Will my computer run skyrim with max settings?

[scot]

Hello everyone, recently I bought the witcher 2 and looks like I can´t play with the graphic configuration with everything enabled, the game runs smoothly and with very good quality I just needed to disable stuff like god rays among other stuff that didn´t seem to change the graphics at all.Well all this got me scared as I bought my computer specially for gaming and it runs both fallout and oblivion with max settings, even both crysis games run really nice, I am, like everyone here eager for skyrim and I´m counting that my computer will handle it perfectly but after seeing that witcher 2 gets slow with everything enabled I started to wonder if skyrim will run nice.

 

My computer settings are this:

 

Processor intel® core2 quad cpu Q6700 @2.66GHz 2.67 GHz

 

Memory ram 4GB

 

Graphic card NVIDIA Geforce ENGT240 (Upgraded last year from a geforce 9600)

 

 

I do love what I call my super computer X) but with games getting better over time I will have to upgrade it eventually, just hope it´s only in a few years.

 

Thank you for you´r time.

[dazzerfong]

Since Skyrim's not yet released, we can only speculate.

 

Your CPU's fine (not top of the range, but sufficient for years to come), so is your RAM count (you can add more sticks if you like), but your graphics card is a bit paltry: a GT240 isn't much better than a 9600, I'm afraid.

[scot]

Are you sure?I had to bought a new graphic card as the 9600 was having an error with my computer, making it to hibernate and not responding when I played certain games so I went to fix this problem and the place where I bought the engt240 told me it was better than 9600... I can´t do anything about it now that I find out that I was cheated...

 

 

EDIT:Went to investigate on the net, seems the only difference is that 9600 Core clock speed is 650 and the engt240 is 550, the rest is the same with engt240 having a very few stuff better than 9600.

 

What is the best graphic card from geforce?

Edited May 29, 2011 by scot

[hector530]

Are you sure?I had to bought a new graphic card as the 9600 was having an error with my computer, making it to hibernate and not responding when I played certain games so I went to fix this problem and the place where I bought the engt240 told me it was better than 9600... I can´t do anything about it now that I find out that I was cheated...

 

 

EDIT:Went to investigate on the net, seems the only difference is that 9600 Core clock speed is 650 and the engt240 is 550, the rest is the same with engt240 having a very few stuff better than 9600.

 

What is the best graphic card from geforce?

 

gtx 580 but thats 500 bucks. you could also get a gtx 550ti for 150 bucks, make sure you get the EVGA one.

[scot]

Yes was searching again xD don´t like to wait much, I live in europe so I checked the price for Asus ENGTX580 but there was only the Asus ENGTX450 wich was 140 euros wich is 200 dollars the ENGTX580 is 500 euros/714 dollars :( I want the best of the best allways, better get it good than buying a better one another time. I guess I just need to save money and get the ENGTX580 before skyrim comes out.Well thank you everyone for you´r help :) Edited May 29, 2011 by scot

[Bloodinfested]

I would go with the gtx 580 it’s a pretty good single gpu card at a good $, I would at all cost avoid the 400 series they are kind of low end cards.

The gtx 590 is the newest 2gpu on the market very good card despite a few ppl that had problems with over clocking it but there is no need at all to over clock a card like that. The card is also very $ so you have to speculate spending that much on a card. Some of the older 2gpu card are still very good cards even today like the gtx 295 but I would try to stick to the newer cards because of the dx 11 will become a more common thing witch the 580 or 590 has.

 

-Also find out how much watts you have for your power supply before you buy somthing you may need to up it for the new video card

Edited May 29, 2011 by Bloodinfested

[scot]

I would go with the gtx 580 it’s a pretty good single gpu card at a good $, I would at all cost avoid the 400 series they are kind of low end cards.

The gtx 590 is the newest 2gpu on the market very good card despite a few ppl that had problems with over clocking it but there is no need at all to over clock a card like that. The card is also very $ so you have to speculate spending that much on a card. Some of the older 2gpu card are still very good cards even today like the gtx 295 but I would try to stick to the newer cards because of the dx 11 will become a more common thing witch the 580 or 590 has.

 

-Also find out how much watts you have for your power supply before you buy somthing you may need to up it for the new video card

 

 

Today I looked for GTX580, I will sav money and buy it, it costs 455 euros here.How do I see how much watts do I have?I actually fear that when I buy the GTX580 and my computer can´t handle it.

[hector530]

I would go with the gtx 580 it’s a pretty good single gpu card at a good $, I would at all cost avoid the 400 series they are kind of low end cards.

The gtx 590 is the newest 2gpu on the market very good card despite a few ppl that had problems with over clocking it but there is no need at all to over clock a card like that. The card is also very $ so you have to speculate spending that much on a card. Some of the older 2gpu card are still very good cards even today like the gtx 295 but I would try to stick to the newer cards because of the dx 11 will become a more common thing witch the 580 or 590 has.

 

-Also find out how much watts you have for your power supply before you buy somthing you may need to up it for the new video card

 

 

Today I looked for GTX580, I will sav money and buy it, it costs 455 euros here.How do I see how much watts do I have?I actually fear that when I buy the GTX580 and my computer can´t handle it.

 

this should help

 

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-580-review/7

[scot]

I would go with the gtx 580 it’s a pretty good single gpu card at a good $, I would at all cost avoid the 400 series they are kind of low end cards.

The gtx 590 is the newest 2gpu on the market very good card despite a few ppl that had problems with over clocking it but there is no need at all to over clock a card like that. The card is also very $ so you have to speculate spending that much on a card. Some of the older 2gpu card are still very good cards even today like the gtx 295 but I would try to stick to the newer cards because of the dx 11 will become a more common thing witch the 580 or 590 has.

 

-Also find out how much watts you have for your power supply before you buy somthing you may need to up it for the new video card

 

 

Today I looked for GTX580, I will sav money and buy it, it costs 455 euros here.How do I see how much watts do I have?I actually fear that when I buy the GTX580 and my computer can´t handle it.

 

this should help

 

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-580-review/7

 

 

Strange the graphic card from the shop I´m going to get is different yet it is GTX580, I found in you´r link teh one I´m getting (http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-gtx580-directcu-ii-sli-review/1) Thank you for you´r link though, although now I fear that my pc just overloads and breaks as I use my computer all day x) How do I check how many watts do I have in my computer?

Edited May 29, 2011 by scot

[NAPALM13092]

We won't know for sure still we get the requirements but if I had to take a guess, no. At least not at any playable fps. Most likely gonna need an upgrade across the board.