Skyrim: Ultimate ENB comparison for NAT (Cabbage, Rudy, PI-CHO etc.)

Comparing the top ENB's for NAT Weathers
Cabbage vs Rudy vs NAT vs PI-CHO vs PRT
Relevant info in comment
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Tested on i5 12400f, RTX 4070, 32gb 3200mhz RAM, Samsung 970 pro
Running latest SKSE version with ~700 mods mostly visual

[@ZIR0-Games]

RELEVANT INFO NAT was used with cold and harsh template with medium settings files as per recommendation PRT also used medium settings files Cabbage, Pi-CHO used the default EVLAS config while the other 3 had their own The scenes used were picked to showcase a specific visual element 1. Daytime with saturated environment 2. Bright interior 3. Thunderstorm 4. Darker cramped interior 5. Skin / NPC 6. Lit night exterior 7. Saturated interior + dwemer cubemap 8. Snow storm 9. Dark open interior 10. Sunset I skipped Berserkyr this time bc the weatherlist is a bit different and didn't work with my locations (Berserkyr 2.0 free on patreon) I covered more generic day/night/interior/exterior 's in my last comparison

[@dunnono00]

I'd say a combination of Cabbage + NAT ENB would be as close to ideal you're going to get. Cabbage does pretty well with "good" weathers and conditions while NAT handles inclement weathers and conditions better. Except for the snow storm, maybe, where Rudy I think reached a better compromise between fog and visibility.

[@xiqy1959]

Kinda washed out imo, definitely a viking vibe

[@chetm4474]

It is a personal opinion but I think Rudy depicts the snow and snowstorm in the worst possible way due to too much of blue tint. Even Cabbage doesn't get it right. Pi-CHO is spot on when it comes to snowy stuff. And yes Cabbage literally wipes the floor with any ENB out there when it comes clear days and sunsets (good daytime weather). Pi-CHO has the best nights followed by Rudy and NAT (in these ENBs nights incline more towards black rather than blue; Skyrim, by default, has blue nights which, in my opinion, is really a poor aesthetic choice made by Skyrim devs). Overall, its a tough contest between Cabbage and PI-CHO, and Cabbage might come out on top by a small margin. PRT looks too washed out and nowhere in the competition. And yes, almost forgot... SSS in these ENBs is hard to judge cause OP has used poor quality textures (diffuse and normals). In my experience, to get the best result you often have to mix up multiple skin and body texture mods (e.g. diffuse and normal maps from one mod, specular from another), especially for male skin (for female skin, BnP is more than enough).

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

Rudy Nat Is amazing in 95% of these

[@SuperOverlord999]

PRT is just stunning and it deserves its own video

[@AkihabaraBoreal]

force à toi

[@aquinasadefenseforgod1254]

Thanks for this. I am going with cabbage.

[@PartOfTheGame]

I wish there was a combination of all of these because they all did different things better than the rest.

[@AqulaOculus]

That's a really good way of putting it and probably why a lot of people are constantly switching around ENBs (me included)

[@ryanocallaghan8833]

It's between NAT.III and Rudy for me. Always been a Rudy fan, even during the Dolomite and Obsidian Weathers days. NAT.III is excellent looking too. Everything else I've tried is too inconsistent for me.

[@igavinwood]

If I could blend PRT, Rudy and NAT ENB 3 I think I'd have my ideal setting. Unfortunately I have zero ability do to that. PRT is just a little too bright with fog, creating a bloom effect that is difficult to see through, and Rudy is a little dense with the rain and doesn't seem to handle the reflected light as well as PRT in dark interiors and small details. I'm currently unsure how best to set up an ENB preset with NAT ENB 3. Especially to remove the glow from surfaces in the rain. Watching this though has inspired me to try. Appreciate the effort put into this comparison. For the future do you think you could put a shot up showing all the images in a slice effect to see the comparison more clearly?

[@nurudinnuhefendic8951]

You can learn on youtube how to edit enb files and take enb's setting from each enb for specific scene and mix them

[@Exhalted1]

3:51 The true comparison only Cabbage and Rudy looks clean, playable and not blurry

[@oliverstephens6319]

Me on basically every scene: Really good! Too dark. Too dark. Too bright. Aaaaand perfect. I've been modding Skyrim on PC for like 4 years now and always end up coming back to Rudy ENB with Obsidian Weathers. Might switch it up this time though and go with Cabbage just to try something new.

[@Centrioless]

Why do Cabbage and picho have bright mountain during rainy weather? lol

[@kensan4209]

Thanks a lot for the comparison, friend! what are your tree mods?

