[Harry Hearing]

just wanted to mention:

4gb ram
Nvidia GTS 250

resolution 1360x768

The game recommended low for me, and I ran smoothly on ultra

[Romy Welsch]

Just want to say that I was surprised that the default setting for my old PC was High. It ran very smoothly and I encountered no lags whatsoever. Here is my specs:

Pentium Dual core E5700 3.0Ghz
2 Gig ram
ATI HD 5570
Windows 7 64 bit
1366x768

I was expecting it to run only on low-medium setting but it works great on High. Now I've seen many PC's listed above who have more powerful than I have (too many to list), so I guess you could run Skyrim in High with your system. Happy Gaming everyone !

Oh yeah My Video card was ranked no. 86 in the list found in the first post if that is of any help.

[Markie Mark]

Hello fellow skyrim geeks <3

I got a big problem running skyrim. It lags totaly, even if i play the game on LOW. My friend got the same laptop as me and he run it on ultra. It just make no sense for me!

And yes.. i have closed all the backgroundprograms, updated my driver and tried to reinstall it.

BTW. I got an ASUS n53sv.

Specifikations:
- intel core i7, sandy bridge processer
- GEFORCE GT540m, 1GB RAM
- windows 7*

And i got a loooot of memory!!!

Anyone who can help?

[Lilit Ager]

Could this "laptop" (http://notebooks.com/2007/05/08/the-dragon-hp-pavilion-hdx-20-inch-notebook-announced/) run Skyrim with better framerates and image quality than the Xbox?

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 2,40 GHz
Memory: 4 GB DDR2
Graphics card: Nvidia Geforce 8800M GTS 512 MB
Hard drives: two 250 GB 5400 rpm hard drives
Display resolution: 1680x1050
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit

[Nikki Hype]

Hello,

Just a brief, "can my computer run Skyrim?" question. I've heard a reasonable amount of conflicting evidence either way for the 9800 GT. Yes, it is old, and my intention is to upgrade early next year. The question is, can I run Skyrim at least on Medium and, at best, on High settings?

My thanks, in advance.

Windows Vista
CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit
Asus P5N-D nForce 750i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (G.SKILL Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO: 2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (SLI)

EDIT

I went ahead and purchased Skyrim all the same. So far, I've had few problems - I've had no lag, and am able to run the game comfortably with a mixture of high, medium and low settings, giving an overall decent performance and good graphics quality. The game still looks very impressive.

The only recurrent issue that I've faced is crashing to BSOD. After a brief inspection, this was down to dust buildup in the fans and on the CPU. Once cleaned, it works fine. I've also propped open the case at the side to increase airflow.

[Benito Martinez]

pc
windows 7 home premium
amd athlon II x4 650 processor
Ati radeon hd 4200
video memory 256.00
screen resolution 1920x 1080
total memeory 7.75 gb
hard disk 931.41


i have the game but playing it is a very sad sight compared to what all the vidoes and other pictures i see out there. i want to know what i have to change in the above stuff to have it be able to run at top quality. because tweaking the heck out of it just to play it a bit is not fun at all. suggestions and where i could get the items. any sugestions?

[Mrs shelly Sugarplum]

Ati radeon hd 4200

screen resolution 1920x 1080

i have the game but playing it is a very sad sight compared to what all the vidoes and other pictures i see out there. i want to know what i have to change in the above stuff to have it be able to run at top quality. because tweaking the heck out of it just to play it a bit is not fun at all. suggestions and where i could get the items. any sugestions?

You are getting exactly what you should have expected when you ignored the (nonsensical, but published) requirements. You are supposed to have a discrete graphics card on its own circuit board, but instead all you have is a chipset's video chip. Buy and install a real card that was designed for game playing.

[Jynx Anthropic]

Hey guys, I'm currently running Skyrim with the lowest setting possible with 2gb ram and a GeForce 8400 GTS 256mb. It runs good except por the parts when there are too many people fighting, gets laggy then. I try to play it but it gets very frustrating and I'm missing so many stuff. So, I'm gonna buy more ram and a new video card. This is how my PC is gonna be.

DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2400 MHz (12 x 200) 4600+
Asus M2N-MX SE Plus (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
4gb RAM (Gskill 2gb 800mhz DDR2 x 2)
EVA GeForce GTS 450 1gb

My question is... how good will Skyrim run with this? I don't mean if I could play it on ultra, I know I can't but I just wanna be sure it will run good maybe on medium settings without lagging at all. That's good enough for me.

