Hardware Advice For Skyrim

Post » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:22 pm

My Rig as follows:

Mobo: MSI 785GM-P45
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 635 Quad Core 2.9 GHz
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) (a mix of Corsair and Patriot)
PSU: 350w
Cooler Master Elite 310 Mid-Tower Case

I plan on upgrading to a Radeon HD 7850.

I hear that my cpu will likely bottleneck the card. Especially on Skyrim, which I really want to play on PC.

The question I have is, how bad would it be? Will it be unplayable? Does anyone have a similar set up? How much does this game tax your cpu?
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