Obviously Skyrim has the potential to look better on a PC, but I'm curious to know if it will on my PC specifically. My specs are listed below, and the PC is connected to my 1080P television so I will be playing in that resolution.

CPU: Intel i7 920
RAM: 6GB
HDD: 40GB SSD system drive, 1TB 5400RPM data drive
Graphics: ATI HD5770

I think those are all the relevant components, but if I forgot something let me know. I know I probably can't run the game on ultra high settings as my system is almost two years old. What I'm curious about is whether whatever settings I can run it on smoothly will look better than the game on a 360 (or PS3 for that matter).

Your pc is much more powerfull than an xbox.. but No

bethesda didn't add better textures or effects for the pc version, so no. Same thing.

It will, however, run at a higher fps and you can have a longer draw distance on items, grass, etc. Plus there are mods.

Wrong. My PC is almost exactly the same and I run the graphics settings almost all to the max at a resolution of 1920x1080 and it looks way better than the Xbox 360 version. (i own both)

I have it on 3 PC's here. The worst system is a Q6600 / 8 gig ram / EVGA GTX 285 / 1 TB HD. We have everthing cranked to max there and have no issues with performance.

As for looking better, I highly doubt it. The graphics in this game make me want to cry with how bad they are. I expected something to blow my socks off instead I got a game that isn't as good as Crysis was .. ya Crysis 1.0.

The other systems are much more powerful then the one mentioned (EVGA GTX 580 / i7 980x / 12 gig / 1tb raid 0 (4 drives)) and the game plays fine (when it's not crashing) but doesn't look all that hot. So, IMO, save your money and don't get it for a PC. If you are a PC gamer looking for the best graphical gaming experience out there, don't by from Bethesda. I know for my family this will most likely be the final title we buy from them. It's too bad we pre-ordered the game expecting it to live up to the hype given out by Bethesda themselves. This would be a great game to just share amoung the family instead of having 3 seperate copies.

HTH

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