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The Thread of Computers (aka will my computer run Skyrim)


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Thinking about it logically, Skyrim will also be released on the xbox360 and ps3, it stands to reason that any PC with comparable or even slightly less processing and graphics ability should be able to run it.

 

RAM might be an issue, I'm a little fuzzy on how consoles use it. In any case upgrades are cheap and easy for RAM, even on laptops.

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ram will likely not be a big issue, xbox has 512mb of shared system and gfx mem. where as anyone with a low end of the middle gpu will have 1GB, not to mention have an average of 2-4GB of system ram.

 

However saying that, consoles generally get 2x more out of their components than PCs, they don't run HD resolution, and PC Skyrim will ship with higher res textures than console versions (Yes Todd said that months ago)

 

It is apples and oranges.

 

Anyone playing HD on recent games will probably be playing HD on Skyrim too.

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ram will likely not be a big issue, xbox has 512mb of shared system and gfx mem. where as anyone with a low end of the middle gpu will have 1GB, not to mention have an average of 2-4GB of system ram.

 

However saying that, consoles generally get 2x more out of their components than PCs, they don't run HD resolution, and PC Skyrim will ship with higher res textures than console versions (Yes Todd said that months ago)

 

It is apples and oranges.

 

Anyone playing HD on recent games will probably be playing HD on Skyrim too.

 

I'm just talking about the minimum specs, just running it, not running it on HD or anything else. The thread is about whether it will run, not really about how well it will run.

 

Also, in comparing apples and oranges one can pretty easily say that both are roundish fruit of about the same size. Direct comparisons are also available, take any game for both console and PC and run it on both at the same settings.

 

Your 2x figure doesn't stand up to close scrutiny in any way. The CPU of the xbox360 is a triple core and clocks in at 3.2ghz, by that logic we'd need around a six core cpu at 3.2 ghz or a 3 core cpu at 6.4 to play it on a PC at console settings. It just doesn't work, consoles are at best moderately more efficient at playing games on a 1:1 basis. They mainly have an advantage due to their manufacturing efficiencies and subsidized prices which leads to a much lower cost per computing power for the consumer.

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I already know my laptop won't. It runs Morrowind and WoW (on low to medium settings) fine, Oblivion well on crappy settings and slow on medium. Fallout 3 made it cack up and wheeze and the game wouldn't load.

 

My partner and I are getting an Xbox 360 to run it until we can afford teh Awesome Computer of Doom to run it.

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Remember that this is only coming out this November. After seeing the game I would take a hap-hazard guess that if you can run games that have been released this year, then you should be able to play Skyrim. At what level of detail, I am not sure. If you can run The Witcher 2 on high, then you will most likely be able to run Skyrim on high.

 

In fact, if anything I would concern myself with hard-drive speed if anything else. With a game like Skyrim, where chunks of land and other such is always being updated a loaded, a fast HD will serve you better then a beastly GFX card, in terms of raw performance. In fact, I am debating getting a small SSD to run Skyrim on.

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Does this sound like it'll run Skyrim at fairly high settings?

 

 

 

 

Intel® Core™ i7-2820QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.30GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

 

8GB [4GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory]

 

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

 

500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Laptop Hybrid Hard Drive with 4GB SSD

 

 

 

 

TPA5: Well, depending on how large Skyrim is, the SSD drive might not be big enough.

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Does this sound like it'll run Skyrim at fairly high settings?

 

 

 

 

Intel® Core™ i7-2820QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.30GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

 

8GB [4GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory]

 

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

 

500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Laptop Hybrid Hard Drive with 4GB SSD

 

 

 

 

TPA5: Well, depending on how large Skyrim is, the SSD drive might not be big enough.

 

and the GPU? also 4gbs wont be enough

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Does this sound like it'll run Skyrim at fairly high settings?

 

 

 

 

Intel® Core™ i7-2820QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.30GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

 

8GB [4GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory]

 

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

 

500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Laptop Hybrid Hard Drive with 4GB SSD

 

 

 

 

TPA5: Well, depending on how large Skyrim is, the SSD drive might not be big enough.

 

and the GPU? also 4gbs wont be enough

 

I know, I've just got the SSD because I'm getting it for free with the HD.

 

GPU is

 

NVIDIA GeForce

GT 540M 2GB

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