[Prisca Lacour]

Intel? Core? i5 2410M 2.3GHz (2.9GHz w/Turbo Boost, 3MB Cache)
Intel? Wireless-N WiFi Link 1000 a/g/n 1x2
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA? GeForce? GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus? technology
500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
(720p/1366x768)

basic stock model for alienware m14x. just want to know if it can run on high, or should i just play on xbox. :deal:

You'll get high or very close to it at that resolution, definitely get it for your laptop. I'm also planning on getting Skyrim for my Laptop and you can always hook it up to your T.V.

[Alexis Acevedo]

Intel? Core? i5 2410M 2.3GHz (2.9GHz w/Turbo Boost, 3MB Cache)
Intel? Wireless-N WiFi Link 1000 a/g/n 1x2
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA? GeForce? GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus? technology
500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
(720p/1366x768)

basic stock model for alienware m14x. just want to know if it can run on high, or should i just play on xbox. :deal:

Definitely medium to high, your frame rate will depend on some of the finer detail setting like AA/shadowing/etc.

[Bambi]

The feedback I got when I first posted my PC's specs was pretty mixed, so I'm assuming my rig is just at the threshold of running at maximum. This time around, I'm going to give you guys all of the information about my PC I have available.

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640 OC'd to 3.15GHz
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 (GPU clock OC'd to 895MHz and Memory clock OC'd to 1290MHz)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77TD AMD AM3 770 ATX
RAM: Corsair 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz
PSU: 700w
HDD: 2TB, 7200rpm, 64mb cache, SATA III 6GB/s (my motherboard only supports SATA II 3GB/s, so that's the transfer speed)
Resolution I'll be playing at: 1366x768
Minimum AA I'm willing to play at: 4xMSAA

I am trying to decide between upgrading my CPU to a Phenom II X6 1100T BE or my GPU to a Radeon HD 6870. Please tell me how you think my current rig will handle it and your opinion on which upgrade would be most beneficial to my system for Skyrim. Thank you.

Intel? Core? i5 2410M 2.3GHz (2.9GHz w/Turbo Boost, 3MB Cache)
Intel? Wireless-N WiFi Link 1000 a/g/n 1x2
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA? GeForce? GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus? technology
500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
(720p/1366x768)

basic stock model for alienware m14x. just want to know if it can run on high, or should i just play on xbox. :deal:

You should both be fine @ 1366x768. I wouldn't get a new CPU on the desktop, it won't help with AA. A HD 6870 will stomp all over that resolution.

[Marion Geneste]

hey guys ; )

what are u mean is the ATi HD 5850 from asus (EAH5850) enough to run skyrim ?


i know there aren't any system requirements out yet



CPU : AMD Phenom x4 2,2 ghz
RAM : 4 gb = 3,75 usable [ win 7 64 bit ]

[Philip Lyon]

hey guys ; )

what are u mean is the ATi HD 5850 from asus (EAH5850) enough to run skyrim ?


i know there aren't any system requirements out yet



CPU : AMD Phenom x4 2,2 ghz
RAM : 4 gb = 3,75 usable [ win 7 64 bit ]

At what resolution do you want to run?

Also, Win7 64 bit will run up to 16-192GB RAM. Are you sure you don't have a 32 bit version?

[James Rhead]

i think i run it at 1280 x 1024

hm no i have a 64 bit version

[Naomi Ward]

i think i run it at 1280 x 1024

hm no i have a 64 bit version

You should run at medium to high with that resolution.

[Barbequtie]

You should run at medium to high with that resolution.

No way, the 5850 will easily max the game at that resolution.

[Jaki Birch]

ok.. :thumbsup:

but when anything is too low on my computer, it is my cpu right ? or u think i need more RAM ?

[NIloufar Emporio]

No way, the 5850 will easily max the game at that resolution.

5850, yes. But the CPU is only 2.2ghz so his frame rate will suffer if its maxed.

[bonita mathews]

No way, the 5850 will easily max the game at that resolution.

sounds great..ati/amd ftw

[Silvia Gil]

ok.. :thumbsup:

but when anything is too low on my computer, it is my cpu right ? or u think i need more RAM ?

I think your CPU is fine, and anything more than 4GB isn't really used in games at the moment. Overall your build is very solid in my opinion, especially for the resolution your playing at.

