Unofficial "Will My PC Run Skyrim" Thread : V - Skyrim

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:47 pm

Seems I got skipped earlier in the thread. Anybody have thoughts on this setup? It's a dell xps 410. Kinda hard to upgrade.

Here are my specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz
8600 GT
Vista 32 bit
4 GB Memory

Do I even stand a chance of playing Skyrim?

*I can play F:NV on all high settings with no lag at all.

Thanks!

I have doubts about GPUs like yours, though I think your CPU will suffice. What is your PSU? If it is even marginally decent, then at worst a ~$100 GPU upgrade will do IMO.

Edit: I wasn't looking at the top, just the specs. I googled your dell model and found http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xps410/en/SM_EN/specs.htm, it says you could actually have a 375w PSU in there.

Furthermore, according to PCPer, an Intel x6800 and 8600GT took http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/EVGA-GeForce-8600-GT-Review-Mainstream-GPU-Power/Power-Consumption-and-Conclu. If you were to get another GPU with a similar power draw, then you'd be good. I want to suggest the HD5770, but reviews have it's power draw everywhere from 207w to over 300w. I'd take the educated guess that you'd be running no more than 250w @ load with a HD5770 at stock speeds on your system, though don't hold me to it.

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:14 am

my xbox has a problem right now so i gotta fix it but i have my laptop here. Will this run Skyrim Good On Medium or High. . intel core I5 Processor 430M 2.26 GHz 3MB L3 Cache
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Up yo 2234 MB HyperMemory 17.3 HD+ LED LCD 4GB Of Memory 500GB HDD Dvd Super Multi DL Driver Acer Mplify 802.11b/g/n 6 Cell LI Ion Battery Windows 7 Built In HDMI. 4Gbs of RAM. 453 GB Free Disk Space. Can i run Skyrim On High Or Medium with my laptop

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:14 pm

~~We dont know, the game nor the specs are not even out yet, sorry~~

~~Ignore post, his thread got merged with this one~~

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:13 am

You will be able to run it on medium, i'm pretty sure.

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:20 am

And i also have my other Computer Out of my Three with these Settings 500gb Sata Hard Disk 3GB DDR2 Memory Q6600 Intel Core 2. Quad Processor NVidia GEForce 8600GT Graphics Windows Vista Super MultiDrive. 302GB FreeSpace/465Gb What Will that Run On.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:32 pm

And i also have my other Computer Out of my Three with these Settings 500gb Sata Hard Disk 3GB DDR2 Memory Q6600 Intel Core 2. Quad Processor NVidia GEForce 8600GT Graphics Windows Vista Super MultiDrive. 302GB FreeSpace/465Gb What Will that Run On.

Wow, my desktop is exactly the same except RAM, I have 2 gb of them. That will be enough for medium (the desktop, not laptop, that one is more like medium-low). My desktop can handle OB on medium-high, so medium for Skyrim would be it.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:08 pm

my xbox has a problem right now so i gotta fix it but i have my laptop here. Will this run Skyrim Good On Medium or High. . intel core I5 Processor 430M 2.26 GHz 3MB L3 Cache
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Up yo 2234 MB HyperMemory 17.3 HD+ LED LCD 4GB Of Memory 500GB HDD Dvd Super Multi DL Driver Acer Mplify 802.11b/g/n 6 Cell LI Ion Battery Windows 7 Built In HDMI. 4Gbs of RAM. 453 GB Free Disk Space. Can i run Skyrim On High Or Medium with my laptop

Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, your our only hope!

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:29 am

my xbox has a problem right now so i gotta fix it but i have my laptop here. Will this run Skyrim Good On Medium or High. . intel core I5 Processor 430M 2.26 GHz 3MB L3 Cache
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Up yo 2234 MB HyperMemory 17.3 HD+ LED LCD 4GB Of Memory 500GB HDD Dvd Super Multi DL Driver Acer Mplify 802.11b/g/n 6 Cell LI Ion Battery Windows 7 Built In HDMI. 4Gbs of RAM. 453 GB Free Disk Space. Can i run Skyrim On High Or Medium with my laptop

Depends on the resolution of your laptop display

is it 1366x768?

