Unofficial "Will my PC run Skyrim" thread #7 : V - Skyrim

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:40 pm

AMD Phenom II X6 Hexa-Core Processor
Dual Radeon HD6870 Cards In CrossFireX
16GB DDR3 Ram
1920x1080

I don't know much about computer parts but this is what I was looking at upgrading to. Would I be able to run Skyrim on that resolution with everything maxed? Also would Battlefield 3 work with this set up?

Yeah, lol.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:55 pm

AMD Phenom II X6 Hexa-Core Processor
Dual Radeon HD6870 Cards In CrossFireX
16GB DDR3 Ram
1920x1080

I don't know much about computer parts but this is what I was looking at upgrading to. Would I be able to run Skyrim on that resolution with everything maxed? Also would Battlefield 3 work with this set up?

Go with an intel quad, even a i5 2300 or 2400 would be better, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=363.

...8GB of RAM is overkill, 16GB is just being silly.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:09 pm

Go with an intel quad, even a i5 2300 or 2400 would be better, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=363.

...8GB of RAM is overkill, 16GB is just being silly.

Ya, but hopefully games will start taking advantage of more than 4GB of ram in the future.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:08 pm

Ya, but hopefully games will start taking advantage of more than 4GB of ram in the future.

Yeah, but A] Skyrim isn't going to be one of them and B] your future PC will be long obsolete by the time games use anywhere near 8GB.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:20 pm

Will my laptop run it?(copyed from dxdiag)

Operating System: Windows 7, 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.6GHz
Memory: 4GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M(dedicated memory: 978 MB)
DirectX 11

I can run both Crysis and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on max settings.

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:59 am

I have an i7 920 overclocked to 3.8ghz. Will I be able to max skyrim? My GPU is crap btw, but I plan to upgrade to AMD southern islands...

Full Specs:

Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz

ATI 4870x2 (upgrading)

6Gb Corsair DDR3 Mem. @ 1800Mhz

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:03 am

I have an i7 920 overclocked to 3.8ghz. Will I be able to max skyrim? My GPU is crap btw, but I plan to upgrade to AMD southern islands...

Heh, I hope you're willing to wait...

I was so tired of delays for the Bulldozer/HD 7000/Sandy Bridge-E/Kepler that I upgraded my old 9600GT to a GTX 560 Ti as a temporary measure for Skyrim. Now they can delay them all they want

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:16 am

Heh, I hope you're willing to wait...

I was so tired of delays for the Bulldozer/HD 7000/Sandy Bridge-E/Kepler that I upgraded my old 9600GT to a GTX 560 Ti as a temporary measure for Skyrim. Now they can delay them all they want

Well good thing is they never delayed Southern Islands and it is on track for 2011. I don't really care about bulldozer, but I am waiting for either ivy bridge or sandy bridge e.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:00 pm

How would either a 6850 or a 460 handle newer games on a resolution of 2048x1152? Stupid me went and bought a monitor with a native res higher than my budget generally allows.

Edit: This is primarily for Skyrim, but also for stuff like GW2/TOR/Witcher 2.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:18 pm

Can my computer run skyrim?
Video: ATI Radeon HD 3200 (Vram: 1.9 gb)
Processer: AMD Athlon II X2 215 (2.7 ghz)
RAM: 4 gb
Directx 10

Note: I can run Oblivion on the highest settings + hdr with a little lag (none, if i turn vsync off)

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:17 pm

GPU - GTX 465 Twin Frozr

CPU - AMD Athlon X4 640 @ 3.2 ghz (this is where im scared, not a top of the line cpu, lol.)

RAM - 4GB DDR3

OS - Windows 7 64 Bit

DX11

Monitor is 1920x1080

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:50 pm

GPU - GTX 465 Twin Frozr

CPU - AMD Athlon X4 640 @ 3.2 ghz (this is where im scared, not a top of the line cpu, lol.)

RAM - 4GB DDR3

OS - Windows 7 64 Bit

DX11

Monitor is 1920x1080

I'd say you're good for high graphics, maybe even max, just disable anti-aliasing. don't worry your CPU is fine, not top of the line since its just athlon but it is 4x 3,2ghz which is far more than enough.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:09 pm

I know I should be able to run the game just fine, but I havent been keeping up with what they're doing extra, if any, for the PC over the consoles. I'm going to buy a second GPU to crossfire soon but was wondering if its even worth it for Skyrim.

