Is the EVGA GTX 960 4GB Good For Skyrim Modding?

[EGU Phantom]

I want Realvision ENB, Pure Waters, etc. I also only have a 500w PSU running with an APU (7850k) will that be enough? Bottleneck?

 

[photonboy]

The GTX960 can handle Vanilla Skyrim fairly well though your CPU will probably cap you near 60FPS.

However, when you MOD heavy with graphics you'll likely end up with a GPU bottleneck and even the GTX960 (or GTX980 even) won't handle some mods without dropping you below 60FPS.

I have an i7-3770K plus GTX680 (my 680 is similar to a 960). I tried some graphics mods but they varied a lot. Some just killed my frame rate though it may not be noticeable in all areas. For example, some vegetation mods dropped me from a solid 60FPS down to 10FPS in some areas dense with foliage. Yuck!

Bottleneck?
Again, probably CPU for Vanilla then probably GPU when modded but hard to say exactly.

I suggest looking into forcing Adaptive VSYNC. Aim for 60FPS solid in Vanilla first if possible and see if you can maintain that with some mods. You want Adaptive since it should disable VSYNC if you fall below 60FPS (that causes severe stutter. VSYNC ON but unable to maintain the output).

4GB vs 2GB?
Here's the problem. I suspect any mod that benefits from more than 2GB is going to kill your frame rate.

 

[EGU Phantom]

The GTX960 can handle Vanilla Skyrim fairly well though your CPU will probably cap you near 60FPS.

However, when you MOD heavy with graphics you'll likely end up with a GPU bottleneck and even the GTX960 (or GTX980 even) won't handle some mods without dropping you below 60FPS.

I have an i7-3770K plus GTX680 (my 680 is similar to a 960). I tried some graphics mods but they varied a lot. Some just killed my frame rate though it may not be noticeable in all areas. For example, some vegetation mods dropped me from a solid 60FPS down to 10FPS in some areas dense with foliage. Yuck!

Bottleneck?
Again, probably CPU for Vanilla then probably GPU when modded but hard to say exactly.

I suggest looking into forcing Adaptive VSYNC. Aim for 60FPS solid in Vanilla first if possible and see if you can maintain that with some mods. You want Adaptive since it should disable VSYNC if you fall below 60FPS (that causes severe stutter. VSYNC ON but unable to maintain the output).

4GB vs 2GB?
Here's the problem. I suspect any mod that benefits from more than 2GB is going to kill your frame rate.

I am fine with 60 fps or even 45