[rolanda h]

5850, yes. But the CPU is only 2.2ghz so his frame rate will suffer if its maxed.

with overclocking i can bring the cpu max. to 2,5 ghz

[Lily Evans]

I am going to get a computer, if it can play the game decently, I will get Skyrim for it rather than my 360.
Specs:
Pentium D 3.0 GHZ
ATI Radeon 5670
3gb RAM
150GB hard drive

Please answer back...
(I'll give u a fishystick!)

Im limited to a 1024x768 monitor, so keep that in mind.

[Bonnie Clyde]

5850, yes. But the CPU is only 2.2ghz so his frame rate will suffer if its maxed.

Its a quad core and you don't just look at the clock speed. Cache is way more important and 4mb Cache is decent. He will have no problems maxing the game.

[Solène We]

I am going to get a computer, if it can play the game decently, I will get Skyrim for it rather than my 360.
Specs:
Pentium D 3.0 GHZ
ATI Radeon 5670
3gb RAM
150GB hard drive

Please answer back...
(I'll give u a fishystick!)

Im limited to a 1024x768 monitor, so keep that in mind.

Pentium D is way too outdated. You should have 4 GB instead of 3. And your hard drive is incredibly small these days. But in regards to the 5670 it should be fine for your resolution if you turn down the AA and if worse, then other stuff like shadows.

[Louise Dennis]

Its a quad core and you don't just look at the clock speed. Cache is way more important and 4mb Cache is decent. He will have no problems maxing the game.

But the game will only use two of the four cores as it isn't optimized for a 64bit.exe so core speed is more important that number of cores. Example, Skyrim will run better on a 3.3 ghz dual core than it would on a 2.5 ghz quad core.

[JUan Martinez]

But the game will only use two of the four cores as it isn't optimized for a 64bit.exe so core speed is more important that number of cores. Example, Skyrim will run better on a 3.3 ghz dual core than it would on a 2.5 ghz quad core.

Their was nothing confirmed about Skyrim running on only 2 cores.

[Emzy Baby!]

But the game will only use two of the four cores as it isn't optimized for a 64bit.exe so core speed is more important that number of cores. Example, Skyrim will run better on a 3.3 ghz dual core than it would on a 2.5 ghz quad core.

so you think i will have framerate problems ? :blink:

[Emily abigail Villarreal]

so you think i will have framerate problems ? :blink:

I think you will be fine on medium to high settings, leaning towards high. I'm not sure it will be an acceptable frame rate at max though. Either way, you can run the game.

[glot]

Their was nothing confirmed about Skyrim running on only 2 cores.

Confirmed? Maybe not, But considering it will be DX9 and the main platform of development was the Xbox360, I think it is a safe assumption it won't be running all 4 cores.

[carley moss]

Confirmed? Maybe not, But considering it will be DX9 and the main platform of development was the Xbox360, I think it is a safe assumption it won't be running all 4 cores.

They said it will have DX11 features, Also all new games are capable of using 4 cores, even fallout 3 and fallout NV were able to use quad cores just fine and get max settings so why wouldn't Skyrim. I don't understand why you don't think his build will max out the game especially at such a low resolution of 1280 x 1024. Sense my laptop has a quad core running at 2.0 GHz I won't be able to max the game? I don't think so.

[Haley Cooper]

hopefully bethesda optimize the game for pc to use 4 cores..they said the game has an dx11 path but no dx11 effects ..maybe they bring dx11 features later with a patch

[Anna Beattie]

They said it will have DX11 features, Also all new games are capable of using 4 cores, even fallout 3 and fallout NV were able to use quad cores just fine and get max settings so why wouldn't Skyrim. I don't understand why you don't think his build will max out the game especially at such a low resolution of 1280 x 1024. Sense my laptop has a quad core running at 2.0 GHz I won't be able to max the game? I don't think so.

I'm sorry to say, but that is simply not true. Fallout 3 and NV did not run significantly better on a quad core vs a similarly clocked dual core.

Read some of these results and you'll see I'm not crazy. http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&q=quad+core+game+list

Todd Howard said himself Skyrim will be mainly a DX9 game with a possibility of DX11 support in the future. Just look at the screen shots, while they do look good, it isn't DX11.

No, you won't be able to max the game on 2.0 ghz. If you do, expect choppy frames.


Now, let us quit the debate spam and instead help others out.

[Stay-C]

but thanks for all answers !