[marina]

A 460 will be more than enough for Skyrim. I have a 570 and that's overkill

I've a GTX 560 Ti OC to 950/1900/4580, and I'm sure I'll have no problems on maxing it at 1680x1050...I mean, it can handle Crysis 2 DX11 Ultra + HD pack at that res with no problems, so...

[Tessa Mullins]

Ok, cheers! Will settle for the Asus Gtx 580 then! (turned out to be a much cheaper PC than I thought, haha, intended to spend about 15k sek when I started looking up components, now it'll land closer to 10k).

You do well. If your motherboard is SLI-capable, you can always put a 2nd GTX 580 if you feel like it...

[sarah taylor]

How would my computer Max out Skyrim? (or atleast high settings?)

CPU: Intel i5 760 (Quad-Core 2.8 GHz) Turbo: 3.33 GHz
GPU: Zotac nVidia GTX 460
RAM: 4 GB

[Steve Smith]

How would my computer Max out Skyrim? (or atleast high settings?)

CPU: Intel i5 760 (Quad-Core 2.8 GHz) Turbo: 3.33 GHz
GPU: Zotac nVidia GTX 460
RAM: 4 GB

Probably high settings with a chance to max it if you play on a lower resolution. (Telling us your native resolution would help :tongue:)

[Prue]

I'm running in to a new concern when shopping for upgrades: bottlenecks.

Currently I have an i5 750 clocked to 3.4GHz
8GB of g.skill ripjaws (those shouldn't be a problem
and 2 5750s in crossfire

now I know my VGAs are my weak point, but my new concern is how high can I go with a crossfire setup (or single card for that matter) before my CPU starts to hold me back?

anyone have any thoughts?

[Sophie Miller]

I'm running in to a new concern when shopping for upgrades: bottlenecks.

Currently I have an i5 750 clocked to 3.4GHz
8GB of g.skill ripjaws (those shouldn't be a problem
and 2 5750s in crossfire

now I know my VGAs are my weak point, but my new concern is how high can I go with a crossfire setup (or single card for that matter) before my CPU starts to hold me back?

anyone have any thoughts?

That processor shouldn't hold you back at all. What GPU/GPU's were you planning on getting? People often over exaggerate bottlenecks when really there is nothing to worry about.

[Kristina Campbell]

I'm looking at a pair of 6870s from xfx

(there's a bit of a hold up with that though because they're shipping defective with a lower core clock right now but it may be resolvable via a bios update, so who knows?)

[Jade Muggeridge]

Probably high settings with a chance to max it if you play on a lower resolution. (Telling us your native resolution would help :tongue:)

Come on. A quad-core at 2,8 min and a 460? Max settings for sure.

[Connie Thomas]

Come on. A quad-core at 2,8 min and a 460? Max settings for sure.

At 1920 x 1200 or higher and maxed settings with AA that card will probably struggle a bit especially if its the 768mb version.

[joeK]

At 1920 x 1200 or higher and maxed settings with AA that card will probably struggle a bit especially if its the 768mb version.

Then disable AA, or put it at 4x, which is the normal for that resolution. But I think it'd work pretty OK.

[Shelby McDonald]

I'm running in to a new concern when shopping for upgrades: bottlenecks.

Currently I have an i5 750 clocked to 3.4GHz
8GB of g.skill ripjaws (those shouldn't be a problem
and 2 5750s in crossfire

now I know my VGAs are my weak point, but my new concern is how high can I go with a crossfire setup (or single card for that matter) before my CPU starts to hold me back?

anyone have any thoughts?

If you consider anything less than the performance of the fastest CPU to be the definition of a bottleneck, then yes there'll be a bottleneck.

I wouldn't worry about a CPU bottleneck... and if you're really worried I'm sure there is some room for growth in your current OC, I would just concern myself with what is the best dual GPU config for the price.

From my point of view that would be a pair of the HD6870. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/301?vs=299

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&PropertyCodeValue=http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1216347-unofficial-will-my-pc-run-skyrim-thread-7/679%3A79235%2C679%3A79234%2C679%3A90543&bop=And&CompareItemList=48|14-131-374^14-131-374-TS%2C14-102-948^14-102-948-TS%2C14-102-945^14-102-945-TS


Lots of interesting reading on CPUs & Bottlenecks:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/processor-architecture-benchmark,2974-9.html
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/intel-e6850-bottleneck-investigation/all/1
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/core-i7-vs-penryn-vs-phenom-ii-with-hd-4870-x2-trifire?all=1

[Anna Watts]

If you consider anything less than the performance of the fastest CPU to be the definition of a bottleneck, then yes there'll be a bottleneck.

I wouldn't worry about a CPU bottleneck... and if you're really worried I'm sure there is some room for growth in your current OC, I would just concern myself with what is the best dual GPU config for the price.

