Rennn Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Yeah, upon review I'll second that. The 210 doesn't have much of a hope, not at 1080p, at least, and probably not smooth even at absolute lowest of everything. You'll almost certainly require a much better card to run Skyrim in any capacity. Also, if you tell the specs make sure to list both watts and amps on your power supply. It's not a good idea to try to fit a good card with a 400w, 5 amp psu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderiii Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Laptop: TOSHIBA Satellite L650OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1CPU: Intel® Core i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHzRAM: 4096MB RAMGPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Display Memory: 2737 MB Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB Shared Memory: 1723 MBDisplay: 1366 x 768 how should my laptop handle it?I don't mind not playing at super high graphics, I just like to play PC games without any slowdowns I'll hazard a (fairly safe) guess that you should be able to play it just fine, not 100% maxed out with 8 x AA etc... but it should be pretty easy on the eyes and smooth at that resolution. We'll have a better idea when the System Requirements actually are released, but the HD5650M is a pretty decent mid-range gaming gpu (for a laptop). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzalma Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 thanks :)like I said, I don't mind not playing at 100%, graphics were never a selling point for me in games, so if I have to drop it to minimum to have it without slowdowns, I'll do it in a heartbeat any news on when the requirements are coming out? I've been a bit away from skyrim so I don't get to addicted to it before it even comes out xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceurface18 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) Hey guys,Will I be able to run Skyrim on medium settings? My laptop was able to run Dragon Age Origins on high settings and FNV smoothly. Laptop:OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bitCPU: Intel ® Core2 Duo CPU P7550 @ 2.26GHz ~2.3GHzRAM: 4GBGPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130MDisplay: 1366 x 768 (GPU is built in the motherboard which I suppose it cannot be replaced...) Desktop:OS: Windows 7 Home PremiumGPU: ATI Radeon HD 4200CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 840T Processor 2.9GHzRAM: 6GB Your Lappy is able to play Crysis on High so I would imagine that Skyrim wouldn't be problem on Medium maybe even higher with that resolution. Now your Desktop.. HD4200 is hard to find details on but with limited info I found I think its actually worse than one in your Lappy. A GT 130M cannot play Crysis not at any respectable settings without being choppy. I had a 130m in an old work laptop and it just isn't beefy enough for any serious gaming. I would forget about playing Skyrim on the laptop but the desktop should be good if you put a new videocard in it. The 460 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391The 550ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121435The 6870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948The 6850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908 Are all cards that should run Skyrim on high to max settings. Most cards within the $150 - $250 range should run Skyrim without any issues. Shop around, check the reviews, and make sure your power supply has enough juice to run the card. If you have some money to throw around go big now and save yourself the trouble of having to run SLI/Crossfire or upgrade in the near future. Well, the website, Can I Run It, says otherwise. The results indicated that my computer specifications exceeded that of Crysis' minimum system requirements. I mean that would make sense because I had bought my laptop 2 years after Crysis was released. However, people predict that Skyrim will not be as demanding as The Witcher 2 or Crysis 2 and may be similar to Crysis' system requirements. My predicting is that if my computer is able to run Crysis, therefore, I shouldn't have any problem running Skyrim. Frankly, I'm satisfied with my computer running smoothly in medium setting and a little laggy in high settings. Medium settings looks almost similar to high settings in some games. Sometimes I have trouble trying to distinguishing medium settings from high settings. Edited October 24, 2011 by iceurface18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 "Can You Run It?" also thinks that my horrible $50 card has 2GB VRAM. I know that's not true.It also believes that that same card should be able to play D&D Online with recommended specs, but I can barely manage medium. In short, don't always trust "Can You Run It" sites. Though if you don't mind playing in low settings, I doubt most decent cards will have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAPALM13092 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Hey guys,Will I be able to run Skyrim on medium settings? My laptop was able to run Dragon Age Origins on high settings and FNV smoothly. Laptop:OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bitCPU: Intel ® Core2 Duo CPU P7550 @ 2.26GHz ~2.3GHzRAM: 4GBGPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130MDisplay: 1366 x 768 (GPU is built in the motherboard which I suppose it cannot be replaced...) Desktop:OS: Windows 7 Home PremiumGPU: ATI Radeon HD 4200CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 840T Processor 2.9GHzRAM: 6GB Your Lappy is