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There are some recommendations around how to set NVIDEA card optimal for Skyrim SSE
However, all these are w/o naming what NVIDIA card is basic for these, and I notice that it may be quite different what is good and what worse.
As just today I checked my settings comparing with other recommendations, I decided to publish my settings and show what is to watch instead blind believing.

This is with 8GB Vram card.

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1) Skyrim.ini
[Animation]
fMaxFrameCounterDifferenceToConsiderVisible=0.06666667

[Archive]
bLoadArchiveInMemory=1
sArchiveToLoadInMemoryList=Skyrim - Animations.bsa
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes0.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes1.bsa, Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Patch.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa, Skyrim - Textures0.bsa, Skyrim - Textures1.bsa, Skyrim - Textures2.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Textures3.bsa, Skyrim - Textures4.bsa, Skyrim - Textures5.bsa, Skyrim - Textures6.bsa, Skyrim - Textures7.bsa, Skyrim - Textures8.bsa, Skyrim - Voices_de0.bsa

[Decals]
uMaxSkinDecalPerActor=60

[Display]
bAllowScreenShot
bDeactivateAOOnSnow=0
bEnableImprovedSnow=0
;  alternativ = 1
bLockFrameRate=1
bVolumetricLightingDisableInterior=1
fDDOFFocusCenterweightExt=2
fDecalLifetime=300
fDOFMaxDepthParticipation=10000
fDynamicDOFFarBlur=0.4
fFirstSliceDistance=3500
fGlobalBrightnessBoost=0
fGlobalContrastBoost=0
fGlobalSaturationBoost=-0.13
fLightLODRange=45000
fLightLODStartFade=3500
fReinhardWhiteScale=2
; reduces glare oly
fShadowDirectionalBiasScale=0.15
fSparklesIntensity=0.3
fSunShadowUpdateTime=1
fSunUpdateThreshold=0.5
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=9999999

[General]
bBorderRegionsEnabled=0
; öffnet Weltgrenzen
bBackgroundLoadVMData=1
bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=1
fFlickeringLightDistance=8192
iPreloadSizeLimit=26214400
sIntroSequence=
sLanguage=GERMAN
sMainMenuMusic=
uExterior Cell Buffer=36
uGridsToLoad=5

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
bDrawShaderGrass=1
fGrassFadeRange=13500
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0
fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=125
fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=5
iGrassCellRadius=2
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=7
iMinGrassSize=20
; bestimmt Dichte der Grasbüschel. Höherer Wert ist Ausdünnen, 20 ist kleinster Wert = größte Dichte - Folkvangr empfiehlt 60

[Imagespace]
iRadialBlurLevel=0
; Verwaschungseffekt, lt STEP ist default 0 und muss in ini nicht in prefs ini und kann CDT verursachen

[LightingShader]
fDecalLODFadeEnd=1.1
fDecalLODFadeStart=1
fEnvmapLODFadeEnd=1.1
fEnvmapLODFadeStart=1

[LOD]
fDistanceMultiplier=1.00

[Trees]
bEnableTreeAnimations=1
bEnableTrees=1
fUpdateBudget=1.5

[Water]
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODTrees=1
bReflectSky=1 skyrim.ini

2) SkyrimPrefs.ini

[Clouds]
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[Decals]
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxDecals=1000
uMaxSkinDecals=100
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

[Display]
bBorderless=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bEnableImprovedSnow=1
bEnableProjecteUVDiffuseNormals=1
bForceCreateTarget=0
bFull Screen=1
; 0, 1 - Bei Grössenänderung nicht vergessen!
bFXAAEnabled=0
bIBLFEnable=1
bIndEnable=0
bSAO_CS_Enable=0
bSAOEnable=1
bScreenSpaceReflectionEnabled=1
bShadowsOnGrass=0
bToggleSparkles=1
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bUse64bitsHDRRenderTarget=1
bUsePrecipitationOcclusion=1
bUseTAA=1
bVolumetricLightingEnable=1
fDynamicDOFBlurMultiplier=1.0000
ffocusShadowMapDoubleEveryXUnit=450.0000
fGamma=0.9600
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fLightLODStartFade=5000.0000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=999999.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=16896.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=999999.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=16896.0000
fProjectedUVDiffuseNormalTilingScale=0.2000
fProjectedUVNormalDetailTilingScale=0.8000
fShadowDistance=10000.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=16896.0000
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=250
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=100
iNumFocusShadow=4
iNumSplits=2
iReflectionResolutionDivider=2
iSaveGameScreenShotHeight=192
iSaveGameScreenShotHeighWSt=192
iSaveGameScreenShotWidth=256
iSaveGameScreenShotWidthWS=320
iScreenShotIndex=187
iShadowMapResolution=4096
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iSize H=1200
iSize W=1920
iVolumetricLightingQuality=2
iVSyncPresentInterval=0
uBookRatio=2
iAdapter=0

[General]
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
fLightingOutputColourClampPostEnv=1.0000
fLightingOutputColourClampPostLit=1.0000
fLightingOutputColourClampPostSpec=1.0000
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
uLargeRefLODGridSize=11
bFreebiesSeen=1

[Grass]
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=8500.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

[Imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=0
bDoRadialBlur=0
bLensFlare=1

[Launcher]
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER"
uLastAspectRatio=2

[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=10.0000
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=30.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

[MAIN]
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=600000.0000

[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750

[TerrainManager]
bShowLODInEditor=1
fBlockLevel0Distance=60000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=90000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000
fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000    

[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=200

[Water]
bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0
bUseWaterDepth=1
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1

3) the settings of the card in NVIDIA System manager (here also are different versions around)