Zakaroo Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Okay, so I've been laptop gaming since January 2010. I've been able to run Oblivion on very high, Fallout 3 on medium as well as Fallout New Vegas. Everything in the system requirements just released for Skyrim (released here: ht tp://ww w.bethblog.co m/index.php/2011/10/25/skyrim-system-requirements-announced/ without the spaces between http, www and com) says I can run it... except that it calls for 512 MB of vram, whereas I have a measly 256 according to GPU-Z. My graphics card, such as it is, is an integraded ATI Radeon HD 3200 chipset. Can this run Skyrim, or should I cancel my pre-order? Considering I got Oblivion to run on an ATI Radeon 9550 with a single-core cpu at 2.66 ghz, with 1 gb of ram, so I'm hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaliqen Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Okay, so I've been laptop gaming since January 2010. I've been able to run Oblivion on very high, Fallout 3 on medium as well as Fallout New Vegas. Everything in the system requirements just released for Skyrim (released here: ht tp://ww w.bethblog.co m/index.php/2011/10/25/skyrim-system-requirements-announced/ without the spaces between http, www and com) says I can run it... except that it calls for 512 MB of vram, whereas I have a measly 256 according to GPU-Z. My graphics card, such as it is, is an integraded ATI Radeon HD 3200 chipset. Can this run Skyrim, or should I cancel my pre-order? Considering I got Oblivion to run on an ATI Radeon 9550 with a single-core cpu at 2.66 ghz, with 1 gb of ram, so I'm hopeful. You could try, but if you can't upgrade your hardware or build a cheap gaming rig, then you'll probably want to cancel your pre-order and see what the success-rate is for other people getting it to run on similar setups. If you got Skyrim to run, but it consistently gave you 5 frames per second, would it really be playable? I'd play it safe and see how it works out for other people first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderiii Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 It wouldn't cost very much to add a dedicated video card, provided that your PSU and case can handle it of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Okay, so I've been laptopIt wouldn't cost very much to add a dedicated video card, provided that your PSU and case can handle it of course.OK, I'm game how does he upgrade his lappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderiii Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Okay, so I've been laptopIt wouldn't cost very much to add a dedicated video card, provided that your PSU and case can handle it of course.OK, I'm game how does he upgrade his lappy I think my eyes glossed right over where he mentioned it was a laptop.... I was thinking of integrated desktop graphics..... & I need more sleep. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis8142 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Intel Core duo E6750 2.66 ghz 3 GB Ram (800 Mhz)GeForce 9800 Gt 1 gbDo you guys think I can run it with medium settings? I can run most games on high except GTA 4 and Black ops. For those I decrease AA (anti-aliasing) and AF (anisotropic filtering) to nothing and textures on medium on GTA 4.I'm thinking 1680x1050 res, medium textures and draw distance, no AA or Af and whatever options we might have, set to on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakaroo Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Thanks for the advice - I should mention that I -can- run the Fallout games maxed out, it just lags like crazy. What I'm mostly worried about is whether a 512 MB VRAM game will run on a 256 MB card. Also, I could probably get a new laptop - I've been meaning to for a while now - but I'd rather not spend the money. At this point, I think I'll chance it, and upgrade the computer if necessary - but could someone who knows a little about VRAM tell me if a 256 MB card could run a game that requires 512 MB? This is the graphic card's ram, not the computer's. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderiii Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I suspect that it will start, but I don't think it's going to be playeable... unless you are happy with 800 x 600 resolution and all the lowest settings? Even then there's not guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Thanks for the advice - I should mention that I -can- run the Fallout games maxed out, it just lags like crazy. What I'm mostly worried about is whether a 512 MB VRAM game will run on a 256 MB card. Also, I could probably get a new laptop - I've been meaning to for a while now - but I'd rather not spend the money. At this point, I think I'll chance it, and upgrade the computer if necessary - but could someone who knows a little about VRAM tell me if a 256 MB card could run a game that requires 512 MB? This is the graphic card's ram, not the computer's. Thanks! I dare say you could run it in 256MB of VRAM, the problem is it will keep having to go the hard drive or system memory for textures, as a result you'll find it keeps freezing or slowing down. I wouldn't spend any money on that Laptop, you'll just be wasting it. Is there any reason you can't buy a desktop rather than a new laptop? You'll get a lot more for your money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4ttery Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 According to what I can find, the ATI Radeon HD 3200 chip uses Shared Memory. So it will eat some of your RAM when displaying resource heavy games and such, if you have enough ram you can run it, but it will probably not look pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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