Ya your laptop looks more promising IMO



Ya...But hey maybe you will meet the minimum :shrug:

So even over xbox360?

If so, i can live for that until I have the funds to build my PC which will be in around xmas time...

What would you recommend I get to maybe run it on something other than low? I was happy enough playing OB on medium, I'm sure i wouldn't complain about it being on medium for Skyrim either.

Hard to say to be honest


Go to newegg.com and look for GPU's. Good buys and good selections. If you are froogle and just want a GPU to at least run it at medium like yours did for Oblivion, maybe between the 4k-5k series. Keep the advice I gave about cards in my OP

I would wait for other answers, though

Well, only one way to find out. I'm going to buy the game on the PC anyhow, then rent the Xbox version from Gamefly. I will know by sure when I compare the two. =)

Thanks again for your help. I'm sure I'll be back on this post again...

Alright, right on. I'm not gonna buy it any time soon, if i do. I'll definitively be on the lookout. So if i got something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150516&cm_sp=Pers_StoreTopSellerMore-_-14-150-516_2_TS_-_-1_38_14-129-166__ I should be good, yeah?

Oh ya!

But what is your PSU wattage?

Just thought I would bring http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.731459 to the attention of anyone in the market for a new video card and a copy of Deus Ex Human Revolution. It's a combo deal where if you buy the card you get the game for free. The card itself is a Powercolor Radeon HD 6850 and is priced at $159. I researched the hell out of this card before deciding to buy it and it has overall positive reviews.

Another good card to check out is the Galaxy Geforce GTX 465. Last I saw it was going for $129 on Newegg but it unfortunately went out of stock on Friday. If you could find it for a similar price on another site I recommend snatching it up. It has THE best price to power ratio of any card I've seen so far, free games notwithstanding.

Also http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html I've been using for researching video cards. It lists the 3D Mark scores and average price of almost every card out there and compares them.

Thanks

I have no idea. From what I've read i'll have to take the back panel of the case of my computer off in order to check. I think i'm gonna wait and do that tomorrow cause I've got to get ready to go out. I'll post it tomorrow once i find out though.

I'm curious to see how my new rig will run a game like Skyrim, I'm sort of new to gaming PCs, and built this with a little help from my brother.

Operating System -Windows 7 - 64bit
Graphics Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
Ram - Ripjaws Series 4GB (2x2GB)
Processor - AMD 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
And I'm hoping to be running this with a very large resolution.

I probably gave way too much info, sorry I'm still new to this sort of thing.

no, you've already been answered but whatever I'll answer you just because, the 4850 is better than the 6370, it's how the op explained it.


I too have a 4350, I typically play on xbox though so I haven't played NV or anything on here, all I have played is WoW and Morrowind, both of which got me around 30 fps (well with Morrowind I was using the hardcoe morrowind graphics overhaul thing) but it still seems like it's not gonna handle Skyrim well at all. It's a pretty low end card. I'm expecting probably low or low-medium graphics on it.


And in response to the guy above me: max with ease.

Yeah, you definitely don't want to overpower a PSU. Make damn sure it can handle whatever hardware you decide to buy. Also make sure it's above the minimum required for your video card. Depending on how much stuff you're running inside your computer you made need it to be 100 watts higher or more. Fortunately the card your looking at only requires a 450 watt power supply (compared to a similar nVidia card that would be around 550) so if you do need to upgrade your PSU you shouldn't need anything too fancy. I'd go 600, maybe 650 watts, just for futureproofing.

You're good. :thumbsup:

Nope, just the right amount of info. Looks like you're golden. If Skyrim doesn't run good on that setup, God help the rest of us!

Edit: If you do decide to upgrade anything, go with the memory. I don't know how much Windows 7 requires but you can never have too much memory. Unless you're still running XP like me. Then you're pretty much maxed out at 4 gig.

Yeah, his rig is better than most.

I'll be running it on an Intel i7 2600K, GTX 570, and 8GB of RAM so I'll probably be doing some heavy optimization modding. :hubbahubba:

Good as in max settings good? Or just average settings good (which I'm okay with).

And I appreciate your help, thanks!

Edit: Okay, thanks guys! Now I'm even more excited for November!

Yeah, I'm going to still be running a Core2 Duo e6300 when I get Skyrim so I have no idea how my computer is going to handle it. I got enough memory and a kickass video card showing up in a few days but I'm just not quite ready to jump to another processor just yet.

I have an m11x r2 laptop that i might be buying Skyrim on. The specs are AS FOLLOWS

CPU: Intel Core i5 CPU U 520 @ 1.07 Ghz

RAM: 4.00 GB DDR3

GPU: GT 335M

Resolution: 1366 x 768

Here are my two PC's:

Windows XP
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000 2.63 GHz
2 GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
1280x1024


My newer PC
Windows 7 64 Home
AMD Phenom II Quad 955BE 3.2Ghz 8MB socket AM3
ATI HD5850 1Gb DDR5 PCI-express
Corsair 2 x 2Gb DDR3 CL9 PC10600 XMS
1920*1080

I reckon the latter one will run it fairly well. I'm wondering what I should upgrade about it, if anything. The former would just be handy if it could run Skyrim, but not a requirement.

Hey guys, me bothering you lot again. I know, last question I promise.

I recently got a new motherboard and processor installed and while now everything runs smoothly again (without the constant rebooting it had before) and I know it will at least run Skyrim on low to medium settings but...I can't help but get a little worried for the future.

It's a 1155 slot motherboard (MSI H61M-E33 (MS-7680) if anyone knows what it is) which I'm told isn't exactly new.
I'm a PC gamer but I'm worried that while it will be able to run Skyrim it won't last long with future games. Unfortunately I have limited funding. 74 euro's a month doesn't really speed up the saving process. In order to keep up to date, am I fine for a while? And do I really have to re-install windows every time I get a new motherboard because to be honest that is a pain.

You have to specify which 4800 card exactly , there are a lot of variations and they offer different performance .
As for your newer rig , you'll be able to run the game on maximum settings with smooth enough FPS .

21 *bleep* threads? Damn, this thing is going to set an all-time record.

Also, the refined performance means this: 4350 > 4300. You're welcome.

Nvidia uses practically the same naming convention.

In alot of cases the higher end previous generation will still be faster than the low or mid end next gen.

most likely the 4850....it shows up as 4800 series if you don't have the most up to date drivers