So for you PC users, what quality would you hope to play Skyrim on smoothly (30 fps)? My computer is quite dated w/ Q6600/4GBRAM/8800GT512MB so if i were to not upgrade, medium would make me happy

I think I get my computer to run well on high, but I may see what low looks like. Ether way I always do my first few play throughs on console. Then I get the PC version (only for elder scrolls). yes elder scrolls games are so good I need 2 versions of them. :tes:

30fps? I'd call 40fps smooth. 30fps you can see... if you stare super intently and try to see it...

I don't consider 30 fps to be smooth, i'll try to get maximum with over 50-60 fps.

I have two 6970s in Crossfire. I think I'll run it on Max, thank you very much.


Also, I don't know what year you've time traveled from where 30FPS is considered smooth, but anything below 50FPS is noticeably stuttery.

Im thinking maximum with 60fps with vsync on. Oblivion I get 300fps, or 3000 in the menu lol, but my psu coils whine so I have to cap it. Plus it gets rid of screen tearing .

This is the problem. I'd be happy with medium on a very good computer. I love it when games are ahead of their times in regards to graphics. In two year then I can run it in all its glory.

People always complain about graphics and how 'consolized' a game is but when they can't run a game on 'very high' it makes them mad and scream "not optimized!"

I hope to play medium (on a four year old computer) but I have a feeling I will be playing on max with 60+ FPS. One can hope.

Yeah, I aim for 60 FPS, 3o is pretty terrible imo.

I hope I'll be able to run Low, with my HD2600XT/256mb. Oblivion & Fallout 3 have been able to go low-med at 1680x1050....

I'm hoping for max as my comp does play new vegas full graphics, as well as having little issue with Crysis at max if i choose to push my comp. But I know I should get atleast medium if not high.

Maximum at 30-60FPS

anyone not playing maximum must "jump in a volcano"

Probably medium to low...
Q8500
2GB RAM
NVidia 9800gt
350GB HDD

I'll be building a new, high-end computer shortly before it comes out so MAXIMUM SETTINGS :jammasterjay:

xbox capacity
I won't get it for the pc until I get a decent tower. I'm currently using a laptop and have no clue how to upgrade my graphics card without destroying i.

Have a i7 950 and 470GTX so.... High or higher?

I have never in my life owned a computer that would play a contemporary game at max. :sadvaultboy:

(Obviously, this doesn't count computers back in the days before graphics cards & graphics settings existed. Like the old Apple II. )

"Xbox 360 Medium Brightness"

Maximum, because I'll be playing it on the 360. I have no problem with playing games at 30FPS.

If a game that is made for 5 years old consoles isn't working maxed out on my rig, I will be seriously dissapointed.

I'd love Maximum, but that is out of the question. My comp's pretty average, so I'm thinking I'll settle for Medium. High would be pushing it.

Yea, I'm thinkin it's gonna be real easy for my pc to max this game.

Ultra.

^ That's after Qarl releases his texture pack (assuming he'll need/want to), and other graphic enhancing mods get released.

You have an i7?

I'm using an i5 right now. Considering upgrading though. A Core i7 processor of a given architecture and TDP is invariably better than a Core i5 of the same architecture and TDP. The Core i7 is basically a higher bin of the same chip. The question is whether it's $100 ($100 more than the i5 rather) worth of better, and sometimes the answer to that is "no". For Sandy Bridge, the Core i7 gets you hyperthreading, which only matters in programs that scale well to more than four cores. It also gets you an extra 100 MHz of clock speed, though if that mattered, I could just keep the Core i5 2500K and overclock it by 100 MHz. So I'm waiting to see if Skyrim uses the DX11's multi-threading feature or not.