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This is the version that supports DLSS/FSR/XeSS for upscaling and also features FSR3 FG.

This works on ROG Ally and other windows handhelds

For Steam Deck I haven't tested.

Download

Link your discord account to patreon and you will get pulled in the server by patreon bot if you click the Join button under membership page.

Download updates in beta-access channel.

ChangeLog

Build 02

Fixed the stutter issue without fps drops

Build 01

Supports FSR3 FG.

Includes HUD ghosting fix.

INSTALLATION

Install as any other SKSE plugin, using MO2 or Vortex would be the best way.

Make the game run in Borderless instead of Fullscreen, see the IMPORTANT part below for how to do that.

Check if you have dxgi.dll in the game folder, if so, download the modified ReShade and replace the dxgi.dll.

Enable Vsyc for SyrimSE.exe in Nvidia Control Panel.

Launch the game and press END in the game to open the menu for upscalers and do authentication.

Slide DOF all the way to the left (it's in the game's own settings).

Turn off ENB Edge AA and DOF (If you play at high enough resolution you can still try to use ENB's DOF, but if you can't stand the jittery just turn it off).

Set the FPS Cap in the mod menu to half of your refresh rate minus 1! For example if you have a 144hz monitor set the FPS cap to 71.  Or you can use ENB's fps limiter instead. This is only for preventing your FPS from exceeding your refresh rate, if you know what you are doing you can cap it lower to your average FPS (cap to half of that of course) to get a more stable frametime.

OTHER THINGS

If you use ReShade, you need to download the modified version I posted on Discord.

Note that you can't change quality level at runtime, you'll need to change it in the ini and restart the game.

IMPORTANT: If you are using SSE Display Tweaks, open SSEDisplayTweaks.ini and set Fullscreen = false and BorderlessUpscale = false. Remember to remove the # before them or they won't take effect.

If you are not using it, set bFull Screen = 0 in SkyrimPrefs.ini

If you are using detection meter, make sure it's at least v0.17.

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Comments

mood

I subscribed to it, but I can't get the confirmation button when I go into the game It's not a subscriber. It's coming up

David Klein

Will this work on skyrim 1.6.1130 or is it still just for 1.6640?

Giovanni Orsi

From discord changelog- "3.Added comatibility with 1.6.1130/1.6.1170."

Kingofall 92

Not working on ROG Ally, UI start to glitch. Screen gets real small. Maybe get someone to do a tutorial for this. Thanks for the continue hardwork.

Giovanni Orsi

Did you make sure to disable upscaling in display tweaks ini?

Muamerkki

Thank you for amazing work! Finally can I can play big modlist with ENB on :)

Thomas Augustus

Got to make a discord account or just sign in and link that on patreon.

Kingofall 92

I got it working but my reshade isnt working. Even with the modify version on discord

Ian Schroeder

Works so damn good! Eldergleam modlist finally gives me 60+ fps on a mid-tier GPU.

Phostwood (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-08 00:00 Is this still only for the RTX 40XX series? Or might an RTX 3070 work well with it?
2024-02-11 04:04

Xtremystical

FSR3 build should work on non RTX 40XX cards.

Billy 2 Smooth

Im getting worse perfomance on my 3080 then i was with regular dlss.

I'm Cher Biatch

how do i dow the authentication exactly nothing opens...

PureDark

This is only meant for using with FG on, you need to authenticate and turn on FG, then you read fps with external fps counters such as the xbox game bar by pressing WIN+G, ENB only shows FPS before FG which is only half of the final FPS.

Ben

Hey! FSR3 build on a 3070 running at 4k res using performance option in ini boosted me from like 30-40 fps in crowded riften/towns to 60fps 😍. Potential issue: Now, mouth movement in conversations looks blurry. This only occurred after using this FSR3 upscaler. I've followed all steps. Not game-breaing, but any tips? EDIT: Alleviated the issue by setting my refresh rate to 120hz (native) and the fps cap in the upscaler UI to 59fps. Also alleviated stuttery menus. Unfortunately 60hz monitors will have to deal with 30fps mouth movement and menu/maps.

Bob

Might be being dumb but for running in borderless as opposed to full screen means the game runs in a small window unless running at native resolution (game is 1080p, screen is 1440p). Am I missing anything?

David Duque

Hi friend! I'm trying to use your mod on NOLVUS Ascension 5.2.5, but I get a CTD before even the main menu. May it be because skse version? Obviously i'm doing something wrong. Thanks for your work!

David Duque

Nevermind. Just turned off downscaled resolution. Great job!!

David Duque

Can't get pass the authentication. :(

Ben

Just gonna say, this doubled my FPS on a 3070 at 4k. 100fps indoors and 60fps outdoors on a heavily modded 2600+ mod Nolvus modlist, visually zero difference on balanced mode FSR3 and FG.

