Skyrim: Ultimate Tree mods FPS comparison (Ulvenwald, Nature of the Wild Lands, Etc.)

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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 at 1080p resolution.
Music: Celtic Music by Adrian Von Ziegler

[@ZIR0-Games]

Average FPS Per zone:
RIFT ASPENS:
Veydogolt - 78
Ulvenwald - 71
Wigfrid's - 81
Nature of the Wild Lands - 70
Blubbo's Variations - 76
Fabled Forests - 85
SNOW PINES:
Veydogolt - 98
Ulvenwald - 90
Wigfrid's - 100
Nature of the Wild Lands - 93
Blubbo's Variations - 96
Fabled Forests - 94
REACH TREES:
Veydogolt - 100
Ulvenwald - 97
Wigfrid's - 98
Nature of the Wild Lands - 88
Blubbo's Variations - 93
Fabled Forests - 101
FALKREATH PINES:
Veydogolt - 71
Ulvenwald - 81
Wigfrid's - 95
Nature of the Wild Lands - 76
Blubbo's Variations - 92
Fabled Forests - 91
MARSH TREES:
Veydogolt - 96
Ulvenwald - 95
Wigfrid's - 103
Nature of the Wild Lands - 88
Blubbo's Variations - 93
Fabled Forests - 99

[@jeremiah5430]

did you test Blubbo's variations with the standard textures, or the 2k downscale?

[@ZIR0-Games]

@@jeremiah5430 The 2k version. I would never choose 4k for trees personally unless you intend to face hug the bark

[@urbonx]

Wigfrids are the best. Best performance and still looking so good. Is crazy how performance friendly they're are compared to HLT. I always though HLT was the best performance around but I was wrong after trying wigfrid trees

[@neistovuyRTS]

Total:
VG - 443
UW - 434
WF - 477
NOTWL - 415
BV - 450
FF - 470

[@filkertom]

Nice! I actually find the visual comparison more important -- the FPS are close enough that it won't matter on my system, but comparing how the different mods look in the same locations is invaluable. (I had been thinking Ulvenwald; I'm now leaning towards either Fabled Forests or Nature of the Wild Lands.) Thanks for this!

[@glittermutt]

thank you! ulvenwald is definitely my favorite, even if it's super cpu heavy. fabled forests looks great too though, and the performance is awesome as well

[@malusnavis5222]

Veydogolt doesn't get enough love

[@Evogurl-gf4ne]

I've used Wigfrid's before and thought it was great. It is comparable to Happy Little Trees. I went back to Happy Little Trees though because I thought Wigfrid's made the swamps around Morthal too lush and I want a spooky vibe from that environment.

[@555-v7g6o]

Very valuable. Thanks man. One improvement may be a bar graph at the end of scenes to help compare it in more detail.

[@ZIR0-Games]

Added a pinned comment for now with the averages for each zone and mod

[@DFireWind008]

Fabled Forests for the win

[@Alduintheworldeater]

Nature of the wild lands it’s the most realistic and my favorite

[@smileybeat]

Fabled Forests is good and it's the actual tree mod I'm using but I really don't like the snow trees from HLT 😅 Ulvenwald snow trees looks better for me 😉

[@DaveTheeMan-wj2nk]

Replacing them with Ulvens snow tree is simple. I just download the mod and deleted every entree except the one I want CD

[@Vlad-ed6ts]

Trees redone for me with no ugly branches