[Haley Cooper]

Yes the 570 will run texture packs fine depending on your res as its only 1gb, it might cause "hiccups"

Technically, it's 1 and 1/4GB... Sounds weird but that's how the math works out. O.o

What'd be the optimal resolution? 1080?

[Dean Ashcroft]

What'd be the optimal resolution? 1080?

Whatever the native resolution of your monitor is. That's the general rule.

[NIloufar Emporio]

*snip*

Now I have a http://pcpartpicker.com/p/isp3 that I will be assembling.

[Catherine Harte]

@-Sean-

One other option to consider (this may be above and beyond your budget), is to look into a SSD for the drive C: boot drive. A 64 GB SATA III SSD is about $75, and is plenty big enough for installing Windows. plus you will be loving life as far as much faster boot times. Your larger HD would then be your data drive D:\, where you would install all games. MS Office, etc.

Please note though that a SSD is not required to play Skyrim.

[Jerry Cox]

Note that this thread was not intended for questions such as Sean's is / was. The General Tech thread #119 in the Community Forum is the more appropriate venue.

[Emma Louise Adams]

Note that this thread was not intended for questions such as Sean's is / was. The General Tech thread #119 in the Community Forum is the more appropriate venue.

Those are pre-built computers that I am debating on getting, all from ebay.
I want them to play Skyrim, and other games, but I am not sure if they can run it.

Edit:

Chose not to anyways, had a good amount of input to put together a build. Tried following the main post in this topic when choosing GPUs.

Hopefully it will be http://pcpartpicker.com/p/isp3

[Hairul Hafis]

Hey, can I get some help/advice. I bought the game, installed it, the graphics were auto-set to medium, and I got an FPS rate of 1. Not kidding there. Lowered the settings to low, FPS rate was still unplayable. Manually set everything to low and set the resolution to minimum and it was semi-playable, but lacked any sort of enjoyment. Any advice? I've got an Asus Desktop with AMD Premium Vision and Windows Seven. Forget what the video card is, but I think it's Nividia 750 or something. But yeah, I just blew $60 on something that might turn into a paperweight. Anything I can do?

[Chantel Hopkin]

Hey, can I get some help/advice. I bought the game, installed it, the graphics were auto-set to medium, and I got an FPS rate of 1. Not kidding there. Lowered the settings to low, FPS rate was still unplayable. Manually set everything to low and set the resolution to minimum and it was semi-playable, but lacked any sort of enjoyment. Any advice? I've got an Asus Desktop with AMD Premium Vision and Windows Seven. Forget what the video card is, but I think it's Nividia 750 or something. But yeah, I just blew $60 on something that might turn into a paperweight. Anything I can do?

We'll need your full system spec to help you, run a dxdiag, search dxdiag in start search menu/select it/click save all info/copy paste it here.

[Georgia Fullalove]

We'll need your full system spec to help you, run a dxdiag, search dxdiag in start search menu/select it/click save all info/copy paste it here.

Also, make sure it's in a spoiler tag please.

And this is the wrong thread for troubleshooting. This is specifically to tell you how a specific hardware configuration will run the game.

[rae.x]

Also, make sure it's in a spoiler tag please.

And this is the wrong thread for troubleshooting. This is specifically to tell you how a specific hardware configuration will run the game.

Yes it is actually, wyzilla copy your dxdiag and post it into a new topic here http://www.gamesas.com/forum/180-pc/

[Soku Nyorah]

I am looking to bite the bullet and buy a gaming laptop. Will these specs work. Specifically the graphics card. I could not find it on the list and want to run Skyrim on Ultra settings.

• AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M Accelerated Processor with AMD Radeon HD 6520G Graphics at 2.3 GHz, 4MB Cache
  
• Configured with 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (max 8GB)
  
• 500GB (5400 RPM); Serial ATA hard disk drive with TOSHIBA Hard Drive Impact Sensor (3D sensor)
  
• 15.6" diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT LED display at 1366 x 768 native resolution (HD)
  
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with a 6 cell/48Wh Lithium Ion battery pack; Battery Life (measured by MobileMark 2007): 5 hours, 7 minutes

[Colton Idonthavealastna]

That GPU won't cut it for Ultra. It's probably good for Medium, but it's pretty weak overall.

[Lewis Morel]

I am looking to bite the bullet and buy a gaming laptop. Will these specs work. Specifically the graphics card. I could not find it on the list and want to run Skyrim on Ultra settings.

• AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M Accelerated Processor
  
• . . . . with AMD Radeon HD 6520G Graphics at 2.3 GHz, 4MB Cache
  
• Configured with 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (max 8GB)
  
• 500GB (5400 RPM); Serial ATA hard disk drive with TOSHIBA Hard Drive Impact Sensor (3D sensor)
  
• 15.6" diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT LED display at 1366 x 768 native resolution (HD)
  
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with a 6 cell/48Wh Lithium Ion battery pack; Battery Life (measured by MobileMark 2007): 5 hours, 7 minutes

That is not a "Gaming Laptop". The APU is too slow, the GPU is too weak, the display is too coarse.

"Mobile Life" is a meaningless factor on gaming laptops, which are only used with major games when attached to AC power.

You want a newer, more up to date APU, that has a high Turbo Clock Rate and a more powerful GPU, no slower than an HD 6670m.

You really should hold out for an HD 7850m.

[X(S.a.R.a.H)X]

this might be a hard and possibly frustrating question, but ive never modded before and dont have this game for pc yet. What does a lot of this stuff mean, and how do they contribute to the performance of the game or computer? like here is my pc that i plan to use;
AMD Quad-Core processor A6-3420
?AMD Radeon HD 6520G with 512 MB Graphics system memory
?750 GB HDD
?15.6" 16:9 HD LED LCD
?windows 7
so, what is radeon, or AMD, what functions do these pertain to, for example do they affect the graphic quality, performance, etc. sorry if this too tedious of a question to answer, but you know, i have to learn someplace and i might as well start here.

[JUan Martinez]

this might be a hard and possibly frustrating question, but ive never modded before and dont have this game for pc yet. What does a lot of this stuff mean, and how do they contribute to the performance of the game or computer? like here is my pc that i plan to use;

AMD Quad-Core processor A6-3420 (CPU)
?AMD Radeon HD 6520G with 512 MB Graphics system memory (Graphic Chip)
?750 GB HDD (Mass Storage)
?15.6" 16:9 HD LED LCD (Video Display)
?windows 7 (Operating System Software)
so, what is radeon, or AMD, what functions do these pertain to, for example do they affect the graphic quality, performance, etc. sorry if this too tedious of a question to answer, but you know, i have to learn someplace and i might as well start here.

Actually, this isn't a very good place to take Computer Literacy Classes, and this message thread is only designed to tell you that the PC referred to above isn't good enough to play the game correctly, as it is currently equipped.

[Jade Muggeridge]

Actually, this isn't a very good place to take Computer Literacy Classes, and this message thread is only designed to tell you that the PC referred to above isn't good enough to play the game correctly, as it is currently equipped.

youre right, this isnt a great place to ask my question, but not for any reason that you presented, but because of the irrational egomaniacs hellbent on blogging their seeming superiority resulting from them thinking that being able to mod a video game puts them in any position of importance or even in slightest sense; intelligence. this would be the most efficient means of attaining the information i need, as it would all be in the same place, i would otherwise be bouncing around from cite to cite trying to get an idea of what these things are, where as here, i could get it all at once so, youre wrong, this is the best place to ask this question, seeing as the title cooresponds to pc compatability, and you know the answer to my question, but its your witholding of that information that makes this a bad place to ask this question. and perhaps i would be less frustrated had it not been for your word choice (computer literacy class), the words hint at an attempt to say that i look to add to my inferior, nonexistent knowledge of computers by taking advantage of a thread that apparently pertains in no way to the compatability between a pc and skyrim. by the way, it isnt a computer literacy course, knowing how to mod video games is not computer literacy, and it bugs me that you took the time to write what you did when you could have just as easily answered the question. when presented a question that you feel no need to answer, the intelligent thing to do is not to answer. which presents the question why did you respond? was it to deprecate my credibility in order to reinforce your own, and thus feed your ego, hinting at a reason to have a lack of self-esteem in the first place, or were you just in a simple state of mindless thinking, answering questions just because you can. you dont want to put any thought into your answer, but at the same time, you still want to answer, why? who knows, one cant give justification to the behavior of irrational people (polite way of saying idiot). yeah, thats called psychology, which is a much more intellectual as well as useful skillset than modding. unfortunately, while going around this cite, looking for an answer to my question, i keep running into people like you looking to feed their egos, and assert their self proclaimed specialization in the art of video game modding by a means of deprecating other people, and disowning them from a thread. and for this, i bid this cite adieu and the same for any aspiration previously held to play any pc game of any sort at any time in the future. good day linear thinking, egotistical, irrational, illogical, simpletons. may you one day acquire the illusion of a well justified, high self esteem, who after all would doubt the signifigance of computer game modder/ attention seeking blogger. and i apologize in advance, and want to assure you that my frustration isnt soley with you, i have just seen many people with the same answers as you, and its the unwitting hypocracy that they engage in that just get on my nerves. it was merely your responce, being "im going to answer your question by saying that i dont have to answer your question", that triggered my frustration. hypocracy is a trait of irrationality, and irrational people (polite way of saying stupid) are my biggest pet peev.

