Can I run it on High or more?

[Snigill]

On 1920x1080

My specs

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @3.00Ghz
Ram: 4 Gb
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit

[Solona]

Official specs aren't out yet.

[Micknator]

Probably not. I'm not even sure if my rig will (i5 2500K, 4GB DDR3, GTX550 Ti ASUS OC'ed).

I do have one piece of advice for you. Upgrade to 64-bit Windows 7. It will allow you to use more than 4GB of RAM.

32-bit can only use 4GB, which is divided in 2 places (in this order):
1. Graphics memory, let's say your card has 1GB, it will subtract 1GB of your available 4GB for 32-bit.
2. System memory, having your graphics memory subtracted from that 4GB (leaving 3GB with a 1GB videocard), the remainder of the usable memory will be used from the system memory. You'd have 1 GB that's not usable.

You have make a small mathematical calculation for this:
Total memory = Graphics memory + system memory
In this case you would have a total of 5GB (1GB gfx + 4GB system), of which only 4GB (1GB gfx + 3GB system) would be usable.

[peteed1985]

I'm not even sure if my rig will (i5 2500K, 4GB DDR3, GTX550 Ti ASUS OC'ed).

Those specs shouldn't struggle on any current game at max and alot coming up as well lol so you should be able to max game out easy depending on bugs of course.

OP however I don't see getting much more than medium without crap loads of lag :S

[Sami69]

Well i hope they'd tell system reqs already or at least min specs.

I have I5 2500, Ati 5770 1gb, 8gb ddr3 1333mhz. I play 1280x768 or 1440x900 res. I guess it medium with me.

[peteed1985]

Well i hope they'd tell system reqs already or at least min specs.

I have I5 2500, Ati 5770 1gb, 8gb ddr3 1333mhz. I play 1280x768 or 1440x900 res. I guess it medium with me.

Yeah that is kinda a low video card and kinda crap compared to rest of it :S medium or barely high for you too untill video card upgrade.

[Micknator]

Those specs shouldn't struggle on any current game at max and alot coming up as well lol so you should be able to max game out easy depending on bugs of course.

OP however I don't see getting much more than medium without crap loads of lag :S

You could be mistaken about that, mate. It struggles with several (new) games on max.

[fenrirtokara]

There's no need for anyone to make a super budget PC on Skyrim we all know that it's not going to be a Crysis (1) or anything that really eats your GPU.

[Micknator]

There's no need for anyone to make a super budget PC on Skyrim we all know that it's not going to be a Crysis (1) or anything that really eats your GPU.

True, but it's a massive world, with massive amounts of detail and drawing distance. Oblivion wasn't Crysis either, but was still heavy enough.

[fenrirtokara]

It really depends on how well optimized/ported is, but having a decent GPU its all that we need, nothing too fancy, at least that's what I think.

[peteed1985]

True, but it's a massive world, with massive amounts of detail and drawing distance. Oblivion wasn't Crysis either, but was still heavy enough.

GPU doesn't care how big the world is lol only what it has to display at any given moment plus a bit extra preloaded for where your heading maybe.

If a big world with events going on all the time makes you lag its your CPU.

[Nerv322]

True, but it's a massive world, with massive amounts of detail and drawing distance. Oblivion wasn't Crysis either, but was still heavy enough.

I can run fallout 3 and NV on max, my gpu stutters on oblivion at max.

Also I'm fairly certain that neither of those games had much in the way of multi core support.
So performance in that area for Skyrim should already be greatly improved with just that.

[Micknator]

I can run fallout 3 and NV on max, my gpu stutters on oblivion at max.

Also I'm fairly certain that neither of those games had much in the way of multi core support.
So performance in that area for Skyrim should already be greatly improved with just that.

FO3 has multi-core support I believe and New Vegas even REQUIRES a dual-core (the back of the box even mentioned it being optimized for multi-core).

Edit: Oblivion stutters on my PC as well (fully maxed, with Qarls and some optimizers) in exteriors. FO3 and NV run perfect on max.

