[jessica breen]

Really hard to say. First you have just 4 cores not 8. It shows 8 because every core runs 2 threads. So you have a i7 quad core dont know what means 2.0 exactly but I think it will be in the recommended specs.

But I really dont know about your graphic card. But if you can play other games maxed out maybe the outcome for Skyrim isnt that bad. But its hard to compare the older Bethesda games with Skyrim because Skyrim has a new engine. I just can say try it out.

Yeah and about the VRAM. The VRAM isnt anymore an indicator how powerful a graphic card is. You can have 1GB or 2GB VRAM but the card can handle [censored]. Its more important wich chip is working, and the shaders and much more.

And yeah, tricks to make it faster? Keep the system clean with CCleaner. Deinstall things you dont need. Check if you have malware or spyware on your system. All these little things will help you improve the performance.

Alright thank you ! Is there anyway that I can test out my graphic card further? Any high end games or something that will help me gauge further how well it'll handle Skyrim?

[Leanne Molloy]

Hey guys, I know my PC will run on the high end but I'm wondering if I'll be able to hit Ultra with my current CPU and ram?

CPU: Intel Quad Core Q9400 @3.2Ghz
Ram: 4GB DDR3
GPU: Radeon 6950 2GB

Thanks guys!

The RAM is okay. The CPU is an older Yorkfield Quad Core. Did you overclocked it? Because I didnt know that there were Q9400 with 3.2 GHz? Its atm hard to compare how well the different quad cores will work with Skyrim. The card is great. The quad core is in the recommended specs and also is the RAM.

I heard that Bethesda said: Recommended pecs are for high and over the recommended specs its for ultra. I dont know if the Q9400 is over the recommended specs. But yeah I would predict that many effects can be turned to max.

[james tait]

What do you think about my RIG SONIC?

[carrie roche]

Alright thank you ! Is there anyway that I can test out my graphic card further? Any high end games or something that will help me gauge further how well it'll handle Skyrim?

Many reviewers benchmark they cards with Metro 2033 or The Witcher 2 because both games were programmed pimarely for the PC so they are really good benchmarks. Also Crysis 1 and 2 arent bad indicators. Most reviewers test the cards also with Battlefield Bad Company 2 or now with Battlefield 3 because it shows how well your card can handle large scaled maps with many effects.

[suniti]

Many reviewers benchmark they cards with Metro 2033 or The Witcher 2 because both games were programmed pimarely for the PC so they are really good benchmarks. Also Crysis 1 and 2 arent bad indicators. Most reviewers test the cards also with Battlefield Bad Company 2 or now with Battlefield 3 because it shows how well your card can handle large scaled maps with many effects.

Alright thanks so much

[Robyn Lena]

What do you think about my RIG SONIC?

CPU is in the min specs. Just a dual core for you there. The RAM are 1GB over the min specs so its not that bad. Your graphic card is in the "at least high" prediction of the first post. Put everything togheter. The CPU will break the performance. The RAM is in the middle segment. And the card is somewhere in the high segment. Its hard to tell. My prediction is that the CPU impact will be greater than the GPU. So im cautious and I would say around middle isnt a bad prediction. Some things on the lower settings some things maybe higher than middle. You can fidle around with your settings all day. But around middle should be the prediction here. But 1 tipp: keep the AA low if you want to play on 1920 x 1080 without framerate drops.

And dont forget: Low = console graphics. It will be great.

[dell]

Yeah.. thanks sonic.. But my real big worries and concerns are that alot of people are saying a game like skyrim, since it needs a quadcore its going to be a really massive CPU intensive game. Could even match up to witcher 2 performance wise which i couldn't play at all.
But then again the system reqs does say 2.0ghz dual core or equivalent so if i lag then i guess i could try and find out some way to tweak the game or contact support. I mean my computer does meet the reqs so there should be a way to play the game nicely.

[patricia kris]

I don't see many systems trying to run at 2560x1440 so I'd like to hear some speculation on my 27" Imac (Mid 2010).

Core i7 2.93 Ghz
4 GB 1333 DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB

My guess is that I'll get a solid 30-40 FPS with medium-high settings, but will experience mild dips into the 20s when there is a large amount of activity on the screen. I assume medium-high will run well on 1920x 1080. Thoughts?

[renee Duhamel]

Yeah.. thanks sonic.. But my real big worries and concerns are that alot of people are saying a game like skyrim, since it needs a quadcore its going to be a really massive CPU intensive game. Could even match up to witcher 2 performance wise which i couldn't play at all.
But then again the system reqs does say 2.0ghz dual core or equivalent so if i lag then i guess i could try and find out some way to tweak the game or contact support. I mean my computer does meet the reqs so there should be a way to play the game nicely.

