PC requirements for Skyrim

Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:40 pm

Will this run Skyrim considering future enhancement mods several weeks/months after release:

Ipad 2
2048 x 1532 (double resolution)
SD card slot
dual-mode connectivity
dual core processor
two cameras
10-inch size

Can't wait to fight dragons on the go!
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Setal Vara
 
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Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:41 pm

Genuine Windows? 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English
875W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Intel? Core? i7-2600K (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 4.1GHz
16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon? HD 6950
Alienware TactX? Keyboard and Mouse Bundle
Alienware TactX? Mouse
2TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache
2TB RAID 1 (2 x 2TB SATA 6Gb/s) 7200 RPM
Alienware? 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
No Monitor
802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Combo Adapter
Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD) and DVDRW

Will this run skyrim? Lolz i wish i had this.



Lol @ no monitor!
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Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:07 pm

Lol @ no monitor!


Most prebuilt PCs don't come with a monitor, for many reasons. Primarily, you almost certainly already have one, and secondarily there's no one monitor that would suit everybody equally well. It'd be like a console coming with a TV - sure, there are some people who don't own TVs anyway, but what do you get them? Some want a 50" HDTV, some are fine with an 18" CRT. Some prefer a larger screen, others prefer a higher pixel density - refresh rate and contrast ratio are two other very important, very changable things.
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David John Hunter
 
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Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:28 am

ITT: My PC is better than yours.

:rolleyes:

You people make me laugh.
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maya papps
 
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Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:42 pm

Do you think a alienware m11x laptop with these specs could run Skyrim? Can they run games such as FO NV and FO3? I'm sorry but I'm autistic when it comes to pc specs and such.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor SU7300 (1.3GHz, 800 MHz, 3 MB)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Alienware M11x Laptop
250 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz (2 DIMMs)
1 GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 335 M

thanks
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Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:20 pm

is an intel core i7 good? it doesn't say how much GHz it has, but it sounds okay. .
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Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:56 pm

Depending on how the job situation the following is what I hope to have for Skyrim
Overclocked Sandy or Ivy Bridge quad core ~4Ghz
Two OCZ Vertex 3 drives in raid 0
8 GB of Ram
2 SLI Mid/High level nVidia Cards
1 120Hz 24" 3D monitor

Before people flame about the 3D, Oblivion looks great in 3D. As far as I know the devs did nothing to make it 3D, all hardware and some driver tweaking from nVidia, and this was long before Avatar. You might not like it but for me its incredible and makes every 3D movie look a cheap knock off. This is what I plan to have when Skyrim is released.
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Post » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:44 am

You don't need more memory or better grapic, however a ssd has a dispel loadtime effect. Buy 2x128 and run them in raid 0.


That's so over kill. Modern SSDs are like 2-5x the speed of HDDs. Raiding them is a total waste of money. They are way too expensive atm. In fact, you aren't going to see much of a performance diff in apps using them in raid. You best bet is to get one, load your games and OS on it, and use a regular HDD for storing music, video, and basic apps. SSDs will increase performance and reduce load hitching while playing games. in some cases you might even see 1-2 FPS differences, but for the most part, they just smooth everything out load times and general OS lag due to slow loading.

I opted to wait for the next wave of them before I upgrade. They are increasing in speed very rapidly, and the prices are almost at a good point. When I can get a performance 256MB SSD for sub 200, I'll be biting. ;P
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Post » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:38 am

Will this run Skyrim considering future enhancement mods several weeks/months after release:

Ipad 2
2048 x 1532 (double resolution)
SD card slot
dual-mode connectivity
dual core processor
two cameras
10-inch size

Can't wait to fight dragons on the go!


Possibly, but I wouldn't count on it.
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