Firstly, i have the 1.4 patch. However when i compare the fps,
previously on 1.3, i am using skse and skyboost and i did not get FPS increase. I switched over to tesval, and no increase either. All are same as vanilla FPS, a 15 FPS in the forest and 25 fps in whiterun. I use High settings but i also used vurt's flora overhaul High resolution and skyrim 2k lite. I turned off ATI powerplay to test this.

SO overall, no fps increase which is weird.

Now i have the 1.4 patch, and since skyboost and tesval dont work on 1.4, but the new skse loader 1.4 works for the 1.4 patch, i transferred the files over and loaded with the skse-loader.exe. Again, same FPS. People say the 1.4 patch increases FPS, but no my FPS is still the same, 15 fps in jungles and 25 in whiterun. I updated to the latest catalyst 12.1 and i still get the same FPS.

Now i dont want to remove skyrim 2k lite and vurt's flora overhaul, neither do i want to lower my high setting for texture and distances. SO the only thing now is Shadow.

I want to keep the shadows on the same distance as in High settings, but i want to lower the quality and everything else in shadows to improve FPS. i dont understand what i have to do by reading the online guides, so can any1 tell me in detail, what settings in the .ini file do i do???


Also, if possible, can any1 explain why skyboost and tesval didnt work for me in 1.3 patch? People reported getting 40+ fps from 20 fps in whiterun. Whats wrong? Did i not install skse correctly, or the skyboost?

Sounds like your GPU is hitting a wall, badly.

What's your system spec's? Can only help you futher until you provide this info.

specs: i7 2630QM 2.0ghz, 2.9ghz turbo boost, 4gb ram, ati 6570 HD 1gb overclocked.
My rig can run the game on high-ultra with 20-40 fps in CPU intense areas in riften etc, but that was with ati powerplay. I had to turn it off becuz it overheats my gpu. Now i can get about 10-25 fps in cpu intense areas.

Pleasse help, why doesnt skse loader + skyboost or skse + tesval increase my FPS on 1.3 skyrim version? And why doesnt 1.4 patch increase fps too?

but what i m more interested is, how do i increase fps with SHadows, but still get the shadow distance in High setting?

Just curious but who is the maker for your video card? I usually always pull my cards apart and apply GOOD thermal compound on them and crank up the fans to 75%. My card never gets abover 62 at full load over a period of 8 hours. And i have a GTX 260 and i have no issues... i have the 2k textures but not the floral. On ultra.

Also i have a Core 2 Duo 8400 1333fsb.

Couple of thoughts:

a) why are you using SKSE? If it's for SkyUI, you really don't need it unless you use the search facility (you can ignore the warning).
b ) shadows and AA will be your issue. Shadows are CPU rendered, try turning them to Medium or Low and see if your FPS increases. Also turn your AA down to something sensible like 4x (I use 2x at 1080p res). I don't understand why you're attaching so much importance to keeping your shadows at max, over decent performance? The shadows are pretty nasty at any level.
c) try monitoring your GPU while playing with GPU-Z, tick the box so it continues to run in the background. When you've finished playing for a decent amount of time, close the game and look at the "max" for each monitor. Let us know the results.
d) try running without any mods at all, see if your FPS improves. If you've been using NMM to install your mods, this will take 30 seconds.
e) rename your .ini files out of the way, and start the game again. What does the "auto config" give you? Medium? High? Ultra?

Google "Skyrim medium shadows" for a decent nexus post about .ini tweaks.

As for why Skyboost and Tesval didn't help you, sorry, don't know.