Thanks in advance.

I'm quoting myself just to tell you guys that this config is working great!!! I'm playing it on medium and it goes like butter!! =)

[Rhysa Hughes]

It should be noted that beginning from nVIDIA's disastrous FX 5n00 generation of graphics cards, a temporary agreement came about when both ATI and nVIDIA used the same general graphics card performance numbering, in which the 600s and 700s were the Mainline, medium quality gaming cards, the 800s and 900s were the High End "enthusiast" cards, and anything numbered 599 or less was not considered a full power card for game playing.

During that period, the numbers were larger than the current Geforces have. The first digit had no meaning for performance, just the hundreds digit, and 000 through 299 were reserved for onboard chips, typically included as part of the mainboard's "Chipset". The 300 to 599 numbers were business graphics cards, not game cards. Beginning with the Geforce 8n00 generation, nVIDIA chose to continue increasing the complexity, power requirements, and physical size of their High End graphics chips, which caused them problems when they attempted to simplify the big chips for use at less expensive performance slots. They didn't get their GT200 generation developed fully in a reasonable time frame, so the 9n00 cards were mostly rehashes of the 8n00 cards.

ATI was endeavoring to keep the power envelope down to a more reasonable area, and from the HD 3nXX generation onward, could produce Low End and Mainline cards with lower costs than nVIDIA was able to match and still be competitive in performance. The 8500 GT was a continuation of the Geforce 7300 GT, a borderline card in between Low End and Mainline, although not architecturally related, and not particularly more powerful than the 7300 GT had been. It was inexpensive, and sold in fairly respectable numbers. The 8400 GS was more or less the same very low power that the 7300 GS had been, and so cheap to make that they have kept on making it until now. ATI brought back their X300 as the X1050 when their X1300 had been similarly too costly for its performance class.

The Geforce GT 1n0 cards were still more rehashes from the 8n00 / 9n00 generation, and except for the GT 240, the "GT" prefix became a Low End name, while the "GTS" moved down from the borderline between Mainline and High End, to be a Mainline name. The numbers after that could mean almost anything, and jumped up and down haphazardly for Geforces. The GTX 550 Ti, anyway, is today's Geforce Mainline offering, but there still is an equivalent to the 8500 GT, just named as the GT 540 now.

[Anthony Rand]

Hey guys, I have ordered Skyrim already but haven't got it yet, anyways what do you think will be my biggest problem with this setup?

Vista Ultimate x64
Asus P5Q Pro motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
ATI Radeon HD 4850
4 GB of DDR2 (afair? not 3 at least)
300-400 GB of free HDD

The computer itself is 2-3 years old, can't remember, except CPU, that was bought used from a friend.
Most likely GPU is slowing me down? or maybe the used CPU? I have performance monitor and it pretty much always tells me that my disk is running 100% even when I don't have programs (or only those such as internet) running, both GPU and CPU are running less than 20%, haven't observed that so much since the disk has caught my attention. Could that be actually the problem?

Btw I'm not expecting to run this with ultra high settings, maybe medium-to-high or something like.

Thanks!

Ok I got the game and for my big surprise it set itself on High and hasn't lagged even once yet as far as I remember (I've only proceeded to the first dungeon tho).
Thanks for help!

[Laura Tempel]

Question:

I know all of the specs for my computer are enough to run at highest quality except for one: the graphics cards. If I am running dual GeForce 9600GT 512MB cards, where should that put me on the graphic quality level?

Thanks!!

[Sheeva]

Question:

I know all of the specs for my computer are enough to run at highest quality except for one: the graphics cards. If I am running dual GeForce 9600GT 512MB cards, where should that put me on the graphic quality level?

Thanks!!

Neither CF nor SLI are a guaranteed winner without what are called Profiles, which are handled in the drivers. After only a week into release, those are still pending, and SLI, particularly, seems lacking in functionality for the game. You'll probably have to start with only one of your 9600 GT cards active, at medium levels. Once SLI profiles are finally available, then the potential for high settings is there, if your CPU supports that setting as well.

[[Bounty][Ben]]

Hello fellow skyrim geeks <3

I got a big problem running skyrim. It lags totaly, even if i play the game on LOW. My friend got the same laptop as me and he run it on ultra. It just make no sense for me!