[Fish-E]

Without mimum / recommended system requirements we can't give an accurate answer but I can tell you one thing. You won't be able to enable any of the DirectX 11 features, because the GTX 260 does not support DX11.
Unfortunately no other games use the Creation engine, so we can't ask you how other games using that engine run.

FO3 has multi-core support I believe and New Vegas even REQUIRES a dual-core (the back of the box even mentioned it being optimized for multi-core).

Edit: Oblivion stutters on my PC as well (fully maxed, with Qarls and some optimizers) in exteriors. FO3 and NV run perfect on max.

New Vegas requires a 2.0 Ghz Dual Core CPU as minimum.

[Solona]

Gamebryo is terribly optimized, it stutters on mine sometimes, hopefully Skyrim will have fixed all those loading sections Gamebryo has.

[Verior]

Gamebryo is terribly optimized, it stutters on mine sometimes, hopefully Skyrim will have fixed all those loading sections Gamebryo has.

Good thing they build their own engine and aren't using Gamebryo ;)

[El_Chalupa]

On 1920x1080

My specs

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @3.00Ghz
Ram: 4 Gb
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit

CPU is a little weak, but since the game is optimized and designed for consoles, that means it'll either run great or terrible.

[Zamav]

I highly doubt required specs will be that high. It is a console game essentially.

On medium res (1680x1050) you'll probably be fine with 4850/5770 and up. Fine as in high settings with 30 to 45 FPS at all times. If you go higher res, you'll probably be able to tune down some settings (AA, SSAO etc) to get acceptable performance and graphical impact will probably be minimal.

If there's going to be bottleneck, it'll be your CPU. I'm guessing Skyrim will work best with a quadcore.

Its an entirely new engine (unless Bethesda's bull♥♥♥♥ting us), while I'm not expecting a good job from Bethesda, I'm quite certain that it won't be as demanding as Crysis 2/(insert_demanding_game) etc.

P.S Crysis 2 wasn't demanding. At all.

[dragonuminator]

just go easy on the shadows, AA, and other lighting effects. Those things do so little (except shadows) but demand so much.

[Snigill]

Thanks alot for the responses. :)

[Sami69]

Yeah that is kinda a low video card and kinda crap compared to rest of it :S medium or barely high for you too untill video card upgrade.

I could only afford for everything else than gpu lol but hey i play at such a low resolution anyway. My last q9400 2.66ghz was giving me bad frames and i think it didn't even work right. Now i'm saving for 570gtx but it will be after xmas. If it runs smoothly on medium and looks ok i'm good.

[Fëanor_USMC]

I just built a new rig last week, and I specifically had Skyrim and Battlefield 3 in mind.

CPU: Intel i5-2500k (3.3 ghz, slight OC to 3.8 right now...might push it higher when I get the chance)
GPU: Two AMD Radeon HD 6850s in CrossFireX OC'd to 850mhz each
8 Gigs of Corsair Dominator RAM
Windows 7 x64

I can't wait to see all the eye candiezzzz!!!

[Drealgrin]

Would a 2.6 quad core need upgrading to max this beauty out ya think?

[jimmysmitty]

GPU doesn't care how big the world is lol only what it has to display at any given moment plus a bit extra preloaded for where your heading maybe.

If a big world with events going on all the time makes you lag its your CPU.

GPU does care for one repesct: Memory buffer. If you only have 512MB GPU RAM, I doubt you will be able to run Skyrim maxed out, much like GTA IV (same concept, large open world).

But those with a 1GB+ GPU should do decently. I don't doubt that my system will handle it fine and I only run a Q6600 @ 3GHz, HD5870 1GB, 4GB of RAM 7 64 Ult.

I still remember whn people said 1GB on a GPU was overkill. Hah.

[LaGgY-42o]

What about mine?

