[DarkGypsy]

Here's the specs for my machine:

Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 2.8 GHz
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit OS)
ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB
8 GB RAM
1600x900 Resolution

I saw in the OP that based upon my card alone I'd be in the med-high in expectations. Given the rest of my components, can someone who is more technical savvy than I am give me their impression on whether I could comfortably use high settings?

[Epul Kedah]

I know I have a pretty low-end rig compared to the hardware lists, I just wanted to gauge the community to give me an idea of how this rig should theoretically do if I decided to pick up Skyrim anytime soon. These are my LAPTOP specs:

WIndows 7 Professional 64-bit Service Pack 1
Intel Core 2 Duo T5900 @ 2.20 GHz
4GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 9500M GS

Thanks for any feedback, guys.

[Tarka]

Here's the specs for my machine:

Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 2.8 GHz
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit OS)
ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB
8 GB RAM
1600x900 Resolution

I saw in the OP that based upon my card alone I'd be in the med-high in expectations. Given the rest of my components, can someone who is more technical savvy than I am give me their impression on whether I could comfortably use high settings?

Yea, you should be in the high settings with no issues. Great CPU, good RAM, a good GPU.

I know I have a pretty low-end rig compared to the hardware lists, I just wanted to gauge the community to give me an idea of how this rig should theoretically do if I decided to pick up Skyrim anytime soon. These are my LAPTOP specs:

WIndows 7 Professional 64-bit Service Pack 1
Intel Core 2 Duo T5900 @ 2.20 GHz
4GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 9500M GS

Thanks for any feedback, guys.

You'll be in the low to medium range, mostly cuz of the GPU, but you have a decent CPU, and good RAM (For a laptop).

[Angelina Mayo]

Hi guys, I was thinking of building a new computer for Skyrim. Never done it before, but but...Skyrim! I was thinking of a ~$1000 budget using these parts:

CPU: $220 Core i5-2500K 4 core, 3.3GHz
Motherboard: $150 Asus P8P67 Pro
Hard Drive: $150 Western Digital Caviar Green 2.5 TB SATA III (or maybe two hard drives 2 TB each?)
RAM: $50 8 GB (4GBx2) DDR3
PSU: $70 Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 watt 80 Plus Certified
Case: $40 Raidmax Atlas ATX-295WB (anything that works/is cheap)
Cooling: $20 Cooler Master Hyper TX3
DVD: $20 Sony Optiarc DVD Burner 24x
GPU: $240 Radeon HD 6950 1 GB
Windows 7: $100

What do you guys think of these components? Any recommendations for better parts at around the same price or cheaper, am I missing any computer parts, or anything else? I'm especially not sure about the case...I don't know much about them and read some review on Amazon that said the case I listed there might be a bit flimsy and breakable. Also something about hard drives being extra expensive right now? Should I wait for prices to change?

Thanks~

[matt oneil]

Hey.

Clarification on CPU.

This is from www. systemrequirementslab.com

CPU
Recommended: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
You Have: AMD Athlon™ 7750 Dual-Core Processor

Does that read as "Quad-core AMD CPU"?

[MatthewJontully]

Here's the specs for my machine:

Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 2.8 GHz
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit OS)
ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB
8 GB RAM
1600x900 Resolution

I saw in the OP that based upon my card alone I'd be in the med-high in expectations. Given the rest of my components, can someone who is more technical savvy than I am give me their impression on whether I could comfortably use high settings?

The rest of a given system can certainly DRAG DOWN image quality performance, but no, the opposite is never the case.

[how solid]

I heard that Skyrim doesnt use multiple cores. If so, I cant play this game. It requires 2.0 ghz clock speed. Each of my quad cores puts out 1.5. Is there any truth to this?

[Ron]

Hey.

Clarification on CPU.

This is from www. systemrequirementslab.com

Does that read as "Quad-core AMD CPU"?

