Deleted472477User Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) My suggestion -- in hindsight, of course -- is to do your research on system specs before buying a game. Also, read the forum to learn about the experiences of others. Hopefully, Santa will bring a new computer for you. Skyrim will be around a long time and modded to the hilt. In fact, the version you have on your disk is the very worst the game will ever be! Time is on your side. :) I do appreciate your comment. I have upgraded systems many times in the last 30 years just to play the latest game. I did do some research before purchase...My system now is a quadcore 2.50 computer with 4 gigs of memory. I bought a Geforce GTX 550ti video card to run this at least at minimum settings. Actually, after the install, the game looked at my specs and set me on high. When I clicked the play button however, it just didn't run. Shogun2, another Steam game, does the same thing. Personally, after all of this, I think it is the memory that is doing me in. I am using a 32bit version of Windows. It starts out by only recognising about 3 gigs of the four. Then, the system bites into that and I think I dip below the 2 gig minimum to run the game. Thats what I'm thinking. But when I bought the game, I figured I had 4 gigs, at least enough for minimum, not knowing about the 32bit recognition problem.. But, the whole thing is a wash for now and actually, I never quite finished Oblivion. Since I bought all of the mods for that game and added sidequest mods as well, there is plenty still to do. And I am running that game with my old geforce 8600 card at high settings just fine. TerryVD I remember buying a 300 baud modem for 250 bucks years ago, most of you probably don't know what that is.... Oooh, I do! (waves hand) But that's because I'm 46 and remember when my husband and I were first trying out modems yeeeeeeeeears ago. You mention the 32 bit version of windows. If it's Windows 7, I've heard somewhere that you want the 64 bit version for windows 7 and the 32 bit version for Vista, otherwise they don't seem to get on well with most games. I might be wrong on this, but it's something to consider. EDIT: LOL learn to read, Nyx. I just now saw you mentioned the 32 bit issue. Edited November 24, 2011 by nyxalinth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryVD Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) My suggestion -- in hindsight, of course -- is to do your research on system specs before buying a game. Also, read the forum to learn about the experiences of others. Hopefully, Santa will bring a new computer for you. Skyrim will be around a long time and modded to the hilt. In fact, the version you have on your disk is the very worst the game will ever be! Time is on your side. :) I do appreciate your comment. I have upgraded systems many times in the last 30 years just to play the latest game. I did do some research before purchase...My system now is a quadcore 2.50 computer with 4 gigs of memory. I bought a Geforce GTX 550ti video card to run this at least at minimum settings. Actually, after the install, the game looked at my specs and set me on high. When I clicked the play button however, it just didn't run. Shogun2, another Steam game, does the same thing. Personally, after all of this, I think it is the memory that is doing me in. I am using a 32bit version of Windows. It starts out by only recognising about 3 gigs of the four. Then, the system bites into that and I think I dip below the 2 gig minimum to run the game. Thats what I'm thinking. But when I bought the game, I figured I had 4 gigs, at least enough for minimum, not knowing about the 32bit recognition problem.. But, the whole thing is a wash for now and actually, I never quite finished Oblivion. Since I bought all of the mods for that game and added sidequest mods as well, there is plenty still to do. And I am running that game with my old geforce 8600 card at high settings just fine. TerryVD I remember buying a 300 baud modem for 250 bucks years ago, most of you probably don't know what that is.... Oooh, I do! (waves hand) But that's because I'm 46 and remember when my husband and I were first trying out modems yeeeeeeeeears ago. You mention the 32 bit version of windows. If it's Windows 7, I've heard somewhere that you want the 64 bit version for windows 7 and the 32 bit version for Vista, otherwise they don't seem to get on well with most games. I might be wrong on this, but it's something to consider. EDIT: LOL learn to read, Nyx. I just now saw you mentioned the 32 bit issue. I looked into upgrading to windows 7 thinking that it handles memory differently, but NOT.... I have to get a system that runs a 64 bit version.. Can't do that right now. On the topic of old equipment upgrades, I went from 300baud modem, to a 1200, to 2400 and finally to a 56k before I went to a cable modem. I did skip a dsl connection. I had a Apple IIC, an Apple IIGS, a Zeos 386, a Dell 486, and then all of the pentiums after that.... plus a bunch of laptops and tablets... Edited November 24, 2011 by TerryVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handofbane Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Out of curiosity, did you try the 4gb Skyrim mod? It seems to have helped other people be able to run the game, and if the issue is the RAM itself, may resolve your problems at least partially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryVD Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Out of curiosity, did you try the 4gb Skyrim mod? It seems to have helped other people be able to run the game, and if the issue is the RAM itself, may resolve your problems at least partially. I guess I could have tried that. I didn't read about it though. As of now, the new video card is back at the store and the question is mote. I do thank you for your input however... TerryVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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