Bethesda said that the min. specs are for Low settings and rec. specs are for high. And as you know low settings is the equivalent of the console graphics who are pretty sweet. You have a mix between min and rec. So my prediction is around middle. Yeah Skyrim will be a CPU intensive game, but as far as I know The witcher 2 was more a mix of CPU and GPU hunger. I could play The wichter 2 with a Q6600 and a GT9800 with low settings, some effects on middle and I locked my frames at 30FPS with a program. It was playable. But I dont think you can compare Skyrim with The Witcher 2. Skyrim is a console Port with improved graphics for the PC. The Witcher 2 was made for the PC from the scratch. I dont think you have to worry so much.

[Kieren Thomson]

I don't see many systems trying to run at 2560x1440 so I'd like to hear some speculation on my 27" Imac (Mid 2010).

Core i7 2.93 Ghz
4 GB 1333 DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB

My guess is that I'll get a solid 30-40 FPS with medium-high settings, but will experience mild dips into the 20s when there is a large amount of activity on the screen. I assume medium-high will run well on 1920x 1080. Thoughts?

I think Skyrim will have as many options in the video settins as Oblivion. So you can really match the settings to your system. Mid/high is a good prediction. But I would recommend to stay at settings wich will keep you at a constant framerate. A game is much more enjoyable with an constant frame rate than to try to max the graphics to your system just to make the game a bit nicer and so to live with framerate drops.

The console graphics are pretty sweet (low PC settings) so I think everything beyond this settings is just enough. Dont force your system too much. Keep the FPS nice

[David John Hunter]

BLAZE sorry for being a little bit of topic everyone but anyway... IS your Q9400 a 775 socket CPU??

Yes it is the 775 socket GPU. It's normally 2.66Ghz stock but I've overclocked it a wee bit to 3.2Ghz

[Eire Charlotta]

Yeah thank you sonic for replying to my posts. Saying that even on low it would look like consol graphics makes me feel so much more better and less worried, and how skyrim oculd be a console port with improved graphics is a whole lot better. That makes alot of sense tho, Witcher was never a game made for consoles and i don't even think its on any console, Its more of a PC game and that could most possibly mean obviously that it would need some very good hardware to play. Im glad I posted at this time and you were on lol.. Helped alot thanks.

[Vicky Keeler]

EDIT: Damm i accidently double posted...

[Pat RiMsey]

Yeah thank you sonic for replying to my posts. Saying that even on low it would look like consol graphics makes me feel so much more better and less worried, and how skyrim oculd be a console port with improved graphics is a whole lot better. That makes alot of sense tho, Witcher was never a game made for consoles and i don't even think its on any console, Its more of a PC game and that could most possibly mean obviously that it would need some very good hardware to play. Im glad I posted at this time and you were on lol.. Helped alot thanks.

No problem. I know this feeling very well, if you wait for a game and your rig is around the min. specs and you arent sure what you will get. But think that way: The most important thing is a constant framerate, so you can enjoy the gameplay. Maybe a game isnt on ultra settings but that doesnt mean it doesnt make fun. I played lots of games on low settings when my old rig became outdated. But it never stopped me from enjoying a game And if Bethesda said that the low settings are the same as the console version, then I wouldnt be sad to play the game on low settings

[[ becca ]]

Greetings.

My pc is as follows:

i5 650 (dual core) 3.2 mh
8g ram
gtx 560 ti

Im new to pc gaming and I would really like to know what you think about this. I just bought this graphics card in hopes that I will be able to get the best graphics - ultra. I would really appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.

[Theodore Walling]

I'm kind of torn now personally. Someone is giving me their old AM2+ motherboard with an athlon 64 x2 (unspecified power). It's tempting to blow $250 for a new motherboard, cpu, and RAM but if I really don't need to to play Skyrim well I should probably save the money. It can only use a 95W processor at the max, so the best Phenom IIs are out of the question despite the fact it can use AM3 CPUs. I'm not sure if the 95W AM3 processors are just fine for gaming though.

I guess no one really knows just how well an Athlon 64 x2 will play it though, especially not knowing its model? I suppose it's possible it's an Athlon II X2 as well. They didn't seem to know, but I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth so I did not press the question.

Greetings.

My pc is as follows:

i5 650 (dual core) 3.2 mh
8g ram
gtx 560 ti

Im new to pc gaming and I would really like to know what you think about this. I just bought this graphics card in hopes that I will be able to get the best graphics - ultra. I would really appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.

