Not this again, when will console the gamer learn that PC's are and allways will be more advanced in every way because when you buy a console, that's it. no changes apart from minor software updates until the next console, PCs have new software And hardware every few days, think about it.

Unless that minor update disallows you to play that game. Somewhat amusing the terms and agreements that console users have to put up with.

Xbox 360s don't have as good graphics as the PC period. It's just too outdated. I hope they make the next Xbox soon, because currently Xboxs are holding game graphics back.

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It depends on your PC.

I would still be using the PC I bought 5 years ago, but I did something stupid 2 years ago and burnt up the video card and moboard.... with 2560x1600 resolution AA is not needed since it is already 4x the resolution of the 360. So stack 4 tvs together and imagine how much clearer and more detailed it could be and you would have my pc.

Fact is, there is little noticeable difference between Skyrim on the consoles and Skyrim on the PC. Thing is, Skyrim has been custom-built for consoles because, truthfully, nobody gives a [censored] about insane PC-rigs that cost 3000 dollars.

The graphical difference will be small, even negligible if you sit ~3 meters away from the screen. Honestly, the only difference to speak of would be worse shadows and long-distance rendering.


That said, if you like mods and that kind of jazz, you should think about buying the PC version.

How about we stop the false guessing from [censored] of any platform. Microsoft heads both anyways. PC will look better of coarse although not a mind blowing difference. And that goes for console versions aswell. Skyrim looks great but it's not like a 120% difference from Oblivion.

That said PC will look better. And Directx 11 will bring you improvements along with if your rig is beastly. But it's not custom built for it.

Not a huge deal, it is what it is. There's no dumbing down. Graphics [censored]s who would spit on a seemingly well tracked RPG can go somewhere else. Your the Witcher 2(Good game) can go svck my Wastelands humungous dike.


On the Xbox 360 though it looks impressive. Considering that all footage so far has not been from PS3 nor PC but the 360.

It'll all be fine. I wouldn't break the bank buying a high end PC just for Skyrim though.

Well to answer the question PC graphics are going to be better then the xbox 360 version and ps3 not by that much. But the mods that will come out will change the graphics so much that the pc's graphics become so much nicer. Now it depends on your preference. If you like to play on console (using a controller) then 360 should be your choice but if you like controlling it with a mouse and key board pc is your choice. In my opinion graphics don't make the game. So it all comes down to your perspective no one can change that so, just go with you gut feeling.

This, although I doubt a PC to max Skyrim would cost 3000 dollars, more like 900-1000.

I agree with this.

Also, if your computer is not powerfull enough, all you have to do is to not push the graphic to the max. If you count that 360 and PS3 have 5 years old hardware, a today-average computer will be able to run Skyrim pretty fine.
You can also tweak the configuration file, normally .ini ( even if that requires a bit of knowledge of what you're doing ).

I remember the days when people were taking guesses about the minimum requirements for Doom 3. In the end, they were less high than what they guessed ( still, they were high for the time ). With that said, I think that all the people crying because they are scared for the minimum requirements of Skyrim are exaggerating.

( OFF TOPIC: Robo FTW! )

My PC isn't that great so i pre-ordered it for the 360, but as soon as i get a nice gaming PC i'm getting the PC version, I love mods!

Yep. Although Bethesda is attempting to convince Microsoft of a Mod store for PC created content on consoles. And Sony too I guess.

I personally hope they succeed. Because console users are accepting the nickel and diming Publishers have the balls to alsonickel and dime PC users with DLC.

True expansions are slowly withering away. Bethesda has a chance to make yet another impact(They were the guinea pigs for DLC on Xbox 360. Explains everything from the picture pack priced horse armor to Shivering Isles expansion)

I just figured out what the censored bit is by reading your post. If us graphics [censored] have an opinion on Skyrims graphics, why does it mean so much to you? Taking it kind of personally aren't you?

I played Oblivion on a desktop PC (Dell Dimension 5000) that I bought in 2005 for €1200. 20" LCD monitor 1600x1200 (this was seriously nice back then), P4 3 GHz (room heater), 1 GB RAM (initially), Nvidia 6800 (hah, needless to say I didn't play many games at 1600x1200). I later bought another gig of RAM and paid €125 for a Radeon x1950 pro (512 MB) which kept things ticking over till recently.

Now I recently replaced that and my previous laptop with a laptop I hope to use for gaming, MSI GX660 for €1300. i5-460m, 8 GB RAM, 2x 500 GB WD Black 7200 rpm, ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1 GB GDDR5). I'm actually skeptical of the longevity of this, but so far it is just a dream. Ironically and bizarrely, the only game I so far got low FPS on (before tweaking) was Morrowind with the Complete Overhaul.

My favorite experience on the laptop in fact is Oblivion (seriously decked out with mods, seems to cope with throwing in the kitchen sink!) Really looking forward to trying out Skyrim on it.

Main advantage of the laptop is either playing tabletop (laptop screen), in the living room on a nice big LCD TV, in another room on the aforementioned 20" Dell Screen (nice compromise for a bit more space when I don't quite feel up to watching cave walls spin on the big TV) or indeed anywhere else (theoretically the train is possible - some of them here have power sockets at every table).

EDIT: Actually what isn't working out is this new fancy laptop replacing the old one - the new one is too heavy as a quick use "lap top" device. I've actually resorted to using the old one sans battery (the charging mechanism gets worrying hot and blinks madly as the battery can't hold charge). I guess in theory I should get a netbook, but I'm not very enthusiastic about it (given my mobile phone performs some of the random net-browsing role).