[saxon]

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a new laptop and was wondering how well this would run skyrim:
Intel? Core? i7-2670QM/2.2GHz
AMD Radeon HD6850 (2 GB)
16 GB RAM
15,6" screen

It should run fine. You got a Sandybridge based CPU in there, which should far surpass the min CPU requirement of this 2.0GHz Dual-Core...so you're fine with the CPU. I take it you have the Radeon 6850M video card (M for Mobility)...Should pull medium-High.

So i'm going to buy a new notebook and one of the things i would like to do on that notebook is, well you guessed it, play skyrim. I don't know alot abouth notebooks and such so i'll need a little bit of help.

I found this notebook: http://icecat.ch/p/acer/lxrq002073/aspire-notebooks-4717276713140-5755g-2678g64mn-11115786.html

Would it be able to run skyrim? I don't really need high setting just normal would be nice.

Thanks for your support (As english is not my main language there will be mistakes, srry)

Notebook is decent for medium settings at least I would say.

[Christine]

Is the g73-bst6 good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-230-111&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=4#scrollFullInfo

[KRistina Karlsson]

I'm thinking of returning my PS3 copy and getting a PC copy, but only if my current PC (which initially wasn't purchased for games) can run it reasonably well.

Question 1:
How many installations of Skyrim PC are possible? I heard it can be installed an infinite number of times using Steam, as long as only one copy is played at a time?
What about installations via disc? What difference in game quality is there (if any) between installing it by disc and installing it via Steam?

Question 2:
How would Skyrim run on this (HP Pavilion p6793uk Desktop PC)? I'm guessing it won't run Skyrim on High or Ultra, but it's always possible to get a beefier rig later for that, assuming Skyrim can be installed multiple times.
Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: 6-Core AMD Phenom? II X6 1035T Processor (2.6 GHz (up to 3.1GHz with Turbo Core technology), 2.0 GHz HT (4000 MT/s), 6MB L3 cache)
RAM: 6GB installed DDR3 memory (1 x 2 GB, 1 x 4 GB), 4 DIMM slots
HDD Space: 1TB SATA 3G 7200rpm, with currently more than enough free space on it
Graphics: ATI Radeon 3000
Sound: High Definition Audio 7.1
Internet access for Steam activation

Thanks.

[Phoenix Draven]

An HD 3000, or HD 3100, or HD 3200, all of them, is a plain business level integrated video, not a CARD at all. A card is required for proper performance, not an onboard chipset's video chip. ATI / AMD designed into their chipsets from abput the time of the several HD 3n00 chips the capability to access dedicated VRAM attached separately onto a mainboard, much faster and more efficient than borrowing main system memory, but no producers I've ever heard about ever took advantage of the feature, so they all have Zero VRAM.

Corrected Skyrim Minimum Requirements

* Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
* Processor: Dual Core 2.3 GHz C2D or equivalent CPU
* 2GB System RAM
* 6GB free HDD Space
* Direct X 9 compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM (and
sufficient performance to actually put that VRAM to use)
* DirectX compatible sound card
* Internet access for Steam activation

[Jenna Fields]

An HD 3000, or HD 3100, or HD 3200, all of them, is a plain business level integrated video, not a CARD at all. A card is required for proper performance, not an onboard chipset's video chip.

I thought so. However, how would it run regardless (if it would run at all)? What exactly do you mean by proper performance?

[Emily Graham]

I thought so. However, how would it run regardless (if it would run at all)? What exactly do you mean by proper performance?

Bethesda's intent with Skyrim has been to exclude any PC systems unable to perform as well as any console that the game runs on, and that series of video chips cannot perform to that level. Nevertheless, some people have come in here to say that various IGP equipped systems, tuned to very low settings, and very coarse, low screen resolutions, are managing to let the game operate, instead of refusing to run. I use the term "operate", although I could have said to "walk" sedately and serenely when a gamer might want his characters to sprint, but they won't be able to do so.

Another caution about all non-desktop tower PCs is that they simply have poor heat protection. That is particularly true of mobile units with IGPs, and there are frequent anecdotal reports of laptop systems' performance becoming degraded fairly rapidly from the stress of trying to perform at such a far higher level than they were designed for.

[Pat RiMsey]

Would it work on Intel® Core™ i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz 3.0 GB ram windows 7 Video RAM 1.2 GB on lowest details?
Pixel Shader version 4.0
Vertex Shader version 4.0

This is for my laptop btw, i know it will work for my desktop tho so im buying it anyways

[Emma Pennington]

If all you have is Intel for video, you have ZERO for VRAM, and your IGP is faster than the Radeon HD 3000 I answered about, but the image quality is worse. You will also have to use a relatively low, coarse screen resolution. You will get no official support. You will also be gambling with damaging the system from pushing it well beyond its design parameters.

