[xx_Jess_xx]

I was wondering if my pc is able to run Skyrim in (hopefully) mid/high settings. Thanks in advance!

Processor: AMD Fusion APU A6-3400M
RAM: 8GB
Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 6650M X2

I had been unfamiliar with that particular APU. It is not one of the brand new Trinity series. Notebook Checks says it's one of last year's Llano APUs, and thus, barely above the CPU minimum.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A-Series-A6-3400M-Notebook-Processor.55753.0.html

It probably will not perform particularly well.

[Benito Martinez]

This is sort of off topic, but I got skyrim the day it came out I installed it and everything was getting 50fps.
I had alot of mods installed and I couldn't figure out why my game crashed every 5 minutes so I completly unistalled everything, even the game. Except saves.
I reinstalled it through steam took about 20 minutes to do it. I bought game at gamestop to get map but It allows you to install game through steam instead.
Know that I have it reinstalled I am getting about 20fps no mods, and my .ini files are not edited. Anyone know why it would be doing this. Also skyrim automatically set it to ultra.
PLz help its unplayable.
PC specs
Processor- AMD Phenom? II X4 955 Processor
Grapic card- AMD Radeon HD 6570
Ram- 8 GB
Memory- 1000gb
Screen Resolution- 1920 X 1080
system- 64 bit

More info-to find my FPS I used fraps could this be slowing my computer down.
I Can run BF3 almost Max

[Kyra]

The HD 6570 is only a BUDGET card, not intended for very high screen resolutions. Your display setting is beyond its capability in this game. Replace the card or else reduce the resolution to a Medium resolution, and choose the lower range image quality settings more appropriate to a graphics card in the borderline between Low End and fully Game-capable.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=655&card2=654

P. S. Bethesda's people are very hardware ignorant. The Launcher is as likely to be wrong as the SR Labs site's poor results are. "Ultra" is way, WAY past what an HD 6570 should ever be considered capable of.

[des lynam]

The HD 6570 is only a BUDGET card, not intended for very high screen resolutions. Your display setting is beyond its capability in this game. Reduce that to a Medium resolution, and choose the lower range image quality settings appropriate to a graphics card in the borderline between Low End and Game-capable.

P. S. Bethesda's people are very hardware ignorant. The Launcher is as likely to be wrong as the SR Labs site's poor results are. "Ultra" is way, WAY past what an HD 6570 should ever be considered capable of.

Hey thanks for the info, but is their anyway to get my game not laggy, I tried to change the resolution and all but it looks really weird.
If you could tell me what resolution to change it too that would be great

[Alister Scott]

IMO, you'll need to get hands on assistance at your end, or replace the card with one that requires no special handling, such as this GDDR5 version of the HD 6670, for $73 after the rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121442

It's an Asus, and will come with Asus' Game Doctor (don't use that), and Gamer OSD, both very problematic.

[Jonathan Egan]

Hi, Tired of console gaming so have thrown a cheap PC together.

E4700 Dual Core 2.8Ghz
3GB Ram
PNY GTS 450 1GB
Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit

Just waiting on a new PSU,

How will i fair with Skyrim? (Smooth gameplay is far more important to me than graphics, but i would like to find a reasonable trade-off).

[Leah]

Hi, Tired of console gaming so have thrown a cheap PC together.

E4700 Dual Core 2.8Ghz
3GB Ram
PNY GTS 450 1GB
Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit

Just waiting on a new PSU,

How will i fair with Skyrim? (Smooth gameplay is far more important to me than graphics, but i would like to find a reasonable trade-off).

Medium or medium-high settings @ 1920x1080 probably

[Philip Lyon]

Medium or medium-high settings @ 1920x1080 probably

Hi, thanks for the reply, My PSU actually turned up shortly after i made the post,

@ 1280x720 (my tv doesn't like my pc being set at 1080p even though it's a full HD tv) i can run the game on ultra with 8x AA/AF and a few of the sliders notched down a bit and my fps holds steady at 40-50 with occasional dips down to 30 in battle scenes.

