I think the Windows 7 license includes both the 64 and 32 bit version so you should be able to install that without issue.

But they're wasting post count to brag. If they want to brag, they should put their rigs in their sig... like I do.

Yeah, really. The people who have to ask are the ones with marginal hardware. (Me, for instance. I'm running Win XP in Bootcamp on an aging iMac. My graphics card is a 256mb HD2600XT. Luckily, the trend of making PC games that match with X360 specs has helped me play alot of "modern" releases at low-mid specs, but it's starting to get beyond that. And since my computer is an all-in-one, I can't just toss a new card in there. So, yeah.... I wonder what the min specs will be. But why someone with SuperPC?! is wondering is beyond me.... unless it's a subtle "drool over my awesome system, peasants" brag. /shrug)

Thanks, now I get it Yeah, sounds like that will lower the system requirements significally, so they can improve the graphics and stuff even more.

I dont actually need that much ram, 3x4 Gb kits are just a lot cheaper per Gb for decent specified modules than 3x2 Gb kits are, and I found some nice modules on offer.

With graphics cards, I stopped getting high end ones ages ago because they get updated too quickly these days. I'd rather get mid range cards, buy new ones and stick the previous ones on Ebay. High end cards get pretty disappointing when the next range comes out and they lose a lot more value than mid range ones do.

The only thing I'm looking forward to atm is a bigger price drop on the I7-970, which should happen by the end of this year. I want to stick to my mobo + socket for as long as possible, but would like a gulftown CPU after they go cheap.

WOW! How do people afford PC's with those kind of specs?!

rich parents.
unfortunately, game is 18+, so they have to wait 2-4 years

Paid for it completely myself, over many years of gradual upgrading and selling on ebay. I dont drink alcohol or go out, and what I spend on my PC is probably a tiny fraction of what other people spend on booze.

People I know spend more in a month on drinking and clubbing than I do in a whole year on PC upgrades.

Oh, and of course you self build, thats like up to 50% cheaper compared to paying ridiculous prices on pre built PCs.

There is a good chance that is true. Alcohol where I live costs a little bit more than the places around me, so I tend to spend quite a bit on beer. But then again, PC components aren't that expensive if you know where to shop. Its easy to build a top-of-the-line gaming computer (minus mouse/keyboard/monitor) for under $1000.

It would be in Bethesda's interests to make the game highly scalable. So im sure if you're running a Dual Core processor and have 2 Gb of RAM, and a decent GPU you'll be able to scale the game for playable frame rates.

I have 16GB RAM in my laptop and I have never seen any game use more than 3-4GB.

If you do a lot of video encoding/editing, disc authoring, Adobe CS5 apps, VMware, etc., you will be able to benefit from 24GB.

For games, SSDs reduce the load times to almost nothing. they also reduce your boot/shutdown time and general app load times conderably. Other than that, they won't impact games.

I'd rather say "working my ass off every day + taking care of my nephews".

As we'd say here in Spain: "El ladron cree que todos son de su condicion" (The thief believes himself everybody else also is).

Do you guys think it would be wise to get a note book with these specs for skyrim now?
Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M GPU with 2GB GDDR5
2nd Generation Intel? Core? i7-2630QM Processor ( 6MB L3 Cache, 2.00GHz)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 2 X 2GB

What in gods name are you talking about? the only valid point you made was getting 64bit.

You CAN have too much ram, because after 4GB for an average PC gamer is more then enough
A duo core CPU will NOT be brought to its knees. Its going to be an XBox port with the ability to set the graphics to high from the consoles medium. It may tax a duo core but wont kill it at all.
A 250 is a little dated, but it will be able to probably get mid-high on skyrim.

You have to consider the hardware a game is being developed for. The XBox, which is BethesdaGS's primary platform, hasnt changed at all in over 5 years. 99% of the time, anything wou could play 5 years ago, you more then likely can play games today, though obviously with not as much eye-candy.

Specs look nice, but I'm no fan of gaming notebooks....

I have a core i3-370m/3gb RAM/Radeon Mobility HD 5650m laptop and I couldn't run DA2 demo on max (it svcks btw, not gonna buy that game :tongue:). That scares me, considering I can run Crysis on max on laptop's native 1366x768 display... And Skyrim's graphics look significantly better than DA's

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.

My Only option is a gaming notebook since I move around alot, Im just wondering if this could run skyrim. ( i've seen videos of it running Crysis:warhead on the highest settings with 60 fps I think )

If it's your only option, then yes, it'll move it nicely I think

I've got a Hal 9000. Can I run this game?
I won't be upgrading until the game comes out and I've tried it and found my e8500 unacceptable. That being said, most new es games have pushed the envelope when it comes to specs. However, they also have come out with the new generations. While the game looks awesome I don't expect it to need "next year's pc" as was recommended for Morrowind. (not by Beth) I will also disagree with someone's statement that all they need is a computer that matches xbox. I've seen way too many poor ports of games (GTA and apparently Bulletstorm) to accept that just because my computer trumps the ageing consoles that I will be able to run something that is ported.

Someone will probably argue that tes isn't a port, and that it has been designed on pc's for pc's. I'll offer only the interface from oblivion in response.

Save up some money, upgrade last week before Skyrim's release. Play and enjoy the game.

Simple as that.

Was just joking actually, here building a computer yourself or buying it from the best store is like 5% off (maybe ten if your real lucky) from the end price. You see, we got nice company where u choose all the components yourself, it's a store, and they put it together less than $25 or smth. Although I really enjoy building it myself this time, have changed parts etc., and is really fun

But thing I don't understand that with your over-mediocre computer knoweldge, how you dare to ask if it is playable etc?
I see showboating, but that's fine actually.
It's absolutely gonna run with all maxed. (if it ain't buggy that is )

There's some things we can be sure of:
4 core CPU will definitely cope with the game
Never too much RAM
5xxx or 6xxx ATi or whatever nVidia's latest is will be good
SSD if you don't like load screens


Real, concrete requirements are at least 7 months away. This is just guess work but it's not like you can overshoot the mark.

Look, as Skyrim is coming out on the 360 & PS3, as long as you have a fairly decent computer that can run current games on high then you will be fine. The only difficulty computers will have is if they put in a DX11 option which would then put a strain on most current gpu's.

This is interesting, I wonder if DA2 is extremely optimized for multi-threading and/or for systems with more than 4GB RAM.

I was surprised at the excellent frame rate on my laptop with DX11, high settings, 1920x1080 resolution. My video card is the 5830M, which is like one level higher than the 5650M; however, I have an i7-820QM CPU and 16GB RAM.

The only area where the frame rate dropped a bit for me was in the cutscene after Flemeth turns back into a human, where she's walking around with some flames in the background.

incidentally, I liked the demo and I went ahead and pre-ordered on Steam.




Unless the OP is performing demanding tasks in applications that can actually make use of lots of RAM (such as VMWare, Adobe CS5, video editing, authoring, encoding), there wont' be much benefit in going beyond 4 - 8GB RAM.