If any game specs require an Intel Quad-core, then at the bear min you'll need an AMD Quad. AMDs are actually less powerful then Intels when it comes to gaming. The spec you'll need to look for is floating point calculations, this is what builds game meshes (AKA the wireframe), intels can usually double an AMD's capiblities. So, yes, that does read as "Quad-core AMD CPU".

I heard that Skyrim doesnt use multiple cores. If so, I cant play this game. It requires 2.0 ghz clock speed. Each of my quad cores puts out 1.5. Is there any truth to this?

It does use multiple cores, but some processes may still require up to 2.0ghz. If you don't have the capibility, then the game could crash or run really bad.

First your processes will be divided amongst the cores, if a large process comes up, a 1.5ghz could possible choke it.

Its also possible that all the processes are small and can be divied up amonst 4 cores and the game will run fine.

[Crystal Birch]

If any game specs require an Intel Quad-core, then at the bear min you'll need an AMD Quad. AMDs are actually less powerful then Intels when it comes to gaming. The spec you'll need to look for is floating point calculations, this is what builds game meshes (AKA the wireframe), intels can usually double an AMD's capiblities. So, yes, that does read as "Quad-core AMD CPU".

Sweet thanks. Is that easy to replace?

Then again, computer should do fine until I have enough money for a laptop for uni.

[Anthony Diaz]

Sweet thanks. Is that easy to replace?

Then again, computer should do fine until I have enough money for a laptop for uni.

Easy to replace.... Depends on what you have now. If a quad your looking at has the same CPU socket type then yes, it is fairly easy. If no quads share your current socket, then it goes almost into rebuilding/overhauling your PC. At the min you'll have to change motherboards, its also likely you'll have to replace the RAM, PSU, and a few other things.

Your current socket type is a "Socket AM2+". Thats an old socket, and I'm not sure if AMD made any quads that use that socket (I personally don't think they did, but could be wrong). Anyways, newegg.com doesn't have any processors that use that socket, you may need to check other stores that have older selections or even eBay.

[Gemma Archer]

Easy to replace.... Depends on what you have now. If a quad your looking at has the same CPU socket type then yes, it is fairly easy. If no quads share your current socket, then it goes almost into rebuilding/overhauling your PC. At the min you'll have to change motherboards, its also likely you'll have to replace the RAM, PSU, and a few other things.

Your current socket type is a "Socket AM2+". Thats an old socket, and I'm not sure if AMD made any quads that use that socket (I personally don't think they did, but could be wrong). Anyways, newegg.com doesn't have any processors that use that socket, you may need to check other stores that have older selections or even eBay.

Hmmm.... I will have to talk to my closet computer expert/

[Isabell Hoffmann]

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: PC Performance, Benchmarked:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skyrim-performance-benchmark,3074.html


Looks like my list still stands as rather accurate.

Quad core, 2.8Ghz, 3 GB ram(cause of vista's limit, i actually have 4GBs installed), Nvidia GT 260


i've been told on another thread that i can probably play it between med-high settings, i was wondering though, what single component should i upgrade to get a boost so i can play it between high-ultra high settings?

The GPU? Change my OS to win7?



thank you in advance

If that's a GTX 260, then you're already in high settings. Can get a faster GPU for Ultra if you wish...Radeon 6950 or GTX 560 Ti.

What settings will i be able to play with this computer components
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 560TI Overclocked 2.7Gb
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition 3.2GHz
Ram: 4Gb
Res: 1920 X 1080
Os: Windows 7 64Bit

Ultra.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
Win 7
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU
Q720 @1.60 GHz
8 GB of RAM
64 bit operating system

Little concerned about my 1.60 GHz and my graphics card...it is a laptop. Id Skyrim supports multi-threading on multiple cores should I be able to go higher, It is a quad core with 8 threads? Don't know if that makes any difference.

I think I will be at about medium settings. Not sure, It can handle The Witcher 2 with no noticeably problems on highest settings if that means anything. At this point should I just get it on my Xbox 360 though. I am quite torn.