David Duque

I asked on the Discord and they pointed me to the common-questions section, where there's a tool that worked like a charm. Thanks for everything. Also, in case you get all pixelated resolution after loading this mod, you need to turn off any downscaling option active (i.e NOLVUS from the Dash Board), then open game and exit. Now install this mod following the instructions. Good luck to everyone!

Riingo97

How? Its for 40xx cards and fsr3 for rtx?

Fluffer's friend, Jason!

One issue I have found though is that having the SkyrimUpscalerFSR enabled disables the ability for screenshots to capture console details. Once I turned off FSR my console details were back in my screenshots. Is it possible to fix this in the ini file, or is that a code change you'd need to apply?

Ben

FSR3 is for any non 40 Series, yeah.

Ben

Run at native res always. Then use upscaler in game to boost performance. Set ini to balanced or performance to run at like 1/3rd or 1/2 internal res and it upscales beautifully.

Ben

Same

Ben

Anyone who complains about this costing $5 doesn't get it. My life is forever changed.

PureDark

Uncheck Hide UI For Screenshots

Fluffer's friend, Jason!

I did that in game and no change. However, let me try setting the value in the ini before game launch and see if that does the trick... I'll get back to ya later.

Fluffer's friend, Jason!

Didn't work still. Just to be clear, I'm referring to the Skyrim Console and not the Upscaler UI. The Upscaler UI is definitely not in my screenshots, but neither is the console. Here's the screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/ocASuTe. Here's the setting in the ini: mHideUIForScreenshots = false

Huniken

working like a charm, thank you very much Sir :)

Sir Decay

So I’ve downloaded everything, everything working perfectly, only problem I got is I can’t change the quality setting to performance, tbh I’m prolly being really stupid and there’s an option I haven’t checked or something

PureDark

You can only change quality levels in the config file, the SkyrimUpscaler.ini, you can't change it in-game.

Khione95 (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-08 00:00 My game becomes extremly blurry and i get half fps with the upscaler. Even with frame generation i get lower fps than native. Using on RX 6800.
2024-02-16 22:33

Time Abyss

Same, I get less FPS with this on.

W

大佬牛批!实测好用。不过目前在steamos上用mo2安装启动会闪退,有没有可能的解决方法?

Lucian Webb IV

i'm getting the same FPS with ENB on any preset. I am monitoring FPS with the ENB fps counter (could be lying to me). I can't tell.

次郎 田中

I am using rtx4070 and am having the same problem.

Flugel

The upscaler makes my steam overlay invisible. When I disable the plugin the overlay works fine. What can I do to fix this? The upscaler itself if a miracle and works perfectly btw. Im just having trouble with steam

Sir Decay

yeah i realised i missed that part aha, all is working now

David Hamilton

Hi PureDark. Possibly been raised elsewhere. Was previously using your SkyrimUpscalerENBTestBuild and sometimes got up to 20PFS improvement. Have authenticated and tried to use SkyrimUpscalerFSR and my game won't load. Have set VSynch on, have Display Tweaks setup as described. Is it that the FSR upscaler is not compatible with a RTX 3060?

Soulshot96

Quality work as always. Thanks Pure.

Nathan Guerrette

I get maybe 2 fps increase on a 3070ti using Pi Cho

Nathan Guerrette

How did you do this? I get a 2fps increase on a 3070ti at 4k with Nolvus

Ben

You need to lower the quality level to performance or balanced or lower in the ini. The visual downgrade is minimal or even indiscernable.

Fluffer's friend, Jason!

Is this value supposed to enable console values in screenshots? Have you been able to reproduce my issue?

PureDark

You didn't authenticate, before you do that the mod won't work.

PureDark

It's not compatible with Steam overlay.

PureDark

Exactly, you can't use ENB's fps counter, it doesn't count FG frames. Just use GE's overlay (ALT+R) or xbox game bar (Win+G)

PureDark

It is compatible, you probably didn't overwrite dxgi.dll with my modified version.

PureDark

Just turn on Framegen and check FPS with external FPS counters.

David Hamilton

Yes, for anyone else, that was exactly the issue. Works fine after updating reshade. Ta.

Anthony Edmondson

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I'm unable to authenticate. The button will pop up in game, but when i click on it nothing happens.

DeadPixel

Anyone got any luck using this on steam deck??

Nathan Guerrette

Ok so I got it to work but now it has a lot of jittering, even with the DOF all the way off

PureDark

Thus you just use the authenticator on discord

PureDark

If you just installed the FSR3 build, you need to pass authentication for the mod to work.

Xiarno

Where do you find Smart Access Memory?