From my point of view that would be a pair of the HD6870. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/301?vs=299

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&PropertyCodeValue=http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1216347-unofficial-will-my-pc-run-skyrim-thread-7/679%3A79235%2C679%3A79234%2C679%3A90543&bop=And&CompareItemList=48|14-131-374^14-131-374-TS%2C14-102-948^14-102-948-TS%2C14-102-945^14-102-945-TS


Lots of interesting reading on CPUs & Bottlenecks:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/processor-architecture-benchmark,2974-9.html
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/intel-e6850-bottleneck-investigation/all/1
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/core-i7-vs-penryn-vs-phenom-ii-with-hd-4870-x2-trifire?all=1

Those are the articles I've been looking at, I think with my clock and with high enough settings in game, the gpus should be sufficiently loaded not to be restricted (significantly) by the CPU, and if they are, I could try clocking the CPU higher, or I could upgrade to the i7 875k for a bit more breathing room.

But I think after this VGA upgrade that's about as high as I can go with this system, next time I need to upgrade it will be a whole new build.

[Devin Sluis]

Probably high settings with a chance to max it if you play on a lower resolution. (Telling us your native resolution would help :tongue:)

I use 1080p for my native resolution
And I have the 1 GB version of the 460

[Wayne Cole]

I use 1080p for my native resolution
And I have the 1 GB version of the 460

As I said, 0 problems. You can even mess with AA settings a bit.

[Causon-Chambers]

As I said, 0 problems. You can even mess with AA settings a bit.

good, now I can stop being nervous around this matter News about a CE and Gamestop has another pre-order

[Lil'.KiiDD]

News about a CE and Gamestop has another pre-order

Same here. the other being ME3

[Aman Bhattal]

Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 086225U
Core i5-2410M,
GeForce GT 555M
4gbs memory
Blu-ray

ill be running it at 720p on the laptop as thats what the screen will do.. so rate that, but also it has HDMI out and i have a 1080p tv so how will it do on that.. thanks...

i posted in an earlier thread and said i would be buying a laptop in nov however my current laptop just died yesterday so i just bought this one today... with a coupon code it was only $799 so i jumped on it.

[louise tagg]

Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 086225U
Core i5-2410M,
GeForce GT 555M
4gbs memory
Blu-ray

ill be running it at 720p on the laptop as thats what the screen will do.. so rate that, but also it has HDMI out and i have a 1080p tv so how will it do on that.. thanks...

i posted in an earlier thread and said i would be buying a laptop in nov however my current laptop just died yesterday so i just bought this one today... with a coupon code it was only $799 so i jumped on it.

you should be fine to run it, probably not at max settings though, as I suspect that would create quite a lot of heat and the performance would likely not do well. Turn somethings down though and I imagine it's run alright.

[Paula Rose]

Intel i7 q720 @ 1.60G (8cpus)
8G of ram
Ati Radeon HD 5870
1600x900 screen

[Channing]

Intel i7 q720 @ 1.60G (8cpus)
8G of ram
Ati Radeon HD 5870
1600x900 screen

You'll be fine

what's up with all these laptop gamers though? laptops are just little ovens with screens IMO

[Roddy]

do you think my laptop can run it?

PC Specs:
HP Probook 4520s
4gb ram (3.80 usable)
64 bit windows 7 operating system
I5 intel core cpu, 2.53GHz
250 GB hard disk space (221 GB free)
Intel HD Graphics (integrated)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v with 512 MB dedicated video memory (discrete)

[JUan Martinez]

You'll be fine

what's up with all these laptop gamers though? laptops are just little ovens with screens IMO

cant afford to have both and i need a laptop for varies reasons... so if i put an extra $150 in a laptop and it helps me play some games decently sounded good to me. i also just dont have anywhere to put a desktop right now.

[lolly13]

do you think my laptop can run it?

PC Specs:
HP Probook 4520s
4gb ram (3.80 usable)
64 bit windows 7 operating system
I5 intel core cpu, 2.53GHz
250 GB hard disk space (221 GB free)
Intel HD Graphics (integrated)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v with 512 MB dedicated video memory (discrete)

I doubt that video card will run Skyrim decently. I've never heard of it, but a quick search turned up very little about it. At best I would guess you might play it on low settings and get 15fps at max.
Just guesing here though.

[lucile]

You'll be fine

what's up with all these laptop gamers though? laptops are just little ovens with screens IMO

I'd prefer my laptop over my desktop any day, mostly because of portability (and the fact that it destroys my desktop lol). You can always hook your laptop up to your T.V too

[Kellymarie Heppell]

One other thing I've been curious about, do bethesda games usually run better on nvidia or ati cards?

I'm still shopping around and the price range i'm looking at is so packed with options I don't even know where to start.