Unofficial "Will My PC Run Skyrim" Discussion #23

Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:23 am

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1228501-unofficial-will-my-pc-run-skyrim-discussion-22/


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If anyone had a question from the previous thread that did not get answered before the post limit lockdown, feel free to repost it here.

This thread is the catch-all discussion thread for questions concerning computer hardware and its capability of running The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Please post all system spec queries here, as all other threads on this topic are liable to be closed.

The general rule of thumb here is that we are comparing the systems you post with the official system specs for the Xbox 360, which is the platform the game is primarily being designed for. These specs (in basic) are:

CPU: IBM Xenon @3.2GHz (Three cores)
Memory: 512Mb DDR3 (this memory is shared by the CPU and GPU and is bandwidth-accelerated by an onboard eDRAM chip)
GPU: Xenos graphics chip @ 500MHz
>DirectX 9.0c
>Shader Model 3.0
>No dedicated VRAM (it shares the system RAM)

What this means is that although the game will likely not be very demanding graphically (at least, before factoring in the increased texture resolutions and various other graphics features the PC gamers will get), it will likely put a heavy load on the CPU, and it is recommended to have at least a quad-core, although dual cores will probably not have too much issue so long as they have a reasonable clock speed (about 2.8 GHz on a modern dual-core should do).

We then take into account the fact that the game will likely not be as well optimized on the PC due to varying hardware setups. We also take into account the different optimization techniques required for PC setups due to the existence of, for instance, dedicated GPU memory. This means we are expecting Skyrim to require a decent processor of at least dual-core architecture with a reasonably fast clock speed, and GPUs with at least a 512Mb dedicated framebuffer and reasonable core clocks and memory clocks, as well as at least 4Gb of system RAM. If you meet these requirements, you should be able to run Skyrim; maybe not at the highest graphics settings without incurring a large performance hit, but you should be able to run it.

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- 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.

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Ok, let's see how it goes.

Thanks in advance.


Please stay on topic, this is specifically a thread to help those who are trying to figure out if they can run Skyrim, if you want general tech help go http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1228926-the-community-tech-thread-no-106/. Thanks!


Do not post here if you are going to brag or criticize other member's systems. This is not the place to say "ooohhh, my system is so much better than yours!!11!!1!!" Comments like that will only get you negative responses. Please keep it to yourself. :stare:
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:54 am

Would be nice if someone could create a mock gaming rig within certain criteria.

i.e.

* <$500
* $501 - $750
* $751 - $1,000
* $1,001 - $1,500
* $1,500+


I use the 360, but I'm toying with the idea of buying a PC. Money isn't really that much of an objective. For the sake of a couple hundred $ then I don't mind splashing out. The above would only be for the base unit, no monitor/mouse/keyboard etc.

Also, it'd be preferable if it was in pounds :D

edit;

Took out quote as the colours from Bities post were making me see double.

In any case, could anyone build up a mock PC for about 1,000GBP please :D

edit 2;

I also came across this website that someone posted on these boards that seemed quite useful. Not sure how accurate it was though?

http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/502403-graphics-card-ranking-5th-time-last.html
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:02 pm

AMD X2 3800
2gb RAM
8800gts 320mb
Windows Vista

It's going on 5 years old (and some of the parts are older than that) and I can tell it is beginning to struggle. Should I keep it and see what it can do, or spend $900+ (SB+MOBO+8gb Ram+high end video card+DVD drive+Windows 7) on a high end computer, or get a PS3 to play it on?
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:38 pm



Do not post here if you are going to brag or criticize other member's systems. This is not the place to say "ooohhh, my system is so much better than yours!!11!!1!!" Comments like that will only get you negative responses. Please keep it to yourself. :stare:


Thank you, geeze! Ive seen way to many people lately doing that and I feel better now a moderator sees it -_-

Anyway, the link to the general tech thread needs updating

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1228926-the-community-tech-thread-no-106/
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:20 am

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel? Core?i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS? P8H67-M LE: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s,
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON? HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX? 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES? TX650 V2-80 PLUS? BRONZE
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER

total: £698

How does the HD6870 fair? Will I be able to easily overclock the CPU? does the motherboard support it? thanks :)
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:04 am

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel? Core?i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS? P8H67-M LE: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s,
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON? HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX? 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES? TX650 V2-80 PLUS? BRONZE
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER

total: £698

How does the HD6870 fair? Will I be able to easily overclock the CPU? does the motherboard support it? thanks :)


Apologies, I misunderstood your question.

The 6870 will do excellent :)
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Post » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:06 pm

Apologies, I misunderstood your question.


Right sorry well see if this easier lmao I was rushing:

Is the HD6870 powerful enough to run max settings at 1920x1080
Is the CPU easy enough to overclock
I was told some motherboards don't support overclocking or don't handle it very well :)
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:23 am

Well my PC specs ,are
Intel Pentium Dual Core 3.2ghz E5800
3 Gb DDR2
Geforce gt 240 1gb
17'' monitor ,, playing at 1280x720 ,,
can i play medium/high ,, no Anti aliasing ???
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Post » Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:43 pm

Would be nice if someone could create a mock gaming rig within certain criteria.

i.e.

* <$500
* $501 - $750
* $751 - $1,000
* $1,001 - $1,500
* $1,500+


I use the 360, but I'm toying with the idea of buying a PC. Money isn't really that much of an objective. For the sake of a couple hundred $ then I don't mind splashing out. The above would only be for the base unit, no monitor/mouse/keyboard etc.

Also, it'd be preferable if it was in pounds :D

edit;

Took out quote as the colours from Bities post were making me see double.

In any case, could anyone build up a mock PC for about 1,000GBP please :D

edit 2;

I also came across this website that someone posted on these boards that seemed quite useful. Not sure how accurate it was though?

http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/502403-graphics-card-ranking-5th-time-last.html



Problem is prices and deals change all the time. I've thought of doing such several times in the past, but it proved to be quite a headache because there would be components I'd suggest one week that I don't suggest the following week simply because there was a better deal, something became obsolete (new tech releases), or there was a price increase. And there are SEVERAL hardware configurations that can be done...too many actually.

I'd rather deal with the system build questions as they come, which is why I tell people to not even bother asking the question until they are within a couple weeks of actually buying.

However, I will consider doing something like this again because it does sound like a helpful idea. But with AMD Bulldozer coming out within the next couple weeks, now is not the time.

That graphics card ranking list is VERY accurate. The folks at OCN know their stuff and I even visit the site every so often.

Will respond with a build suggestion. I take it you don't need monitor/mouse/keyboard/etc? How about Windows OS? And I presume you are going to build this yourself? Or does this need to be prebuilt?


AMD X2 3800
2gb RAM
8800gts 320mb
Windows Vista

It's going on 5 years old (and some of the parts are older than that) and I can tell it is beginning to struggle. Should I keep it and see what it can do, or spend $900+ (SB+MOBO+8gb Ram+high end video card+DVD drive+Windows 7) on a high end computer, or get a PS3 to play it on?


You don't need $900 to do that upgrade, but highly suggested you do the upgrade. The system as is will probably pull medium settings, but components are certainly showing its age.


Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel? Core?i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS? P8H67-M LE: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s,
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON? HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX? 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES? TX650 V2-80 PLUS? BRONZE
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER

total: £698

How does the HD6870 fair? Will I be able to easily overclock the CPU? does the motherboard support it? thanks :)


Wrong motherboard if you want to OC the CPU. Need a P67 or Z68 chipset board. H61/H67 doesn't allow OCing at all.

Maxed out likely.

Well my PC specs ,are
Intel Pentium Dual Core 3.2ghz E5800
3 Gb DDR2
Geforce gt 240 1gb
17'' monitor ,, playing at 1280x720 ,,
can i play medium/high ,, no Anti aliasing ???


At that low of a res, you can probably play at those settings.
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5Ghz
Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 RAM
Gainward 460GTX 768MB V-RAM
1TB Seagate Barracuda 32MB Cache @ 7200 RPM

Resolution : 1680x1050.

Can I max it or being close to max it with 30FPS+ ?
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:09 am

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5Ghz
Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 RAM
Gainward 460GTX 768MB V-RAM
1TB Seagate Barracuda 32MB Cache @ 7200 RPM

Resolution : 1680x1050.

Can I max it or being close to max it with 30FPS+ ?


At that res, very likely maxed.
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:29 am

Problem is prices and deals change all the time. I've thought of doing such several times in the past, but it proved to be quite a headache because there would be components I'd suggest one week that I don't suggest the following week simply because there was a better deal, something became obsolete (new tech releases), or there was a price increase. And there are SEVERAL hardware configurations that can be done...too many actually.

