[Alyce Argabright]

EVGA x58 mobo w/Triple Channel DDR3

6gb's DDR3@1600mhz

1x XFX Radeon HD 5870 1gb ddr5 (Upgrading to 6970 2 gb ddr5)

I7-950 @3.06 ghz

1920 x 1080 Samsung P2770FH @ 27"

[Gemma Flanagan]

True, but having a 900Mhz CPU, 4GB of install space, and a Linux based OS is really limiting for games........

Edit- @*shadow* 4GB is more then enough for games, you should run the game fine.

Thanks, I'm happy to hear that.

Do you think that HD 5730 is enough for the game? (I don't know anything about graphics cards).

[His Bella]

OK, I'll do mine:


4GB DDR3 RAM
AMD Athlon II 2.9GHZ
NVIDIA Geforce GT 220 1GB


It can run Fallout 3 on pretty high settings at a marginal loss to fps, so I'm guessing that depending on how well Skyrim's draw distance and occlusion is optimised, I should hopefully be able to get medium settings in Skyrim.

[Angel Torres]

Which is a better GPU to run at a high quality.
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6790 1024MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1024MB

[Penny Flame]

While we do not actually know any system requirements as long as your PC is better than an xbox 360 it should run, at least on low settings, which considering how underpowered the 360 is most people with a semi respectable computer should at least be able to play the game.....just maybe not on high settings.

[Luis Reyma]

Asus P5ND Motherboard
4GB RAM
SLI 8800GT 512MB
Plenty of memory (no solid state though)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz overclocked to 3.4GHz

I've been told the single best upgrade I could do was a more powerful video card. I've also been told my CPU really bottlenecking my setup (at least my SLI). Is this true? Would it bottleneck if I upgraded to something like a GTX 560 Ti?

[roxxii lenaghan]

WIll the rig in my signature be able to max Skyrim at 1920x1080?

[Kelli Wolfe]

WIll the rig in my signature be able to max Skyrim at 1920x1080?

I would be incredibly shocked if it didn't.

With your GTX 570, you should have noticed that you can get excellent framerates for most recent games with maxed settings at 1920x1080, right?

There is no way Skyrim would be as demanding as, say, Metro 2033 or Witcher 2 with ubersampling.

[Mylizards Dot com]

Rampage 3 mobo N/S bridge liquid cooled
12gb's ddr3 @ 2133mhz
2x580gtx @3gb's each; EVGA HYDRO
1x9800gtx evga (dedicated phyx)
i7-970 OC @3.5ghz liquid cooled
ASUS 90-YAA0E0 soundcard
3x2560x1600p monitors @ 30"

Can my computars run skyrim.

Jesus, what are you, Bill Gate's son?

[Darren Chandler]

Just upgraded to a SSD. I have not had a game I cannot run on max setting on a single screen with my current gear. But the SSD really sped up my load and boot times. The system is so responsive. I cannot go back to a normal HDD (well only for storage). I think this is the tru bottleneck for a lot of midrange pc's today.

[asako]

Asus P5ND Motherboard
4GB RAM
SLI 8800GT 512MB
Plenty of memory (no solid state though)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz overclocked to 3.4GHz

I've been told the single best upgrade I could do was a more powerful video card. I've also been told my CPU really bottlenecking my setup (at least my SLI). Is this true? Would it bottleneck if I upgraded to something like a GTX 560 Ti?

To clarify, I was talking about the possibility of two new cards into SLI, not your current pair of 8800GTs.

Would it bottleneck if I upgraded to something like a GTX 560 Ti?