Intel i7 920 @ 4.0ghz
EVGA X58
6gb Triple Channel DDR3 @ 2000mhz
2x EVGA GTX580's in SLI
WD Velociraptor 300gb 10,000rpm HDD
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Silverstone DA1000 1000w Modular PSU
Logitech G51 5.1 Surround Sound
Creative X-FI Titanium Fatality
Asus 27" 1080p LED 2ms

I hope I can at least run it on low!

[Sami69]

What about mine?

Intel i7 920 @ 4.0ghz
EVGA X58
6gb Triple Channel DDR3 @ 2000mhz
2x EVGA GTX580's in SLI
WD Velociraptor 300gb 10,000rpm HDD
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Silverstone DA1000 1000w Modular PSU
Logitech G51 5.1 Surround Sound
Creative X-FI Titanium Fatality
Asus 27" 1080p LED 2ms

I hope I can at least run it on low!

Keep hoping. With that rig you are lucky if you can even start the game without running it at so many frames that your rig explodes:p

[Pyote]

Anyone got any ideas on when the official requirements'll be out? It seems odd that they're already taking pre-orders, already announced the collector's edition, but neglecting to put the PC requirements out in the open.

Might as well put this here, too:
Intel i5 650 @ 3.20 GHz
8 GB RAM
ATI HD 5700 Series 749 MB (usually run at 1600x900)
Windows 7 64-bit

[dannythefool]

Why would they announce them now, do you want them to stop working on the game three months early? :)

[Micknator]

Why would they announce them now, do you want them to stop working on the game three months early? :)

Preliminary specs then? Subject to change? And why in earth would they stop working on the game then?

[Pyote]

Why would they announce them now, do you want them to stop working on the game three months early? :)
Putting out a "subject to change" version of the system requirements would be better than nothing, and not at all mean that they'd have to stop working on the game. It'd certainly be better than leaving people guessing and having a few different "predicted" requirements floating about.

[peteed1985]

Putting out a "subject to change" version of the system requirements would be better than nothing, and not at all mean that they'd have to stop working on the game. It'd certainly be better than leaving people guessing and having a few different "predicted" requirements floating about.

Yeah alot with crap PC's most likely won't preorder cause they don't know if it will run on their PC.

Me? Eh i'll have 0 issues there >_>

i5 2500k @ 3.3GHz
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3
ASUS 6950 2GB
G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz 8GB kit, Corsair TX750w PSU
Patriot Inferno 60GB SSD, WD 1.5TB

[Shepherd's Pie]

I think I will be good...
AMD Phenom II x6 @ 3.2 GHz
12GB DDR3 RAM
Radeon 5870 1GB

[Sami69]

Yeah alot with crap PC's most likely won't preorder cause they don't know if it will run on their PC.

Me? Eh i'll have 0 issues there >_>

i5 2500k @ 3.3GHz
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3
ASUS 6950 2GB
G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz 8GB kit, Corsair TX750w PSU
Patriot Inferno 60GB SSD, WD 1.5TB

Those people with ¨crap¨ pc's probably aren't interested to invest all their moneys on pc hardware but yeah without requirements it isn't safe though requirements aren't that reliable. Crysis for one won't run smoothly or great at its recommended specs.

[peteed1985]

Those people with ¨crap¨ pc's probably aren't interested to invest all their moneys on pc hardware but yeah without requirements it isn't safe though requirements aren't that reliable. Crysis for one won't run smoothly or great at its recommended specs.

Heh I use minimum specs as those required to run a game at low and recommended as required for medium if that :p

[Sami69]

Heh I use minimum specs as those required to run a game at low and recommended as required for medium if that :p

I think thats what they mean nowdays. Minmum means you can start the game but framerate is below 10. Recommended means medium with 720p for 40-60fps. Maxed out means high end pc to play 60 fps with slight drops.

[mithikx]

I don't have an idea about the specs needed for this game, but...