[Schel[Anne]FTL]

youre right, this isnt a great place to ask my question, but not for any reason that you presented, but because of the irrational egomaniacs hellbent on blogging their seeming superiority resulting from them thinking that being able to mod a video game puts them in any position of importance or even in slightest sense; intelligence. this would be the most efficient means of attaining the information i need, as it would all be in the same place, i would otherwise be bouncing around from cite to cite trying to get an idea of what these things are, where as here, i could get it all at once so, youre wrong, this is the best place to ask this question, seeing as the title cooresponds to pc compatability, and you know the answer to my question, but its your witholding of that information that makes this a bad place to ask this question. and perhaps i would be less frustrated had it not been for your word choice (computer literacy class), the words hint at an attempt to say that i look to add to my inferior, nonexistent knowledge of computers by taking advantage of a thread that apparently pertains in no way to the compatability between a pc and skyrim. by the way, it isnt a computer literacy course, knowing how to mod video games is not computer literacy, and it bugs me that you took the time to write what you did when you could have just as easily answered the question. when presented a question that you feel no need to answer, the intelligent thing to do is not to answer. which presents the question why did you respond? was it to deprecate my credibility in order to reinforce your own, and thus feed your ego, hinting at a reason to have a lack of self-esteem in the first place, or were you just in a simple state of mindless thinking, answering questions just because you can. you dont want to put any thought into your answer, but at the same time, you still want to answer, why? who knows, one cant give justification to the behavior of irrational people (polite way of saying idiot). yeah, thats called psychology, which is a much more intellectual as well as useful skillset than modding. unfortunately, while going around this cite, looking for an answer to my question, i keep running into people like you looking to feed their egos, and assert their self proclaimed specialization in the art of video game modding by a means of deprecating other people, and disowning them from a thread. and for this, i bid this cite adieu and the same for any aspiration previously held to play any pc game of any sort at any time in the future. good day linear thinking, egotistical, irrational, illogical, simpletons. may you one day acquire the illusion of a well justified, high self esteem, who after all would doubt the signifigance of computer game modder/ attention seeking blogger. and i apologize in advance, and want to assure you that my frustration isnt soley with you, i have just seen many people with the same answers as you, and its the unwitting hypocracy that they engage in that just get on my nerves. it was merely your responce, being "im going to answer your question by saying that i dont have to answer your question", that triggered my frustration. hypocracy is a trait of irrationality, and irrational people (polite way of saying stupid) are my biggest pet peev.

Damn wall of text, put some para's in. But anyway yeah your pc is a bit weak to play the game unfortunately but i think it will run just dont expect anything major, but to answer your question AMD is a company which makes cpu's (central processing unit) which is basically the brain of your pc and gpu's (graphics processing unit) which processes and renders the games graphics and any graphical tasks you throw at your pc.

Radeon is what the graphics card series is (from wiki) "Radeon is a brand of graphics processing units and random access memory produced by Advanced Micro Devices. The brand was launched in 2000 by ATI Technologies, which was acquired by AMD in 2006. Radeon is the successor to the Rage line. There are four different groups, which can be differentiated by the DirectX generation they support. More specific distinctions can also be followed, such as the HyperZ version, the number of pixel pipelines, and of course, the memory and processor clock speeds."

Gorath is right in a way but if you need any more advice on what parts do, just PM me. But as said your pc which i take is a laptop? is a bit weak for the game.

[WYatt REed]

Looking into a new computer for Skyrim. I'm curious if these specs will get the game running on High/Medium and also continue to run well with a few mods. I haven't bought a new gaming PC in almost 7 years so I have no Idea what is what anymore.
It'll be going on a 1600 x 900 monitor, if that makes a difference

Spoiler

Processor Brand

AMD

Processor Platform

AMD VISION A6 APU

Processor

AMD A6-Series

Processor Speed

2.6GHz

Cache Memory

4MB on die Level 2

System Memory (RAM)

8GB

Type of Memory (RAM)

DDR3 SDRAM

Hard Drive Type

SATA (7200 rpm)

Hard Drive Size

1TB

Graphics

AMD Radeon HD 6530D

Video Memory

Up to 4089MB total available

Audio

Integrated; 6-speaker configurable with to 5.1-surround sound support

Operating System

Windows 7 Home Premium

System Version

64-bit

Graphics Chip


AMD/ATI

Drive Capacity

1TB

I know it's not great, but it's the best I can find in my price range. I am also NOT interested in building my own... I'm looking for something more or less temporary until I can save up for something really good.
So if anyone can just kindly let me know if this rig can handle the game I would appreciate it. Thanks!

