http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skyrim-performance-benchmark,3074-8.html

Your card not on the chart? See where it fits in on this list:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-performance-radeon-geforce,3018-7.html

Or compare two cards here:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/291?vs=290



Now quit asking: "Will my PC run skyrim?"

GTX 460 for the win!!!

Oh, this is a good LOW-HIGH graphics comparison GIF:

[img]http://media.bestofmicro.com/8/B/315227/original/detail%20comparison.gif[/img]

And another with effects scaled:

[img]http://media.bestofmicro.com/8/C/315228/original/transparency%20AA%20comparison.gif[/img]

Will there be a huge fps hit when the high def texture mods come out?

I was a bit sad that my brand new iMac running bootcamp was automatically relegated to the LOW category. I found this to be the case with TDU2, as well. Itching to get a stand alone PC for gaming.

If Skyrim is anything like Oblivion, it is not so much textures at the AI processing by the CPU for FPS. For video, VRAM is a biggie for being able to load big textures. You don't always need the latest, but something just below. Plenty of people to tell you of their experience for almost any graphics card you may be considering.

My PC, with an HD 6950 was relegated to Medium. I set it to high and its running great, so keep in mind those automatic tools usually put settings lower than they can go in your hardware.