I got an Intel Core 2 Quad q6600
5 gigs of ram
and a pair of 9800 gtx+ (512mb) in SLI
I play @ 1920x1080

and I know my cards wont run the game on high, just ordered a Nvidia 560 ti (1gb) and it should i personally think that upgrade will allow me to play on a reasonable graphic setting (high)
from my recent experience the older generation of quad core processors still hang in there for some of the newer games

[flarp]

anyone want to take a guess as to how i'll run it?

E8400 3.0GHz
Radeon HD4870 1GB x2
8GB RAM
Win7 x64

[Micknator]

anyone want to take a guess as to how i'll run it?

E8400 3.0GHz
Radeon HD4870 1GB x2
8GB RAM
Win7 x64

GPU and RAM wise you should fine, but your CPU will probably lag ...

[Extreme]

Anyone remember when Oblivion came out? No one was able to run it on max settings, it was awesome :P

[Sami69]

I don't care if i can't run on high with high res. As long as i can make it to look at least the same as console and have overall smooth gameplay i'm good. Graphics are the first thing i get bored in games...

[rtv05]

On 1920x1080

My specs

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @3.00Ghz
Ram: 4 Gb
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Nope sorry, you have to smash your pc into pieces and...dude how could we know?
It runs on xbox 360 and ps3, so i guess a 386 cpu would run skyrim ^^

[enemyofportal]

you guys are all fine. I guarantee it. it's not crisis 2, or metro 2033 or benchmark game. bethesda wants all of us to play this game. so at least minimum requirement is relatively lower than we think.

[Cobalt2202]

Probably not.

That's a bit strong statement. A bit strong assumption as well...

I have Windows 7 32 bit. 4GBs of RAM. And a GeForce 9800 GTX.. With a E8600 Core 2 Duo.. And so far I can run almost any modern games out in the market at a decent setting (High, not ultra though). Especially ever demanding Shogun 2 Total War at high setting in all, with massive army spammed in the field, with a decent FPS of 60-80. I have faith in my computer once more, for this game.

Nope sorry, you have to smash your pc into pieces and...dude how could we know?
It runs on xbox 360 and ps3, so i guess a 386 cpu would run skyrim ^^

Also, if "Xbox 360 CPU can run it, your PC can too!" statement is very wrong... Unfortunately, they make the game to be compatible to Xbox 360 or PS3's specs.. But PC, it can go above and beyond or lower. Depends on what selected their spec is to make the game for PC.

[Cheesewipe]

Most likely not as the graphics card is kind of crap.
Maybe med-low settings if you want a playable fps.

[MrShooter]

On 1920x1080

My specs

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @3.00Ghz
Ram: 4 Gb
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit

OP, the 260 isn't as hilariously old a card as everyone seems to think it is.

According to benchmarks I could scrounge up the GTX 260 can run Fallout 3 at 1920x1200 with Ultra(max) quality settings and pointlessly high AA with minimum FPS of 35 and average FPS of 60. New engine or not Skyrim shouldn't be much different.

You might have trouble running modern PC exclusive games on high settings but the notion that a modern console port is going to give your card trouble is crazy. Crazy notion. CRAZY. Even with all the new feature this new game engine has it still runs on consoles with graphics hardware two or more generations older than yours. They have to design the wide open, expansive environments around the technical constraint of not bricking a PS3.

And there is only so much developers are willing to do to make the PC version of a game "better". Completely redoing the design of the game is not one of these things.

The worst possible scenario could be that you need to turn down the resolution of the dynamic shadows and lights, or that the game might have some token DX11 features (see Deus Ex) tacked on that you couldn't run.

I really, really doubt they're going to pull a battlefield 3 and go "SURPRISE, PC GAMERS! DX11 OR GTFO".

Also:


I do have one piece of advice for you. Upgrade to 64-bit Windows 7. It will allow you to use more than 4GB of RAM. Do this. Please very much do this. Your processor is capable of running at 64 bit. There is no reason to be running 32 bit windows. 32 bit is mega horribad.

If you have a boxed copy of Windows 7, there is a 64-bit installation disk inside. You will have to reinstall windows (and back up all your programs and files) but actually being able to use all the RAM your system has is worth it.