I'm on an extreme budget of 300 dollars at most, would I be able to buy or build a computer (or have one built, I guess) for that much that could run Skyrim with no choppiness? I really don't know much about computers, so any help would probably also need an explanation on what it is lol

Three hundred dollars would be enough to buy the video card to put into your computer, to play Skyrim at decent frame rates.

I have a laptop, I can't put a decent graphics card in it

well, because you have a strict budget of $300 dollars, my suggestion may not help. but if you can get another $200-$300 dollars together, you could try the Budget Build http://www.build-gaming-computers.com/gaming-desktop-computer.html. It will play Skyrim as well as other PC games.

I am playing the game on a 3 year old Nvidia 9800M GS 512mb card and getting good results. I am not completely maxed out with my settings, but not far from it and the game looks great still. You don't need to go out and spend $300 bucks on a graphics card to make it work. If you want to max out all your settings sure, go for it.

My comp

2GB ram

Old GeForce 9600GT (516 mb)

4300mhz dual core

(I think 90%ppl have better pcs then me,but i think 40fps is more then enuff 2 play)


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I used to have 30-40-60 fps in game (medium/high settings) at 1.1 patch i didnt played game for weeks so i dont know how does new patches improve perfomance

To play a Skyrim with good framerates and nice graphics will run you about $800 and that's if you know where to bargain shop, as far as computers go.