[Assumptah George]

Correct forum but wrong thread...http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1335088-unofficial-will-my-pc-run-skyrim-thread-57-w-hardware-guide/

Oh, I didn't see that, I'm not really bright with computers, so that didn't answer my question ... ? Will it be able to run ? Ohhhh, crap sorry ! I get it now, you can delete this thread -.- Silly me.

[Amber Hubbard]

Read that thread and you should get your answer...it is a hardware guide after all.

[Latisha Fry]

Specs:

Processor: http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=650177

Motherboard: http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=638763

Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9 Kit w/4x 4GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Vengeance Heatspreader, 240

Graphic card: http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=657063

Harddrive: http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=627518

Power supply: http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=376060


How would this run Skyrim ? on 1920x1200 resolution.

I have no clue really.

[James Hate]

Ultra for the most part, depending how many fps you prefer you might like to drop AA or shadows down a bit, especially for cities. If you go with FXAA instead of normal AA it'll run better.

[Rach B]

Ultra for the most part, depending how many fps you prefer you might like to drop AA or shadows down a bit, especially for cities. If you go with FXAA instead of normal AA it'll run better.

Oh, awesome, I know what AA is, but what's FXAA ?

[Rebecca Clare Smith]

yes it will run it fine. i have that same board its pretty damn good. I also have that ram. its defualt is set to 2t (9-9-9-24 2T) change that to 1t works better...

...and get a 600 watt or 650 power supply

[Sista Sila]

yes it will run it fine. i have that same board its pretty damn good. I also have that ram. its defualt is set to 2t (9-9-9-24 2T) change that to 1t works better...

...and get a 600 watt or 650 power supply

And by fine you mean ? Low, Medium, High, Ultra ?

And thank you by the way

[marie breen]

Oh, awesome, I know what AA is, but what's FXAA ?

It's a post process form of AA, rather than part of the renderer. It is much quicker, and acts on all edges, but it's not as clean as MSAA (traditional render AA).

[Arnold Wet]

Anything above 500w will do you fine, you don't need 600w+ unless you are doing SLi or Crossfire.

Don't get that PSU you have listed it's Amp's are weak, to weak for the 560 (Non Ti version).

Get this one instead, you won't be disappointed.
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=657685#extra

Anyway, Mobo seems good, CPU seems good. everything seems fine to me.

You will be able to run Skyrim Maxed out with no problems, just don't set Anti Aliasing to 8x that will always kill performance, use the game's FXAA option instead that works very nicely on AA'ing things.

I personally have this setup and I'm always getting 60 FPS or somewhere near that, you can use it for comparsion if you like
BTW I'm running Skyrim @ 1600x900, Ultra setting except with Shadows on High because I love the FPS boost you get from doing that and plus I don't care much about shadows, oh and I'm using FXAA not Multisampling.

-GiGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L (Rev 1.1)-
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 3.33GHz OC'd-
-6.00GB DDR2 952MHz 5-8-8-22 OC'd Flex Mode-
-ASUS GeForce GTX 460 768MB TOP OC'd (833/1055/1666)
-2x 320GB SATA&PATA HDD (640GB Total)- Both 7200RPM
-Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530w -

[Hearts]

As others have said, re-examine that PSU...this is not an item to skimp out on, and depending on what you plan on doing with this rig in down the road, you may look into a bit more power to future-proof yourself.

But as is, will run Skyrim nicely.

[мistrєss]

Yep, will be more than enough. FXAA is crap though, always use MSAA on that sort of gfx card since FXAA is for lower end GPUs.

[Amy Siebenhaar]

And by fine you mean ? Low, Medium, High, Ultra ?

i have my cpu over clocked to 4 ghz. im running all ultra(not shadows)4x aa, 16x af, 7 ugrids, real water texture, 2k serious texture, flora texture,real light, enb color and that newer deadly dragon mod. Im getting about 50 fps on average.

[biiibi]

@Half64

What's wrong with FXAA? I really like it lol

[Stefanny Cardona]

Anything above 500w will do you fine, you don't need 600w+ unless you are doing SLi or Crossfire.

Don't get that PSU you have listed it's Amp's are weak, to weak for the 560 (Non Ti version).

Get this one instead, you won't be disappointed.
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=657685#extra

Anyway, Mobo seems good, CPU seems good. everything seems fine to me.

You will be able to run Skyrim Maxed out with no problems, just don't set Anti Aliasing to 8x that will always kill performance, use the game's FXAA option instead that works very nicely on AA'ing things.

I personally have this setup and I'm always getting 60 FPS or somewhere near that, you can use it for comparsion if you like
BTW I'm running Skyrim @ 1600x900, Ultra setting except with Shadows on High because I love the FPS boost you get from doing that and plus I don't care much about shadows, oh and I'm using FXAA not Multisampling.

-GiGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L (Rev 1.1)-
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 3.33GHz OC'd-
-6.00GB DDR2 952MHz 5-8-8-22 OC'd Flex Mode-
-ASUS GeForce GTX 460 768MB TOP OC'd (833/1055/1666)
-2x 320GB SATA&PATA HDD (640GB Total)- Both 7200RPM
-Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530w -

Out of curiosity, what would happen If i used that PSU with the 560 ?

And really thankful for your long post

[Lyndsey Bird]

@MrTamarian

Well most likely you get random shutdowns or mass performance drops but mostly shutdowns when playing something heavy, 2 12v Rail's @ 17 Amps each is kinda low. Your better off getting the XFX one that has 53 Amps instead and it's cheaper too!

[Emzy Baby!]

@Half64

What's wrong with FXAA? I really like it lol

It's blurry and it doesn't AA thin lines very well at all. I only ever use it for games that don't support MSAA.

[Shelby Huffman]

Blurry? I haven't noticed this to be honest, anyway I guess it comes down to preference at the end of the day. There's SMAA too.

[Lisa Robb]

@MrTamarian

Well most likely you get random shutdowns or mass performance drops but mostly shutdowns when playing something heavy, 2 12v Rail's @ 17 Amps each is kinda low. Your better off getting the XFX one that has 53 Amps instead and it's cheaper too!

Are you sure about this ? Because at the website there is a pack where they send you a computer in parts you build it alone though and you get to switch out parts to order, the graphic card and the psu was the default there, why would they do this if it would break as you say ? The only thing i switched out was the RAM from four to sixteen gigs. Thank you you in advance.

[Phoenix Draven]

If you have the GPU power then 8XMSAA will always give you the best fidelity because it's sharp, reduced texture shimmering and does horizontal and vertical lines better so you get a nice crisp, clean image. For some reason Skyrim doesn't like CSAA and it unusually heavy using 8xMSAA, probably because it's not optimised very well.

[Latisha Fry]

@MrTamarian
Well I could be wrong on that but 34 AMP's is kinda low man, I would seriously buy the 53 AMP's PSU just to be safe & you'll be future proofed as well.

@Half64
I just tested this and your right the textures do look a little more crisp, but I like the little blur that gets added plus FPS is much higher with FXAA on.

[Cathrin Hummel]

Yeah, okay thank you bud !

[Emmanuel Morales]

Are you sure about this ? Because at the website there is a pack where they send you a computer in parts you build it alone though and you get to switch out parts to order, the graphic card and the psu was the default there, why would they do this if it would break as you say ? The only thing i switched out was the RAM from four to sixteen gigs. Thank you you in advance.

Probably because they know that the manufacturers jump through the roof when they give you those "recommended" power supply ratings.

I once SLI'd two GTX 460's on a 550W Corsair and your GTX 560 is really just an overclocked 460. Mind you I was closely monitoring the power consumption of the system (entire computer) which never exceeded 400W fully loaded during BF3.

However, unless you know what you doing, it's never a bad idea not to play with fire.

[helen buchan]

In my 2008/2009 Toshiba A300-202 laptop I can play Skyrim with everything on Ultra Settings but with AA off and with Anisotropic filtering at 2x.
Skyrim is more CPU demanding than anything else, and what truly matters is the clock speed - a good 2 core CPU with high clock speed outruns a 4 core CPU with less clock speed.

Sure a game looks and feels better with amazing and polished graphics, but I never cared for AA, so it's perfect for me.
It's all about gameplay imho, especially in games like The Elder Scrolls.

Also, installed Win7 x64 recently just to push a little more from my hardware and noticed a slighty performance jump in the game - I was running it in my WinXP x86 installation on High Settings.

1280x800
Intel Core2Duo T9550 2.66 GHz
4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 - 512 MB

[Scarlet Devil]

Probably because they know that the manufacturers jump through the roof when they give you those "recommended" power supply ratings.

I once SLI'd two GTX 460's on a 550W Corsair and your GTX 560 is really just an overclocked 460. Mind you I was closely monitoring the power consumption of the system (entire computer) which never exceeded 400W fully loaded during BF3.

However, unless you know what you doing, it's never a bad idea not to play with fire.

So you are telling me what exactly ? I am very tired at the moment so you have to mind my slowly sleeping brain. Sorry !

[Harinder Ghag]

i'm running a 750w thermaltake,was told it was good for the h50 cooler to have a good power supply,actually i'm thinking of upping to a all sata connection psu as this one is standard wiring,when it comes to cleaning it's a real b******h.

I have'nt looked at prices else where in the world but down under in nz you can buy a car for the price of one ssd,.i was thinking of upping to a 990 board as though my current is a good one, it's pretty limiting and because i was rushing it i did'nt notice the pci setup,no good for crossfire.

You know what,look around garage sales you might pickup an old server case from the early nineties,they're huge and give excellent access,two of my mates have them,i wish i had one my 902 antec though bigger than average is still a puppy next to theirs.