I own skyrim for 360 also and decided to get it for pc everythinhg else works fine the menus work fine everything but the video is distorted bad for some reason. I only got the pc version to pass the time buy with mods and dont feel like upgrading my i met the requirments i just want to now whats the problem.

Im using this laptop as a test to see how it is for pc.

I have a dell inspiron 1764 i5 duel intel core laptop.

Way below spec anyway on the video side because it's an on-board Intel GMA HD. distorted might be your resolution is not set right, since some graphics adaptors don't fill the screen. You'll have to look at your graphics settings that comes with your laptop, there should be some options to adjust the screen.

First lesson thought already, if you going to get a pc to run this game make sure it has a independent graphics card like an ATI/AMD or Nvidia not the leaching Intel intergraded graphics chips which they leach power form the processor and ram.

Yeah i did that i looked at the graphics settings and changed it but when the game starts up i see the logo when the you first see the open world its all patche and flickers back and forth.

Intel GMA HD isn't supported so you will get problems.

intel HD Graphics is just fine (intel i3/5/7 iGPU)..

Make sure you have the latest Intel HD Graphics driver...

(WARNING) Dell in majority of the cases will actually PREVENT you from having the latest drivers.... because dell for lack of a better word.. are complete -_-holes.


Go here.. download... run and install the package required...

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/graphics/hdgraphics

I started with an Xbox many years ago. Then moved to a PC FX5200 (1 core,4 pixel pipe lines). Would play Morrowind better then the xbox. Then I paid 480.00 USD for a BFG 7800 GS OC (1 core,14 pixel pipes). Played Morrowend maxed and Oblivion almost maxed. Then a Q6600 with SLI 8800 GTS SC (224 cores). Ran Oblivion maxed out. Now running (672 cores). Skyrim runs maxed out 60fps.

You have a Gfx core built into the CPU. So 1 core and at the most it has (4 pixel pipes). You could run Morrowind maybe. Good chance you could not run Oblivion. The fact you could get Skyrim to start up is uterly amazing.

TES has the best modders and tweekers in the world. In a few years they will tweek this game. To the point it will run on your laptop. Maybe even a cell phone. One can build a computer with a $700.00 bugget to run Skyrim on high settings. In 2002 I paid $1100.00 for 2 gigs of ram just to play Morrowind.

Sofar Skyrim is insane. Can run well on a platform and at the same time. Kick the hell out of some of the best rigs in the world.

I had the most fun playing TES on the first xbox. To keep a PC running at its best for games is a pain. Takes time away from the game. Best part of an xbox is you just flip it on and play.

Which one do i download.

I have skyrim for 360 and did everything pretty much besides the little quests they give you because of radiant story. I just want to test out the pc.

I'm on my 4th toone. You would be amazed at how much the game changes based in how you play the game. Take a chance and try something new.

My toone atm has no armor, He is a lvl 51 merchant with skill pirk's maxed with speech, bow, sneek, pickpocket. Setting diffuculty is master. Can sneek attack most anything with one shot. If he needs to go mono e mono with anyone. He just hires a bum at the local pub. Most anything in the game can kill him in less then 2sec. Has high positive fame with the NPC's ( means avoid joining the darkbrother hood). He gets all kinds of clues and side quest. NPC's seem real chatty.

He is no Angel, sells a bunch of stuf. Makes all the merchants happy. Then pickpockets them down to thier underware on his way out of town.

With myy last murdering hack in slash toone. NPC's would just stare at me. I would walk into a pub and the bard would stop playing. Everyone would just sit and look at me. So I didn't get many side quest's.

As for the PC. Can easly take a year for the bugs to be worked out. Its not about fixing a tid bit of code. Its more like creating new tools for the tool box. Skyrim is far more complex and almost flawless compard to Oblivion. When it was first released.

I have been working on bug with my game. A magic effect. It uses a overlay of tint, dark purple. Then cranks the bloom to 2.00 x times. So you end up with a glowy purple world. Seem's the 64 bit Nvidia driver doesnt like bloom. So the effect hang's. This is usualy handled with an exception extension. Still would not get the effect. But better then a hang. Real fix would be Nvidia driver changes or change the way the effect is created.

Best thing to do is read as much as you can on Skyrim PC. Before you get a computer to run it. In a year's time. The cost of a PC's to run Skyrim on high or better will come down in price. Youtube is a good place to see how the game is running on laptops and PC's.

Dont forget to call around to the computer stores and see if anyone has Skyrim loaded up on a PC. Just tell them you have xbox and are thinking about PC. You want to look at the game on PC before you buy a PC for Skyrim. May take a few call's. But good chance you will find a store that understands gaming and will invite you to come down and try it out.

Nah money ain't a issue with me i dont plan on buying a new pc at the moment for skyrim if i was it would be mods only i'm just testing it.

determine which version of windows your running... 32bit or 64bit windows?

the exe is the best usually...

but you'll want to make sure what version your running.. by default intel is only listing the 64bit because 32bit is failing/falling/being dropped completely now.

Parts used to be pricier, but I just want to say that if you paid $1100 for 2 gigs of ram in 2002, that [censored] must have been gold plated, that was a $250 purchase even then0.o

nope. good price at the time. 3 months later, price dropped to 200 a gig. It was ram spec for dell P4 3.1 4600. Was a good cumputer. Never even reloaded windows in it. Ran it for 6 years. Sits on the floor as my back up. Sofar my new computer has been flawles. Time will tell.

Same deal with this computer. Was about 380 for a 6x2 gig set . Cpl months later was it down to like 170 bucks for the same set.

How can you say your testing it on PC when your system is below recommended Specs, it would the equivalent
of trying to play PS3 games on a PS1 it just won't work, upgrade to something that is above recommended specs
and then do ya testing.

Do you know anyone that has a better pc that would be willing to let you installing it on their Pc and test it properly.