Unofficial "Will My PC Run Skyrim" Discussion #27 : V - Skyrim

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:12 am

"5700 series" is pretty vague, I'm going to need the exact number (5750,5770) before I can make any recommendations in regard to that. At 5400rpm, your HDD is going to significantly increase load times as compared to a 7200rpm like the one in my sig. Your processor and RAM will do fine.

Thanks for the reply. Its the xfs 5770. also i don't know too much about advanced assembly, just basically how to add ram, a power supply and a pci video card. Ive heard of linking graphics cards together for better preformance? i have my old radeon 4350 lying around...

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:53 pm

Thanks for the reply. Its the xfs 5770. also i don't know too much about advanced assembly, just basically how to add ram, a power supply and a pci video card. Ive heard of linking graphics cards together for better preformance? i have my old radeon 4350 lying around...

If it is the 5770, you are in the High range.

I also have a old 4350 in storage too :twirl:

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:54 pm

While the video cards are pretty spot-on, as far as predictions go, it would be good to throw in recommended processors, and with that, comes the motherboard, memory, HDD or SSD.

No offense to you, tgl1992, but not everyone here has taken an IT course. I do find this thread exceptionally helpful but it would help many users if more parts were listed. I could help you compile them if you need to, but keep in mind that I'm just suggesting it. No offense intended.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:40 am

Alright, here goes:

Operating System: MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP2
CPU: Intel Pentium D 945 Presler 65nm Technology
RAM: 2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-12)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-S2L (Socket 775)
Graphics: E70-3 (1024x768@75Hz) 128MB GeForce 8400 GS (Gigabyte) 57 °C
Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio

I am fully aware this is a weak system. I'm more interested in what I should update first.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:04 pm

Alright, here goes:

Operating System: MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP2
CPU: Intel Pentium D 945 Presler 65nm Technology
RAM: 2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-12)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-S2L (Socket 775)
Graphics: E70-3 (1024x768@75Hz) 128MB GeForce 8400 GS (Gigabyte) 57 °C
Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio

I am fully aware this is a weak system. I'm more interested in what I should update first.

Ram, then graphics card & processor etc. I think.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:31 am

While the video cards are pretty spot-on, as far as predictions go, it would be good to throw in recommended processors, and with that, comes the motherboard, memory, HDD or SSD.

No offense to you, tgl1992, but not everyone here has taken an IT course. I do find this thread exceptionally helpful but it would help many users if more parts were listed. I could help you compile them if you need to, but keep in mind that I'm just suggesting it. No offense intended.

I didn't make the list though :unsure:

And I am not advanced in computers myself, the upgrades in my sig were my 1st ever upgrade to a store bought system. All the knowledge I give is from what I learned this year and do my best to give it,

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:34 am

Alright, here goes:

Operating System: MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP2
CPU: Intel Pentium D 945 Presler 65nm Technology
RAM: 2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-12)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-S2L (Socket 775)
Graphics: E70-3 (1024x768@75Hz) 128MB GeForce 8400 GS (Gigabyte) 57 °C
Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio

I am fully aware this is a weak system. I'm more interested in what I should update first.

CPU and GPU for sure. But for GPU, what is your power supply? (ask if you don't know how to check)

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:00 pm

So my second 6950 shipped today, you guys tell me what are the chances of Skyrim using crossfire? Does Oblivion, Fallout 3, New Vegas use the crossfire?

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:47 am

So my second 6950 shipped today, you guys tell me what are the chances of Skyrim using crossfire? Does Oblivion, Fallout 3, New Vegas use the crossfire?

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=262&threadid=89531&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear, but he mentions Oblivion, so chances are moderately high that Crossfire is enabled

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:40 am

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=262&threadid=89531&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear, but he mentions Oblivion, so chances are moderately high that Crossfire is enabled

Ok cool, so how does the duo stack up against a 6990?

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:48 am

Ok cool, so how does the duo stack up against a 6990?

I dont think you will even need to, but it will be great for battlefield 3 and crysis 3

ONE 6950 is better then a 6990 http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

so two will blow it away if crossfire is enabled

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:28 am

While the video cards are pretty spot-on, as far as predictions go, it would be good to throw in recommended processors, and with that, comes the motherboard, memory, HDD or SSD.

No offense to you, tgl1992, but not everyone here has taken an IT course. I do find this thread exceptionally helpful but it would help many users if more parts were listed. I could help you compile them if you need to, but keep in mind that I'm just suggesting it. No offense intended.

