TerryVD

I guess I could have tried that. I didn't read about it though. As of now, the new video card is back at the store and the question is mote. I do thank you for your input however... TerryVD

I do appreciate your comment. I have upgraded systems many times in the last 30 years just to play the latest game. I did do some research before purchase...My system now is a quadcore 2.50 computer with 4 gigs of memory. I bought a Geforce GTX 550ti video card to run this at least at minimum settings. Actually, after the install, the game looked at my specs and set me on high. When I clicked the play button however, it just didn't run. Shogun2, another Steam game, does the same thing. Personally, after all of this, I think it is the memory that is doing me in. I am using a 32bit version of Windows. It starts out by only recognising about 3 gigs of the four. Then, the system bites into that and I think I dip below the 2 gig minimum to run the game. Thats what I'm thinking. But when I bought the game, I figured I had 4 gigs, at least enough for minimum, not knowing about the 32bit recognition problem.. But, the whole thing is a wash for now and actually, I never quite finished Oblivion. Since I bought all of the mods for that game and added sidequest mods as well, there is plenty still to do. And I am running that game with my old geforce 8600 card at high settings just fine. TerryVD I remember buying a 300 baud modem for 250 bucks years ago, most of you probably don't know what that is.... Oooh, I do! (waves hand) But that's because I'm 46 and remember when my husband and I were first trying out modems yeeeeeeeeears ago. You mention the 32 bit version of windows. If it's Windows 7, I've heard somewhere that you want the 64 bit version for windows 7 and the 32 bit version for Vista, otherwise they don't seem to get on well with most games. I might be wrong on this, but it's something to consider. EDIT: LOL learn to read, Nyx. I just now saw you mentioned the 32 bit issue. I looked into upgrading to windows 7 thinking that it handles memory differently, but NOT.... I have to get a system that runs a 64 bit version.. Can't do that right now. On the topic of old equipment upgrades, I went from 300baud modem, to a 1200, to 2400 and finally to a 56k before I went to a cable modem. I did skip a dsl connection. I had a Apple IIC, an Apple IIGS, a Zeos 386, a Dell 486, and then all of the pentiums after that.... plus a bunch of laptops and tablets...

I do appreciate your comment. I have upgraded systems many times in the last 30 years just to play the latest game. I did do some research before purchase...My system now is a quadcore 2.50 computer with 4 gigs of memory. I bought a Geforce GTX 550ti video card to run this at least at minimum settings. Actually, after the install, the game looked at my specs and set me on high. When I clicked the play button however, it just didn't run. Shogun2, another Steam game, does the same thing. Personally, after all of this, I think it is the memory that is doing me in. I am using a 32bit version of Windows. It starts out by only recognising about 3 gigs of the four. Then, the system bites into that and I think I dip below the 2 gig minimum to run the game. Thats what I'm thinking. But when I bought the game, I figured I had 4 gigs, at least enough for minimum, not knowing about the 32bit recognition problem.. But, the whole thing is a wash for now and actually, I never quite finished Oblivion. Since I bought all of the mods for that game and added sidequest mods as well, there is plenty still to do. And I am running that game with my old geforce 8600 card at high settings just fine. TerryVD I remember buying a 300 baud modem for 250 bucks years ago, most of you probably don't know what that is....

http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/ Violate it if you want to. I'm just pointing out the facts. Wow, I don't want to violate anything.... Well, even though you think I'm up to something shady, I'm not. I am 60 years old and have played tons of RPGs back to the days when they were just text adventures like Zork. I don't want to share my account with him. From what I am reading out of all of this, is that I can temporarily install my account on his system and try out the game. Then we would uninstall the whole thing, I would go back home and put the game back on the shelf and he would decide to buy a copy or not. Since I don't want to share my account, I will not sell/give him my copy. I will have to wait until a faster system comes along in the household and start a new chapter in skyrim. Now, if I had all the money I spent on computers/equipment since 1980, I would be a rich man.

I don't intend to share the game or have it on multiple machines. I want to put it on his computer to see if it will run. In any case, we would uninstall it. If I worked, it would be great if I could sell it to him and he could maybe setup his own account?

I purchased Skyrim the moment it came out, along with the manual. Try as I might, I could not get this program to run and so we've decided to start a new game in Oblivion. I uninstalled Skyrim from my system, though Steam stays as I have other products installed. A friend of mine bought a new albeit refurbished computer here: http://www.tigerdire...7BBTkwCjCECjCE. He is wondering if Skyrim will play on his new computer and would like me to bring the program over to see. 1. Could I do this? Perhaps I could install it with my steam password etc and run it then.... Of course I would uninstall it before I leave. 2. And, if it does run and he offers to buy it from me, can I do that? He would reinstall it and start a new acount. If not, the latter actually is no big deal as I would be happy to keep it until I get a new computer someday. He would then just buy his own copy of the program as a present for his kids this Christmas. What are my options here? Any feedback would be appreciated. TerryV06

I have been waiting for this game for quite a while. Unfortunately, I have a quad core computer, running a 32bit vista windows version and have 4 gigs of memory. I figured if I bought a better graphics card than the one I have and I would be set. So, I bought the Geforce GTX 550ti and "the game" and went home. Card install went well, I updated all of my drivers and put the game on the system. I hit the play button though and nothing happens. I really could use some help with this. I can't really afford a new computer right now, but figured it would run at minimum settings, though the settings that the game chooses were in the better range. I am hoping that someone will see something in a setting that I missed. I've tried to run Shogun2 demo thru steam as well and get the same result. I'd be tempted to get that game too. If this doesn't go, perhaps I'd take the video card back and reinstall my Geforce 8600 with 256 megs. It ran oblivion fine. Here is my DxDiag: