Tig Ol Bitties's chart is predictions, and when you put that and the better optimized engine together, you could see a tad higher settings

Like Unidentical said, they are estimates

thank you for clearing that up. When do you believe they will release spec requirements?

Probably late September/early October if I had to guess.

If only...

I think its safe to say that if you were able to run most games that came out in 1 year period on max settings you will be able to run Skyrim on max too , i am talking about games like The wticher 2, Dead island, Crysis 2, Two worlds 2, wouldn't you agree?

Yup, I agree. Overestimation also leaves plenty of space for graphical mods

In theory yes, in practise sometimes PC gaming can go horribly horribly wrong.

Arma 2 and OB are prime examples of games being far more demanding than they should be due to optimization issues.

I run Fallout 3 (2008) MUCH better than Oblivion (2006)... So yes, optimization is a key factor.

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Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 "Dual Fan" PCI-Express 2.1, 2xDVI, HDMI, 2xmini-DisplayPort, 900MHz
Screen BenQ 21,5" LED G2222HDL 1920 x 1080, 5000000:1, 5ms, VGA/DVI
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Is this any good at all?

Most certainly you will max the game.

Your motherboard would fit fine...the Apollo case is a decent one that fits standard ATX boards. Get a new PSU and new video card too. The Thermaltake TR2 PSUs are actually poorly built by today's standard. And don't bother with SLI'ing the old card that the GTS 250 is....there are plenty of single cards under $200 that would outperform two of those (Radeon 6870 and GTX 560). The PSU wouldn't be able to handle the SLI anyways.

Get a new PSU though should you decide to get a new card....for something cheap but of good quality, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371047&Tpk=antec%20hcg%20520w or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030. Even the Corsair http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027 is a much better unit than that TR2. And yes, the PSU suggestions would handle your upgrades just fine.




I feel that I probably am, but it is better to overestimate than to under. Even if it moves someone to upgrade something, it's to their benefit in the end. I agree, FO3 and FNV were much better optimized than Oblivion was so that gives positive hope...but you just never know as Elderscrolls and Fallout have their differences too.




Your resolution is in question here. Like said in the first post, if you're running a res lower than 1080p (1920x1080), your level of gameplay can be better than what's noted in the list.

AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M Accelerated Processor
6GB installed DDR3 RAM
DVD SuperMulti drive
17.3" diagonal widescreen TruBrite? TFT display
500GB hard drive
AMD Radeon? HD 6520M Graphics

What will this get me? i dont mind if its low, just not too low.

Around the medium range.

What, no partial credit to me for coming up with the idea of adding a video card list?




This is a good point. We won't truly know how it will run til it's out, but it will be better than ob and f3, due to Beth optimising the game better (hopefully).

No way! Cooooool! Im an xbox gamer and i just got a laptop so i was wandering, if it could run skyrim.

You should be right around medium settings, with solid FPS.

This is not-so-much a question of whether or not this PC will run Skyrim, but more a request for someone to look over http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Intel_Z68_Core_i5_i7_Configurator/w/84310 and tell me if it all looks good together, and if any changes are suggested or anything like that.

I want to run Skyrim on max settings and hopefully max-modded-settings, and that goes for all modern PC games, really.

The 6970 over the 6950, and get two of them.

Get a SS HD.

Get an i7 2600k.

I mean they are the major things you can do. On a more serious note i would suggest getting a 6970 over a 6950 though, then the system will probably be able to max everything for the next few years.

I'm sure someone else can give you more in depth cost effective advice though.

You should be fine. They said that I would max it with a Video Card even lower than yours.

CPU: Intel i3 @ 3.04 ghz
RAM: 4gb
GPU: Radeon 5670 (possibly being upgraded to a 6950)

High with the 6950 for sure. @1080p

If you upgrade the GPU you should have little trouble maxing the game otherwise it might depend on the resolution you intend to play at.

Heya,
Will Skyrim run on my 5years old PC?:(

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (build 7600), 64-bit
CPU: Intel® Core™2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
RAM: 6gb
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4850 512mb

Edit: Would like to play it on high atleast....

1080p

Then i suggest you upgrade to be on the safe side, it's only gonna help you out anyway with future PC games.