Unofficial "Will My PC Run Skyrim" Discussion : V - Skyrim

» Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:25 am

Do you guys think Skyrim will support the 6950 2gb in crossfire mode?

» Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:02 pm

Hey everyone,

See below for the quote the guy gave me. I would like advice on potential upgrades, better pieces to use for equivalent or equal cost, and any other tips.

Processor - Intel Core i7 Bloomfield 3.06ghz LGA1366 Quad Core - $ 311.99
Motherboard - Asus Sabertooth X58 LGA1366 Intel - $233.99
RAM Kingston - HyperX 16Gb (4x4gb) DDR3 - $137.99
Video Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 2Win (Fermi) 2gb DDR5 - $419.99
Hard Drive - Western Digital 1TB SATA HD $66.00
Optical Drive - 20X Sata DVD-RW $24.00
Operating System - Microsoft Window 7 Home Premium 64-Bit $114.00
Power Supply - Antec 750W Gamer Series High Current 113.50
Case - NZXT M59 $ 58.72

After taxes, labor, and the above prices supplied by the person, it comes to $1841.00. I looked up all of these items on newegg.com and I came up with a price of $1327.93, which is definitely more affordable for me, but the drawback is lack of overall warranty and me needing to make the computer myself. I was reading some reviews and was hearing that GTX 560 ti SLI is actually a pretty good value right now, and would last me a long time, but I would love everyone's input.

Thanks again for the help!

Nothxu

P.S. I thought I would edit this and include that the main purpose of the computer in the near term would be playing Skyrim on max settings and eventually Diablo 3 (which I think will be less demanding). I currently play SC2 (kind of, computer is so bad, it even locks up on low settings) and WOW.

that is a bit pricey and probably overkill for what you are looking to use it for. you can save quite a bit in the motherboard category (although that is a great motherboard) and also the cpu (drop to the i5 2500k). obviously you can save a bunch if assembling it yourself but you can also see how much a local shop or maybe a techy friend would charge to assemble all the self ordered parts for you. i'd do it for a 12pk of beer.

» Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:53 pm

Do you guys think Skyrim will support the 6950 2gb in crossfire mode?

I think it's more a question whether AMD will fit Skyrim in their driver profiles to support crossfire.

» Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:18 am

I'm 99% certain I know the answer, but just to be safe, I'm asking.

4 gigs DDR2 ram (3 usable, curses 32-bit OS)
Intel Core2Duo 6700 2.66 GHZ
And the thing I'm most certain on, Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 (1.25 GB VRam)

I can run Total War: Shogun 2 on max settings, full DX11, with a hint of occasional lag.

I'm pretty sure the only real issue with Skyrim MAY be the draw distance, which can easily be lowered. I don't NEED full graphics, at least, not far away.

» Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:42 am

I'm 99% certain I know the answer, but just to be safe, I'm asking.

4 gigs DDR2 ram (3 usable, curses 32-bit OS)
Intel Core2Duo 6700 2.66 GHZ
And the thing I'm most certain on, Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 (1.25 GB VRam)

I can run Total War: Shogun 2 on max settings, full DX11, with a hint of occasional lag.

I'm pretty sure the only real issue with Skyrim MAY be the draw distance, which can easily be lowered. I don't NEED full graphics, at least, not far away.

with a 570 gtx i wouldn't worry about draw distance at all. you should be on high/max no problems as far as graphics go. the only issue you might have might be cpu but i doubt that will be an issue either, that just depends on how well they optimize it (if at all) for multiple core systems. the xbox has 3 cores and they are developing it for that so we'll have to wait and see on multiple core support for pc.

» Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:39 am

Although ATI did begin to enable users of its chipsets to include provisions for entirely separate VRAM to allow the graphics chip to avoid having to borrow main system memory (which is slow in graphics terms) beginning with the Xpress 2200, I believe, the actual result, to my knowledge, was no takers among major producers. Based on the very narrow memory system afforded by their chipset video chips, and the very slow main system memory they have to share, the first integrated graphics that will play games such as Fallout 3, FO-NV, and Skyrim in anything similar to the way that the games are designed is AMD's "Llano" APU with its included HD 6520, not the HD 3n00 / 4n00 chipset.

Now, if we choose to split hairs, and try to define the idea of what the word "run" means to include any sort of of stumbling, stuttering, herky-jerky blurriness as something other than objectionable, that's not real PC gaming, IMO, and there appears to be quite a bit of anecdotal evidence accumulating to indicate that systems relying on chipset video (admittedly, mostly among laptop users) are failing at a higher than normal rate when subjected regularly to the rigors of high intensity 3D game playing.

Well I know what im talking about when it comes to amd integrated gpus because im running one and have for well over a year and a half now. Its only a 4200 with a measly 128 megs of dedicated ram and 256 megs of system ram but I know exactly what it can and cant do and why.

As long as you make SURE to not have aa on and not have hdr on dang near ANY gpu can run skyrim on a small laptop monitor of say 1366/ and rarely if ever lag. But yes you will need to set certain sliders down a bit.

Still if thats all you have thats all you have its good to know it will be playable.