Scagweed Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I preordered the game but I'm starting to wonder if I might be out another 700 dollars thinking it's time for a laptop upgrade, 90% of the games and mmos are not choppy at all but this laptop is about 2 years old, anyways here's my specs = graphics... ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 series cpu... 64 bit AMD Sempron M120 2.10 ghz RAM 2 gb, 1.7 gigs usable, can upgrade to 8 if it's not enough 64 bit windows 7 ultimate 200 gig hd Please share your thoughts if you've gotten it to run using near this configuration or if you know a way to lower the settings even further than what the options allows the please share, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delikatessen Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/453392-official-recognized-specifications-unofficial-video-chipsets-spe/ Very Low / Low:Radeon HD2400Pro 256MB This is a lower quality card than yours, so you will probably be able to run it at the lowest settings, but don't expect any 60 FPS gameplay. You'll probably get somewhere close to 15 FPS at the lowest settings. For the RAM, it's probably enough to run it because I have 2GB of RAM, too (the other 2GB decided they weren't going to work anymore) and it works with all the games I have. The CPU is underpowered, though. It might work, but not very well. In all, this laptop will probably run it... at around 8 FPS. If it gets any more than that, even on the lowest settings, I'll be surprised. If you can, get a cheap desktop to play games. They don't need to be high-priced power machines to run games even at medium, even sub-$500 desktops will work. Also, performance mods like those made for Oblivion and other games will most likely come out for Skyrim in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scagweed Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 that makes me feel a lot better, thanks, and i would get a desktop but i can't kick back in the recliner with those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 On the bright side, with optimization and some low-poly mods, you will probably be able to get extra frames per second eventually. Look at ini tweaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delikatessen Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 You might not be able to kick back in a recliner, but I used to have my gaming PC hooked up to a widescreen TV to watch blu-ray movies on (yes, I have a blu-ray drive). I also had an Xbox 360 USB controller so I could play New Vegas on it, but that controller broke. If you don't have a widescreen TV, there are VGA-to-Composite adapters you can buy from places like Amazon to use on a tube TV or otherwise non-HD/widescreen TV. Oh, and the picture quality will be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyingAtheist Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 You might not be able to kick back in a recliner, but I used to have my gaming PC hooked up to a widescreen TV to watch blu-ray movies on (yes, I have a blu-ray drive). I also had an Xbox 360 USB controller so I could play New Vegas on it, but that controller broke. If you don't have a widescreen TV, there are VGA-to-Composite adapters you can buy from places like Amazon to use on a tube TV or otherwise non-HD/widescreen TV. Oh, and the picture quality will be awesome. Precisely what I'm planning to do with Skyrim. Got it all set-up ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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