System
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Manufacturer System manufacturer
Model System Product Name
Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 931 GB
Disk partition (C:) 135 GB Free (300 GB Total)
Media drive (D:) CD/DVD
Disk partition (E:) 496 GB Free (632 GB Total)
Media drive (F:) CD/DVD

Graphics
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Display adapter type AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Total available graphics memory 5878 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 2048 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 3830 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.872.0.0
Primary monitor resolution 1920x1080
DirectX version DirectX 10

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:25 pm

I'd say you're good for high graphics, maybe even max, just disable anti-aliasing. don't worry your CPU is fine, not top of the line since its just athlon but it is 4x 3,2ghz which is far more than enough.

Awesome, thanks man!

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:57 pm

i was wondering if i would be able to play it on my 4 year old computer : processor: athlon dual core processor 4850e 2.5 ghz. RAM: 3gb. my diplay driver is a nvidea geforce 9400 (gf 8200+gf 9300

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:00 pm

i was wondering if i would be able to play it on my 4 year old computer : processor: athlon dual core processor 4850e 2.5 ghz. RAM: 3gb.

At low-medium settings it should....run. Mostly.

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:52 am

At low-medium settings it should....run. Mostly.

lol are you sure? it cant even run the morrowind overhall graphics and sound with all the mge shaders it uses

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:15 pm

lol are you sure? it cant even run the morrowind overhall graphics and sound with all the mge shaders it uses

Well, neither my old deceased 9600GT could run it properly. It has nothing to do the one with the other, they're two different engines. Heck, MGE isn't even an engine, but a DX hook.

If you want a truer test, go play Crysis. If your PC moves it at highest settings, then it'll move Skyrim.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:25 pm

Any computer that is decent and was made after the Xbox 360 will be able to run Skyrim. You guys are making it sound like Cyrsis, which by the way the Xbox can run. If a more then five your old system that can't be upgraded can run Cyrsis then just about every computer around will be able to run Skyrim. Maybe you people who are asking these questions should actually learn about computers and stop asking if your computer made yesterday that cost $1000 will run Skyrim!

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:18 pm

Well, neither my old deceased 9600GT could run it properly. It has nothing to do the one with the other, they're two different engines. Heck, MGE isn't even an engine, but a DX hook.

If you want a truer test, go play Crysis. If your PC moves it at highest settings, then it'll move Skyrim.

oh ok good point with out the mgso mod i get a no lag at all with morrowind lol but thats an old game and most other games i play if i have lag its barely any

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:23 am

Any computer that is decent and was made after the Xbox 360 will be able to run Skyrim. You guys are making it sound like Cyrsis, which by the way the Xbox can run. If a more then five your old system that can't be upgraded can run Cyrsis then just about every computer around will be able to run Skyrim. Maybe you people who are asking these questions should actually learn about computers and stop asking if your computer made yesterday that cost $1000 will run Skyrim!

Don't forget Crysis (1) is already a well-aged game (it was released on 2007), and despite still being pretty impressive, it begins to show it's flaws.

BTW, it'll be nice to see how much stripping-down will Crysis require to run on the 360...say goodbye to the enormous Distant LOD, to begin with :lol:

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:37 pm

My specs are here (I plan on cleaning up my computer in November, btw.)

Graphics Card: Intel? HD Graphics
Processor: Intel? Core? i5 CPU M450 @ 2.40 GHz
Ram: 4GB
WIndows 7

Games I can run on low setting:
Bioshock

Games I can run on medium/high settings:
Portal 2
Team Fortress 2
Counter-Strike: Source
Oblivion
Fallout 3
Fallout: New Vegas

AND YES I KNOW MY GRAPHICS CARD IS [censored].

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:16 pm

AND YES I KNOW MY GRAPHICS CARD IS [censored].

Why? I'm pretty sure it can run minesweeper quite swiftly :lol:

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:37 am

I was wondering is i would be able to run skyrim on max settings. My specs are

1.34 GB RAM

Intel Celeron processer (121 k)

Nvida Geforce 8400 GS

Windows ME 98 Operating Syatem

12GB of availible Hard Drive Space

I can play Crysis 2 on max settings with this bad boy so im thinking it will be good for Skyrim, im just
making sure.

» Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:47 pm

I know for a fact your not maxing Crysis 2 let alone Crysis.. nice try tho

BTW, it'll be nice to see how much stripping-down will Crysis require to run on the 360...say goodbye to the enormous Distant LOD, to begin with :lol:

We already saw how much stripping down it would need.. Crysis 2