[Marguerite Dabrin]

PSU-700 watt kings win
cpu- amd phenom 2 3.2ghz quad core (older model, 955 i believe)
ram- 4gb ddr3 1600mhz ballistix
gpu- 1gb gtx 460 superclocked edition

wondering how to get more juice out of this rig. even with some default overclocking shadows kick my ass and i exp framerate drops.

any tips welcome.

edit...just so you know i have a fxaa injector mod and skyrim 4gb...tho i dont know if its workign or not.

im assuming the 4gb is for 4gb ram? how do i unlock my other 2 cpu cores then?

^ still wondering why i get such framerate drops from shadows

[Andres Lechuga]

Is the g73-bst6 good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-230-111&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=4#scrollFullInfo

I have this same laptop, you will be able to run Skyrim anywhere between high and ultra settings. I even have high resolution texture mods and it still runs smoothly!

[Doniesha World]

^ still wondering why i get such framerate drops from shadows

Shadows are hard on CPU, and this game isn't very threaded, therefore to get the most out of it you need a CPU which has very good single thread performance. Unfortunately the Phenom is a little bit behind in that area compared to Intel Nehalem and Sandybridge (though it's better than the newer AMD Bulldozer chips), so it's possible your CPU is not helping shadow performance. Keep shadows at 'high' at most, and consider increasing the speed of your processor.

[Solina971]

Greetings all,

I registered in the Forums to just allay concerns over how low you can go with regards to hardware to enjoy Skyrim beyond what a console can offer at a superior resolution....

1st off these are my settings in the launcher:-

Resolution: 1680x945 (custom res 16:9 AR on a 1080p RGB LED screen)
Anisotropic Filtering: 12x
AntiAliasing: OFF
Textures: High
Radial Blur Quality: Low
Shadow Detail: High
Decal Quantity: High
Water: Reflect Land ON, Trees ON, Objects ON, Sky OFF

View Distance:

Object Fade: 7
Actor Fade: 6
Item Fade: 4
Grass Fade: 14 (custom ini setting in SjyrimPrefs.ini)
Light Fade: 25
Specularity Fade: 10
Distant Object Detail: Ultra
Object Detail Fade: OFF

Additionally in SkyrimPrefs.ini I tweaked the shadows to improve them to look decent yet not to bog down performance as follows:-

iShadowMapResolution=2048
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
fShadowBiasScale=0.4400
iShadowMaskQuarter=3
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=20
fShadowDistance=1800.0000
fInteriorShadowDistance=2200.0000
iShadowFilter=4


The game runs at 30-35 fps in the wild, 25-30 fps in towns (with the exception of Whiterun where it can go down to the 15-20s depending on the viewpoint, such as looking down from Dragonsreach), and 40-50 fps in dungeons....

The best part? These are my old 3+ year old laptops specs:-

Intel C2D T9550 OCed to 2.793 GHz (ancient non Nehalem/Sandy Bridge dual core proc lol)

8 GB DDR3 RAM

AMD Radeon Mobility 4670 1GB OCed to 850/882 (supposedly able to only handle Medium Low settings accoding to the list lol)

Plain ol Seagate 7200RPM 500GB HDD

Bethesda's min requirements are misleading to say the least.... my old ass laptop can handle this game at beyond 720p with High settings AND look better than the consoles... the reqs need a reality check lol.. Sorry for the long post and thanks for reading

[maya papps]

AMD Radeon Mobility 4670 1GB OCed to 850/882

Bethesda's min requirements are misleading to say the least.... my old ass laptop can handle this game at beyond 720p with High settings AND look better than the consoles... the reqs need a reality check lol.. Sorry for the long post and thanks for reading

The ATI Radeon HD 4670 * sat on top of the Tom's hardware "Bang for the Buck" charts for over a year. It was an excellent card, not only for the money, but in general. The official minimums aren't "misleading", they are just plain nonsense for several reasons. From the first, it doesn't say so anywhere, but the choices made were based on HD, 1920 by 1080 High Resolution, which techically is beyond the capacity of the HD 4670 because of its 128 bit memory system's narrow bandwidth.

Second, VRAM amounts are meaningless without the performance to support it.

Corrected Skyrim Minimum Requirements

* Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
* Processor: Dual Core 2.3 GHz C2D or equivalent CPU
* 2GB System RAM
* 6GB free HDD Space
* Direct X 9 compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM (and
sufficient performance to actually put that VRAM to use)
* DirectX compatible sound card
* Internet access for Steam activation

* P. S. (in edit) Mea Culpa: I should have been more specific. The HD 4670 that Toms Hardware was so well impressed with for so long was the DESKTOP HD 4670.

[tiffany Royal]

Hello

I am a very disappointed PS3 owner of this game and before giving up completely I wondered if my PC will run it on at least a graphical performance on par with my PS3.

Here are my specs

CPU E2220 Dual Core Pentium 2.4Ghz
GPU Radeon HD4870 512mb
Ram 4GB DDR2
Windows Vista
Mainboard Fujitsu MS-7504VP-PV

Have had it a few years but thought i would ask.

