[Ross Thomas]

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

I wouldn't call the results "running", I'd say CRAWLING.

[Rob]

I wouldn't call the results "running", I'd say CRAWLING.

thanks for the reply ..so should i even bother trying to get the game and play it or will in need a better graphics card to even play at all?

[Jessie Rae Brouillette]

There are a great many differences between what an onboard chipset video chip and a real, discrete graphics card can do, but most, these days, are a matter of DEGREE. The HD 4200 has just about all of the overall functionality of an HD 4350, without even the rather low performance of that card. The best it can do for gaming is roughly what the now-five year old HD 2400 was doing when new (not much). It certainly should TRY to operate in the game, it just won't be a pleasant or fulfilling experience at all.

[Ron]

There are a great many differences between what an onboard chipset video chip and a real, discrete graphics card can do, but most, these days, are a matter of DEGREE. The HD 4200 has just about all of the overall functionality of an HD 4350, without even the rather low performance of that card. The best it can do for gaming is roughly what the now-five year old HD 2400 was doing when new (not much). It certainly should TRY to operate in the game, it just won't be a pleasant or fulfilling experience at all.

well i dont really care if the game looks non-HD and stuff i just wanna play it.

[Nauty]

It's quite a lot of money if it runs so slowly that you get killed in every fight because your hardware holds you back. If you don't get an upgrade (new cards can be had very inexpensively), or have a console, wait for a friend to get it, take your PC to his / her place, and run it on your oldie using his account to see how poorly it runs.

[Prohibited]

CPU
Intel? Core? i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz


CPU Speed
2.9 GHz
RAM
4.0 GB
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (build 7600), 64-bit

Video Card
ATI Radeon HD 4550

Video RAM 512 MB 2.2 GB
Pixel Shader version 3.0 4.1
Vertex Shader version 3.0 4.1

Free Disk Space
You Have: 650.3 GB

Is this going to run Skyrim?
(feel free to direct me to appropriate thread if there is one)

You will have to DEFINE "Run", because that is a very poor video card compared to what Toms Hardware found as the practical minimum (HD 5570).

What screen resolution?

[Marine x]

You will have to DEFINE "Run", because that is a very poor video card compared to what Toms Hardware found as the practical minimum (HD 5570).

What screen resolution?

Can I find that out without a website helping me? I don't have internet on my desktop computer at the moment.

I's just looking to run it at complete minimum. Just so I can at least play it.

[Margarita Diaz]

How about GeForce 9300M GS ???

[Gaelle Courant]

The HD 4550 makes the Geforce 9300, all of them, look silly by comparison, and I don't think even it is likely to offer adequate performance to stay alive in combat at any resolution above 1024 by 768.

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

[Matt Bigelow]

P4 2.8 HT
6800GS agp
1.5gb ddr
Steams downloading now well try it tomorrow

[Adam]

P4 2.8 HT
6800GS agp
1.5gb ddr
Steams downloading now well try it tomorrow

Don't get your expectations ratcheted up. That CPU is really REALLY old, obsolete, and slow (doesn't equal a 1.6 GHz C2D).

[BrEezy Baby]

I have a 9600 GT, with an intel 2.0ghz dual core. And I'm running Skyrim at usually 40+ FPS. I'm not overclocking, either.

Anyone who can't run this game must have a stone age computer.

[Monique Cameron]

Windows 7 Professional
Inter Core Duo 2.1Ghz
4GB RAM
Nvidia 8600m GT

Game Runs smoothly (for me) with the following settings (mostly all medium level settings), [tested on High Settings and seen lag problems popping on various areas]

AspectRatio : 16:10
Resolution : 1280x800 (fullscreen)
Anitaliasing: 4x
Anisotropic : Off
Texture Quality : High
Radial Blur : Low
Shadow Detail : Medium
Decal Quality: Medium
Water Reflection : Land, Sky
Distant Object Detail : Medium

[james tait]

I have a 9600 GT, with an intel 2.0ghz dual core. And I'm running Skyrim at usually 40+ FPS. I'm not overclocking, either.

Anyone who can't run this game must have a stone age computer.

The 9600 GT was a decent GPU in its day, while the AVERAGE] new PC these days has only an Intel onboard chip in it for video (laptops outsell desktops ten to one).

Windows 7 Professional
Inter Core Duo 2.1Ghz
4GB RAM
Nvidia 8600m GT

Game Runs smoothly (for me) with the following settings (mostly all medium level settings), [tested on High Settings and seen lag problems popping on various areas]

AspectRatio : 16:10
Resolution : 1280x800 (fullscreen)
Anitaliasing: 4x
Anisotropic : Off
Texture Quality : High
Radial Blur : Low
Shadow Detail : Medium
Decal Quality: Medium
Water Reflection : Land, Sky
Distant Object Detail : Medium

That laptop's screen resolution is comparatively low, so it matches the capabilities of the GPU pretty well.

[Catharine Krupinski]

Have a feeling this needs to be revised.

Running Ultra all settings maxed, with 16xAA and 16xAF, with some INI tweaks and getting 30-40fps @1680x1050

e8500 @ 3.6
2 gb Ram
eVGA GTX260 core 216

[Donatus Uwasomba]

Have a feeling this needs to be revised.

Running Ultra all settings maxed, with 16xAA and 16xAF, with some INI tweaks and getting 30-40fps @1680x1050

e8500 @ 3.6
2 gb Ram
eVGA GTX260 core 216

AFAIK, both Tig and Greg used 1080p as the basis, not the next lower screen resolution. According to Toms Hardware's tests, see my comment a few messages upward, we already need to move quite a few "Low-Medium" cards down into plain "Low-Lower".