I'd rather deal with the system build questions as they come, which is why I tell people to not even bother asking the question until they are within a couple weeks of actually buying.

However, I will consider doing something like this again because it does sound like a helpful idea. But with AMD Bulldozer coming out within the next couple weeks, now is not the time.

That graphics card ranking list is VERY accurate. The folks at OCN know their stuff and I even visit the site every so often.

Will respond with a build suggestion. I take it you don't need monitor/mouse/keyboard/etc? How about Windows OS? And I presume you are going to build this yourself? Or does this need to be prebuilt?



Thanks for the response :D

Well, I currently have the Philips 21:9 TV on my wall. I'm using a Mac Mini as a media server and it works perfectly. Ideally I'd love to just jump into bootcamp and load sky rim up. However, I know it's not powerful enough to get what I want out of it.

whilst I could just use 360, the mods attract me to PC again. I used to be an avid PC users about 5 years back but got complacent and lazy and now know almost nothing about building etc.

Therefore, Ideally what I'd like to do is set up a base unit next to the TV, use my Plasma as a TV and play using a controller through the PC. Therefore I probably won't need much else as I have most the peripherals from my other PC's.

I wouldn't mind spending up to 1,000GBP on it - I could probably load up Crysis and play that through as I never got the chance to and all the graphic mods make it look amazing.

Any idea on best current equipment for about that range? sorry I know you said it changes daily. Just a brief idea would be great :D Thanks,
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:00 am

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel? Core?i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS? P8H67-M LE: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s,
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON? HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX? 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES? TX650 V2-80 PLUS? BRONZE
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER

total: £698

How does the HD6870 fair? Will I be able to easily overclock the CPU? does the motherboard support it? thanks :)


If I were you, I'd try to push the budget a bit and get this (I'm assuming you have an OS already, if not feel free to ignore this as it would push the cost up significantly):

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel? Core?i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS? P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX?
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON? HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX? 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES? TX650 V2-80 PLUS? BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £739.00 including VAT and delivery.
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:11 am

At that res, very likely maxed.

So with his resolution of 1680x1050, will he get better perfomance than my 1920x1080 HD monitor? I don't understand this stuff :shrug:

(if you need my specs i got em)
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:52 am

If I were you, I'd try to push the budget a bit and get this (I'm assuming you have an OS already, if not feel free to ignore this as it would push the cost up significantly):

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel? Core?i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS? P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX?
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON? HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX? 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES? TX650 V2-80 PLUS? BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £739.00 including VAT and delivery.

I disagree with this, if you're going to upgrade anything on the build I would say the motherboard. Go with a better base from which to do further upgrades later. The sabertooth would be a good bet, it will allow for good overclocking
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:30 am

So with his resolution of 1680x1050, will he get better perfomance than my 1920x1080 HD monitor? I don't understand this stuff :shrug:

(if you need my specs i got em)


The lesser resolution, the less pixels the GPU has to compute, thus the gain of performance (at expense of image quality).
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:28 am

I already know the answer to this question: 1. My Linux PC: NO, My Win7 Laptop: Yes, but not good enough to spend 59.99, My Win7 Desktop: Yes and it will probably look better than the PS3/360 version but it will lag. Not really worth spending 59.99. Will wait until the game becomes $19.99-$29.99 before even thinking about the PC version. Right now its all PS3 for me.
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:38 am

I already know the answer to this question: 1. My Linux PC: NO, My Win7 Laptop: Yes, but not good enough to spend 59.99, My Win7 Desktop: Yes and it will probably look better than the PS3/360 version but it will lag. Not really worth spending 59.99. Will wait until the game becomes $19.99-$29.99 before even thinking about the PC version. Right now its all PS3 for me.


Okay...
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:05 am

So with his resolution of 1680x1050, will he get better perfomance than my 1920x1080 HD monitor? I don't understand this stuff :shrug:

(if you need my specs i got em)

bring out the specs.

