[Adrian Morales]

Why not?

Well, I'm a bit worried about the performance of my CPU because it isn't exactly the fastest one out there.

[Judy Lynch]

Well, I'm a bit worried about the performance of my CPU because it isn't exactly the fastest one out there.

You would probably benefit if you could overclock it to around 3.0GHz. Just make sure that you have some decent cooling.

[Lil'.KiiDD]

You would probably benefit if you could overclock it to around 3.0GHz. Just make sure that you have some decent cooling.

OK, thanks for the advice. I will have to use overclocking software for this since I have a rather cheap motherboard which won't let me overclock in the bios, but I think I'll give it a try.

[Pumpkin]

OK, thanks for the advice. I will have to use overclocking software for this since I have a rather cheap motherboard which won't let me overclock in the bios, but I think I'll give it a try.

If you decide to overclock and you have a cheap motherboard, I presume 4+1 power phase, I would advise you to overclock only on stock voltage.

[Causon-Chambers]

Nevermind.

[Liii BLATES]

Hey gents, would this run Skyrim?

Win7, 64 bit
Intel Core-i7, Quad-Core, 1.73Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 460M
8GB DDR3 RAM

[Charity Hughes]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz
5GB DDR2 RAM
GeForce GT 220 1GB
1680x1050
Vista 32bit

Hi,
Can I get away with running this on mostly medium settings?
(Probably with anti-aliasing and shadows either set Low or Off I'm guessing.)
Thanks for your help.

[Juan Suarez]

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.



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

Thanks, Gorath.

I had hoped that maybe since my laptop can play Oblivion at high settings that maybe it'll be able to at least handle Skyrim.

I guess it's time for an upgrade!

[Rachel Tyson]

Nevermind, my recommended resolution is 1366 X 768. Here are the rest of the specs again:

Windows 7 home premium 64-bit
ATI Radeon HD6470M 3GB
i5 dual core with hyperthreading @ 2.3 GhZ
6 GB of ram

[yessenia hermosillo]

Trying to figure out why my laptop wont run Skyrim. I have a Dell XPS 17 that runs in 1600x900 resolution. Intel I5 2.5ghz, 8 gigs RAM, Nvidia geforce gt 435m. Game installs fine. When i go to play it, it recommends running it in low setting. Which i personally thought it would be able to run it higher quality. After starting the game up its very choppy. The first part of the game before the chr set up where your ridding in the wagon, the horse in front of me is walking sideways. The first quest the game is so choppy i cant even walk through the tower. Now after running plenty of graphic heavy games i was just frustrated and gave up. The game isnt even close to maxing ram or Cpu while running. I just cant figure out why the game runs so choppy. I have updated all graphic drivers and all i wanna do now is play,lol. any help or tips would be awesome!

[Krystal Wilson]

Trying to figure out why my laptop wont run Skyrim. I have a Dell XPS 17 that runs in 1600x900 resolution. Intel I5 2.5ghz, 8 gigs RAM, Nvidia geforce gt 435m. Game installs fine. When i go to play it, it recommends running it in low setting. Which i personally thought it would be able to run it higher quality. After starting the game up its very choppy. The first part of the game before the chr set up where your ridding in the wagon, the horse in front of me is walking sideways. The first quest the game is so choppy i cant even walk through the tower. Now after running plenty of graphic heavy games i was just frustrated and gave up. The game isnt even close to maxing ram or Cpu while running. I just cant figure out why the game runs so choppy. I have updated all graphic drivers and all i wanna do now is play,lol. any help or tips would be awesome!

It could be an issue I've seen recently where Nvidia Optimus fails to switch GPUs when starting Skyrim, but works fine for other games. Try watching this video and see if it helps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh4HCadTY_A

[Paula Rose]

Running this on my Sony Vaio FW465J notebook.

Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53ghz
4GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit
ATI Radeon HD4650 1GB (possibly underclocked by Sony)

1600x900

Skyrim auto-detected "high" settings; however, running the game with AA+AF enabled resulted in heat-related crashes. (Laptop was sitting on the kitchen table, not on my lap or in bed.) Turning off the AA+AF provided an enjoyable and very playable game, similar to, if not smoother than, a reasonably modded Oblivion.

My only complaints are with Steam.

[Ann Church]

Would this work?

Intel Core 2 Duo P7450(2.13GHz) high end dual core
4GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1gb

[Nomee]

Nevermind, my recommended resolution is 1366 X 768. Here are the rest of the specs again:

Windows 7 home premium 64-bit
ATI Radeon HD6470M 3GB
i5 dual core with hyperthreading @ 2.3 GhZ
6 GB of ram

That CPU is slightly slow, unless it has a Turbo speed, but considering how comparatively low the resolution is, should manage Medium Image Quality without affecting the animation.

Trying to figure out why my laptop wont run Skyrim. I have a Dell XPS 17 that runs in 1600x900 resolution. Intel I5 2.5ghz, 8 gigs RAM, Nvidia geforce gt 435m. Game installs fine. When i go to play it, it recommends running it in low setting.

Chances are very good that the default onboard video in the i5 is what is so bad; you have to force the stupid thing OFF when gaming. Once you have the actual card running, don't expect better than Low-Medium from it, depending upon the screen resolution.

Running this on my Sony Vaio FW465J notebook.

Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53ghz
4GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit
ATI Radeon HD4650 1GB (possibly underclocked by Sony)

1600x900

Skyrim auto-detected "high" settings; however, running the game with AA+AF enabled resulted in heat-related crashes. (Laptop was sitting on the kitchen table, not on my lap or in bed.) Turning off the AA+AF provided an enjoyable and very playable game, similar to, if not smoother than, a reasonably modded Oblivion.

