For the month of March, Brumbek took home the File of the Month championship with his mod, the Static Mesh Improvement Mod, or SMIM. I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Brumbek, which you can read below. Be sure to vote this month to see your favorite mod featured here on the site news.
No reason to NOT use this mod. I'm running Skyrim on a 2008-ish Gateway.
Radeon HD 2400 XT (256MB...I know, below even minimum specs) 3GB RAM AMD Phenom 2.2 Quad-Core Windows XP-32
Using high default settings with the textures cranked back to Medium, AA/FXAA disabled, Anisotropic Filering off, Radial Blur low, Shadow Detail low, no Decals, water reflects only sky, 1360x768 full screen.
12+ FPS per FRAPS everywhere (even in Whiterun). Believe it or not, the game plays quite well. I haven't yet had a combat issue due to low FPS. My dumb fingers, however....
When I get some unbespoke cash I plan to upgrade to 4GB RAM (max supported) and a 1GB nVidia. Should do nicely.
EDIT: BTW, I had a ZERO drop in FPS after installing SMIM. Needless to say I'm not using the highest res options with only 256MB to play with.
35 comments
Thank You, Very Much.
JD
Radeon HD 2400 XT (256MB...I know, below even minimum specs)
3GB RAM
AMD Phenom 2.2 Quad-Core
Windows XP-32
Using high default settings with the textures cranked back to Medium, AA/FXAA disabled, Anisotropic Filering off, Radial Blur low, Shadow Detail low, no Decals, water reflects only sky, 1360x768 full screen.
12+ FPS per FRAPS everywhere (even in Whiterun). Believe it or not, the game plays quite well. I haven't yet had a combat issue due to low FPS. My dumb fingers, however....
When I get some unbespoke cash I plan to upgrade to 4GB RAM (max supported) and a 1GB nVidia. Should do nicely.
EDIT: BTW, I had a ZERO drop in FPS after installing SMIM. Needless to say I'm not using the highest res options with only 256MB to play with.