Deleted472477User Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 My laptop is more of a craptop, and it's under-specced for Oblivion, so I know it won't handle Skyrim. It blew chunks whenever I tried Fallout, so I know I definately need a proper desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natelovesyou Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) My laptop is more of a craptop, and it's under-specced for Oblivion, so I know it won't handle Skyrim. It blew chunks whenever I tried Fallout, so I know I definately need a proper desktop.I'm going to build a custom desktop for a friend, this is what I've picked for him:Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131641CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130571RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016DVD Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 It costs just under $1,000 in parts (before a monitor) and it'll be way better than any pre-built/store-bought. Just find someone to built it! :thumbsup: Edited October 22, 2011 by natelovesyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted472477User Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) My laptop is more of a craptop, and it's under-specced for Oblivion, so I know it won't handle Skyrim. It blew chunks whenever I tried Fallout, so I know I definately need a proper desktop.I'm going to build a custom desktop for a friend, this is what I've picked for him:Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131641CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130571RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016DVD Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 It costs just under $1,000 in parts (before a monitor) and it'll be way better than any pre-built/store-bought. Just find someone to built it! :thumbsup: I can't build for jack-all, and I don't know anyone who can. I need to come in at under 800.00 so this might not be a good option for me. I'll figure something out, though! Edited October 22, 2011 by nyxalinth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marabunta5 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Im confident that i can run skyrim quite well... A comp that can run crysis and crysis 2 on Max settings should be able to handle Skyrim no? Oblivion on the highest details... FNV on highest Oh and a nice test for ypu guys play Supreme comander: Forged Alliance.. it drove my old comp to its knees in an hour and a half... (Not because of graphics but because of the Large RAM requirements it asks :o random and off topic but mmkay acceptble i suppose? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrius2 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) @Nyxalinth: 800? Nah man you need to set your ambitions higher. Get an ASUS ROG MARS II... World's most powerful GPU... and it only costs 2000 USD! ****, after your PC with this newly installed baby has taken Skyrim and beaten it to a pulp, strapped it to its bed and raped it thoroughly it will go on and spontaneously develop Skynet AI.Your PC will become the vanguard of the destruction of humanity as its AI of PURE DARK PROCESSING builds an empire of cold death machines around it to do its evil bidding.I mean holy **** man, there will be fricking resistance leaders travelling back through time, trying to stop you from trying to play Skyrim on this machine because it's simply TOO POWERFUL TO COMPREHEND. So like, you should totally buy that card. Totally. Edited October 22, 2011 by Adrius2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowscaleB1980 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I have just been making minor tweaks to my rig, I doubt I will have to change anything drastic when they release the specs. I recently got a Logitech G510 to go with my G9x mouse...I can't wait to see what my little nephews are going to make of the glowing keys, their little heads are going to explode from the awesomeness :woot: I hope Skyrim will have game-panel support. I know the hud will automatically hide itself in-game, which means if any enchanted objects are being used you won't be able to see how many charges you have left half the time. So it would be nice to have the game-panel to give me all the information before I start another tavern brawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderiii Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) The game is days from going gold and we've no specs and no one has seen the PC version, that is not normal. As for lovely graphics they've made it clear they're the same as the console version. PC Gamer played the PC version of the game. Check out their article. ;) This? http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/18/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-preview/ He doesn't say he's playing on the PC, in fact he fails to mention anything whatsoever about how well it runs or what it's running on. This is also the same PC Gamer who reviewed DA2 without playing it, they just rewrote EAs marketing stuff and called it a review. In fact that article could have been written by marketing, it certainly uses the language of todays marketing twonks. It's a different article, I think it may have actually been the December issue (yes they do put them out extra early for some reason). The forums had scans of them uploaded a couple weeks ago. The reviewer was playing on a PC with a GTX 470, an i7 980, a 7200 RPM HDD and a resolution of 1680 x 1050. He said it felt very smooth and was beautiful. As far as I know that is the only PC specs that we have heard of at this point. Here's the link: http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/441580-pc-gamer-us-december-2011-scans/page__p__3659757__hl__scans__fromsearch__1#entry3659757 Edited October 22, 2011 by Elder III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventrilol Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Hello, as i said before, I am no computer tech but i'd like some hints with my current spec,I'd like to know what i should add/remove (and if you know what company would make the best piece of hardware to insert in my XPS 630i, i'd be happy to hear it!) Current specs: Operating System:Windows 2.6.0.6002 (Service Pack 2)CPU Type:Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHzCPU Speed:2.52 GHzSystem Memory:6 GBVideo Card Model:ATI Radeon HD 5700 SeriesVideo Card Memory:3.74 GBVideo Card Driver:aticfx32.dllDesktop Resolution:1680x1050Hard Disk Size:596.17 GBDownload Speed:1.4 MB/s (11.8 mbps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hejpadig Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Alright, so around what time do you guys reckon they will release the requirements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natelovesyou Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Hello, as i said before, I am no computer tech but i'd like some hints with my current spec,I'd like to know what i should add/remove (and if you know what company would make the best piece of hardware to insert in my XPS 630i, i'd be happy to hear it!) Current specs: Operating System:Windows 2.6.0.6002 (Service Pack 2)CPU Type:Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHzCPU Speed:2.52 GHzSystem Memory:6 GBVideo Card Model:ATI Radeon HD 5700 SeriesVideo Card Memory:3.74 GBVideo Card Driver:aticfx32.dllDesktop Resolution:1680x1050Hard Disk Size:596.17 GBDownload Speed:1.4 MB/s (11.8 mbps)You already got an answer, you even replied to it:http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/388498-the-thread-of-computers-aka-will-my-computer-run-skyrim/page__st__310 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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