Yes, but the GPU is still the best upgrade for overall graphics performance. Let me explain, I'll substitute a E8600 for your CPU:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/54?vs=289

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/54?vs=288


...scroll down on the links above for the benchmarks of Fallout 3 and Dragon Age: Origins. Fallout is completely tied to two cores, DA:O utilizes four cores very well and additionally, it isn't very hard on the GPU. Yes a very quad optimized game can show tremendous gains with a quad, but:

1: We don't know if Skyrim is well optimized for quads.
2: All the CPUs have decent frame rates.
3: There is still going to be some level of Gamebryo traits in the new engine. [Fallout 3's engine]


As for the GPU side of things:

I'm substituting your SLI 8800GT 512MB with a single GTS450 to compare to a GTX 560Ti. If you think I'm undercutting your GPUs, use a GTX 285 or GTX 460 768MB... but the performance is somewhere in the middle at best. Either way, the point is that with the GPU upgrade, the performance boost is across the board with all games. This makes the GPU the safe bet in regards to upgrading in almost all cases. A CPU has to be pretty crappy [or the GPU needs to be really good already] for CPU to be the primary concern.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/316?vs=330

[Jonathan Braz]

I will say it again.. Skyrim is being developed to run on 6 year old hardware. Its very likely any computer that is less than 6 years old will be able to run it just fine.

We will simply have to wait to see if Bethesda is going to allow PC users to take advantage of increased performance/graphics that can be achieved with more recent hardware. I seriously am hoping they will incuded a higher resolution texture pack upon release and allow PCs to turn on higher normal/parralax texture mapping.

[maya papps]

Ok, I have an AMD 5600+, 8GB of PC2-6400, and a GTS 250 (essentially a 9800 GTX+). The main board I am using is capable of running AM3 processors, but the RAM is stuck at DDR2 (though DDR2 can go faster than 800MHz, so I can get some relief there as well). I can probably afford to replace any one component at a time, so...

Will this rig run Skyrim as-is, and if not, which component would you upgrade first?

[Jeffrey Lawson]

I'm not sure if I can run it but I'll post my specs as well as I know them.

I'm running Windows Vista 32, my computer is a Gateway and about five years old now.

My GPU is an Nvidia 9600GT with 1G of video ram.

My CPU is an 3.0GHZ AMD Athlon 64x2 6000+ Windsor, it's Dual Core.

I have 3 gigs of ram.

My monitor runs at 1360 x 768 Widescreen.

Storage space isn't an issue.

I haven't had an issue with any game I've ever played in it, including newer ones like Fallout NV, Dead Rising 2, and Portal 2, I can run them all on max,
or near max with little frame-rate dip.

Let me know what you think, thanks!

[Cccurly]

Poeple are very confused.. the new engine is designed not to require more out of the system but to get more from a given system. It will likely run better the ob does on whatever computer can run ob same with fallout 3 and new vegas.

[GPMG]

Ok, I have an AMD 5600+, 8GB of PC2-6400, and a GTS 250 (essentially a 9800 GTX+). The main board I am using is capable of running AM3 processors, but the RAM is stuck at DDR2 (though DDR2 can go faster than 800MHz, so I can get some relief there as well). I can probably afford to replace any one component at a time, so...

Will this rig run Skyrim as-is, and if not, which component would you upgrade first?

A CPU has to be pretty crappy [or the GPU needs to be really good already] for CPU to be the primary concern.

Original Athlon X2 dual cores are on my list of "pretty crappy CPUs". I think it will run "as is", but your current CPU is the weakest link and will severely limit any further GPU upgrade. I'd upgrade the GPU too, but the CPU would be my primary concern. Don't upgrade now if you wish, but if you don't and then you don't like the performance, then I'd change the CPU first.

[Robyn Howlett]

Hello everybody!
i have

R.A.M.: 4,00 GB
Processor: 2,66 GHz
Type of systyem: 64 bit

Is it gonna be allright or do i need to modify what i've already have?

[Rhiannon Jones]

Today I did a search and there was nearly 174 topics that included the words "will my computer run skyrim". Im here to stop multiple threads showing up, so if you have a question ask it here. I don't know alot about pc specs but alot of people here do so ask away!

P.S check this website to see if your pc will run Fallout 3/New Vegas, if it reaches over the maximum bar, it will most likely will.
http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/intro.aspx
you can use that website above to check, however it is not 100% accurate.


