Stormcrown Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Content is all from http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:System_Requirements Officially Recognized Specifications (Meaning, minimum and recommended specs) Officially Recognized Specifications The following represents what Bethesda's officially released specifications for Skyrim are, according to BethBlog. It is also important to note that even if a system meets these, it may still have very low performance. According to Pete Hines on Twitter: "The Min specs get you playing. The recommended specs let you play on High, not on Ultra. You'll want [a] beefier rig for that." [edit] Recommended Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit) Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU processor 4GB System RAM 6GB free HDD space DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher DirectX compatible sound card Internet access for Steam activation [edit] Minimum System Requirements Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit) Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor 2GB System RAM 6GB free HDD space Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM DirectX compatible sound card Internet access for Steam activation Unofficial Video Chipsets Specifications (Sorted by Very High to Wont Be Able to Play) Unofficial Video Chipsets Specifications The video card market is flooded with cards with various clock speeds and architectures, so making a totally accurate list of all available cards is simply impractical. In order to make this list, several generalizations have been made, and several cards (most notably laptop graphics cards, and some integrated graphics cards) have been totally omitted, since reliable benchmarks for these are hard to find. Also, it is important to note that this list makes generalizations in the playability category. This was done to keep the list down to a manageable size. [edit] Personal Computer Very High / Extremely High: GeForce Mars II Dual GTX 580 3GB Radeon HD6990 4GB GeForce GTX 590 3GB Radeon HD6870X2 2GB Radeon HD5870X2 4GB Radeon HD5970 4GB Radeon HD5970 2GB GeForce GTX 580 3GB GeForce GTX 580 1536MB - GeForce GTX 460 2Win 2GB Radeon HD6970 2GB GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GeForce GTX 480 1536MB Radeon HD6950 2GB Radeon HD6950 1GB GeForce GTX 295 1792MB Radeon HD4870X2 2GB Radeon HD5870 2GB Radeon HD5870 1GB GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB GeForce GTX 470 1280MB Radeon HD6870 1GB GeForce GTX 560 1GB Radeon HD5850 1GB Radeon HD6850 1GB GeForce GTX 460 2GB GeForce GTX 285 2GB GeForce GTX 460 1GB GeForce GTX 465 1GB Radeon HD4850X2 2GB Radeon HD4850X2 1GB GeForce GTX 285 1GB High / Very High: GeForce GTX 460 768MB GeForce GTX 460 SE 1GB Radeon HD5830 1GB Radeon HD6790 1GB GeForce GTX 275 1792MB Radeon HD4890 2GB GeForce GTX 280 1GB GeForce GTX 275 896MB GeForce 9800GX2 1GB Radeon HD4890 1GB GeForce GTX 260-Core 216 896MB GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Radeon HD4870 1GB Radeon HD5770 1GB / HD6770 1GB Radeon HD4870 512MB GeForce GTX 260 896MB Medium / High: GeForce GTS 450 1GB Radeon HD3870X2 1GB Radeon HD5750 1GB / HD6750 1GB GeForce GTS 250 1GB Radeon HD4850 1GB GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB/GTS250 512MB GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB Radeon HD4850 512MB GeForce 9800GTX 512MB GeForce 8800GTX 768MB Radeon HD4770 512MB GeForce 8800GTS 512MB (G92) Radeon HD6670 1GB Radeon HD4830 512MB Radeon HD5670 1GB Radeon HD5670 512MB Radeon HD6570 1GB GeForce 8800GT 1GB/9800GT 1GB GeForce 8800GT 512MB/9800GT 512MB Radeon HD2900XT 1GB Radeon HD4730 512MB GeForce 9600GT 1GB GeForce 9600GT 512MB/GTS240 512MB GeForce GT 240 1GB GeForce GT 240 512MB Radeon HD2900XT 512MB Radeon HD3870 512MB GeForce 8800GTS 640MB (112SP) GeForce 8800GTS 640MB Radeon HD4670 1GB Radeon HD4670 512MB Radeon HD2900Pro 512MB Radeon HD3850 512MB GeForce 8800GT 256MB GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GeForce 8800GS 