Your CPU has a Turbo Boost that will atke the frequency into the high 2.xx GHx range. Nothing to worry about there. Video card should get you medium levels.

Hi, what do you think about the following - I suppose I can get to medium settings approximately?:

Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
GIGABYTE G31M-ES2L
2x2048 MB DDR2 400.0 MHz (PC2-6400)
Sapphire RADEON HD 3850 (512 MB GDDR3)

Windows 7 64bit
Playing @1280x1024

Thanks in advance.

Due to resolution, maybe medium-high

So, it appears that I will not be able to buy a new computer soon after all (hoping for a miracle), but is it even worth upgrading this one or should I just forget it?
Here's what I've got so far, it will not be able to run Skyrim:

Gigabyte GA-MA69VM-S2
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core 4000+ 2.1GHz
1GB DDR2 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 2400 series

Windows XP SP3 Professional
And, since my monitor broke down as well, my resolution is 1024x768.

Slow dual-core chip nowadays, low amounts of RAM, and poor video card. Should just replace the whole thing IMO, but it will actually run the game...it'll probably be sluggish on rather low settings though.

I have a Radeon hd 5750 1GB,can i play on ultra if i lower the resolution to 1280x1024?

Possibly.

oops. sorry. a Phenom II B55 3.2GHz Quad Core. the GTX 275 is in the high ranking. but i was wondering if its possible i could get ultra with 1600x900 resolution.

Possibly.

Hi guys, I was thinking of building a new computer for Skyrim. Never done it before, but but...Skyrim! I was thinking of a ~$1000 budget using these parts:

CPU: $220 Core i5-2500K 4 core, 3.3GHz
Motherboard: $150 Asus P8P67 Pro
Hard Drive: $150 Western Digital Caviar Green 2.5 TB SATA III (or maybe two hard drives 2 TB each?)
RAM: $50 8 GB (4GBx2) DDR3
PSU: $70 Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 watt 80 Plus Certified
Case: $40 Raidmax Atlas ATX-295WB (anything that works/is cheap)
Cooling: $20 Cooler Master Hyper TX3
DVD: $20 Sony Optiarc DVD Burner 24x
GPU: $240 Radeon HD 6950 1 GB
Windows 7: $100

What do you guys think of these components? Any recommendations for better parts at around the same price or cheaper, am I missing any computer parts, or anything else? I'm especially not sure about the case...I don't know much about them and read some review on Amazon that said the case I listed there might be a bit flimsy and breakable. Also something about hard drives being extra expensive right now? Should I wait for prices to change?

Thanks~

Not bad, but the Caviar Green should not be used as a main drive....it's more for storage. Look into the Samsung F3 1TB for an excellent and quick drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung%20f3%201tb

Hey.

Clarification on CPU.

This is from www. systemrequirementslab.com

Does that read as "Quad-core AMD CPU"?

For what? The Recommended? Either quad Intel or quad AMD. Your chip is a dual-core one.

I heard that Skyrim doesnt use multiple cores. If so, I cant play this game. It requires 2.0 ghz clock speed. Each of my quad cores puts out 1.5. Is there any truth to this?

Yup...and I'm not the least bit surprised. Suspected it all along that the game couldn't really efficiently utilize a quad. Can see it here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skyrim-performance-benchmark,3074-9.html

[sam]

Well, I already have an idea where I stand, but I've been hearing some bad things with performance, so I might as well just ask for a second opinion. Specs are in my sig.

[Kat Lehmann]

It's old, as PCs go, really. You got your value out of it by now; if it isn't a suitable upgrade start, stick it out in the garage for the next time you want to play Morrowind or Neverwinter Nights (the original).

Well, it *does* run Oblivion and Arkham Asylum fine. Heavily modded Morrowind, though... not so well.