Hope that's enough detail.

If I can run it I will see if Amazon Uk will take it back and ask for the PC version.

Many thanks

K

[Nany Smith]

. . only if that mainboard has a BIOS that allows Overclocking. Your CPU is just too slow and weak, but when matched to a flexible enough BIOS, it will handle a healthy enough Overclock, to maybe 3 GHz and more, at which point that processor will be fast enough to make up for all of the gutted-out cache RAM.

[Marine Arrègle]

If all you have is Intel for video, you have ZERO for VRAM, and your IGP is faster than the Radeon HD 3000 I answered about, but the image quality is worse. You will also have to use a relatively low, coarse screen resolution. You will get no official support. You will also be gambling with damaging the system from pushing it well beyond its design parameters.

What cind off video card would be good if i was to change it, i mean the best would probably not benefit on laptop because off the ram/processor will not be enough to run the heaviest stuff anyways. (I don't know really, not experienced with this stuff.) So what video card would benefit it most? and what details would it run?

[Kelsey Anna Farley]

Unless you had a relatively old model laptop from one or another special producers, Sager being one, you have no normal option for a video upgrade. Even the few more ordinary producers who would accept a laptop back at the factory to handle upgrades were disposing of the old motherboard, with soldered-on graphics card, instead of just trying to separate those two. The nature of current laptop / notebook assembly is that it ends up a monobloc. There is no identifiable "inside" you can access, and attempting to separate the chassis from the motherboard typically destroys one or the other, if not both.

You would certainly KNOW if you had paid what one of those last Sager desktop replacement machines cost when they were last available.

The only way to upgrade a modern laptop is to replace it entirely. Sorry.

[Strawberry]

Here are my new laptop's specs (it's an Asus K53SV-DH51)

Processor: i5-2430M 2.4 ghz (turbo boost to 3.0 ghz)
RAM: 6 GB DDR3
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GT 540M
Resolution: 1366 x 768
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

I'm not looking to see if I will run it on max (I know it won't), but can I run Skyrim at par with or a little above consoles at a decent frame rate? It runs Oblivion on full everything at 60 fps.

Thanks

[Mark Hepworth]

so these are my laptop's specs:

Processor: i3-M350 2.27 ghz
RAM: 4 GB
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5470
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

I'm pretty sure it is more than the medium specs so I'm hoping I can at least set things on medium. Basically though I want to know whether this is a set up that will run it smoothly or will I have to set the graphics to a bare bones to get a decent frame rate?

[Horse gal smithe]

Of the two graphics cards in the last pair of laptops, a GT 540m is at the bottom of Medium, in general. In this ganme, that means the middle of Medium. An HD 5470, however, is in the middkle of the Low End business class, which in this game put it on the borderline at the top of Low End, which is somewhat better than the consoles, but at only a Medium screen resolution, no higher than that (the GT 540m can be set to Medium-High mix at Medium Resolution).

[Paula Rose]

A friend of mine just picked up a package deal on some PC parts and we're putting it all together this weekend:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz
GPU: GTX 550 Ti (I tried talking him into a 560 Ti, but he's stingy, his loss I guess)
RAM: 8 GB

I'd imagine this should be running High+ or Ultra presets?

[Ana Torrecilla Cabeza]

A friend of mine just picked up a package deal on some PC parts and we're putting it all together this weekend:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz
GPU: GTX 550 Ti (I tried talking him into a 560 Ti, but he's stingy, his loss I guess)
RAM: 8 GB

I'd imagine this should be running High+ or Ultra presets?

Maybe high, if you drop shadow quality and AA from the presets (assuming 1920x1080, you didn't specify). That's a weak CPU for Skyrim, which is largely CPU bound. Increasing the speed of the CPU might help you run more smoothly.

Going for a CPU that's faster, with fewer cores, would have been much better. Likewise getting a 560 (non-ti) or 6870/6850 would be better for the GPU.

[Joe Bonney]

An HD 5470, however, is in the middkle of the Low End business class, which in this game put it on the borderline at the top of Low End, which is somewhat better than the consoles, but at only a Medium screen resolution, no higher than that.

So just to clarify if it can run around console level we're talking at least medium settings on the PC right? (also what do you mean by a "medium" screen resolution?) Please forgive my ignorance on the graphic settings for computers, its been a few years since I got a new video game so I haven't worried about these things in a while (Oblivion was holding me just fine for my RPG fix).

[Sasha Brown]

Medium screen resolution is HD but not FullHD

So about 1280*720/1360*768 but not 1680*1050/1920*1080

[Mark Churchman]

No, a console system isn't going to offer "Medium" image quality at High Resolution, only at Low Resolution. 1920 by 1080 is very high, and is also the setting that Bethesda was aiming for with their system requirements for PCs. 1680 by 1050 would be at the very absolute top of the Medium Resolution Range, or the lower end of High Resolution. For wide screen, 1440 x 900 would be a good number to use as a standard number for Medium.