I'm hoping my current build will run ESO on full (or at least near full) but what does everyone else think?
What would be the weakest link if it couldn't run full?

Asus p5q pro turbo motherboard
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB
Nvidia Gforce GTX 460 1gig 256bit 3600MHz
8gigs of DDR2 Ram


I mean, I know nobody knows the system specs yet, but just based off of skyrim or other major MMOs.

that should definitely be able to run it. Core 2 duo was average for CPUs 5 years ago, so you're fine with a Core 2 Quad (although you'd do better to upgrade of course)
I run a GTX 460, and play most games just fine
8 gigs of ram is fine. Will need an upgrade if you upgrade your CPU though. Not the amount, but speed of it.

Probably not full. I play Guild Wars 2 on max at 1920x1080 and I get around 40-60 fps on average (30-40 in higher populated locations, like Lion's Arch), and I'm guessing TES:O will at least match the demands of GW2.

It'll definitely be able to run it, I'm just guessing not on full.

This is definitely not the 5 year old technology they said the game would run on.

Of course you'll always do better to upgrade, and you'll want to take into consideration that in large scale PvP battles, your PC's age will show itself, and probably badly. OP, I mean, not this one I quoted.

It will for sure run ESO however if you do decide you want to upgrade, then yes your CPU is the weakest link however depending on the CPU you want to buy you have a 90% chance of having to upgrade your motherboard. Now if you upgrade your motherboard you then have a 50% chance that you may have to buy different ram sticks that fit the configuration of the new motherboard. So be careful of when and what you want to upgrade.

Your system might meet the minimum specs, so you will probably have to play it on low. They said it will be playable on 5 year old computers, doesnt mean it will look good though. Really I would update the whole package if you want to play the game on higher quality settings.

If you have the money I would go with i5 3570, z77 motherboard, gtx 600 series gpu, 8 gigs of DDR3 ram. Will run any game on ultra with no worries.

How is your PSU? And grab a copy of windows 7 or 8

You're fine for this game, if you're CPU is a bottleneck (which it may be) then just OC it. No need to get a new rig for TESO.

Yeah, the pvp battles are what I'm concerned about.

Problem is, my mobo's socket type is LGA 775, which the best I could do is a quad core at 3.0Ghz but it'd cost me like $350+. May as well get a new mobo, 8 new gigs of ram (because I'd have to get DDR3, and I'm using DDR2 now) and a better processor. It'd be better in the long term.

Your CPU is pretty outdated but on top of that for video games I recommend at least 2g of VRAM on your video card. If you can afford it get a 4g vRAM card. Trust me, that 4g vRAM comes in REAAAAAAALLLLLLL handy. And before anyone says it, yes, there are games that will make use of that much. I've actually almost hit 4gigs of vRAM use on my Skyrim game. Now as to this MMo, 2 gigs of vRAM should do you fine but that 1gig card you got, it's gotta go. As to the CPU, come on man, cough up some dough and at least, I mean at the very least get an i7-2600k, they cost about 200 bucks and offer amazing performance at an economy price. Unfortunately if you do that you'll need a new mobo and ram sticks cause as far as I know the i7-2600k needs an LGA 1155 mount and they all use DDR3. It's definately an affordable route to take though for a fairly good gaming rig that would blow the current one you have out the water.

Five. Year. Old. Tech.
If the OP's not looking to drop quite a bit of money for a new CPU, Mobo, RAM and GPU (read: an entirely new PC), then what they have should suffice for low settings.

Again..... Core i7 is not 5 year old tech.

Nvidia....
Gross

Hold on a sec Osarion, the game may have been in development for several years but they will be requiring current standards as they moved over from the original engine. They leased an engine and have since built a more up to date one that the game is actually going to use. The leased engine was used to build the game. He's gonna need something a little more up to date then what he has. Unless he plans on looking at... ugh, I can't even imagine it, let us not speak of running a game on the lowest settings.

Just so you know! vRAM is ONLY used on on-board graphics cards... So what you have said does not help at all. Desktop graphics cards have their very own dedicated ram. The only way you could get 4 Gbs of dedicated ram on gpu's is to at least have two of them.. If you buy an AMD 7970 which is AMD's top model it only has at the very most 3 Gbs and it will run everything on ultra..

I wouldnt go with sandy bridge, ivy bridge is faster and only 10 dollars more. I wouldnt worry about 4g ram gpu unless your running more than one monitor in game.

You seem to have missed an announcement or interview

Nah. They've definitely confirmed --well after the whole Hero Engine debacle-- that a 5 year old PC will suffice for ESO.

SOOOOOOOOOOOO many likes its not even funny

This is also my opinion of Intel..

@Tristrem - That's not correct at all. vRAM is used on every video card. It is the part of the video card that handles the transport to rendering textures, models, and any other fx that appear on your screen. With out vRAM your video card would not work at all.