[Sarah Bishop]

Same as the last previous question that resulted in the silly wall of words, that graphics solution falls below the minimum that the game was designed for. There are a variety of bandaids that can be applied, but almost all have some effect on the game's visual quality. The minimum "practical" Radeon, is a real video graphics card, which cannot handle the high definition that the game is designed for, but at a coarser screen definition, will be satisfactory = the HD 6570, or if you can find one, the older HD 5570.

Don't waste any money on a lot of RAM on such a card. At gaming speeds, its narrow 128 bit memory system cannot move more than 256 MBs rapidly enough to justify the cost of a full GB or more.

[Jeffrey Lawson]

I'm having a bit of lag inside of interior cells while playing on max setings, what should i upgrade?
* Cheiftec A-85 series CTB – 650S 650W PSU
*AMD AM3+ FX-4100, 95W
*Gigabyte GA – 970A – UD3, socket AM3 +
*16GIG RAM
*ASUS GeForse GTX560 1GB DC PCI – E
*CORSAIR SSD Force series 3, 60gb 2.5
*seaget baracuda 7200.12
not sure if this is what you want to look at, i'm new to PC gaming
thanks

[Svenja Hedrich]

I'm having a bit of lag inside of interior cells while playing on max setings, what should i upgrade?
* Cheiftec A-85 series CTB – 650S 650W PSU
*AMD AM3+ FX-4100, 95W
*Gigabyte GA – 970A – UD3, socket AM3 +
*16GIG RAM
*ASUS GeForse GTX560 1GB DC PCI – E
*CORSAIR SSD Force series 3, 60gb 2.5
*seaget baracuda 7200.12
not sure if this is what you want to look at, i'm new to PC gaming
thanks

I would say that fx 4100 is the bottleneck, although that gpu could do with a upgrade as its not even the TI version. I would suggest throwing that 4100 out of the nearest window to you, stamp on it a few times and then go buy an intel mobo and cpu. As the fx (bulldozer's) are shockingly bad at gaming compared to intel. Depends what your budget is of course.

[james tait]

I would say that fx 4100 is the bottleneck, although that gpu could do with a upgrade as its not even the TI version. I would suggest throwing that 4100 out of the nearest window to you, stamp on it a few times and then go buy an intel mobo and cpu. As the fx (bulldozer's) are shockingly bad at gaming compared to intel. Depends what your budget is of course.

thanks i'll look in to it

[Rachael Williams]

While the Bulldozer was, indeed, optimized for various business applications that didn't sync as well with game playing requirements, for a given cost per cycle of work, the AMD processors hold a major price advantage. Previous AMD designs went the other way, being superior to Intel designs at gaming, and merely slightly more efficient at business tasks (K7, K8). There are seemingly still more sales of CPUs going to business than to game players.

That isn't saying that AMD is able to compete effectively at the present time, with the High End of the Intel CPU line when performing any demanding tasks that push PC systems hard.

[BRAD MONTGOMERY]

Same as the last previous question that resulted in the silly wall of words, that graphics solution falls below the minimum that the game was designed for. There are a variety of bandaids that can be applied, but almost all have some effect on the game's visual quality. The minimum "practical" Radeon, is a real video graphics card, which cannot handle the high definition that the game is designed for, but at a coarser screen definition, will be satisfactory = the HD 6570, or if you can find one, the older HD 5570.

Don't waste any money on a lot of RAM on such a card. At gaming speeds, its narrow 128 bit memory system cannot move more than 256 MBs rapidly enough to justify the cost of a full GB or more.

I guess just as an update...
When I first read your response it was not helpful. I still don't really understand a whole lot... I've always been more keen with software than hardware.
Anyway. The specs I had mentioned was an out of the box PC. My other PC was on its last limbs so I did not want to wait to shop around. Needless to say, it was on sale... I bought it. I figured if Skyrim was a no go (which I deduced from your response, more or less) I'd have a better rig for Oblivion and FO3.
I first loaded Skyrim and it recommended High settings. I was thrilled. And Vanilla ran great with those settings. But mods were what I was looking forward to. So now after a bit of in game testing and a few mods here and there, the game runs fine. I know on a visual stand point it is not the best however, coming into Skyrim after playing it on the Xbox I am satisfied . Not to mention I can now partake in many game enhancing mods.
I figured I would just throw this out there for anyone who is unsure and has similar specs to the ones I posted above. Obviously if you can, go big or go home... But. If it's the only thing you can work with, it works alright.

[Ysabelle]

Is the geforce gtx 650 (Not ti) any good?