Been out of the loop for awhile, need to get my hands on some performance mods. First install way back when it was released ran great on low, decent on medium and high even, but even the last install a few months ago was a crawl, even on the lowest possible settings. Anyways, did a total disc wipe/new os not too long ago, looking to get back in this game. I'll be looking on the obligatory modding sites of course, just wondering if I could get some personal opinions on stuff I might not know too much about.
And you know, if you have a random cool mod to show me, go for it!

Check out the High Res Optimization Mod for textures: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9080

Also check out Skyrim Performance Plus... has done wonders with my game with no noticeable (at least, for me) visual change: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6387

Ooo, looks promising.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15123 which I believe lower resolution during movement, not that you're able to apreciate the details when you move.