Does Skyrim use more than 2 cores if availible? Any info on that?

Im asking because I need to decide whether to get a Intel i5-2400 or i3-2100 Cpu ...

The GTX 570 is faster then the ATI 6950. A ATI 6970 would be on par with the GTX 570. All of thoughs cards will max Skyrim easily though.


We are unsure if Skyrim will be Quad Core optimized yet. Either way It certainly won't hurt you, so I'd go for the i5-2400 (assuming the 2500k is out of you budget). Also their are other games out their that take full advantage of Quad Cores like BF, so if you play other games that would also be helpful and you'd future proof a lot more.

Greg49 is correct, the 570 is indeed faster than the 6950 and more comparable in benchmarks to the 6970.

Just be sure if you are thinking about picking up the 6950 to unlock to 6970 speeds, that you make sure that your 6950 is indeed unlockable. Manufacturers removed this feature due to people unlocking, but there are still some floating out there.

Thanks, so I think Ill go with the 2400, although its 50€ more expensive. 2500k is another 20€ more, but from what I read in tests, it doesn't seem to make that much a difference. Or should I instead invest this into a better graphics card?

I was thinking of getting the MSI GTX 560 Ti, because it is said to be very good in cost/effectiveness and it is listed here under being playable at max. settings. Should I buy it or instead invest some more money for a HD 6950 (20€ more) or even a GTX 570 (100€ more)?

I definetly want to be able to play this game at max. settings.

What about a Intel Quad Core i7 2600 3.4 GHz CPU?

I already have a GeForce GTX 465, which allows ultra settings.

Any of thoughs cards will breeze right through Skyrim and are all great choices. Just at least go for the 2400, but if you can fit in the 2500k that be even better because you OC it easily and will add even more future proof to your build.



The 2600 will be more than enough for Skyrim.

I found this on Craigslist for $450. The person who is selling it claims it can run Crysis on high. Is it worth it?

AMD Phenom II 955 Quad Core CPU @ 3.4Ghz
6GB Corsair DDR3 RAM
XFX ATi Radeon 5770 HD Video Card
640GB hard drive partitioned to 60GB for fastest possible bootable drive (7.2K RPM)
Additional 120GB 7.2KRPM Media Drive
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
MS Office 2007

Just got this new desktop from :bowdown: pcspecialist cost more than my car is worth :shakehead: i think it will max Skyrim but what do you guys think?
here are the specs

Intel? Core?i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-990X (3.46GHz) 6.4GTs/12MB Cache
12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 4GB KIT)
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready (3 of these)
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) (2 of these)
ASUS VG236HE 23" 120Hz 3D LCD, HDMI/DVI-D HD, 1920x1080 (2 of these )
NVIDIA 3D "goggles"
ASUS? RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

those are the most important specs I think.
so will it do the job well?

With ease.

Not sure i said it, but thanks for the replys in the previous thread.


Just bought a new 23" monitor today so i can enjoy the game fully

thanks! it plays crysis 2 on max but Skyrim is in a league of its own or at least thats what ive been told.

by the way will skyrim support 3D graphics cards?

I'm assuming no, but I'm posting here just to be sure. Is there any chance that my pc can run Skyrim at all?
Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz
2GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX

It's an over hauled engine not a new engine, from my understanding the engine will not make use of quad cores, unless someone can confirm differently the game engine is still single threaded.

Guys, what goes under the catagory of Good FPS? (Frames Per Second, not First Person Shooter. Just to clear that up :biggrin: ) And what is considered as bad?

Also, do you guys know when the official requriments will be released?

Depends on the game and I heard in about 3 weeks.

EDIT: Also depends on how well you can tolerate FPS.

Anything playable, for me personally that's 25fps and up, anything below that makes combat a real chore.

Ahh, alright, more a matter of personal tolerance then. I think what Runningbare said seems logical. to me atleast.

Cool, then I think I'll go with the 560 Ti, but could I also max it out with 1080p resolution, cause Im thinking of getting a 24" monitor?



Should I invest 20€ rather into the i5-2500k instead of i5-2400 or a better graphics card (HD6850)?

Yep, a 560 Ti should have no problem even at 1080p as long as your other components are up to par.

EDIT: If the choices are 2500k + ATI 6850 or 2400 + GTX 560 Ti, I'd definitely go for the GTX 560 Ti. It's not like the 2400 is going to hold you back.

The 2500K can be OCed to levels that far exceed the 2400's performance....the 2400 has limited OC potential. If you don't plan to overclock your CPU, then the 2400 is fine....just get the better video card.




Not too bad for the money.



Sorry to say, but I think you wasted money. Lots of it. There's a point where there is diminishing returns on your investment and that 990X is one big fat eye-sore. You could have gotten similar performance out of the 2600K for considerably less money and it's on more recent technology too. The 990X is simply just not worth it and is on a dead-end socket. Still the most powerful desktop CPU, but will easily be beaten by future Ivy Bridge CPUs...but your motherboard socket won't support one of these. But based on your other components listed there, it seems you have money to blow.

Yes you will max.




It might run, but that CPU is a slow single-core chip. I don't have high expectations with that Pentium 4. Maybe low settings and some lag.

I got the Radeon HD 5750 1GB and it handles Crysis 2 on max at 40fps average, so I am very sure it can handle Skyrim.

Will I need the latest ATI drivers to run Skyrim well? The reason I don't download them is because they slow down my FPS on some of my games.

No, Skyrim will be just like any other game. Although sometimes ATI come out with new drivers that increase performance of your GPU a tad but not always.

CPU 3.2GHz Intel Core i5 650
Memory 8GB 1.333 DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics 32MB (shared) Intel GMA HD integrated graphics chip
Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
I have a Radeon HD6850 1GB Graphics card coming in, will this up my specs by alot? Maybe play on high?