MODS EDIT:
General notice to begin with: at this point the system requirements are not yet known. Anything is speculation and conjecture at this moment. Asking about the requirements can yield an educated guess at best.

- From now on we're going to use this as the system requirement and speculation thread for both PC-systems and laptops.

- People can post questions related to their system in this thread.

- We'll also use this thread for general speculation regarding the anticipated and expected system requirements; be it minimum, recommended and optimum.

- This thread can also be used to ask about possible and potential upgrades that people plan or may want to make.

- Other threads will be closed and referred to this one. Once this reaches 200 posts, we'll continue in a new one and leave a link to the old thread.

- Once the official system requirements have been made public by Bethesda, we can change the topic to 'Will my system run Skyrim?'.

- Since this is unofficial, there are no guarentees and the administration may decide to change the course of this thread.

- We will appreciate it if you could link to this (and any subsequent) thread in new threads people make about hardware requirements. And, that you use the report fuction to report these new threads to the moderators.

Ok, let's see how it goes. :thumbsup:

Thanks in advance.

Good to see a thread like this! http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1203106-predictions-for-skyrims-pc-specs/page__p__17935959__fromsearch__1#entry17935959 is the thread I tried to revive, but it is still a bit useful :tops:

[Tamara Primo]

Maybe this should be a sticky as sooo many people seem to want help with this.

[JLG]

Jesus, what are you, Bill Gate's son?

Nope
single
23
out of college
make 62,000 a year
If your not doing higher education; then your not doing it right.
Also get involved in high culture and make connections with the people in the "upper class." You'll have to shed yourself of any form of "lower class cultural identity" but once you do life becomes easy. Elitism is still alive and well in the upper echelons of soceity; i'm not saying embrace it but at least learn to play the game.

[matt oneil]

Poeple are very confused.. the new engine is designed not to require more out of the system but to get more from a given system. It will likely run better the ob does on whatever computer can run ob same with fallout 3 and new vegas.

I hope that's the case, and those with DX11 cards may benefit from the DX11 optimization features, but I don't see where you get the idea that a computer that barely runs Oblivion could possibly run Skyrim better.

My laptop runs vanilla Oblivion constant 60fps at 1920x1080, all settings maxed. As for FO3 and FNV, even after reducing numerous graphics settings, I can barely get to 40 fps.

My guess is that Skyrim is not going to be more taxing on PCs than other recent 2010-2011 games, but it's almost certainly going to be more demanding than a game like Oblivion, which runs well on many older computers.

[Richard Dixon]

Rampage 3 mobo N/S bridge liquid cooled
12gb's ddr3 @ 2133mhz
2x580gtx @3gb's each; EVGA HYDRO
1x9800gtx evga (dedicated phyx)
i7-970 OC @3.5ghz liquid cooled
ASUS 90-YAA0E0 soundcard
3x2560x1600p monitors @ 30"

Can my computars run skyrim.

Just thinking here, wouldnt you be loosing a bit of performance by using such an old card for physx? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M
*I have never used Physx, so I'm just wondering.

[danni Marchant]

I hope that's the case, and those with DX11 cards may benefit from the DX11 optimization features, but I don't see where you get the idea that a computer that barely runs Oblivion could possibly run Skyrim better.

My laptop runs vanilla Oblivion constant 60fps at 1920x1080, all settings maxed. As for FO3 and FNV, even after reducing numerous graphics settings, I can barely get to 40 fps.

My guess is that Skyrim is not going to be more taxing on PCs than other recent 2010-2011 games, but it's almost certainly going to be more demanding than a game like Oblivion, which runs well on many older computers.

Its simple the changes they made to allow for shadows and alot more detail at range and close in and such... will help a min spec system when you turn OFF shadows and lower render range.

[Francesca]

Hello everybody!
i have

R.A.M.: 4,00 GB
Processor: 2,66 GHz
Type of systyem: 64 bit

Is it gonna be allright or do i need to modify what i've already have?

Can someone please help me with that?

[Mr.Broom30]

Can someone please help me with that?

you left out the two most important details:

1. your graphics card
2. your monitor display resolution