Xiarno

Does Steam FPS overlay work? (I read in other comment it doesn't work with Steam Overlay, but the FPS counter seems fine so is it accurate?)

Xiarno

Hey, where to find the FPS cap in the mod menu? I'm pressing "END" ingame but there is no FPS cap.

Fupa121

he meant in the .ini file, go to the bottom of the .ini

Sebastián

Where's the discord? add the discord to your user info

Demognomicon

I'm not getting a server on my discord. Shows Puredark server in app as unconnected on Patreon Discord app area?

Raven

I followed everything, and my game FPS did increase by 10-20fps with my RTX 4060 ti (originally had 15-25FPS before this mod), but animations caused the area around my character to be pixelated and jittery (after authentication). If I load a save game after already being loaded into another save game, it also causes my game to CTD every time for some reason. I'm going to try adjusting things to see if I can get this to work and also not lose quality for animations/movement in general. I'm trying this with Nolvus redux.

Electricdonkey

Work perfectly! Getting 110-120 fps so far on this Skyrim modlist running on my 3080. Where as before I was getting 40-60 fps. The frame gen is definitely doing it's thing. Thanks!

mehmet

where is the discord link? it isnt working

PureDark

In patreon settings, click More, then Connect Apps, link your discord account and you'll see the Join Server button under the membership page. If it's not working try reconnect your discord account. Try especially the disconect and reconnect discord account part.

PureDark

Use the authenticator on the discord server.

Raven

I unfortunately couldn't figure out how to get this to work and not have animations/walking/jumping look pixelated.

Justin Madsen

Does this work on AMD cards? trying to run with a 5600 XT but it keeps crashing top desktop on launch

Jacke

go into SKSE/Plugins then in the SkyrimUpscaler.ini change "mUpscaleType = 0" to "mUpscaleType = 3". The game launches with DLSS thats why youre crashing

You Know Who

where is the download link? It isn't in the skyrim-beta-access server.

Ike

how to join discord ?

R

My discord is not connecting to the server. is there any other way to get the upscaler. very frustrating.

Karl Karlson

I really hate that you have added this authentication crap. I literally can never get it to work.

TheFøøL

discord not connecting pls fix

17 Fizzy

this is game changing, went from 60-70 to 120-130 in whiterun (using eldergleam list) incredible mod really well done! (4070 ti super for reference)

klockinq

still Jittery after disabling dof and aa.

OffensivelyCanadian

I guess I'll join the chorus of people whose Discord connection isn't working. Discord account is connected (I've also disconnected and reconnected a couple times), the "Join Server" button appears, though on the settings page even though I've joined, it says "Disconnected", and trying to "Join Server" from the Memberships tab takes me to an empty server with no channels or people.

PureDark

In patreon settings, click More, then Connect Apps, link your discord account and you'll see the Join Server button under the membership page. If it's not working try reconnect your discord account. Try especially the disconect and reconnect discord account part.

PureDark

Always just ask in the server, there's a tool in #common-questions.

PureDark

Only work after you do authentication.

PureDark

Check if you have too many servers, that could lead to not being able to join

OffensivelyCanadian

I am the idiot. I had to leave several but it worked. Thanks!

jan

wont let me join the discord, I've connected and reconnected like a million times

Josh Lavoie

The patreon.exe file isn't working. I cannot extract it without an error...

Jake O'Neal

Authentication isnt working. Im subscribed and everything and have a browser open but it just keeps saying not athenticed

LetPlaysThisGame

This doesn't seem to work with Skyrim SE Kiloader Mod. puredark, is there a way to make this work with Kiloader ?

ZPECcrew

for me it works without any problems

Jennifer Larsen

why do you require users to execute a trojan virus (patreon.exe) to use this?

codeman

How to use just the framegen and not scaler on AMD? won’t let me lick the DLSS one to use native resputlion, forces me to use FSR or XeSS and neither seem to have a off or native res setting. Help me Obi-Wan, you’re my only hope!

JayDaKiDD

is this the version to use or test build 11 for pc's?

泽 润

在这边订阅了会籍怎么进咱们QQ群

Antonio C.

I can't press the authenticate button. it remains red no matter what

cayden little777

check his discord, there is a program linked there that you can run that will authenticate it

Anthony Candelario

After installing the mod and following the guide the FPS dropped by half. I authenticated, switched the reshader file, disabled all the neccessary items, enabled borderless but can't seem to fix it.

Jackson Wilcox

Can I please get an invite to the discord?

Derek Bermel

Framegen from my understanding is a Nvidia only thing.