1024x600

1600x900

1920x1080

you need completely different cards to get playable frame rates at these resolutions

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:50 am

But i can run Oblivion Fallout 3 and New vegas on My Laptop Just Fine without Lagg or Crashes So Could that mean i have a chance to run skyrim on Medium and High

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:22 am

my xbox has a problem right now so i gotta fix it but i have my laptop here. Will this run Skyrim Good On Medium or High. . intel core I5 Processor 430M 2.26 GHz 3MB L3 Cache
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Up yo 2234 MB HyperMemory 17.3 HD+ LED LCD 4GB Of Memory 500GB HDD Dvd Super Multi DL Driver Acer Mplify 802.11b/g/n 6 Cell LI Ion Battery Windows 7 Built In HDMI. 4Gbs of RAM. 453 GB Free Disk Space. Can i run Skyrim On High Or Medium with my laptop

http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5470.23698.0.html

^^^The GPU isn't very good, looking at the benchmarks it doesn't do too well with medium settings in games not running Source.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:13 pm

But i can run Oblivion Fallout 3 and New vegas on My Laptop Just Fine without Lagg or Crashes So Could that mean i have a chance to run skyrim on Medium and High

Yes

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:12 am

Intel Core Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz
Windows 7 64-bit
GTX 260 896 MB video RAM
4 GB RAM

What setting will I be able to run the game on, do you guys think? Medium? High?

I haven't decided if I'm going to buy a new comp yet, since we don't know the system requirements yet, and because Skyrim perhaps isn't the most visually expensive game for your computer's hardware (I think it looks OK and I expect the system requirements to be around OK then as well, unless it's horribly optimized like previous BGS games).

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:49 am

WTH happened to this thread's name?

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:14 pm

WTH happened to this thread's name?

I have no idea

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:45 pm

If you scroll up to my most recent post quoting someone on their laptop, that was a separate thread and the other posts that went with it and their thread got merged with yours, but strangely it went the other way around. I would contact a mod if I were you

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:48 pm

CPU
Core2Duo T5800 @ 2.00 GHz

RAM
4 GB DDR2

GPU
Nvidia 9600M GS, 512MB dedicated, 1GB total.

Resolution
1366x768

There was already a thread for all these kinds of "UNOFFICIAL WILL MY PC/LAPTOP RUN SKYRIM" questions, link here:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1206896-unofficial-will-my-pclaptop-run-skyrim-thread-1/

however, the link no longer works and it seems that the thread got deleted yesterday for some reason. (platform flaming perhaps?)

I suppose this thread could be considered Thread #2

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:40 pm

Basically, something goofed up because post #127-136 was all a separate thread with the title of this topic

@ BootySweat: no no this IS the thread, the guys topic got merged into Arctic's topic, and was wrongly changed too

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:35 pm

Basically, something goofed up because post #127-136 was all a separate thread with the title of this topic

@ BootySweat: no no this IS the thread, the guys topic got merged into Arctic's topic, and was wrongly changed too

~~Mod's If you see this please lock it. I am going to repost this so don't delete thread 2~~

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:23 am

~~No need to do that just message a mod to change the title back and tell them that merging another topic changed the title~~

~~I am not sure if I was clear, so let me know if you understand what happened~~

~~Basically posts # 127-136 was a separate thread and instead of merging it with your topic, your thread got merged into it instead by accident, hence the title change. :spotted owl:~~

Cool back in business! :tops:

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:45 am

mind = blown

@oglocgeeks - are you able to run other recent games on that laptop at low/med settings?

» Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:59 am

Can i run Skyrim on high setting with:

Nvidia GeForce 9800GT
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU @ 2.50GHz
FUJITSU SIEMENS MS-7504VP-PV 1.1 motherboard
3.25GB DDR3 RAM

Im planning to buy GTX 560 Ti graphics card.., how much do you guys think it will improve fps in Skyrim or other games such as Crysis 1?

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:42 pm

Can i run Skyrim on high setting with:

Nvidia GeForce 9800GT
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU @ 2.50GHz
FUJITSU SIEMENS MS-7504VP-PV 1.1 motherboard
3.25GB DDR3 RAM

Im planning to buy GTX 560 Ti graphics card.., how much do you guys think it will improve fps in Skyrim or other games such as Crysis 1?

That 560 Ti should do nicely.

Do you have a Q8300 or Q9300 and can you OC or are you locked out of the BIOS?

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:56 pm

Thank you

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:10 pm

Gigabyte 560 ti super clock.
17 2600k 3.4 ghz
2 sticks ddr3 4 gigs each 1600 (super talent)
asus sabertooth mobo

other info.
corsair Graphite 600t
corsair 850 tx psu
Coolermaster v6gt
nzxt fan controler
windows 7 pro 64bit
Hitachidesktar 7k1000 1tb 7200rpm 32mb cache

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:39 pm

How about :
CPU Intel quad core 3.00GHZ
RAM 4GB DDR3 RAM(64bt windows 7)
GPU ATI Readon 48000 series(then is really the worst on my PC..)
Resolution: 1280 X 1024

Is it likely it can run on highest setting no problem? (I know they are just estimates, but curious.. it once was a pretty good PC but it is a good 2 years old by now..(other then the CPU, but even then it is only 3.00 GHZ do to me being to cheap to update the motherboard..)