[@ZIR0-Games]

Nature of the Wild Lands + Aspens Ablaze + Treerific (Snow Pines only)

[@AsIfItNeverWas]

Rudy is the most consistent but it can feel a little bland and lacks the flair that the other presets have. Cabbage is great and I really have no complaints about it other than the too bright nights and interiors. The original NAT is a personal favourite but skins look kinda shit with it. PRT is literally the same as NAT but with extra stuff. I think it's a little darker at night tho. PI-CHO is always a solid pick but I feel like the others overshadow it.

[@Igzilee]

Pi-CHO looks good but too dark. Rudy is my favorite, but unfortunately doesn't exist for Azurite II (the weather mod I want to use). Cabbage interiors are nice, probably even better than Rudy's, but the exteriors are too faded. Rudy exteriors with Cabbage interiors would be lovely (but essentially impossible)

[@ravingcrab8405]

Do I understand it correctly that you used NAT.ENB III with their weather plugin but Pi-Cho was used without the weather plugin from NAT.ENB III? For Pi-Cho, you only used EVLaS, without any weather mod like Vivid Weathers, etc.?

[@ZIR0-Games]

All ENBs in the vid use the NAT weather plugin, none will work without it (visually) no other weather plugins like vivid are shown here

[@RiderZer0]

Cabbage is the Al around cleanest imo. But not perfect. NAT enb is best in dark areas. Rudy is best in snow areas. Cabbage just has an all around consistency just not as good specifically.

[@rarua9653]

모짜소울 ㄷㄷ

[@yRaven.]

Rudy loses to Cabbage on Sunny weather but wins on everything else.

[@JohnSmith-lx2dd]

Awesome vid. I'm planning to make a 4070 + 13600k build (in a while from now). Idk if it's enough for 1440p skyrim with mods and enb though.. What resolution do you play Skyrim in? and what kinda frames do you get when you're outdoors? is it around 60 fps? I can see that you're getting around 60 in dense outdoor areas

[@ZIR0-Games]

This is at 1080p however the frames shown especially in the exteriors are specifically in the lowest FPS angles in order to reveal any performance difference (can't really show when everything hits 120 fps). For example in the Whiterun thunderstorm it is in the 40's because I am facing the whole JK mod area and theres no occlusion, when I turned around it was in the 90s. In general I am getting on average 80 fps outdoors, drops to 60 in dense and up to 120 in clearer areas. My setup is also fairly unoptimized with max lod distance, 4k shadows, 2k grass textures (average is 512p) and more. You could easily achieve 60 fps on 1440p if you spend time to optimize your setup

[@JohnSmith-lx2dd]

@@ZIR0-Games Awesomee thanks for the informative answer :)

[@kenz2756]

​@@JohnSmith-lx2ddDamn those specs are crazy high. Those have got to be enough and more.

[@VSN-wb2ly]

DLSS mod is a huge game changer, i use DLSS Ultra Quality preset and i get 60 fps (without it i only got 45-50 fps) I admit i use 4070 ti, but 4070 is definitely enough for most of the part, just don't go too crazy with texture mods, i only choose 4k textures to big objects such as terrains, clothes, armors, etc. Oter than that i only use 2/1k textures for small objects to prevent Vram bottleneck

[@motan7864]

@@VSN-wb2ly same, locked 60 fps in any situation with a laptop 4070 1080p and DLSS Native preset

[@prodalves]

its just me or rudy looks like gta 5 lol

[@BetaAlphaNuEpsilon]

What in the world is PRT Extreme?

[@ZIR0-Games]

The full name on nexus is "PRTXII - EXTREME NEXT GEN PHOTOREALISTIC GRAPHICS"

[@BetaAlphaNuEpsilon]

Oh ok, I have used it before, love it a lot.

[@Mewyos]

How do i download rudy + nat? Together?

[@ZIR0-Games]

Rudy has his own preset for NAT weathers now

[@jesucristobostero3287]

Cabbage is the best, the others make you blind in interiors

[@Sanguivore]

After years of using it, I'm looking to switch from Rudy to Cabbage for that exact reason. I'm tired of being blinded when I go into even marginally dark areas, lol.

[@user-js3vx3be8x]

Музыка - какая же тут музыка...

[@robertstimmel1100]

It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure this is straight off the Skyrim soundtrack

[@kenz2756]

Your ground texture in the first clip is completely broken and jarring. You're probably overwriting a complex parallax texture with another non parallax texture from another mod. Usually for me this happens when I mistakenly make vegetation grass mods overwrite. Many grass mods have textures that overwrite terrain, it's fine to make it underride terrain texture mods.

[@ZIR0-Games]

I don't actually use complex terrain textures I just forgot to disable the effect in ENB for those presets lol

[@kenz2756]

@@ZIR0-Games Damn, I'd say you're missing out honestly.

[@Jayzengames]

Why doesn’t anybody ever include tkv6. It’s literally better than all of these enb’s and the biggest Skyrim KZbinr uses it

[@noncompulsoryl]

Who's the biggest Skyrim youtuber?

[@IwinMahWay]

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