After suffering 70+ hours on the PS3 version i am more than happy with this level of performance, Especially considering how much better it looks on the PC.

[Michelle davies]

Quick question, thinking of bumping up my 6870 1GB card to a GTX 560 Ti 2GB card.

It's ￡200 though. Although I'll probably sell my amd card (7 months old) it feels like a lot. Would it really be worth it?

[Big mike]

Quick question, thinking of bumping up my 6870 1GB card to a GTX 560 Ti 2GB card.

It's ￡200 though. Although I'll probably sell my amd card (7 months old) it feels like a lot. Would it really be worth it?

Not really. The 2GB VRAM will just aid you in maintaining fps at resolutions greater than 1920x1080.

2GB variants of this card I believe are only available for the 384-core version of the GTX 560 Ti. This version is IMO not a significant enough of a step up to justify replacing your Radeon 6870.

Now if we are talking about the 448 core version of the GTX 560 Ti, which only comes in 1.28GB VRAM....those cards are pretty close to the GTX 570 performance. Now that would be worth it and should around the same price as that 2GB GTX 560 Ti.

It's not just about VRAM when it comes to determining the performance of a video card.

[Tikarma Vodicka-McPherson]

Not really. The 2GB VRAM will just aid you in maintaining fps at resolutions greater than 1920x1080.

2GB variants of this card I believe are only available for the 384-core version of the GTX 560 Ti. This version is IMO not a significant enough of a step up to justify replacing your Radeon 6870.

Now if we are talking about the 448 core version of the GTX 560 Ti, which only comes in 1.28GB VRAM....those cards are pretty close to the GTX 570 performance. Now that would be worth it and should around the same price as that 2GB GTX 560 Ti.

It's not just about VRAM when it comes to determining the performance of a video card.

Thanks man. I was thinking 2gb for texture mods, I play at 1080p, and perhaps one day look into 3D.

[Jani Eayon]

Looking at the specs the GTX 560 Ti 448 had lowers speeds than my 6870 for clock speed and stuff :/ would it still be an upgrade? Lol.

[josh evans]

Looking at the specs the GTX 560 Ti 448 had lowers speeds than my 6870 for clock speed and stuff :/ would it still be an upgrade? Lol.

Yes it would be. apples and oranges you are comparing here. The hardware implementation by each company when it comes to stream processor cores and the corresponding clock-speeds are done entirely differently. Hit the benchmark sites and read up on its performance...it can be about 20% faster than your current 6870:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/499?vs=290

[Eire Charlotta]

Yes it would be. apples and oranges you are comparing here. The hardware implementation by each company when it comes to stream processor cores and the corresponding clock-speeds are done entirely differently. Hit the benchmark sites and read up on its performance...it can be about 20% faster than your current 6870:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/499?vs=290

Ive been on that site to but couldn't find the 448 card in the list, blind git lol.

Thanks mate, think I'll get me one of those

[Nuno Castro]

I'm not sure if this question fits the topic but, well, I have a friend who says that he has a good rig that "should be" handling Skyrim with solid 60fps, no problem and stuff. Overall he said that it's the devs fault only, there's nothing on his side because they should make games compatible to his rig. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls but I really want to slap some senses to him so if there's anyone who can give some good advice, that would be great. Thanks in advance.

This is his specs (he wants to compare to what's recommended on the store page):


Processor: intel core 2 quad 2.66ghz
Memory: 4GB RAM
Video Card: amd radeon 6850 HD graphics

[Monika Fiolek]

Here's my budget build that I play with and it runs fantastic as long as the shadows are set to medium (I need 40+ fps at all times).

