To play this game would one have to go to the store and buy a really high end gaming pc? If not then how good of a computer would it have to be?

No. They have said that as long as your computer was made in the last few years, you'll be fine.

Probably. Might need something like an Nvidia Titan, and one of them 8-core hyperthreaded CPUs. And to be save, 32GB of ram should cover your memory needs.



Its an MMO, they cater to the least common denominator. So any ol mid range computer should be able to damn near max the game settings.

Any computer with windows 2000 and higher can play. Any computer that can play morrowind 3.0 graphics overhaul and higher can play it.

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Sweet, but i still need to upgrade which isnt all that bad seeing as what i need to play isnt that expensive...i guess but i have a emachine EL1352G i cant link it

What are your PC specs?

It has a pretty old integrated graphics card, 2gigs of ram and a single core processor.. I'm not sure if you can run it on that thing. But building a computer yourself isn't that expensive

yea i could try building my own pc...but dont really know much about computers but i will learn eventually cause im onl 16.

You didn't need a high end PC to run Skyrim; you won't for need one for TESO either.

If you don't feel like building one yourself, then just buy a normal desktop PC like a Dell and stick in a few extras like a bit more RAM and a graphics card - which can be as simple as plugging it in if you know that your power supply can handle the additional juice the graphics card uses. It'll be more expensive and probably won't be as future proof considering we are on the edge of getting a new bench marker (consoles).

From what I've read, they said, specifically, that they want you to be able to run the game on a laptop up to five years old.

So I'm guessing most of us should be o.k for at least minimum requirements

There's such a small difference in gaming performance between quad and 6+ cores, many quad cores will end up doing the exact same things, if not better for gaming. I know that was a sarcastic post, but I thought I'd throw that in there XD.

Hello, I have a question for all here.Do any of you know the minimum requirements for this game? I for one would like to know from the DEVs but they are not talking.

Im currently building a rig now,would love to have all my requirement "bases "covered. I dont want to OVER guess my wallet for one game.I havent built a PC in about

15 years.(would like to keep some money for the game!) so far my build will run skyrim on ultra with mods(not alot just a few graphic alterations) People tell me that will be enough for elder scrolls online....but im thinking a little ahead of that,and would like to run on its "ultra" settings ...But without a base line?I'm sorry,I just would like to know. Thanks!

If you are able to run Skyrim on ultra then ESO won't be a problem at all IMO.

If it can handle skyrim on ultra, you will at least be able to handle ESO. We really don't know the max settings, the requirements that come out of it, and how good the optimization is.

What are your specs and we might be able to give you a good estimate as to how well you'll be able to handle ESO. Again, it will only be an estimate as the graphics could either really blow us away or not at all.

I have not picked it all yet(CPU or GPU) this is what im looking at so far.....

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 mobo

16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 mem

X2 GeForce GTX 660 3GB GPU

Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz CPU

X2 256GB SATA III Solid State Drive

ill have it all soon... just want some clairity before release.....kinda svcks when you find out you have to upgrade your brand new pc to run the game for which you built it!

That should run it without any issue at all.

Very nice specs, I wish I knew how demanding of a game ESO would be, but as far as your build goes you shouldn't have a problem running at high, if not highest. Again, it's a guess, but those are some pretty fantastic specs regardless of how demanding the game is.

Sorry, I'm going off topic, but I thought I'd give a little bit of advice on some of your parts, mostly your CPU and RAM.

http://anandtech.com/bench/Product/701?vs=551

If you scroll down to the bottom it has comparisons FPS wise for certain games between the CPU you're looking at and the 3570k. There isn't a huge difference in quality for games with i7 and i5, the 3570k in particular. If you want to save yoursel some money, I would recommend getting that one instead.

In addition to that, there's a new type of chip coming out, haswell, which is expected to have an increase of 10-15% of performance for the same cost. I think the biggest selling point is that it's more efficient and uses much less power, and potentially will be able to be overclocked even more. They're expected to come out in June, so if you wait a month, you're getting even bigger bang for your buck. Your GPU selection looks fantastic, I can't really comment on that one. 16 GB of RAM is pretty much useless as far as gaming goes. RAM is more for having multiple applications up at the same time (like a lot of internet explorer tabs) and doesn't have a huge impact on gaming. You shouldn't need any more than 8GBs. Solid state drives aren't all too important for gaming, but there's lots of fun advantages everywhere else to be gotten off of it.

I cant run swtor or guild wars 2. So i guess i cant run ESO? :/ But well,will probably have a good gaming pc by the time eso is out

Define can't run? Horrible FPS on lowest? I get about 20 fps on medium for GW2 last I checked. Then again, it depends on how low of graphics quality ESO caters to, you might very well be able to run it. Chances are though, it won't be pretty, and upgrading if you can afford it would certainly increase entertainment value.

Thanks! looking now....I was told to grab a "k" version ivy.(cost more than mine) BUT....didnt even look at the i5 .I got 16gb rambecause I'm going to be running temp,fan,and power output programs while playing(buddy of mine recommended at least 8GB, again just covering bases!) thought I would need a little more while playing.(maybe over kill,oh well.) That haswell...yummy! would like to see a going rate. Might be a "game" changer.(see what i did there!....nevermind )again thanks!

I cant even start the game on the pc i have. And to be honest,i dont mind eso looking like it looked in the leaked gameplay.

The Haswells probably will likely affect new quadcore chips, and will probably be upgrades of current versions the 3570k would now be named the 4570k etc. and would cost the same. That's only speculation though, they're keeping it pretty secretive, but that is what leaks are suggesting. I wouldn't expect a difference in price, otherwise the 10-15% boost would be meaningless except for the highest chips out there.

Oh, that's bad then. I have a really high tolerance to low FPS due to having to run off of an integrated graphics card for a year because of my brother "borrowing" my GPU (he ended up breaking it, but the replacement I got was probably worth the wait).