And yes.. i have closed all the backgroundprograms, updated my driver and tried to reinstall it.

BTW. I got an ASUS n53sv.

Specifikations:
- intel core i7, sandy bridge processer
- GEFORCE GT540m, 1GB RAM
- windows 7*

And i got a loooot of memory!!!

Anyone who can help?

[Solène We]

The only thing that immediately comes to mind are Asus's Gamer OSD and "Doctor" something softwares, which cause conflicts with numerous games.

[Johnny]

Hey, want to ask a question here, my vram is not listed
will it work? Radeon HD 5470

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Got my answers. guess i'll join the mid res section.

Cheers

[Erich Lendermon]

The only thing that immediately comes to mind are Asus's Gamer OSD and "Doctor" something softwares, which cause conflicts with numerous games.

How to fix it?

[Pants]

If you have either one installed, uninstall it (them).

[Christina Trayler]

Hi everyone. I thought my computer would run this on the lower end of things (which is all I'm really looking for) but I'd like to make sure before I spend money on the game because Can you Run It is telling me that I can't. Here are my specs:

Windows 7 home premium 64-bit
ATI Radeon HD6470M 3GB (it was number 79 on the list on the first page of this)
i5 dual core with hyperthreading @ 2.3 GhZ
6 GB of ram

I really don't need to run this game on ultra or high or even medium. I just want it to run pretty smoothly. Thank you.

[LijLuva]

If you have either one installed, uninstall it (them).

what if i dont have one?

[Kate Murrell]

what if i dont have one?

Look up the clean booting diagnostic procedure on Microsoft's site, log off of Steam, and restart in clean boot mode to locate the conflicting software creating interference.

(Edited for clarity. It didn't really say what I meant at first)

Hi everyone. I thought my computer would run this on the lower end of things (which is all I'm really looking for) but I'd like to make sure before I spend money on the game because Can you Run It is telling me that I can't. Here are my specs:

Windows 7 home premium 64-bit
ATI Radeon HD6470M 3GB (it was number 79 on the list on the first page of this)
i5 dual core with hyperthreading @ 2.3 GhZ
6 GB of ram

I really don't need to run this game on ultra or high or even medium. I just want it to run pretty smoothly. Thank you.

We really need to know about screen resolution. The original concept of this thread, dating back to August, and thread #1, has been altered through seeing real benchmark tests instead of Bethesda's pie in the sky daydreams, and doesn't mean a lot any more for minimum ranges.

[dell]

(Please, don't laugh. My other computer is a P4)

Will Skyrim run on my Laptop?

Intel Core2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00 GHz w/ Windows 7 64bit Professional

Installed RAM 5 GB (don't ask)

Video Card NVS 140M - 128MB.

(This laptop is a Lenovo T61. It's the same age as my son.)

I really want to play Skyrim, I don't have a PS3 or XBox 360, and the damn Lenovo laptop is so durable that it's not even close to breaking and it's not slow enough to justify buying another laptop. Will it run at the absolute lowest possible settings? Will it even let me try?

[meg knight]

Very, VERY doubtful it can get above a herky-jerky couple of frames a second, let alone even a slide show 15 FPS speed. I'm pretty sure that a 140m is trash, but can't be totally, absolutely certain.

The NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M is a business entry-level graphics card for laptop. It is based on the GeForce 8500M GT consumer graphics card and designed for the business sector providing enhanced compatibility and stability. Regarding performance it should be comparable to a 8400M GT, but, might rate a little lower, because of the drivers that emphasize on stability. Therefore, the NVS 140M provides only entry-level 3D performance.

Not promising at all. An 8400 is just too slow to make up for the equally slow CPU.

[Brentleah Jeffs]

We really need to know about screen resolution. The original concept of this thread, dating back to August, and thread #1, has been altered through seeing real benchmark tests instead of Bethesda's pie in the sky daydreams, and doesn't mean a lot any more for minimum ranges.

Could you tell me how to find that on my computer? Thank you.

[Tamara Dost]

My specs:

Core 2 Quad q9300@2.50 GHZ
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
8 GB Ram

Will I be able to run Skyrim with decent graphics (i.e. high settings) in, say, 1680x1050?

[Scarlet Devil]

My specs:

Core 2 Quad q9300@2.50 GHZ
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
8 GB Ram

Will I be able to run Skyrim with decent graphics (i.e. high settings) in, say, 1680x1050?

Why not?