Sabky Samy

Big respect it works perfectly and doubled my Fps without loss in quality

Nobleman Gaming

Wow this is insane! Having just moved from 1080ti to RTX 3090 I was expecting better Skyrim 4k performance with my 2600 mod build at 494gb, but it still lacked.. Not now! This upscaler is AMAZING! Hope i'm actually using it correctly, 4k 60hz TV, game set at 4k, using FSR 3 with frame gen 2560x1440 - 2160x3840, and using ENB fps limiter. I assume i'm good as its never dropping below 60 outdoors, it was 40 outdoors before the upscaler. Thank you for your work!

Federico Frumento

Works great, only thing i found i a little screen tearing when looking down, but is barely noticeable

Eric Szulczewski

Latest version not working for me. I'm getting CTDs each time the game tries to load. I'm running on a Root Builder build, though, and just installed this like any other mod in MO2. Is there anything I need to change in terms of folders to get this to run? ETA: Got it to work. Mostly this was the fault of me being a first-time user and the first time trying something like this on a non-traditional setup. Out of reflex due to this being a Root Builder build, I created a "root" directory and put files into it. This time, I just let MO2 install it as is. Got a bit of a freak-out when I saw a black screen with no intro screen and no message that ENB was loading, then the game loaded. I went in, authenticated, and then couldn't move. I went out, started a new game, configured my settings, got out of the menu, and, again, couldn't move. Now that my settings are good to go, I won't have to go into the menu again, so I shouldn't have this trouble. I think this is happening because KreatE shares the END key as its hotkey.

Nathan Pierce

My discord is apparently broken. It's verified, but Patreon doesn't think it is. Is there any other way for me to access the mod. I've tried everything to get them to link, but it doesn't seem it's going to be possible. It's strange because my creator profile links to my own discord just fine.

Daniel Wray

I can't get the authentication to work. Doesn't open anything in the browers

Jeremy Webb

I gotta say, at first I was a bit hesitant to subscribe and figured there couldn't be enough of a boost with this to really stick with it, but damn, this makes the world of a difference with big mod packs. Cheers, you did a great job and definitely deserve the sub.

zabi-rakko

It’s probably because of the Windows 11 24H2 update acting up, but now the script extender is rejecting it. It's not working properly. At first, I thought I might've installed something sketchy, but come to think of it, the only update I've done is the Windows OS one. Just for your reference. - - - - You have one or more script extender plugins which failed to load! If you want this notification to go away, here are some steps you can take: • Look for updates to the mod or the specific plugin included in the mod. • Disable the mod containing the plugin. • Hide or delete the plugin from the mod. To refresh the script extender logs, you will need to run the game and/or editor again! The failed plugins are: • SkyrimUpscaler version 16777216 (SkyrimUpscaler.dll, Skyrim Upscaler) disabled, fatal error occurred while loading plugin.

Apotheoz

Can somebody please give link to discord channel and recommend most stable Skyrim DLSS Upscaler for now?

greg zimmers

Dude where is the discord. This is like sales 101. Provide the link to allow the download of the product....

Russ Ader

For all those wondering Since the Windows 11 update that broke previous versions from working, he has made new versions that overcome this problem and do indeed work with the latest Windows update. These updated versions can be found on his discord channel.

hoskope

What kind of settings are recommended for amd cards?

Elijah

Tried to get this for Nolvus. I kept getting a black screen and I'm having a hard time finding any documentation on how to get it to work. I don't know if this was causing my authentication link not to appear, or if that problem was unrelated.

Gpin

I'm having this same issue!

driss andre

can't link my discord account on browser so add me please and ty for your work ! moup7327

Liam Doolan

For Nolvus you need his "CustomReShade6.3.3.zip", Found in the "Skyrim-Beta-Access" Text Channel of Pure Dark's Discord, Just scroll up a little until you find it. As for how to set it up, In the Nolvus Discord, Find the "Nolvus support" thread, Then the "Help" Text channel, Click on Pinned messages then scroll to the bottom to find; "How to install the paid DLSS Upscaler" Jump to it then read.

william edwards

I linked my accounts and even canceled and re-joined the membership and upgraded to see if that would work. Not getting added to the discord.

DonOne

how do i know if its working ? i am on 11.6.70

NicksAwad

Currently getting a No Text Channel Notification when discords pops open, I just joined so do I have to wait sometime for it to work?

NicksAwad

Solved it, if anyone has the issue, go to your settings -> linked accounts and below you discord account the option you join the discord will pop up (after you paid for the membership), the link below the membership tab doesn't work at least for now.

Tailled

Is there a guide anywhere on how to install your DLSS mod with ENB? I found a video someone else made but it doesn't seem to include everything because guess what I have a black screen when the ENB is enabled... And there is no guide sticking out anywhere on your server.. Can I get some help please?

Afterlife91

need an invite to the discord

Abraham-Nathan Bobst

Your in-game Authentication does not work. had to go into ini file to get it to work