So I bought Skyrim on the PC, but guess what I, found out my integrated intel hd graphics video card is a piece of crap and Skyrim is unplayable. Wal-Mart says no refund cause of copyright issues; so I email

bethesda and intel, haha, like intel is going to do anything. Bethesda tells me they are sorry they cannot help me if I purchased skyrim with a system that is below the minimum sys req's. Ok, ok, I didn't expect to

get my money refunded by bethesda, after all it is Wal-Mart that has my money, but please, just piss me off more bethesda. When I walked into Wal-Mart and read the system req's guess what, my computer met

and exceded all the sys req's, EVEN THE VIDEO CARD. I come to find out later when looking at the system req's on bethesda's website that they now mention specific manufacturer's that will suffice for the

recommended specs of the video card. The copy of skyrim I own makes no mention of a specific manufacturer, just a mention of the onboard memory, good job mr. tech help for passing the buck to the

consumer, what a slap in the face. I managed to trade for a 360 version of the game with a friend of mine and guess what now. I have an orc that I stopped playing with at level 20 because of a backwards

flying dragon. I made a wood elf that I stopped playing with cause of constant system freezes on my xbox, (btw my xbox is brand spanking new, tyvm). All I gotta say is yes I have to admit it's an amazing game

and I wish I could be playing it, but if I had a choice between playing skyrim and getting a chance to give that tech help guy a piece of my mind, I'd be in a dilemna. Hey Bethesda, can you throw a bone to

your loyal fans, I'm sure they'd bring it back to ya.

u forgot an r in the title

you been bone"r"?

Hey man, you bought skyrim when your computer had an onboard graphics card? Thats your own fault. Sorry.

hitting the enter key a few times

makes you speak like you are out of breath

But I feel you bro, You should get some moneys back it's only fair.

Sorry, man. I don't know what to tell you. Maybe if you hold
out for a patch or something.

I wish Bethesda threw me a bone, too. I would like more dimes in the game to marry. Too
many deuces make me hella sad, dog.

I'm holding out for a patch, though. Maybe Bethesda will throw me
a bone. Hopefully, the backwards flying dragon

issue will get fixed soon. And then, you can get
back into the game!

In the meantime, I guess you can join us in the forums.
We're all nice people here.

you are wrong sir

Intel is a CHIP not a GRAPHICS CARD. The box clearly states you need a VIDEO CARD, not an integrated chip.

Unfortunately my brother has the same problem though his was with Battlefied 3. Nobody really tells people that intel graphics chips won't work, but they don't. BF3, Skyrim, Saint's Row. None of the newer PC games seem to enjoy the use of intel graphics chips. Sad truth, but you won't ever play these games with any graphics card that says Intel on it..

What are you, 12?

OP: Did you seriously stop playing your character because you found a backwards dragon? They're so ridiculously rare and hardly game breaking.

Intel HD graphics is a graphics card that is made by intel, but nice try kid.

just FYI those graphics cards are usually pretty bad and some games dont support them at all, just buy a new one

Oh really, so its not your fault that you bought a game without looking at the system requirements? This argument could of been made if you actual met the system requirements, but how DUMB do you have to be to expect to play a new game like skyrim with onboard graphics.

Onboard graphics ram is like cheezwizz... it has the name but no cheese in it.

No it's [censored] well not. YOU bought the game without knowing your system requirements.

Intel HD is an integrated chip on the motherboard. It is NOT a graphics card. While this is fine for movies and general computing, it will NOT work for games.

Don't insult my intelligence. You can't argue a point you clearly know nothing about.

Well I kept the saved game file, but why would I go back to play it and assume that the constant freezing I am experiencing now is only because of different saved game files or just the fact that I am playing with a

wood elf instead of an orc.

The problem is people with laptops. My brother also met and exceeded BF3 and Skyrim's recommended system requirements but can't play because of the intel card. svcks but you won't be able to play until they do something about it, if ever. Don't hold you breath. Sorry to hear about your problem.

Have you ever even seen the inside of a computer? The intel graphics chips are either on the CPU (In the case of sandy bridge) or on the Motherboard (in all other cases). You need a dedicated card to play skyrim. I would recommend a nvidia 560ti or a radeon 6950. However do not go out and buy a card, I guarantee your power supply isn't powerful enough for a dedicated card and you won't get a BONE in that case either.

Also LMAO at all the idiots that try to play battlefield 3 with integrated graphics. I didn't realize there were this many computer illiterate people.

Intel graphics is crap., I thought that was common knowledge. :tongue:

I really don't mind when people admit they got the requirements wrong. That doesn't bother me, not everyone knows computers that well and I fully understand that.

What does annoy me however is when people not only blame the company for not meeting the requirements, but also try to argue something they know nothing about. Like I said, don't know much about computers? Not a problem. But you need to be able to admit that, not argue something that is clearly totally and utterly wrong.

I don't feel strangers so, no.

No, he didn't meet the recommended requirements. He didn't have a proper graphics card.

The requirements for Skyrim stated that you need a video card with 512 MB of RAM. Intel HD Graphics doesn't event have its own memory, it shares with the CPU - the problem starts right here, you DON'T HAVE a card with 512 MB of dedicated memory.
And you should have checked your computer's graphics performance before buying the game. Any benchmark list would show you that an integrated GPU wasn't meant for gaming.

This is really a symantics discussion. Intel HD graphics IS a chip and it is also a graphics processor. So is your only objection with anything I have said in this forum is that I chose to refer to the intel HD graphics

solution as a video card instead of an integrated graphics processor chip? You really are scraping the bottom of the barrel of [censored]-baggery.

I like the first post. And im sorry for you because you wont get any help here and no one of the "tech guys" will read your post.
I just know that its possible to play with Intel Graphics. For sure not on every of them.

It's a CHIP. That is different to a GPU. It's a very, very simplified and weak one at best.

Graphics Card = a HELL of a lot more powerful than a chip.

Every single new computer comes with an integrated intel chip pretty much. If you want to play games, you need to buy a graphics card and install it. That IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL PLAY GAMES. Not scraping the barrel, that is the ONLY way you can play games. Intel chips are for basic, basic things only. They are NOT graphics cards, upgrading to a graphics card is the ONLY way to play games.

Sorry to everyone if I'm getting a bit annoyed, but you're really [censored] me off now.