For those asking about their system (PC) : V - Skyrim

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:34 am

that would be nice Supah. guess we will see in november.
Any help will be appreciated in november if i end up building one. Is it a difficult process? or is it just slapping some parts together?

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:29 pm

that would be nice Supah. guess we will see in november.
Any help will be appreciated in november if i end up building one. Is it a difficult process? or is it just slapping some parts together?

If you've never done it before, it will be hard. Its like a very expensive jigsaw :/ All sorts of things can go wrong if you don't know what your doing. If you don't know what your doing, then I advise you get a professional.

Edit : where do you live?

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:42 am

that would be nice Supah. guess we will see in november.
Any help will be appreciated in november if i end up building one. Is it a difficult process? or is it just slapping some parts together?

Take A Piece Of Bread, Put some butter on it, Add A Processor or Two, Add A Motherboard and a GPU, Top It Off With Some Wires and Mustard,Ketchup if Desired. Put Another Piece Of Bread On It And You Get a Delicious PC Sammich!

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:33 pm

You think THATS Junk? I mean my NORMAL PC runs very good, cause I can't get one (Parents... Meh)
But the specs I will write nwo are from my OTHEr PC (I mainly do things on the one from my previous post)

Intel Phoenix thingie (That's what it says on the sticker) 2.0 ghz
486 MB RAM
I dunno the name of the Video but I think it Was a Nvidia one.... But I know its 128 MB XD
Windows XP

wow i kept reading the 486 as gigs of ram and i was like what the heck... . i was so confused. lol

thats one old system. i did like xp though. it was always good to me. vista? not so much.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:40 am

wow i kept reading the 486 as gigs of ram and i was like what the heck... . i was so confused. lol

thats one old system. i did like xp though. it was always good to me. vista? not so much.

Vista was a bad OS.
My top 4 os's go like this.
1. Windows 7
2. Windows XP
3. Windows 2000
4. Linux (Knoppix bootable CD)

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:22 pm

Well, I'm basing it on the actual gameplay trailer, which shows actual gameplay, and my 5 years of experience in computers and 11 years experience of gaming.
Of course, we will never know for sure until it is released. Its not really speculation or rumours, I'm basing it on what the gameplay trailer showed us.
I'm just trying to give people a good idea on what the specs are expected to be for skyrim.

"Based on a trailer" is speculation and rumors. Firstly, it's running on console, secondly, it's a compressed internet video, and thirdly we know nothing about the scenario that was filmed in.
While I'm sure 5 years of experience (That's almost as long as skyrim has been in development for!) count for something, they do not give you magical powers to tell how much power a game will need from orchestrated compressed footage of a console game.

However, I suspect your speculation will be accurate, simply because every console port from the last few years has required about the same amount of power and skyrim does not look to be changing this.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:58 pm

If you've never done it before, it will be hard. Its like a very expensive jigsaw :/ All sorts of things can go wrong if you don't know what your doing. If you don't know what your doing, then I advise you get a professional.Edit : where do you live?

in Northern VA, near DC.

Take A Piece Of Bread, Put some butter on it, Add A Processor or Two, Add A Motherboard and a GPU, Top It Off With Some Wires and Mustard,Ketchup if Desired. Put Another Piece Of Bread On It And You Get a Delicious PC Sammich!

sounds tasty. lol

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:46 am

"Based on a trailer" is speculation and rumors. Firstly, it's running on console, secondly, it's a compressed internet video, and thirdly we know nothing about the scenario that was filmed in.
While I'm sure 5 years of experience (That's almost as long as skyrim has been in development for!) count for something, they do not give you magical powers to tell how much power a game will need from orchestrated compressed footage of a console game.

However, I suspect your speculation will be accurate, simply because every console port from the last few years has required about the same amount of power and skyrim does not look to be changing this.

I know this is 360 gameplay footage, I have taken higher texture resolution into consideration, as it will be on the PC. I know its a compressed video, but even without 1080p quality, those draw distances are big. And yes I know I'm not a magic physic, as I said this is a rough estimate

@John seing as you live in America, then when you DO buy parts/buy a ready made computer, get it from newegg.com you cannot beat their prices, they have a wide range of products and they have very good customer service.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:45 pm

Vista was a bad OS.
My top 4 os's go like this.
1. Windows 7
2. Windows XP
3. Windows 2000
4. Linux (Knoppix bootable CD)

I see in your sig that you can help about computers.
Well I have a question: Back When I had The White Box I could Run Windows XP On It. Later, after some years I couldn't run it. I had to run Windows 2000. What's the Problem? P.S. I have a Microsoft Office 2000 CD ^_^
P.S.S. Vista is very buggy.. And it means Chicken In My Country's Language!

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:54 pm

I see in your sig that you can help about computers.
Well I have a question: Back When I had The White Box I could Run Windows XP On It. Later, after some years I couldn't run it. I had to run Windows 2000. What's the Problem? P.S. I have a Microsoft Office 2000 CD ^_^

Whats white box? Is it an old game or something?

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:52 am

Whats white box? Is it an old game or something?