Slow dual-core chip nowadays, low amounts of RAM, and poor video card. Should just replace the whole thing IMO, but it will actually run the game...it'll probably be sluggish on rather low settings though.

I'll take anything at all.

[ILy- Forver]

I have this gpu, and yet I'm getting 10fps at lowest settings

10. Nvidia GTX 560M

[Batricia Alele]

Hi guys,

With the folloging spec is it normal that I only achieve 20-30fps on High settings with AA and AF disabled?

Intel i5 450m
ATI 5850 (1go DDR5)
4go ram
W7 64x 1680x1650

When looking at my CPU usage while in game I see it's closed to fully used... Is an i5 so crap that it can't handle a recent game?

Cheers,
Ikara

[Alkira rose Nankivell]

I'm a casual gamer... well, I play games my brother buys on his computer/xbox XD So understanding computery stuff is not one of my strong points. And my brother has just moved out, taking his computer and xbox with him (my mum's reaction: Nooo! My baby's moving out! *weeps*. My reaction: Dear god the xbox! Noooo!! *weeps*). Now I'm left with my laptop, and a desperate need to play this game. From what I understand being able to do that is probably wishful thinking, but I will take the lowest levels of playability/prettiness as long at it runs...

It's a Sony Vaio, hm there's a sticker I'm looking at on the top with VGN-AR88E if that means anything. It's got Vista, 32 bit, and is on highest resolution at 1440 x 900. As for the spec:

Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.86Ghz (does the extra 0.14Ghz required for min spec really matter?)
RAM: 2Gb
HD: 225Gb
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8400M GT, total available graphics: 895Mb (from what I've read I suspect this is going to be my downfall)

I would love to splash out on a new xbox/PC but I just lost my job so can't really do that... (it hasn't stopped me madly googling to see how cheap I can get one though!)

There is a ray of hope in that my dad brought a computer to replace his old one. Then he got his old PC working again and this one has since sat in it's box unused (personally I think he's mad, his spec makes my laptop look high end). So if I flutter my eyelashes at him I could get it up and running:

Windows 7
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.6Ghz
RAM: 3Gb
HD: 320Gb
And then my ray of hope shatters when I look at the graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 7100... I believe my laptop's is better

So if I could play Skyrim on this would it be worth upgrading the graphics card? If so, what should I be looking at?

Or should I just give up on these options, stop eating and buy an xbox? XD

[[ becca ]]

I′m very worried about my video card, anyone could give me a answer if I can play at least on minimum settings? thanks

AMD Phenom x4 black edition
ATI Radeon HD5450 1gb directx11 support
8mb ram
Windows 7 64bits

[Brandi Norton]

I′m very worried about my video card, anyone could give me a answer if I can play at least on minimum settings? thanks

AMD Phenom x4 black edition
ATI Radeon HD5450 1gb directx11 support
8mb ram
Windows 7 64bits

Prior to the game's release, the prediction has been that your poor graphics card wouldn't quite match to what a game console offers, but it ought to attempt to play, if you lowered your screen resolution. After the release, Toms Hardware has been testing, and CPU performance appears to be critical. I believe there has been more than one "Black" X4, and the reason it's called black is that it was unlocked, so what core speed?

The basic GDDR3 version of the HD 6450 is almost exactly the same performance level as an HD 5450

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=625&card2=651

And Toms says an HD 6450 is absolutely hopeless:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skyrim-performance-benchmark,3074-10.html

[Tinkerbells]

It looks to me as if some "Low-Medium" rankings need to move:

