lehtv
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The R7 265 is generally faster than the GTX 750 Ti, but uses a little more power to do so. I opted for a faster CPU because Skyrim is a bit of a CPU hog. The R9 265 is a 2GB card, which can be potentially limiting in a heavily modded Skyrim, but going any higher would completely blow your budget out of the water.
In my experience, modding Skyrim is very taxing on the framerate, and you really do need a fast card to benefit from more than 2GB VRAM. The OC'd 7950 I have is just enough for maxing Skyrim out with mods, including ENB, 2K textures and environmental / weather mods, and that's only with SMAA instead of MSAA (using RadeonPro). The 7950 is a good bit faster than the R9 265.