

Quite simple and sometimes hard to notice, Skyrim HD is essentially the bedrock of the rest of other texture mods. Most mods are optimized for 2K resolutions. It's also worth noting that using textures above 2K is rarely a fruitful idea 4K textures will visibly clash with other mods that only offer 2K textures and will hog performance for no real benefit.

We've benchmarked the impact of all mods enabled later on in this article. Limiting yourself to the mods indicated above will not impact performance while still yielding impressive results, but if your computer can handle it, you should also use the texture replacers below. Although also important, Model and Texture replacers are secondary and should only be used to fine-tune and tweak what was already accomplished by the essential mods indicated above.
