's wrong with capping it at 60 fps? I got a beast PC with a GTX 980 and i still use VSync (capped at 60fps) for a silent, smooth, and stable game-play experience. 

[Akzyra]

Cap at 60 FPS, skyrim gets wonky at higher fps. Havok Physics glitches may cause to let alll things that can be moved to explode around in your house. No neet tableware anymore.

[WraithSlayer]

What do you mean by performance loss? What's wrong with capping it at 60 fps? I got a beast PC with a GTX 980 and i still use VSync (capped at 60fps) for a silent, smooth, and stable game-play experience. 

 

The problem with V-Sync is that when the PC can't keep a stable 60 FPS, it drops it all the way down to 30. (with V-Sync,  the GPU can only send complete frames to the screen, so if it misses the time window, it has to wait for the next refresh cycle, halving the framerate)

 

This isn't a problem if your PC can keep going at a stable 60 FPS even in crowded areas, which your GTX 980 should easily handle without breaking a sweat, but it's a considerable performance issue for older hardware, especially when you start throwing ENBs into the mix.

 

[Niggabanana]

What do you mean by performance loss? What's wrong with capping it at 60 fps? I got a beast PC with a GTX 980 and i still use VSync (capped at 60fps) for a silent, smooth, and stable game-play experience. 

I will now clap in a sarcastic manner because of your "Beast PC". Sure theirs no problem at your end since, well that's GTX 980 that uses the latest CUDA architecture from Nvidia and yeah you can play almost any game @ 60FPS on ultra settings or higher(Lower settings in cases of Crysis 3 and other games that uses SMAA, FXAA & HDR at the same time @ 1080p resolutions).

 

In my END, I got a budget built that I revive from the depths of the attic(Talking about the HDD and Mobo), and so it's not a beast but an old pimp that got a boost from the 750 Ti. Even so some of the games I installed doesn't run on 40~60FPS with ultra, Skyrim on the other hand runs @ 60-70+FPS outdoors(40~55 when there are many actors / multi dragons), another thing is capping @ 60FPS makes my old save in Skyrim loss 10 FPS depending on how many actors or effects are present and that is with I Can't Believe it's no ENB! installed. 

 

did try some ENBs' that uses less mods but the result are same. capped at 30~32 FPS Vsync off, 20FPS Vsync on. So generally performance loss is inevitable, This is why I posted this thread, so if anyone out there know an ENB preset that has minimal performance lost for a setup like mine whilst keeping that beautiful graphic modification that I might as well bite!

 

Anyways thanks for posting about your rig, now I know that a GTX 980 is "silent, smooth and stable" for gaming, not sure what kind of games you play but surely it's not just ranging Dota 2, LoL & CS:GO right?

[gvman3670]

It should run an ENB just fine, but it'll cost more than 3-8 frames. No ENB only costs that little.