But the simple way to think about this is that the same hardware plugged in to a 1680 monitor will give a better frame rate or allow for higher res textures than it would on a 1920 monitor because it has to render fewer pixels on the screen.
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:20 am

So with his resolution of 1680x1050, will he get better perfomance than my 1920x1080 HD monitor? I don't understand this stuff :shrug:

(if you need my specs i got em)

I had an ATI Radeon HD 5770. I can play all my games on max. Will it max skyrim at that res? (again, I have my specs if needed)
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:34 am

AMD X2 3800
2gb RAM
8800gts 320mb
Windows Vista

It's going on 5 years old (and some of the parts are older than that) and I can tell it is beginning to struggle. Should I keep it and see what it can do, or spend $900+ (SB+MOBO+8gb Ram+high end video card+DVD drive+Windows 7) on a high end computer, or get a PS3 to play it on?


I'd go for a new computer, give me a price range and I'll build you one including Windows 7 in the price.
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:19 am

bring out the specs.

But the simple way to think about this is that the same hardware plugged in to a 1680 monitor will give a better frame rate or allow for higher res textures than it would on a 1920 monitor because it has to render fewer pixels on the screen.

Ok here they are:
Intel Core i7 3.4GHz (8 Cores)

ATI Radeon HD 5770

8 Gigabytes of RAM

1.5TB hard drive

1920x1080 HD Monitor

if you need more, ask
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:05 am

Ok here they are:
Intel Core i7 3.4GHz (8 Cores)

ATI Radeon HD 5770

8 Gigabytes of RAM

1.5TB hard drive

1920x1080 HD Monitor

if you need more, ask

your 5770 will likely struggle to max the game, I had a pair of 5750s and with everything cranked in oblivion they still had a bit of trouble from time to time. Your video card is definitely the weak point though, all other components will be fine. On a side note your processor has 4 cores, not 8. Hyperthreading just makes it look like an 8 core.
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Post » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:20 am

Thanks for the response :D

Well, I currently have the Philips 21:9 TV on my wall. I'm using a Mac Mini as a media server and it works perfectly. Ideally I'd love to just jump into bootcamp and load sky rim up. However, I know it's not powerful enough to get what I want out of it.

whilst I could just use 360, the mods attract me to PC again. I used to be an avid PC users about 5 years back but got complacent and lazy and now know almost nothing about building etc.

Therefore, Ideally what I'd like to do is set up a base unit next to the TV, use my Plasma as a TV and play using a controller through the PC. Therefore I probably won't need much else as I have most the peripherals from my other PC's.

I wouldn't mind spending up to 1,000GBP on it - I could probably load up Crysis and play that through as I never got the chance to and all the graphic mods make it look amazing.

Any idea on best current equipment for about that range? sorry I know you said it changes daily. Just a brief idea would be great :D Thanks,


If you built a PC before, you can build one again.

Build:

CASE: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/221737
CPU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/251596
MOBO: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/260771
RAM: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264753
PSU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173104
GPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-sapphire-hd-6970-pci-e-21-%28x16%29-5500mhz-gddr5-gpu-880mhz-1536cores-2x-minidp-hdmi-dvi...or...http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1280mb-evga-gtx-570-hd-superclocked-40nm-3900mhz-gddr5-gpu-797mhz-shader-1594mhz-480-cores-plusfree-
SSD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264770
HDD: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-samsung-hd103sj-spinpoint-f3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89ms-ncq
DVD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/260945
OS: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/259863

That alone should be within £1000. Can do some price checks over at Amazon.co.uk as well.

If/When you plan to OC the CPU, can pick up this inexpensive but excellent cooler: http://www.ebuyer.com/245376-cooler-master-hyper-212-plus-socket-775-1156-1155-am2-1366-am3-processor-rr-b10-212p-gp



Ok here they are:
Intel Core i7 3.4GHz (8 Cores)

ATI Radeon HD 5770

8 Gigabytes of RAM

1.5TB hard drive

1920x1080 HD Monitor

if you need more, ask


Between the GTX 460 and the Radeon 5770, the Radeon is the lesser card. You'd see at least high settings at that res, but I feel like this is the 10th time you've asked this question for your system.
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Roberta Obrien
 
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Post » Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:47 pm

your 5770 will likely struggle to max the game, I had a pair of 5750s and with everything cranked in oblivion they still had a bit of trouble from time to time. Your video card is definitely the weak point though, all other components will be fine. On a side note your processor has 4 cores, not 8. Hyperthreading just makes it look like an 8 core.

I can crank OB and its smooth as a whistle. I can also max F:NV, FO3, and many other demanding titles on max. Are you sure?
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