able to play Crysis on High so I would imagine that Skyrim wouldn't be problem on Medium maybe even higher with that resolution. Now your Desktop.. HD4200 is hard to find details on but with limited info I found I think its actually worse than one in your Lappy. A GT 130M cannot play Crysis not at any respectable settings without being choppy. I had a 130m in an old work laptop and it just isn't beefy enough for any serious gaming. I would forget about playing Skyrim on the laptop but the desktop should be good if you put a new videocard in it. The 460 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391The 550ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121435The 6870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948The 6850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908 Are all cards that should run Skyrim on high to max settings. Most cards within the $150 - $250 range should run Skyrim without any issues. Shop around, check the reviews, and make sure your power supply has enough juice to run the card. If you have some money to throw around go big now and save yourself the trouble of having to run SLI/Crossfire or upgrade in the near future. Well, the website, Can I Run It, says otherwise. The results indicated that my computer specifications exceeded that of Crysis' minimum system requirements. I mean that would make sense because I had bought my laptop 2 years after Crysis was released. However, people predict that Skyrim will not be as demanding as The Witcher 2 or Crysis 2 and may be similar to Crysis' system requirements. My predicting is that if my computer is able to run Crysis, therefore, I shouldn't have any problem running Skyrim. Frankly, I'm satisfied with my computer running smoothly in medium setting and a little laggy in high settings. Medium settings looks almost similar to high settings in some games. Sometimes I have trouble trying to distinguishing medium settings from high settings. I wouldn't trust Can I Run It. That site is often a little wonky when it comes to certain graphics card, especially laptop ones. Like I said I had a laptop with a 130M and it really wasn't up to par so I imagine you will be in the same boat. The only thing you have going for you is since it is a laptop I assume it has a fairly low resolution which may help but I personally don't think you will be able play Skyrim on it at any respectable level. Then again beauty is in the eye of the beholder, maybe what is abysmal for me is tolerable for you. I would actually prefer to be proven wrong in this case as I want us all to be able to enjoy Skyrim to it's fullest but I am just trying to be honest and straight with you. I think the laptop is a little iffy for Skyrim bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderiii Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Can I Run It is a bogus pile of tripe more often than not. For laptop video cards check out notebookcheck.net --- for desktops check reputable sites such as guru3d.com, anandtech.com, hardwarecanucks.com among others. Edited October 25, 2011 by Elder III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 thanks :)like I said, I don't mind not playing at 100%, graphics were never a selling point for me in games, so if I have to drop it to minimum to have it without slowdowns, I'll do it in a heartbeatexpect occasional slowdowns caused by hard drive speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNexus369 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Well, I copy pasted this from Can You Run It? Video RAM 3.7 GB Pixel Shader version 4.1 Vertex Shader version 4.1 So that's my 210 card, I don't trust the 3.7 GB though xD Anyway, my processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz 3.07GHz (just copy pasted from a document I had.)RAM 6 GB But Skyrim is 32 bit and my comp is 64 bit. So, I'll have 3GB ram to work with. I know this is all good, it's just my graphics card that's s***. I have no idea about my power source however. What I do know is that it should be enough for my new card (I live at home and have a computer god for a father. Seriously, not joking around now.) , which, sadly, most likely won't be here until the 11th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blu02 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Well, I copy pasted this from Can You Run It? Video RAM 3.7 GB Pixel Shader version 4.1 Vertex Shader version 4.1 So that's my 210 card, I don't trust the 3.7 GB though xD Anyway, my processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz 3.07GHz (just copy pasted from a document I had.)RAM 6 GB But Skyrim is 32 bit and my comp is 64 bit. So, I'll have 3GB ram to work with. I know this is all good, it's just my graphics card that's s***. I have no idea about my power source however. What I do know is that it should be enough for my new card (I live at home and have a computer god for a father. Seriously, not joking around now.) , which, sadly, most likely won't be here until the 11th. Just open your computer-case (If you're not relying on some silly warranty of course), and you'll see a label sticked to the side of your PSU with all the information you need about it ;) But yes, your CPU is still hardcore, memory is all good, gfx is utter crap :teehee: I dont understand how it got there in the first place to be honest! It really doesnt match the rest of your system. You should indeed get yourself a new one, and you'll have a killer PC! Edited October 25, 2011 by Mr. Bravo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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