So I have a geforce 9800 GT, and I can run crysis 2 max settings, so normally I wouldn't worry, but Crysis 2 was insanely well optimized, so what does everyone think?

Heck yes!

Eh, well, I have a GTX 260, and I'm planning to upgrade to a 6870 before I get Skyrim. Then again, I have no idea how well optimized for the PC Skyrim will be, so I don't know if that will make a difference.

If it's anything like Crysis 2 in terms of optimization *Crosses Fingers* then there shouldn't be a problem with your GPU.

anything above an 8800 , which is what I have, is good enough to run any game out now

If you can run the Witcher 2 or Battlefield 3 on max settings, your PC will easily run Skyrim. Crysis 2 isn't as graphically impressive as many make it out to be. Don't get me wrong. It's good, but it's not revolutionary.

Crysis 2 isn't optimized; it simply has a smaller scale, lower resolution textures, fewer poly's, and hardly noticeable physics. Thats why it runs faster not because of optimizations lawl, but yeah the 9800gtx will most likely be able to run it because it's a multiplatform game using consoles as the starting point for technical functions. But unless Bethesda announces the inclusion of some more DX11 features OR if they announce it will be possible for modders to "add in" said via the mod tools. So the features would be included in the engine but not in the actual game and would have to be modded in. But yeah unless they say something along those lines i would wait.

Now as for upgrading your rig a really good midrange dx11 card would be the 460 and it has great GPU scaling when you SLI (something crazy like 90%), and the games that will stress that card would obviously be BF3, The Witcher 2, Shogun 2, metro 20xx(i forget the year), STALKER 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoBkp8x3bhs
If you haven't seen it what I'm talking about a good 12 minutes of BF3 the first true DX11 game.


Or if you wanted to wait for price drops go with the 580gtx or 6980 both pretty good.

the 6980 will be better for general play
but the 580 will be better when heavy use of DX11 tesselation (god mod ) is in effect, but the problem is no games fully utilize tesselation primarily because consoles can't and you need to make a lot of custom art for it. The amazing thing though is if done right this happens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7RGv0HOlDc

I'm just hoping that the min requirements stay nice and "minimum". Not all of us have 8800/9800's. :cryvaultboy:

Considering we don't know the minimum system reqs yet, I don't think anyone can safely and accurately answer this question.

I have triple SLI GTX 580s, can I run Skyrim on max settings?

Skyrim will probably be one of the best looking games in terms of this department. Just look at how amazing it looks on a Xbox 360, and that would be the equivalent of a medium range PC.

Do you realize 9800s now cost $70?

Any speculation on a maxed 27" iMac? I have no idea where it stands in comparison to 360 or PS3.
(2.93GHz, ATI Radeon HD 5750)

I was wondering this myself. I have a new MacBook Pro with 4 gig of ram, 2.2 ghz I7, and an Nvidia GT 330M with 512 mb of memory.

I should be able to run it, right?

~ Dani ~

All in one computer. No card upgrades, alas. (Which is a shame, because I won a better card as a door prize. Still not great, but better than what I've got installed.)

You'll likely be able to run it but have to turn off the MAGICAL WEAPON EFFECTS

Unless they do something crazy with the PC version, it should run just fine on even a three or four year old rig.

Yep. It will run just fine. Keep in mind that the requirements for Skyrim likely won't change too much from Oblivion and Fallout 3. Yes, this is a new engine, however it's also optimized way more efficiently than what BGS used in the past.

The GTS 450 on sale for about 90 dollars sometimes would be far better. More power efficient plus a little more powerful.


I'd personally look at the 560 Ti if waiting for price drops. Not as burning hot running as the high end cards yet a bit more powerful than the GTX 470. If it has significant price drops by November it or its ATI equivalent would be my clear choice.

and all the girls will be men. LOL

Thanks. Sweet.

~ Dani ~

what?


We can guess especially sense it's a multiplatform game with the 360 as the target platform and the engine is a updated engine from the previous game.



That would be an equivalent of an entry level pc pretty much a dual core/4gb's ram/8800gt, and that would probably look better than the 360 version so expect some prettyness on a midrange (quad, 64bit os, 6-8gb's ram, 450) but then again we dont know to much about PC features other than high rez textures, AA, and draw distance. The DX11 feature mention has to do with performance (which in of itself is an AWESOME FEATURE) so it may be worth it just to get a DX11 card especially when mods start to roll.




This.

Also because it's a DX11 card it will run skyrim even better because of (i forget the name but i know the function) of the currently stated DX11 feature in skyrim.

^Good point I forgot it's a DX11 card.

Also, if you're buying a new card, please do us all a favour and support quiet cards like the GTX 460. I've NEVER had a quieter card, it's pure awesome, even on load.

My old HD4870, as much as I loved it, ran Fallout 3 like a vacuum cleaner.

Quick question: Will this computer be able to run Skyrim on high to max settings?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227334