You should be fine. Your graphics card is very strong. Your processor is okay as far as I know. I'm not sure if Skyrim actually uses more than two threads or if it's just a generic "we recommend this and it will get you high" thing. If anything limits you, it will be the CPU. Your graphics card is indeed excellent.

[Marion Geneste]

Greetings.

My pc is as follows:

i5 650 (dual core) 3.2 mh
8g ram
gtx 560 ti

Im new to pc gaming and I would really like to know what you think about this. I just bought this graphics card in hopes that I will be able to get the best graphics - ultra. I would really appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.

Your gpu is really nice but is a little bottlenecked by your cpu. I'd say you'll be fine on medium to high settings depending on your resolution. But try for ultra - the only weak link is your cpu.

[Crystal Clarke]

I'm kind of torn now personally. Someone is giving me their old AM2+ motherboard with an athlon 64 x2 (unspecified power). It's tempting to blow $250 for a new motherboard, cpu, and RAM but if I really don't need to to play Skyrim well I should probably save the money. It can only use a 95W processor at the max, so the best Phenom IIs are out of the question despite the fact it can use AM3 CPUs. I'm not sure if the 95W AM3 processors are just fine for gaming though.

I guess no one really knows just how well an Athlon 64 x2 will play it though, especially not knowing its model? I suppose it's possible it's an Athlon II X2 as well. They didn't seem to know, but I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth so I did not press the question.

Its really hard to tell. You cant benchmark Skyrim yet so there is no way to tell how well a certain model will work. Yeah and if we not know the model its much harder to give a prediction. The only fact that remains is, that its a Dual Core processor who is in the min. specs. Maybe someone knows how well a Athlon 64 x2's overall gaming performance is?

I dont know.

[maria Dwyer]

Hey guys. I wanna ask if my laptop will be able to play this and out preform my ps3.


Quad Core Intel Core i7 processor (1.73Ghz) Turbo Boost up to (2.93)
6 GB Ram
GeForce GT 425M
1600x900


Edit: I have never had problems running games on ultra. Rift/Mafia 2/Dragon Age 2/ Etc... However none compare to this. I'm hoping for high tho ?

[sw1ss]

I'm kind of torn now personally. Someone is giving me their old AM2+ motherboard with an athlon 64 x2 (unspecified power). It's tempting to blow $250 for a new motherboard, cpu, and RAM but if I really don't need to to play Skyrim well I should probably save the money. It can only use a 95W processor at the max, so the best Phenom IIs are out of the question despite the fact it can use AM3 CPUs. I'm not sure if the 95W AM3 processors are just fine for gaming though.

I guess no one really knows just how well an Athlon 64 x2 will play it though, especially not knowing its model? I suppose it's possible it's an Athlon II X2 as well. They didn't seem to know, but I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth so I did not press the question.


You should be fine. Your graphics card is very strong. Your processor is okay as far as I know. I'm not sure if Skyrim actually uses more than two threads or if it's just a generic "we recommend this and it will get you high" thing. If anything limits you, it will be the CPU. Your graphics card is indeed excellent.

I just checked my computer's specs and although I have 2 cores, it says I have 4 threads. Not sure what that means, but will that make a difference? Also, I would like to play on 1920 x 1080 res. Thanks again.

[Verity Hurding]

No problem. I know this feeling very well, if you wait for a game and your rig is around the min. specs and you arent sure what you will get. But think that way: The most important thing is a constant framerate, so you can enjoy the gameplay. Maybe a game isnt on ultra settings but that doesnt mean it doesnt make fun. I played lots of games on low settings when my old rig became outdated. But it never stopped me from enjoying a game And if Bethesda said that the low settings are the same as the console version, then I wouldnt be sad to play the game on low settings

You got that right... Console graphics aren't that horrible..

SONIC do you by any chance have steam??

[naome duncan]

Hey guys. I wanna ask if my laptop will be able to play this and out preform my ps3.


Quad Core Intel Core i7 processor (1.73Ghz) Turbo Boost up to (2.93)
6 GB Ram
GeForce GT 425M
1600x900

The cards prediction is in the medium segment. The RAM is enough and the CPU is also good. If Bethesda keep their word and low settings are the same as console graphics, then your laptop will out perform your PS3. Your laptop should be able to handle medium settings (why the hell did I talked the whole time about middle settings XD).

[Eileen Müller]

Okay thanks a lot. I can usually push it past the recommendations so I think I will get it into high territory

Couple more days! Thanks again for the reply.

[Sweet Blighty]

ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB
Black Phenom II x4 955 3.2ghz
4gb DDR3 Ram.

what does someone think?

[Casey]

Ultra Ienke maybe not maxed but up there.