(1080p, 2xAA, 2xAF - High settings, except shadows)

AMD Athlon II X4 640 (3ghz, quad)
Radeon 5770 1GB
4GB DDR3-1333mhz Kingston ValueRAM
Asus M4A77TD motherboard
Windows 7 64bit

FPS is constant, fluid and delicious. I do have mods installed to enhance the overall look of the game. My specs are garbage so it's not the most demanding game out there

[HARDHEAD]

Here's my budget build that I play with and it runs fantastic as long as the shadows are set to medium (I need 40+ fps at all times).

(1080p, 2xAA, 2xAF - High settings, except shadows)

AMD Athlon II X4 640 (3ghz, quad)
Radeon 5770 1GB
4GB DDR3-1333mhz Kingston ValueRAM
Asus M4A77TD motherboard
Windows 7 64bit

FPS is constant, fluid and delicious. I do have mods installed to enhance the overall look of the game. My specs are garbage so it's not the most demanding game out there

That's actually not bad mate, skyrim scales the best out of all Beth games I think

[Averielle Garcia]

That's actually not bad mate, skyrim scales the best out of all Beth games I think

I upgraded from a single core a year ago so I'm happy

[Dark Mogul]

I upgraded from a single core a year ago so I'm happy

Same mate, was a strong console gamer for a while until I built my new rig

Yes it would be. apples and oranges you are comparing here. The hardware implementation by each company when it comes to stream processor cores and the corresponding clock-speeds are done entirely differently. Hit the benchmark sites and read up on its performance...it can be about 20% faster than your current 6870:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/499?vs=290

Thanks to you Tig I've ordered my GTX 570

[Racheal Robertson]

I have a ATI Radeon HD 4200 Video card think it it's only 256 MB of dedicated memory is it possible to play with that or is it upgrade time?

[Damian Parsons]

I have a ATI Radeon HD 4200 Video card think it it's only 256 MB of dedicated memory is it possible to play with that or is it upgrade time?

The lowest numbered desktop card that actually is a card (separate circuit board from the system board) in the 4n00 series was the HD 4350. It can have real, dedicated VRAM on it. The HD 4200 and HD 4250 are onboard chips buried inside the chipset on the system board, and although AMD's design allows the option of setting aside dedicated RAM chips attached to the system board for use by the video chip, I've never heard of any producer taking advantage of the option.

Onboard chips have no RAM, onboard chips are too slow for gaming. The HD 4350 was too slow, as well, no matter how much VRAM might be attached in order to befuddle a noob to PC games.

[Naazhe Perezz]

My husband got me a new computer. I was leaning more towards building but he won and we got a prebuilt hp. I ran skyrim for awhile this morning on high and it was running ok but I am a little concerned about running skyrim on integrated graphics long term. I have a separate video card a geforce 550 ti and a corsair cx 500 power supply that i had in my old computer. I don't know what type of psu comes default but it is probably not enough. I just want to make sure the 500 W corsair I have will be enough.

If I swap out the video card and power supply would skyrim run better or would it do more harm than good? It runs surprisingly well right now considering other posts I saw about this computer when I did a search all said it would only run on low but if putting a stand alone video card in here that I already own would improve performance I will do it. I just don't want to go to the work of swapping parts if it doesn't change anything.

Current specs: AMD Quad-Core A6-3620
8 GB DDR 3 ram
AMD radeon 6530D
Windows 7 Home Premium

[Soph]

The HD 6530 is surprisingly good, but Skyrim is extremely gentle toward graphics cards such as that one.

A Geforce GTX 550 Ti should be a fairly noticeable improvement over the HD 6530.

[Alisha Clarke]

The HD 6530 is surprisingly good, but Skyrim is extremely gentle toward graphics cards such as that one.

A Geforce GTX 550 Ti should be a fairly noticeable improvement over the HD 6530.

Do you think the power supply would be ok or would I need more than 500 W?

[Sarah Evason]

Do you think the power supply would be ok or would I need more than 500 W?

A Corsair 500 is plenty of support for a little GTX 550 Ti card