384MB/9600GSO 384MB GeForce 9600GSO 768MB GeForce 9600GSO 512MB (G94) Low / Medium: Radeon HD5570 1GB GeForce GT 430 1GB Radeon HD6450 1GB GeForce GT 520 1GB Radeon HD5550 1GB Radeon HD3850 256MB GeForce 7950GX2 1GB GeForce 7900GX2 1GB Radeon X1950XTX 512MB GeForce 7800GT Dual 512MB Radeon X1900XTX 512MB Radeon X1900XT 512MB GeForce 7900GTX 512MB Radeon X1950XT 256MB Radeon X1900XT 256MB GeForce 7900GTO 512MB GeForce 7800GTX 512MB GeForce 7950GT 512MB Radeon X1950Pro 512MB Radeon HD2900GT 256MB Radeon X1950Pro 256MB Radeon HD4650 512MB GeForce 8600GTS 512MB GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GeForce 7900GT 512MB GeForce GT 220 1GB GeForce GT 220 512MB GeForce 9500GT 1GB GeForce 9500GT 512MB Radeon X1800XT 512MB GeForce 7900GS 512MB GeForce 8600GT 512MB Radeon X1950GT 512MB Radeon X1900GT 256MB Radeon X1800XT 256MB GeForce 7900GT 256MB GeForce 7800GTX 256MB GeForce 7800GS Bliss+ 512MB Radeon X1900GT Rev2 256MB GeForce 7800GT 256MB Radeon X1800XL 256MB GeForce 7800GS 256MB Radeon X1800GTO 256MB GeForce 8600GT 256MB Radeon X1650XT 256MB GeForce 7600GT 256MB Radeon HD2600XT 256MB Radeon HD3650 256MB Radeon HD4550 512MB Radeon HD5450 512MB Very Low / Low: Radeon X850XTPE 256MB Radeon X850XT 256MB GeForce 7600GTS 256MB Radeon HD2600Pro 256MB Radeon X800XT/PE 256MB GeForce 6800Ultra/EE 256MB GeForce 6800GT 256MB GeForce 6800GS 256MB Radeon X800XL 256MB Radeon X800GTO 256MB/X800GTO2 256MB Radeon X850Pro 256MB Radeon X800Pro 256MB Radeon X800GTO 256MB GeForce 6800GS AGP 256MB GeForce 9400GT 512MB GeForce GT 210 512MB GeForce 8500GT 256MB Radeon X1650Pro 256MB Radeon X1600XT 256MB GeForce 7600GS 256MB Radeon HD2400XT 256MB GeForce 6800 256MB Radeon X800GT 256MB Radeon X800 256MB Radeon X1300XGE 512MB Radeon X1300XT 256MB Radeon X1600Pro 256MB Radeon HD4350 512MB Radeon HD3450 256MB GeForce 8400GS 256MB GeForce 6800XT/LE 256MB GeForce 7300GT 256MB GeForce 6600GT 256MB Radeon HD2400Pro 256MB Won't be able to play: Radeon X700XT 256MB Radeon 9800XT 256MB Radeon X700Pro 256MB Radeon 9800Pro 256MB Radeon 9800Pro 128MB Radeon 9700Pro 256MB GeForce 6600 256MB Radeon 9800 256MB Radeon X700 256MB Radeon 9800SE 256MB Chrome S27 256MB Radeon 9700 128MB GeForce 5950 Ultra 256MB GeForce 5900 Ultra 256MB GeForce5900 128MB GeForce 5800 Ultra 128MB GeForce 5900XT 128MB GeForce 5800 128MB Radeon X1300Pro 128MB Radeon X600XT 128MB Radeon 9600XT 128MB GeForce TI4800 128MB GeForce TI4600 128MB Radeon X600Pro 128MB Radeon 9500Pro 128MB Radeon 9600Pro 128MB GeForce TI4800SE 128MB GeForce TI4400 128MB Radeon X1550 128MB Radeon X1300 128MB Radeon 9800SE 128MB Radeon X600 128MB Radeon 9600 128MB Radeon 9500 128MB GeForce 6600LE 128MB Radeon X1300SE 128MB GeForce 6200TC 128MB GeForce 6200 128MB GeForce 5700 Ultra 128MB GeForce 5700 128MB GeForce 7300GS 128MB GeForce 6200LE 128MB Radeon X550 128MB GeForce 5600 Ultra FC 128MB GeForce 5600 Ultra 128MB Radeon 9550 128MB GeForce TI4200 128MB GeForce 5600 128MB GeForce 5600XT 128MB Radeon 9600SE 128MB GeForce 7300LE 128MB Radeon X1050 128MB Radeon X300 128MB GeForce 7300SE 128MB GeForce 7200GS 128MB GeForce 7100GS 128MB Radeon 9550SE 128MB Radeon 9200Pro 128MB GeForce 3 TI500 64MB GeForce 5500 128MB Radeon 8500 128MB Radeon 9000Pro 128MB Radeon 9200 128MB GeForce 5200 Ultra 128MB Radeon 9250 128MB Radeon 9000 128MB Matrox Parhelia GeForce 4 MX460 64MB GeForce 5200 64MB Voodoo 5 6000 GeForce 3 64MB Radeon 8500LE 64MB GeForce 3 TI200 64MB SiS Xabre 600 64MB SiS Xabre 400 64MB GeForce 4 MX440 64MB SiS Xabre 200 64MB Radeon 9200SE 64MB GeForce 2 Ultra 64MB Radeon 7500 64MB GeForce 2 TI 64MB GeForce 2 Pro 64MB Voodoo 5 5500 GeForce 2 GTS 64MB GeForce 4 MX420 64MB Radeon DDR (Later Renamed Radeon 7200) GeForce 256 DDR 32MB GeForce 2 MX400 64MB Radeon SDR GeForce 256 32MB Savage 4 GeForce 2 MX 32MB Voodoo 4 4500 Voodoo 3 3500 Voodoo 3 3000 Riva TNT2 Ultra Matrox G400 Radeon VE (Later Renamed Radeon 7000) Voodoo 3 2000 Riva TNT2 Rage128 Voodoo 3 1000 Voodoo 2 Rage 128 Pro Riva TNT Intel i740 Savage 2000 Matrox G200 Voodoo Banshee Rage 3D Pro VooDoo 1 Riva 128ZX Riva 128 Rage IIc Rage 3D Link to comment Share on other sites More 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justwannaddl Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Hurray for minimum specifications! I need a new processor... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan353 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Thanks dude, that means I should be able to play on ultra settings with my specs i7 920 OC'ed to 4 ghz2 PNY GTX 560 Ti OC'ed in SLI1 PNY GTS 450 for PhysX (Even though this game does not support PhysX, I have it for the games that do)12gb Corsair XMS 3 DDR3 Triple ChannelMSI X-58 Pro-E120gb Intel Series 320 SSDCougar GX 1050W PSUCougar Evolution case40" Sony Bravia KDL40V5100 120hz 1080p LCD TV I can't wait till this game drops, I'm looking forward to the modding community coming out with great mods for this game, it's gonna be epic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanshae Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 What about for people who have Mobile graphics cards? Like I have a Radeon Mobility HD 5650 1 GB in my laptop along with 1 GB onboard vram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) What about for people who have Mobile graphics cards? Like I have a Radeon Mobility HD 5650 1 GB in my laptop along with 1 GB onboard vram.that's a named and numbered graphics card how does a non-mobile HD 5650 play(its not on the list)so approximate -- guessing its around mid-high the mobile one usually plays just a little bit lower note this is entirely different from a generic unnamed integrated video chip Edited November 5, 2011 by Fonger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector530 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 560ti runs ultra well good thing I have two overclocked ones!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowk Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 HD 6850 is in the ultra category! Yay! Well, near the bottom, but...yay! I'll be happy even if I have to turn a few bells or whistles off. :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daventry Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The Recommended Requirements are Embarrassing, thats my PC right now since 2008 and even Batman Arkham City demands a Geforce 470 Graphics Card with Better Hardware. :facepalm: Man i hope you Modders make HQ Graphic Textures and a 64bit Mode for Skyrim. :whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrown Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Agreed Daventry. Thanks for sticky, really needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody09 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The Recommended Requirements are Embarrassing, thats my PC right now since 2008 and even Batman Arkham City demands a Geforce 470 Graphics Card with Better Hardware. :facepalm: Man i hope you Modders make HQ Graphic Textures and a 64bit Mode for Skyrim. :whistling: Actually you see. Windows 7 has the GPU scheduler on it. It's is a latency dog and anyone using windows xp will go up a full category on this chart. An 8800GT should be able to max the game sans AA AF which are only needed for stupidly high resolution monitors running stupidly low resolution graphics. But only on XP. Under windows7 you'll probably need this chart. Fonger's mobility 5650 is about equaivalent to the 5550 5650. Won't be too great under windows 7 but if it's xp will smoke the game. Turn off the weirdo HDR bloom lighting and any of the 4 series mainstream cards will likely eat it alive. 4670 might struggle with it a bit as it's not as fierce of a texture crammer as the 5 series is. The popular ones 5770 will max it under XP with a dual core even at low clock speeds. But windows 7 and 8 microsecond latency without the gpu scheduler is much easier on computers than windows 7's 80 to 100 microsecond latency. http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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