**GeForce 8600GT 256MB* * *
**Radeon X1650XT 256MB* * *
**GeForce 7600GT 256MB* * *
**Radeon HD2600XT 256MB* * *
**Radeon HD3650 256MB* *
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
Low to Very Low Levels*: Mostly cards from years past. This is the area where upgrading should be considered. Or just getting it for the X360/PS3. Generally weak, but given the right tweaks and settings, some of these may run Skyrim without looking too ugly...YMMV with differing low resolutions and your tolerance levels. The further down this list section you go, the more you really should reconsider getting this game for the PC. And the Radeon X800 series cards are up in the air right now whether it will get support. These are Shader Model 2.0b cards...the requirements for Skyrim may increase the Shader Model needs to SM 3.0. We'll see. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * *
**GeForce GT 220 512 MB* * *
**GeForce GT 220 1GB* * *
**Radeon HD4650 512MB* * *
**GeForce GT 520 512 MB* * * *** *
**GeForce GT 520 1GB* * * *** *
**Radeon HD5550 1GB* * *
**Radeon HD5550 512 MB* * *
**Radeon HD6450 1GB* * *
**Radeon HD6450 512 MB* * *
**Radeon HD5450 1GB* * *
**Radeon HD5450 512MB*
**Radeon HD4550 512MB* * *

[Rebecca Clare Smith]

How well will Skyrim run on this rig?

CPU: 2.5GHz Intel Core2Quad Q9300 w/ Coolermaster V8 Heatsink
GPU: EVGA GTX 550TI Superclocked
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333

versus this rig?

3.2GHZ AMD Phenom 2 processor. FSB:2@512
ASUS M5A97 Motherboard with core unlocker
8Gigs of 1333 DDR3 sdram (Upgradeable to 32)
Nvidia graphics card with 2 gigs of dedicated ram and both dvi and hd output

Thanks

[joannARRGH]

How well will Skyrim run on this rig?

CPU: 2.5GHz Intel Core2Quad Q9300 w/ Coolermaster V8 Heatsink
GPU: EVGA GTX 550TI Superclocked
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333

versus this rig?

3.2GHZ AMD Phenom 2 processor. FSB:2@512
ASUS M5A97 Motherboard with core unlocker
8Gigs of 1333 DDR3 sdram (Upgradeable to 32)
Nvidia graphics card with 2 gigs of dedicated ram and both dvi and hd output

Thanks

No way to answer without full data. What's the second one got for graphics?

[Phoenix Draven]

Ive been looking at laptops i want something that will run skyrim decent to good, but at a good price ive narrowed down to 2 choices. can someone offer an opinion or another choice

Dell dv6tse - $900
i5 2.4 Ghz
2GB Radeon HD6770M gddr5
8GB ram / 750GB hd
9cell batt. / 15.6"

Inspiron 17R - $750
i7 2.2Ghz
2GB Nvidia geforce GT 525M
6GB ram / 640 GB hd
6 cell batt. / 17.3"

Im thinking the dell is better overall, just wondering if the inspiron would be just as good (or better)

[Natalie J Webster]

Ive been looking at laptops i want something that will run skyrim decent to good, but at a good price ive narrowed down to 2 choices. can someone offer an opinion or another choice

Dell dv6tse - $900
i5 2.4 Ghz
2GB Radeon HD6770M gddr5
8GB ram / 750GB hd
9cell batt. / 15.6"

Inspiron 17R - $750
i7 2.2Ghz
2GB Nvidia geforce GT 525M
6GB ram / 640 GB hd
6 cell batt. / 17.3"

Im thinking the dell is better overall, just wondering if the inspiron would be just as good (or better)

Hmmm? The forum is acting nervously. Jumped straight to post as soon as the "reply" option appeared.

That nVIDIA graphics card is less than half as good as the Radeon is, maybe only 25%, although it shouldn't cost an extra $150. Find a more appropriate second choice with a better graphics card to make a more equal comparison.

[Alexandra Ryan]

Im wanting to know if my comp with run skyrim..even on a low setting

This is what i got
Windows 7 Home Premium
AMD Athlon™ II X2 250 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
5120MB RAM
DirectX11
ATI Radeon HD 4200

...this is copied from dxdiag :/

let me know if anything else is needed to know if i can even run skyrim.
Thanks