[Alexx Peace]

haha, im a noob.....GPU?

[Madison Poo]

The GPU is the part that controls graphics. A graphics card consists of a GPU, board, and other stuff.

[Caroline flitcroft]

oh ok, so i should get a better graphics card is what your saying?

[Damien Mulvenna]

You can't with a laptop. You need to get a different laptop.

[butterfly]

oh...well crap, so i would probably only be able to play it on low setting then

sorry for my noobness

[CYCO JO-NATE]

And without mods, for the most part. You'll be able to only run limited mods, so long as they don't add too many scripts. No graphic replacers, though.

[Erin S]

lame....so def not worth it if i already have for my 360 then.


thanks for the help though ill just have to figure something out

[Eileen Collinson]

High settings, I hope, with my rig?

- nVidia 680i mobo
- GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
- Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo 3GHz 6 MB Cache (been reading that I can OC this to 4GHz and it remains stable and cool).
- G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000

[FABIAN RUIZ]

Hi all.
My spec:
core i5 2500k 3.3 Ghz
Ram 6 Gb
Gtx 560 (non ti)
Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate
Question:
I tried to play an Ultra with AF 16 and AA 8.
In open world I have 28-33 FPS in Whiterum 30-38.
Why so low perfomance?
PS
Game version 1.3.10

Do you really need 8x AA? Can you even see a difference between 4x and 8x. Just what resolution are you running? If you're at 1080p, I don't see much beneficial reason to run 8x AA because it will take a performance hit.

High settings, I hope, with my rig?

- nVidia 680i mobo
- GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
- Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo 3GHz 6 MB Cache (been reading that I can OC this to 4GHz and it remains stable and cool).
- G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000

your setup should get you some high settings

[cosmo valerga]

Hello lovelies

If I have

i7 quad core 2.66
XP 32 bit
GT 8800 (might be GTS or GTX, but basically, 3 yr old card)
3 GB ram

Which is the biggest system bottleneck?

Is it the aging graphics card, or is it XP? Is there any point in upgrading the graphics card without also moving to Windows 7 64 bit and buying a chunk of RAM?

Thanks

[Kellymarie Heppell]

Take the latter. The CPU is fine for most things, though.

[Tiffany Castillo]

Do you really need 8x AA? Can you even see a difference between 4x and 8x. Just what resolution are you running? If you're at 1080p, I don't see much beneficial reason to run 8x AA because it will take a performance hit.

Well, I played at 1920X1080

[Luis Longoria]

Skyrim requires a video card with T & L 3 (texturing & lighting) version 3,I believe.I had to research and upgrade my PC after I bought the game.It runs great for me with the Radeon Sapphire card I bought from Compusa and a 1X to 16X pcie adapter on my P4 3GHz w/ 2.48 GB RAM.

[Misty lt]

Would I be able to run Skyrim?

Intel i3 2.53 GHZ Processor
6GB Ram
Nvidia Geoforce 315M
3.1 GB VRAM
Windows 7

[Kirsty Collins]

32-bit or 64-bit? Also, that GPU is seriously lacking.

[barbara belmonte]

32-bit or 64-bit? Also, that GPU is seriously lacking.

WORSE than that. An Intel chipset is better, and *it*'s quite poor.

[Miguel]

Windows XP Professional 32bit SP3
Pentium D 3Ghz 4M cache.
1 Gb RAM DDR 400Mhz
ATI Radeon HD 3450 512 Mb

Runs the game on low-mid. 10-30 FPS outside.

Just saying.
Anything better can obviously run the game. As long as its not an integrated graphic card.

[kirsty joanne hines]

How about this..

dual core e5200 @ 3.0ghz
2gb ram
9800gtx+ 512mb
Windows XP 32
running @1440x900



What settings could i run for constant smooth gameplay???(40-60fps)

[Kat Ives]

Windows XP Professional 32bit SP3
Pentium D 3Ghz 4M cache.
1 Gb RAM DDR 400Mhz
ATI Radeon HD 3450 512 Mb

Runs the game on low-mid. 10-30 FPS outside.

Just saying.
Anything better can obviously run the game. As long as its not an integrated graphic card.

What you have named is not "RUNNING" at all. That's at best, a very casual stroll of a walking pace, and several of AMD's Fusions blow that away, without needing a separate graphics card. With the correct drivers and careful setup, along with accepting extra low quality, even Intel's latest HD Graphics built into Sandy Bridge is better than an HD 3450.

[Marlo Stanfield]

Dell Inspiron Desktop

Processor: 2nd gen intel core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz)

Cache memory : 3mb

System memory: 6gb ( DDR 3 SDRAM)

Hard drive: 1TB (SATA 7200 rpm)

Graphics Card: Intel? HD Graphics 2000 ( will more likely be replacing with a after market graphics card)

OS: Windows 7 Premium (64bit)


Would this process properly run Skyrim if I replace the onboard graphics card with something better along the lines of a PNY NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card? or something a little better?

[Mylizards Dot com]

What does a 64bit OS get you that a 32bit OS doesn't?

[Neko Jenny]

Better use of memory, primarily. What I mean is, it can actually use everything. A 32-bit OS can use ~3GB or so. This cap is a combination of RAM and VRAM. A 64-bit OS, has a much higher cap and whose actual cap will vary based on how the memory addressing is done.

For reference, here's Microsoft's reference page of the memory limits for Windows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx

[Lucie H]

Which part should be fixed? I edited it, It shows up just fine now at least on my end.

[TRIsha FEnnesse]

Which part should be fixed? I edited it, It shows up just fine now at least on my end.

And I've removed the notice from my post.

Here we go:

The 520 is mainly a media card meant for things like HTPCs and not really for gaming.

[NAkeshIa BENNETT]

Ok thanks, what about the pc it self? Would it be good enough if I got a gaming card to go with it?