Its the Old White PC (Ya Know The White PC Boxes? Im talking about that)

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:17 pm

I know this is 360 gameplay footage, I have taken higher texture resolution into consideration, as it will be on the PC. I know its a compressed video, but even without 1080p quality, those draw distances are big. And yes I know I'm not a magic physic, as I said this is a rough estimate

@John seing as you live in America, then when you DO buy parts/buy a ready made computer, get it from newegg.com you cannot beat their prices, they have a wide range of products and they have very good customer service.

I realise you are not picking a number out of your head, but you cannot extrapolate enough information out of a gameplay trailer to give an accurate required specification. You can make a good guess, which is what you have done, but you cannot assure accuracy.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:28 am

Its the Old White PC (Ya Know The White PC Boxes? Im talking about that)

You mean a PC with a white case? :brokencomputer: << - like that?

Edit : if so, are you sure you didnt make any hardware changes? Perhaps try formatting the hard drive and trying to install XP again?

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:25 am

My first system built was AMD and I enjoyed it. It was strong, durable and never quit on me. I am Intel i7 now and its a better processor. But I believe my next build is going to be the six core amd.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:45 am

Hmm,
This computer will take it in atleast high right? Windows Experience = WE

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:47 am

My first system built was AMD and I enjoyed it. It was strong, durable and never quit on me. I am Intel i7 now and its a better processor. But I believe my next build is going to be the six core amd.

Its your choice, but imo, going from an I7 to a 6 core amd wont make much difference, because the intel has hyperthreading (8 threads)
AMD's are good for people who dont want to splash out a lot of money though, I always recommend them to the casual gamer.

Edit :
@Left4Candy Thats all fine apart from the graphics card. Wait till we get closer to release to upgrade, but if you do, go for an ATI 5770 or a GTS 450 if you want a nvidia, to match up with the good processor. The processor actually has its own intergrated graphics card, which will help the dedicated graphics card, but I highly doubt that the GT 220 will run it at lowest graphics anyway.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:11 pm

but I highly doubt that the GT 220 will run it at lowest graphics anyway.

Not even the Lowest? it can take crysis on High and New Vegas on Ultra with Texture mods.
thanks for the answer. need to get some more cash though . brought 2 Pioneer S-J300's for 20￡ Cheap but now i cant afford the Graphic card LOL!

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:14 pm

Not even the Lowest? it can take crysis on High and New Vegas on Ultra with Texture mods.
thanks for the answer. need to get some more cash though . brought 2 Pioneer S-J300's for 20￡ Cheap but now i cant afford the Graphic card LOL!

Um... what? Are you playing at 640x640 resolution or something? The GT 220 is like 30-50 quid, there no way it can play new vegas on ultra with mods.... sorry. type dxdiag in the white box just above your windows menu button after you click it, press enter and tell me what dxdiag says. Cause that cant be right.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:56 am

I hope that I'll be able to play Skyrim on max settings...ATI 4870 overclocked, 3.0Ghz Core2Duo, 4GB DDR3

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:56 am

Um... what? Are you playing at 640x640 resolution or something? The GT 220 is like 30-50 quid, there no way it can play new vegas on ultra with mods.... sorry. type dxdiag in the white box just above your windows menu button after you click it, press enter and tell me what dxdiag says. Cause that cant be right.

Well, the 220 is an amazingly powerful card for its class, and while playing Crysis on high at a decent resolution might be a bit of a stretch, it's actually more than capable of gaming - just closer to medium/low than high.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:12 am

I hope that I'll be able to play Skyrim on max settings...ATI 4870 overclocked, 3.0Ghz Core2Duo, 4GB DDR3

Yeah that should run it max, if not, near max.

@PhYoshi
Well if that card works for you then stick to it. Upgrading a graphics card is like changing one piece in a jigsaw, anyone can do it, so if you cant run skyrim when it releases, you can upgrade then. I'm surprised that the GT 220 can run crysis and stuff though, its not even a gaming card.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:02 pm

Yeah that should run it max, if not, near max.

Thanks for reply

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:07 pm

Um... what? Are you playing at 640x640 resolution or something? The GT 220 is like 30-50 quid, there no way it can play new vegas on ultra with mods.... sorry. type dxdiag in the white box just above your windows menu button after you click it, press enter and tell me what dxdiag says. Cause that cant be right.

Im running at 1028x768

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:44 am

The new game engine is a BETTER engine not a more demanding one.. So you might actualy be able to play skyrim better then ob played on the same computer.

If your worried just save up and wait till just before it comes out to go upgrade or buy a new puter. Its realy that simple.

» Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:31 am

The new game engine is a BETTER engine not a more demanding one.. So you might actualy be able to play skyrim better then ob played on the same computer.

If your worried just save up and wait till just before it comes out to go upgrade or buy a new puter. Its realy that simple.

Whether it is better optimized or not, there is no way that oblivions spec's will be close, let alone be more demanding than skyrim. No way, end of.
2nd line. Yes, I know people are worried about their computer when it comes down to skyrim, that was the whole idea of this thread.

@left4candy I guess that explains it. These specs I made on this thread are at 1400x900
So at 1024x1024, yes the GT 220 could probably play skyrim at that low resolution. But... not well.

Edit : Im changing the original post to compensate for those playing at lower resolutions.