[Jack]

AFAIK, both Tig and Greg used 1080p as the basis, not the next lower screen resolution. According to Toms Hardware's tests, see my comment a few messages upward, we already need to move quite a few "Low-Medium" cards down into plain "Low-Lower".

Not a lot of difference between 16x10 and 19x12. The fact that I am at 16xAA and AF means I could, if my monitor supported it, easily bump it to 1200p, drop the AA and AF slightly, as still hit 30 fps.

Let me take a look at toms though and your post

[helen buchan]

pentium4
GT9800
1gb ram

should be enough for Ultra

[Chica Cheve]

Hi gamesas forums! This is my first post, but I've been playing TES games since Morrowind.

I hope my old rig can handle Skyrim:

CPU: Core2Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz
System Ram: 2 GB
OS: Windows XP with SP3
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1950XT (256MB 256-bit GDDR3)

Since the Official Specs say I need at least 512mb of video ram to run Skyrim, and the Unofficial Specs list my video card as capable of handling med/low settings, I am uncertain if my video card will be able to handle this game. I tested my system with System Requirements Lab earlier today and my video card failed, but just before posting this message my card passed their video requirement test. Before purchasing the game, is there any way to confirm if Skyrim will run on a low setting/resolution with my current computer? Thanks!

[yermom]

For reference this machine is running it very well aside from occasional frame loss and semi-rare freezes as it loads stuff:
GTS 450 1GB
Athlon X2 6000+ (dual core 3.0Ghz)
3GB RAM (Yes I know that loses dual channel. It's not my computer I'm playing on it until my parts arrive next week.)

I don't know what specific detail settings it's using but I think it looks fine for the most part. At the very least, a machine such as that can run the game play just fine, and at 1080p at that.

I took its recommended settings but turned down the antialiasing and anistropic filtering to 2 filters, since I didn't want the GTS 450 (on the low end of mid range cards) bothering with the 4x each it recommended.

[J.P loves]

Thanks for the quick response. I am glad that system can run the game pretty smoothly, but I am still uncertain if 256mb of video ram can cut it. Can anyone confirm if they were able to play the game on the PC using only 256mb of video ram?

[lolly13]

Hi gamesas forums! This is my first post, but I've been playing TES games since Morrowind.

I hope my old rig can handle Skyrim:

CPU: Core2Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz
System Ram: 2 GB
OS: Windows XP with SP3
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1950XT (256MB 256-bit GDDR3)

Since the Official Specs say I need at least 512mb of video ram to run Skyrim, and the Unofficial Specs list my video card as capable of handling med/low settings, I am uncertain if my video card will be able to handle this game. I tested my system with System Requirements Lab earlier today and my video card failed, but just before posting this message my card passed their video requirement test. Before purchasing the game, is there any way to confirm if Skyrim will run on a low setting/resolution with my current computer? Thanks!

its probably possible, hard to say.
i am playing on high setting right now with some setting scaled down to medium, and people used to say when i asked on a couple of forums that i better change my parts or i wont be able to even handle low. and so far the game has been running smoothly with no problems. the recommended and minimum spec's seems to be much higher than it needs to be.

[James Potter]

My CPU and RAM is starting to fall behind a little, but let me know what I'll be able to crank out:

Windows 7 64-bit
Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.2GHz
4GB DDR2
Nvidia 560 Ti
1336 x 768 Native Resolution

[Rachael]

Hi gamesas forums! This is my first post, but I've been playing TES games since Morrowind.

I hope my old rig can handle Skyrim:

CPU: Core2Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz
System Ram: 2 GB
OS: Windows XP with SP3
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1950XT (256MB 256-bit GDDR3)

Since the Official Specs say I need at least 512mb of video ram to run Skyrim, and the Unofficial Specs list my video card as capable of handling med/low settings, I am uncertain if my video card will be able to handle this game. I tested my system with System Requirements Lab earlier today and my video card failed, but just before posting this message my card passed their video requirement test. Before purchasing the game, is there any way to confirm if Skyrim will run on a low setting/resolution with my current computer? Thanks!

The X1950 XT was a fantastic GPU when it was new, after Oblivion was released, 5 1/2 years ago now.

The official requirements are crap. Total nonsense / absolutely meaningless, as is usually the case with Bethesda's ignorant people. They only tested some, using 1080p, a higher resolution than existed when that card was still new. They didn't know what they were doing, once again. But SR Labs is still more ignorant than even Bethesda's most moronic employees.

As long as you choose Medium resolutions, you should get Medium image quality. Maybe not 100%, with only 256 MBs, but mostly.

Like I said already.

Thanks for the quick response. I am glad that system can run the game pretty smoothly, but I am still uncertain if 256mb of video ram can cut it. Can anyone confirm if they were able to play the game on the PC using only 256mb of video ram?

I was just about the only one posting answers in this thread yesterday, but it's early now, and I was up late. I've forgotten the question / answer, other than my newest, here. Both the leading message's ranking list, and the screwy official requirements were based on the high resolution of 1080p. For that, you need 512 MBs. Dial back to Medium screen resolutions with 0nly 256 MBs, and don't worry.

[Matthew Warren]

OS: Windows XP
RAM: 2.0GB
CPU: Intel Pentium D 3.2 Ghz
Video Card: nVIDIA GT 130