My only complaints are with Steam.

Three years ago, an HD 4650 was just barely Medium when it was a desktop card. It is actually a low end part now, when it's downgraded to use in a laptop, so the Launcher is as stupid about graphics card ranking as Bethesda's moronic official system requirements are.

According to Bethesda's pre-release publicity, however, even a card such as yours could easily run at Medium.

Would this work?

Intel Core 2 Duo P7450(2.13GHz) high end dual core
4GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1gb

According to the benchmarks that are appearing now, that CPU is on the slow side, actually, unless it has a Turbo mode.

[Shannon Marie Jones]

Looking to get a new graphics card because my current one is poop

How different are these two?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127592
and
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NVIDIA+-+GeForce+GTX+560+Ti+1GB+GDDR5+PCI+Express+2.0+Graphics+Card/2146823.p?id=1218312181329&skuId=2146823

Both are GTX 560 and should run ultra settings according to the first post.
But ones $190 and the other is $300

Or if anyone wants to suggest another that'd be appreciated

[matt oneil]

Best Buy are thieves when it comes to video graphics card pricing. Ignore their offerings.

If another eTail retailer would suit you better than Newegg, use Price Grabber and locate someone with as decent of a price (usually only Amazon will beat them).

I've had excellent, and fast service from Newegg, myself.

[Amy Smith]

So should I go with the newegg offer?

If there really is no difference, and Bestbuy is
charging $110 more, then that's pretty sad

[sarah simon-rogaume]

Intel i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz Quad-Core with Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz)
8GB DDR3 1333MHz (4 x 2GB SODIMM Sockets, up to 16GB)
Nvidia GTX 460M Graphics with 1.5GB GDDR5

Sorry for all of these, thinking pretty hard about getting one of these.

For future reference, will any Asus G73 run Skyrim well, on at least low settings?

[i grind hard]

Hi all,

I'm in the market for a new computer that will (hopefully) run Skyrim. Though I have a lot of experience playing with PCs and mods, I know very little about what is a "good" PC. I saw this for $499 US:

HP
P6837C
AMD Athlon II 645
3.10 GHz quad core processor
6 BG memory
1.5 TB hard drive
win 7

Just includes the tower, but I think my monitor, keyboard, etc. should work. Is this good for Skyrim, is it a good deal, could/should I do better?

Thanks for any input!

[Scott Clemmons]

Hi all,

I'm in the market for a new computer that will (hopefully) run Skyrim. Though I have a lot of experience playing with PCs and mods, I know very little about what is a "good" PC. I saw this for $499 US:

HP
P6837C
AMD Athlon II 645
3.10 GHz quad core processor
6 BG memory
1.5 TB hard drive
win 7

You chose to omit information on the very most important part of a gaming PC!

Thus, it isn't possible to answer you.

So should I go with the newegg offer?

If there really is no difference, and Bestbuy is
charging $110 more, then that's pretty sad

It's a larger margin than usual, but that price from Newegg is really excellent, and probably won't remain available very long. As I've said already, my own experience with Newegg has been excellent.

P. S. Given that the only current benchmarks available, from Toms Hardware, conflict in a major way with the rankings that Tig created for these threads, and he doesn't seem interested in correcting bottom-most according to what Toms found, that now appear to be inaccurate, then personally, I think these threads should be allowed to die now, as being misleading, same as the official requirements are.

[Christie Mitchell]

Hello guys.

I'm wondering if my old PC is able to handle Skyrim.

Here are specs:

Core 2 Duo CPU E6550 2,3 Ghz overclocked to 2,85 Ghz ( motherboard wont let me further ), it's from 2007 as I remember - geez! ;(
GTS 250 512/256 overclocked a bit, I guess these few more mhz ain't gonna make any diffrence anyway..
2 GB DDR2 RAM clocked on 815 Mhz, I'm gonna make 3 GB before buying Skyrim for sure.
Windows 7 64bit

That's all..

I'm a bit afraid about old CPU, however, according to benchmarks GPU should do enough to play medium or even high in reasonable resolution.

Thanks for any reply!

[victoria johnstone]

You chose to omit information on the very most important part of a gaming PC!

Thus, it isn't possible to answer you.

So ... noob here ... little help? What is the "very most important part"?

[WYatt REed]

Looking to get a new graphics card because my current one is poop

How different are these two?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127592
and
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NVIDIA+-+GeForce+GTX+560+Ti+1GB+GDDR5+PCI+Express+2.0+Graphics+Card/2146823.p?id=1218312181329&skuId=2146823

Both are GTX 560 and should run ultra settings according to the first post.
But ones $190 and the other is $300

Or if anyone wants to suggest another that'd be appreciated

DO NOT GET EITHERRRRRRRRRR I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH

sorry for caps

1 is an overpriced Best Buy reference card
The other is not the same thing. the newegg link you have is a 560, not a 560 ti. The difference is pretty big.

Get THIS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604

If you want a GTX560, you should either get the ti or not at all.

[Alexander Lee]

That CPU is slightly slow, unless it has a Turbo speed, but considering how comparatively low the resolution is, should manage Medium Image Quality without affecting the animation.

Ah, thank you. I do have a turbo boost I believe but I have no idea how to make it work haha, I guess I'll have to figure that out somehow. Thank you for your help!

[claire ley]

Intel i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz Quad-Core with Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz)
8GB DDR3 1333MHz (4 x 2GB SODIMM Sockets, up to 16GB)
Nvidia GTX 460M Graphics with 1.5GB GDDR5

Sorry for all of these, thinking pretty hard about getting one
of these.

For future reference, will any Asus G73 run Skyrim well, on at least low settings?

you can run it on ultra depending on res fluently.