-motherboards, wouldn't really help your performance so why make a list? Their practically all the same except for minor differences.
-RAM/Memory, most people have 4GB standard if not more, As long as you don't have under 2GB you will be able to run the game. (Not many people have under 2GB of ram, and if they do they usually need more than just a RAM upgrade)
-Any HDD/SSD would work, only thing they effect in games is load time. with 5400RPM(slowest), 7200RPM(Normal), SSD (fast).
-CPU, possibly but there's just to many to list.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:49 pm

I dont think you will even need to, but it will be great for battlefield 3 and crysis 3

ONE 6950 is better then a 6990 http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

so two will blow it away if crossfire is enabled

Actually a 6990 is significantly faster then a 6950, that chart is incorrect. Although 6950's in Xfire should still be quite a bit faster than a 6990, Although IMO it's a little bit of overkill.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:09 pm

-motherboards, wouldn't really help your performance so why make a list? Their practically all the same except for minor differences.
-RAM/Memory, most people have 4GB standard if not more, As long as you don't have under 2GB you will be able to run the game.
-Any HDD/SSD would work, only thing they effect in games is load time. with 5400RPM(slowest), 7200RPM(Normal), SSD (fast).
-CPU, possibly but there's just to many to list.

Im upgrading to a phenom 840 quad from my 2.3ghz x3 because I have a fear this game wont be well optimized to use the gpu and will need some help from the cpu :S but hopefully since todd mentioned that dx11 optimization features will be there my 470 may have a little more help playing at max

edit: to your reply to my post.

Oh, Ive been around the bench marking forums for a while and everyone's always said they are trustworthy, Ill take your word for it though, since im not an ATI user myself

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:22 pm

I dont think you will even need to, but it will be great for battlefield 3 and crysis 3

ONE 6950 is better then a 6990 http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

so two will blow it away if crossfire is enabled

Can anybody second this? I thought a 6990 was better then a 6950.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:25 am

Can anybody second this? I thought a 6990 was better then a 6950.

Sorry, looks like I got bad info

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:36 pm

Can anybody second this? I thought a 6990 was better then a 6950.

It is :blink:

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:12 am

So my second 6950 shipped today, you guys tell me what are the chances of Skyrim using crossfire? Does Oblivion, Fallout 3, New Vegas use the crossfire?

Don't count on it working with crossfire, pretty sure Oblivion had problems with SLI and Crossfire when it was released.
You don't need two anyway but just don't be suprised if you have to use one when Skyrim is released while waiting for a driver update or patch.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:17 am

Actually a 6990 is significantly faster then a 6950, that chart is incorrect. Although 6950's in Xfire should still be quite a bit faster than a 6990, Although IMO it's a little bit of overkill.

Not overkill when I have a crap load of graphics mods lol

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:31 am

Don't count on it working with crossfire, pretty sure Oblivion had problems with SLI and Crossfire when it was released.
You don't need two anyway but just don't be suprised if you have to use one when Skyrim is released while waiting for a driver update or patch.

Yeah I know, but when those drivers come 4Skyrim will be supersampling his Skyrim lol

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:20 am

Not overkill when I have a crap load of graphics mods lol

Doesn't matter, going from one 6950 to Xfire 6950 won't help in Oblivion anyway. It's not that it's not fast enough, it's just not optimized for newer technology. You can have 580 GTX in Sli I still doubt you'd max oblivion (heavily modded) with 60+ FPS.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:48 pm

Doesn't matter, going from one 6950 to Xfire 6950 won't help in Oblivion anyway. It's not that it's not fast enough, it's just not optimized for newer technology. You can have 580 GTX in Sli I still doubt you'd max oblivion (heavily modded) with 60+ FPS.

True but I was referring to Skyrim, and since its a brand new game I am confident that amd will make the game fully compatible with the crossfire. And I highly doubt I will even look at Oblivion when Skyrim comes out.

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:42 am

It looks like I'll be able to max everything out. Can you guys just make sure for me?

CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 41 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Technology
RAM
5.00 GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz (5-5-5-31)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5N-D (Socket 775) 40 °C
Graphics
H233H (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB GeForce GTX 460 (Gigabyte) 29 °C

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:00 pm

It looks like I'll be able to max everything out. Can you guys just make sure for me?

CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 41 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Technology
RAM
5.00 GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz (5-5-5-31)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5N-D (Socket 775) 40 °C
Graphics
H233H (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB GeForce GTX 460 (Gigabyte) 29 °C

Absolutely, you will max it

» Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:56 pm

Absolutely, you will max it

Awesome! I can't wait!